[Intro] [Clean funky guitar riff with subtle wah] [Warm Rhodes piano chords enter] [Soft melodic bass line] [Verse 1] Static on the pavement Tracing lines of gasoline A heavy kind of settlement If you know just what I mean... Running on the medicine To keep the engine clean. [Pre-Chorus] (Ooh~...) I’m feeling weightless Floating in the afterglow (So weightless...) It’s a long way to go. [Chorus] You don’t know the basement Where the rhythm finds the floor (You don't know...) Caught in the undertow Behind the heavy door. I’m only passing by Like I’ve done it all before. [Verse 2] The room is feeling hollow But the groove is feeling deep A bitter pill to swallow While the city is asleep. I left it on the windowsill A promise I couldn’t keep. [Bridge] [Solo: Loose, soulful guitar solo with slight grit] [Electric piano flourishes] (Higher now...) [Falsetto] It’s a lullaby for the broken-hearted A silverline where the fire started (Ooh, it’s all I need...) [Chorus] You don’t know the basement Where the rhythm finds the floor (You don't know...) Caught in the undertow Behind the heavy door. I’m only passing by Like I’ve done it all before. [Outro] [Music strips back to just bass and Rhodes] Only passing by... (I’m just a ghost in the pavement) Only passing by... (The sweetness of the gasoline) [Vocal adlib: honeyed falsetto run] You don’t know the basement. [End]
