
Bass Reply
[Verse 1: Crosscutting floor-anchor male MC, crosscutting, low] She sends voice notes from a bedroom full of cheap foam Melodies half finished like a letter far from home I never answer with a paragraph or soft advice I answer with a bass line recorded once or twice Break room mic is just my phone against a plastic cup Thumb on the take until the low end wakes up She hears the thump and writes a better second half Crosscutting quiet into something we can both have [Hook: Crosscutting floor-anchor male MC, loud, crosscutting] Bass reply, no sermon in the thread Only low end saying what I leave unsaid If the words would come out clumsy, let the note be clean Love can be a frequency you feel between [Verse 2: Crosscutting floor-anchor male MC, crosscutting, warmer] Coworkers think I am weird for humming at the sink They do not know my daughter is the reason that I think In waveforms, in pockets, in the way a bar can lean I am floor-anchor under every almost she has been She texts a laughing emoji when the drop sits right That is our whole language on a Thursday night No lectures about practice, no pride dressed as care Just a phone bump traveling the hallway of the air [Hook: Crosscutting floor-anchor male MC, loud, crosscutting] Bass reply, no sermon in the thread Only low end saying what I leave unsaid If the words would come out clumsy, let the note be clean Love can be a frequency you feel between [Verse 3: Crosscutting floor-anchor male MC, phone bump, crosscutting] Yesterday she sent a hook that almost made me speak I almost typed I love that, almost got soft and weak Instead I sent the phone bump under it, a bed of trust She wrote dad that pocket made the whole thing just Crosscutting my fear of saying too much wrong Into a floor that lets her standing feel strong [Bridge: Crosscutting floor-anchor male MC, loud, crosscutting] Wordless does not mean untouched Low end is a father clutch Phone bump, little proof I am listening, that is the truth [Hook: Crosscutting floor-anchor male MC, loud, crosscutting] Bass reply, no sermon in the thread Only low end saying what I leave unsaid If the words would come out clumsy, let the note be clean Love can be a frequency you feel between [Outro: Crosscutting floor-anchor male MC, quiet heavy, phone bump rings out and fades] Phone bump, still sending Tell her the floor is pending [End]

