Mm-hmm, mm-hmm Two hums, out of sync Air learns a new harmony Distance listens I boil water in a chipped blue pot You check the sky for what I’ve got Different mornings, same old fear Same sharp waiting, same dull year I fold a dress, you clean a gun Neither of us chose what’s coming They taught us words like “side” and “line” As if the heart obeyed those signs Maps pretend we don’t align But grief is fluent, crossing time It knows our names without asking I hum for you, you hum for me Through smoke, through static, through the sea No anthem knows us like this sound Two voices searching common ground If blood is red, then so is thread Pulling us out of what they said Mm-mmm, mm-mmm Echo walks the border Footsteps vanish, humming stays Mm-mmm, mm-mmm Night holds both windows You learned to pray in marching feet I learned to pray in counting beats You keep a photo near your heart I keep the pieces, torn apart They call you threat, they call me shield Both of us learning how to kneel Under skies that never choose I hum for you, you hum for me Low and slow, defiantly If we are enemies, explain Why sorrow sings the same refrain Red thread tight across the land What if the war forgot our names Left us holding all the blame What if peace was not a prize But something built from lullabies No ranks, no drums, no borrowed hate Just open hands, arriving late I hum your child to sleep tonight You hum mine safe from falling light I hum for you, you hum for me Until the guns grow tired and leave Let generals choke on hollow claims We keep the breath, they keep the shame Two voices stitched where wounds were spread Two women, one unbroken thread Mm-mmm, mm-mmm Echo braids the dark Borders blur Humming remains Red thread, listening
