Room Tone

Room tone, hear that hush
One mic, all of us
Room tone, let it hang
Then the whole room says my name

House lights down, don't need smoke by the stairs
Don't need thirty people standing just to prove that we're there
Put the drummer on a count, put the bass in the floor
Let the quiet do the talking till they're asking for more
If the verse needs a costume then the verse ain't done
I was learning how to land it with the speakers unplugged
Let me hear the back corner, let me hear the side rail
Got a room full of people, not a room full of sales

Room tone, hear that hush
One mic, all of us
Room tone, let it hang
Then the whole room says my name

Now the sound cut out but the crowd kept time
No screen on the wall telling them the next line
That's the kind of little proof that you can't put on rent
If they know it with the power off, they know what you meant
Bring the band back softly, leave a pocket for the floor
When the last clap lands, let them ask for more
I can keep a whole room with a beat and a breath
Let the record show exactly who was left

Hold it
Hear it
Now hit
Room tone

Room tone, hear that hush
One mic, all of us
Room tone, let it hang
Then the whole room says my name

Room Tone