Lyrics
[Intro]
(Oh-oh)
Mm, mm-hmm
(Yeah)
[Verse 1]
Big horn in the corner, copper coiled and cold
Needle hit the groove before the story's told
Folded that leather, pumped the air with my hands
Old machine breathing like a one-man band
Granddaddy's record spinning slow on a Sunday
Analog soul in a digital Monday
(I hear it) I hear it crackle like rain on a tin roof
(Yeah) Every scratch is a truth that I can't disprove
[Pre-Chorus]
When it roars
When it moans
I go back
To the bones
[Chorus]
Auxetophone, auxetophone
Blowing my heart through a horn made of chrome
Auxetophone, come on home
Every hiss and every hum's a hymn I've known
[Post-Chorus]
(Oh, oh-oh-oh)
(Yeah) Yeah, yeah
(Oh-oh)
[Verse 2]
Sawdust on the floor and a Zulu beat in my chest
Cape Town drums and Jamaica doing the rest
Talkbox talking while the woodblock knocks
Found sounds stacked up like domino blocks
I rang the bell, I rang the bell twice
Once for the lost, once for the price
Sang it low like a Motown choir
Trap drums kicking, amapiano on fire
[Pre-Chorus]
When it roars
When it moans
I go back
To the bones
[Chorus]
Auxetophone, auxetophone
Blowing my heart through a horn made of chrome
Auxetophone, come on home
Every hiss and every hum's a hymn I've known
[Post-Chorus]
(Oh, oh-oh-oh)
Yeah, yeah
(Oh-oh)
[Bridge]
Steel plates vibrating, air like a tide
Sound from the machine that I can't put aside
I swear it sings back when the room goes quiet
Like an old friend locked in a silent riot
[Chorus]
Auxetophone, auxetophone
Blowing my heart through a horn made of chrome
Auxetophone, come on home
Every hiss and every hum's a hymn I've known
[Post-Chorus]
(Oh, oh-oh-oh)
(Yeah) Yeah, yeah
(Oh-oh, oh-oh)