PSION: 40 Cycle Hum

© Valeera Talandren, 2026 - All rights reserved This music, artwork, lyrics, and character concept are original creations and are protected by copyright law. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, redistribution, or uploading of this content is strictly prohibited and may result in legal action. If you wish to use this material in any way (remixes, collaborations, visual media), please contact the creator for permission. I grew up inside that sound low enough to feel It lived inside the walls It made the metal real Morning came in softened light Night came by degrees Everything I ever knew was breathing underneath Forty cycle hum that was home to me Forty cycle hum steady as a heartbeat Forty cycle hum under fear and sleep Forty cycle hum holding everything I knew the decks by vibration I knew the rooms by tone I knew when someone walked nearby before I felt alone It was never music It was never loud Just the ship reminding us we had not fallen out Forty cycle hum that was home to me Forty cycle hum steady as a heartbeat Forty cycle hum under fear and sleep Forty cycle hum holding everything Then I left with all my ghosts packed behind my eyes Found another engine room under stranger lights This one shakes too quickly This one pulls too thin Every night it moves beneath me like it wants out of its skin [Second Chorus] Wrong little hum underneath my feet Wrong little hum keeping time with me Wrong little hum not the one I knew Wrong little hum but it carries me through It is not the Crown It is not my dead It does not know the prayers I said It does not hold my childhood name It does not tremble quite the same But still it runs Still it holds Still it keeps the dark outside the hull And maybe home is not the sound Maybe home is what keeps going when the old song cuts out Forty cycle hum somewhere far behind Wrong little hum learning how to rhyme Forty cycle hum made a home of me Wrong little hum teaching me to sleep Forty cycle hum I remember you Wrong little hum I will learn you too Forty cycle hum not here anymore Wrong little hum under the floor I close my eyes and let it run It isn’t home but it is one