[Verse 1] "All my ex-girlfriends were Japanese I'm only interested in Japanese girls I've been there so many times" That's what the British guy said [Verse 2] "I don't feel confident about my looks If I looked like you, my life would be different" "I like the way you look Because you remind me of my child" [Verse 3] Shirtless, showing off his tattoos That muscular guy with fiery red hair He listened to the music I was playing And said, "Yeah, I like that too." [Break] [Pre-Chorus] He and I became good friends He kept asking about my favorite songs The reason we crossed the language barrier "Music was the language we shared." [Chorus] My hearing isn't great, you know I struggle to understand spoken English But he just won't accept it Why does he want to call me so badly? "Here, I'll give you my phone number This is something special, you know" But I didn't even write it down I just closed the browser right away [Instrumental Break] [Verse 4] Sometimes we even had a fight Because I never called him on the phone "I'd rather email you, you know." And this is what he said in anger [Verse 5] "If I had a child with you That child would be born sick" If he really cared about me He never would have said those words [Verse 6] "My husband was just like you Covered in tattoos from head to toe" If this is a game to make me call I'm not going to play along [Break] [Pre-Chorus] No matter how often he said, "I love your face" I'd answer, "I don't like this face of mine" I'd never said those words before But his compliments just didn't reach me [Chorus] My hearing isn't great, you know I struggle to understand spoken English But he just won't accept it Why does he want to call me so badly? "Here, I'll give you my phone number This is something special, you know" But I didn't even write it down I just closed the browser right away [Instrumental Break] [Verse 7] The music theories I taught him The rules for songs that never wear out The features of songs that draw people in Without them even knowing why The rules of heavy rotation [Verse 8] He asked me over and over again But I wouldn't tell him the important part "The rules for music that makes people depressed" Because he'd said such cruel things to me [Verse 9] My music theories were created For children who are suffering from illness If he doesn't care about my child I'll never teach him what I know [Break] [Pre-Chorus] "What do you do for a living?" I asked, and suddenly he got angry "I make pink tissues," he told me What kind of secret code is that? [Chorus] My hearing isn't great, you know I struggle to understand spoken English But he just won't accept it Why does he want to call me so badly? "Here, I'll give you my phone number This is something special, you know" But I didn't even write it down I just closed the browser right away [Outro] If he ever has a child who's sick He'll find his own way to the rules The very same rules I discovered Then maybe I could forgive him Even if his personality is awful His voice is still my favorite voice Let him go through the struggles I went through That's what karma means, don't you think? [End]
