[instrumental intro] Downtown lights, late September, Steel wheels singing through the weather. Doors slid open, whole world blurred— Then every sound became one word. You. (it's nap time) [VERSE 1] You stepped inside at Fifty-Ninth, Red coat cutting through the gray, City moving like machinery, You made the moments gray. Book in hand, thumb on the spine, One loose strand across your face, I built a life inside a second While the train outran the stage I never asked you for your name, Never gave you mine to keep, Watched your shadow leave the carport Like a promise missing sleep. Doors shut hard, the tunnel swallowed Every sentence in my chest, And for years, your disappearing Was the thing I knew the best. [PRE-HOOK] Was it fate or bad timing? Was it real or just lightning? Twenty seconds, twenty years— Still your silhouette was here. [HOOK] I can't spend time wonderin'. Wonderin' aboutchu. I can't spend time wonderin'. Wonderin' aboutchu. I gotta know right now, Gotta know right now, Whatchu gonna do, gonna do. I can't spend time wonderin'. Wonderin' aboutchu. I can't spend time wonderin'. Wonderin' aboutchu. I gotta know right now, Gotta know right now, Whatchu gonna do, gonna do. [DUBSTEP CUT — HARD WOBBLE BASS] What—chu—gonna—do? [VERSE 2] I saw your face in crowded windows, In cafés fogged by winter breath, Every stranger wore an echo, Every echo had a depth. I dated ghosts with different names, Built a home and changed careers, Learned how memory edits footage, Makes a moment last for years. Maybe you became a lawyer, Maybe Paris, maybe Rome, Maybe someone learned your laughter And mistook your heart for home. Maybe I was just romantic, Giving absence too much weight, Making meaning out of silence, Making scripture out of fate. Still, beneath the daily static, Under every love I knew, There remained one empty subway seat Still shaped by me and you. [HOOK] I can't spend time wonderin'. Wonderin' aboutchu. I can't spend time wonderin'. Wonderin' aboutchu. I gotta know right now, Gotta know right now, Whatchu gonna do, gonna do. (it's nap time) (it's nap time) I can't spend time wonderin'. Wonderin' aboutchu. I can't spend time wonderin'. Wonderin' aboutchu. I gotta know right now, Gotta know right now, Whatchu gonna do, gonna do. [WOBBLE BASS BREAK] Wonder—wonder—wonderin’— [BASS CUT] Aboutchu. (it's nap time) Wonder—wonder—wonderin’— [BASS CUT] Aboutchu. (it's nap time) [VERSE 3] Twenty years came down like stallions, Names erased and neighborhoods have changed, Same old rails beneath Manhattan, Same old chaos, rearranged. I was heading north from Houston, Rain tattooing every pane, Half awake and half remembering, Half in love with being sane. Then the doors they open slowly, And the universe stood still— You walked in with silver temples, But your eyes were younger still. Same book resting in your fingers, Different cover, same bent page, Like the city kept a secret Locked beneath its rusty cage. You looked up. I knew the answer. You went pale. You knew me too. Two complete and total strangers Recognizing something true. [PRE-HOOK] Was it fate or bad timing? Was it real or just lightning? Twenty seconds, twenty years— Still your silhouette was here. [HOOK] I can't spend time wonderin'. Wonderin' aboutchu. I can't spend time wonderin'. Wonderin' aboutchu. I gotta know right now, Gotta know right now, Whatchu gonna do, gonna do. I can't spend time wonderin'. Wonderin' aboutchu. I can't spend time wonderin'. Wonderin' aboutchu. I gotta know right now, Gotta know right now, Whatchu gonna do, gonna do. [DUBSTEP CUT — HARD WOBBLE BASS] What—chu—gonna—do?
