[Intro] [spoken, dry, close, no reverb] Input. 사. Movement. 오. Difference. 일. [Verse 1] [falsetto, quiet, close] Card reader, latch and thumb plate Cage lift with a folding gate Hand goes out before I stop Handle's there before I drop Always been a half step quick Someone told me I'd wear thin Ten hours down and still not sick Ten hours down and still going in [Pre-Chorus] [lift, held breath] If I'm early, it still lands If I'm early, good If I ran late, I would feel it I have not. Knock on wood. [Chorus] [wide, vocoder stack one layer under] Buffer Hand's out too soon Buffer Door swings on time Buffer Never missed once Buffer Ten hours, no sweat [Verse 2] [falsetto, quiet, close] Water on the fourth stair now Water where the fourth stair was Count it, log it, move it on Don't ask what the water does Reach the rail before the rail Reach the rung before the rung Something meets me every time Never once come up on nothing [Pre-Chorus] [lift, held breath] If I'm early, it still lands If I'm early, good If I ran late, I would feel it I have not. Knock on wood. [Chorus] [wide, vocoder stack one layer under] Buffer Hand's out too soon Buffer Door swings on time Buffer Never missed once Buffer Ten hours, no sweat [Bridge] [spoken, dry, close, no reverb, music drops to ocarina only] Input. 사. Movement. 오. Difference. 일. [spoken, flat] I hold what you send until the world can take it. You call that being early. [spoken] Difference. 일. [Final Chorus] [wide, vocoder stack one layer under] Buffer Hand's out too soon Buffer Door swings on time Buffer Never missed once Buffer Ten hours, no sweat [Outro] [ocarina note holds past the bar, catches up, unresolved, fade] Buffer
