[Intro] Lanterns sway, rain on steel, steam curls up, the city kneels. [Verse 1] Painted signs, sizzling pans, we point and laugh, no master plan. You taste first, pull a face, then grin, push the bite back to my lips. Burns a little, sweet right after, we laugh too loud, unguarded laughter. [Verse 2] Hands and feet, bows too deep, words get lost, but smiles keep. The cook laughs, speaks too fast, still waits with us, lets it last. We thank with eyes, clumsy, true, empathy doing what language can’t do. [Pre-Chorus] Grease on fingers, warmth in palms, no alarms inside our arms. [Chorus] Lost in steam and lantern light, breathing slow for once tonight. No danger humming under skin, we let the quiet pull us in. We don’t run, we don’t rush through, we stay right here, just me and you — just life, just love, just us. [Verse 3] Paper cups, wooden chairs, shoulders touch, no one cares. You wipe sauce from my mouth, I steal a sip, you laugh it out. Old strings cry from down the street, we sway wrong, still on beat. [Bridge] Koto weaves, shamisen replies, taiko like a resting heart. (no words, only breath and tone) [Final Chorus] Lost in steam and lantern light, no fear left to outrun tonight. No past behind, no need to prove, we choose to stay, we choose the groove. We don’t rush, we don’t run, just life, just love, just us. just life, just love, just us.
