[Intro - futuristic EDM synth riser, record scratch stab, electronic vocoder pulse] (record scratch) (robotic vocoder voice) Wait... wait... wait... [dramatic pause - full silence] (vinyl crackle, ragtime piano fades in) (vocoder morphs into warm female voice) (soft, wistful) Shibuya... Shibuya... Station lights, nineteen-twenty-five (brass swell) [Verse 1 - female lead, bright and swinging] Every morning same train, same time, same place Professor walks, dog walks, matching pace Station clock, ticking loud, watch the platform Nine AM sharp, no delay, no excuse Every evening he'd come back, same train, same track Dog would wait by the gate, never look back Loyal, loyal, loyal, loyal (layered female harmonies with vocoder shimmer — "loy-loy-loyal") [Pre-Chorus - stripped back, tension builds] One day the train came— (record scratch stop) No professor. No professor. No professor. (harmonized whisper) He's not coming back [Chorus - full swing band, brass hits] Wait, wait, wait at the gate Nine years, same spot, same fate Wait, wait, wait in the rain Station lights blur, calling his name WAIT — WAIT — WAIT — WAIT (female harmonies stack, vocoder shimmer on final word) [Verse 2 - swinging, faster energy] Nine winters passed, station crowds walk by Some kick him, some feed him, some wonder why Still he sits, still he stares at the door Waiting for a friend who won't walk anymore People started watching, started writing it down Loyalty like that don't exist in this town Devotion, devotion, devotion, devotion (layered harmonies — "de-de-devotion") [Bridge - piano and upright bass only, half-time] (tender, intimate) Bronze in the station now, frozen in time Statue don't blink but the story's still mine (brass swells back in) [Final Chorus - full band, all harmonies stacked] Wait, wait, wait at the gate Ten years, same spot, same fate Wait, wait, wait — legend now Station lights blur, take a bow LOYAL — LOYAL — LOYAL — LOYAL (harmonies bloom with vocoder shimmer, brass stab, vinyl crackle fade)
