[intro - cold open, solo piano + field ambience] mmm... mmm... [verse 1 - spoken-sung, minimal house groove] [kick enters soft, bass hums, piano chords steady, vocal close, conversational, dropped g's, unhurried] i been puttin' my livin' in a drawer marked "later" foldin' up my happiness like a letter i'll write "after" sayin' "i'll love her proper when the work is done" sayin' "i'll feel the sun when i've earned the sun" and the drawer keeps fillin', and the letter don't get wrote and the work ain't never done, and the sun don't float up for a man who won't look up and i been so busy buildin' a life i forgot to live in it [piano fill - improvised, gentle, 2 bars] [big beat break - piano improvisation] [four-on-the-floor switches to chopped breakbeat, piano riff loops and filters open, improvised fills, tambourine shakes, handclaps enter] [vocal ad-libs, loose, riding the rhythm] yeah... uh-huh... [piano improvises: trills, octave jumps, blues bends in D major] [drum fill - tom roll, behind the beat, lazy] [vocal, laughing softly] ain't that the truth though... [hook - melodic, anthemic, D major] [full arrangement, D major resolution, vocal opens up, doubled harmonies, plate reverb, chest voice ringing] another day can wait for the bills another day can wait for the worries another day can wait for the "should" and the "must" but this day— this day is for lovin' this day is for livin' this day is for holdin' what's real in my hands 'cause happiness don't send a reminder love don't leave a note sayin' "i'll be back" they don't wait, no they don't wait but the problems? [beat cuts, one beat] the problems can have another day [verse 2 - denser, more urgent] [fuller groove, arpeggiated synths enter, bass driving, vocal more rhythmic, pushing forward, drawl thickening] i watched my daddy postpone his joy for forty years kept a fishin' rod in the garage, "for when the time is clear" time was never clear, dad, the water just kept runnin' and the rod got dusty and the knees got done and he said "next spring, next spring" till the spring ran out and i swore on his name i wouldn't die full of "about" about to be happy, about to be free about to tell her "i love you" properly well, properly is now, improperly is now stutterin' and fumbling and ugly is NOW and i'll take an ugly now over a beautiful never [piano stab - improvised, emphatic] [atmospheric breakdown - pads and vocal intimacy] [beat strips, wide pads swell, arpeggiated synth sparkles, vocal very close, almost whispered, vibrato exposed] and i know... i know the world says "earn it first" says "suffer now, shine later" says "love is a reward for the disciplined" and i say... that's a lie told by men who died with full calendars and empty hands [pause] my hands are empty now but they're open and that's the difference [build - snare rolls, arpeggiated synth rising] [snare rolls enter, arpeggio climbs, risers, vocal building from speak to sing] so i'm cashin' in the "later" i'm spendin' all the "someday" i'm lovin' like the clock is a suggestion and the problems— the problems can— [drop 1 - full progressive house + big beat layer] [everything hits: four-on-the-floor + breakbeat hybrid, piano chords driving, arps wide, bass pumping, vocal anthemic, full chest voice] another day can wait! let the bills pile up like leaves another day can wait let the worries rust on the vine i got today and she's warm and the light is gold and i ain't tradin' this for a future i'm told is "comin' any minute now" [big beat fill - improvised, snare ghost notes, tom roll] the problems can wait! the problems can have another day! but this— [piano riff - improvised, bright, 2 bars] this is MINE [bridge - spoken, sub-bass and field sounds] [wind, birds, creaking porch, sub-bass hum, vocal spoken, quiet, warm, direct] so... you... yeah, you, listenin' to this in a kitchen or a truck, or a office, or a bed at 2am... what's in your drawer marked "later"? what letter you been meanin' to write? who you been meanin' to hold? 'cause i'm tellin' you, friend... the drawer don't open itself and the "later" gets heavier every year and the problems? [small laugh, warm] the problems don't mind waitin' they're patient they'll be there tomorrow i guarantee it [exhale] but she might not be and the light might not be and you might not be so... [pause] go on, then go on and live the problems can have another day [outro - piano decay into field sounds] another day... can wait... [piano: single note, decaying]
