[INSTRUMENTAL OPENING] [Pure instrumental — no vocals] [A dry electric piano plays a clipped, ascending 4-note phrase] [A bass answers with a long descending slide] [The piano repeats, but skips its second note] [A clean guitar quietly supplies the missing note] [Third pass: bass takes the piano rhythm while guitar stretches the phrase] [A short burst of percussion enters, then disappears] [The melody returns with a bright synth doubling only the final two notes] [Full groove locks in on the next repetition] [VERSE 1] I got there early For once Didn't rush the door Didn't check the clock Sat in the corner Watched people arrive Nobody knew me Nobody had to A man dropped his papers Someone held the lift Two people argued Then started to grin I caught myself smiling For no reason at all Like I'd finally Stopped waiting for something [PRE-CHORUS] And for once I wasn't somewhere else For once I was exactly here [CHORUS] For once For once I didn't need Another thing For once For once I let the moment Do its thing No looking over My shoulder No trying to get Somewhere better For once For once I was good Where I was [VERSE 2] A woman beside me Was reading the paper Turned one page Then folded it twice She looked out the window And laughed to herself Like she'd just remembered A very good night I thought about asking What she'd been thinking But somehow That would've ruined it So I looked away And let her keep smiling And kept the same feeling For myself [PRE-CHORUS] And for once I didn't need to know For once I could leave it alone [CHORUS] For once For once I didn't need Another thing For once For once I let the moment Do its thing No looking over My shoulder No trying to get Somewhere better For once For once I was good Where I was [BRIDGE] Maybe that's why It felt so strange Nothing happened Nothing changed No one called No one arrived I just sat there And liked my life [BREAK] For once For once Nothing missing Nothing more For once For once I didn't need To ask for more [FINAL CHORUS] For once For once I didn't need Another thing For once For once I let the moment Do its thing No looking over My shoulder No trying to get Somewhere better For once For once I was good Where I was [OUTRO] I got there early For once And stayed a little Just because
