[Intro — isolated detuned Koto plucks, rain texture, fragmented rhythmic cuts gradually accelerating] Three minutes late You always are [Rhythmic Entry — chopped Koto arpeggios multiply rapidly, metallic percussion and fractured echoes opening around the vocal] [Verse 1 — clipped conversational vocal, short phrases separated by abrupt instrumental gaps] I’m under the awning Outside the station Your message says “Almost there” People keep passing Umbrellas collide I watch the crossing Change twice Still no you [Instrumental Burst — rapid-fire Koto fragments, dense footwork rhythm, metallic notes ricocheting across the stereo field] [Refrain — simple vocal phrases designed for rhythmic chopping] Three minutes late Five minutes now I should be annoyed I’m not Three minutes late Five minutes now I know you’ll come You always do [Extended Instrumental — frenetic Koto arpeggios split into stuttering fragments, heavy rhythmic cuts, rain and distant arcade ambience underneath] [Verse 2 — vocal enters unpredictably between rhythmic gaps] Then I see your coat Wrong person Then your shoes Wrong again My phone lights up “Behind you” I turn You’re laughing Of course [Break — rhythm drops abruptly, one clean Koto phrase rings out, rain briefly exposed] [Bridge — close dry vocal, large spaces] You say, “Were you waiting long?” I look at you Look at the clock Look back at you “No” [Rhythmic Explosion — chopped Koto returns in increasingly dense patterns, metallic melodic fragments interlocking with rapid percussion] [Final Refrain — vocal phrases chopped and repeated around the rhythm] Three minutes late Five minutes now I should be annoyed I’m not Three minutes late Five minutes now I knew you’d come You always do You always do You always do [Outro — rhythm fragments fall away one layer at a time, detuned Koto and rain remaining] You take my umbrella I let you [End — one clean Koto pluck, then rain]
