Thousand Mornings
Rice cooker blinking green at five-fourteen
Two cats are sleeping where one used to be.
Shoes by the door, cracked glass glowing on the floor
Conbini curry, a ticket‑lunch at Shokken‑ten.
[Chorus]
We almost happened here,
Watching the world disappear.
Two hands, one light,
Held until the morning came.
He sits on a hotel bed with his coat still on,
She looks like a prayer, but the night’s not done with her.
A tear on his cheek she will never see.
His ghost in a sea of salarymen.
[Pre-chorus]
Mark the minutes, count the coins,
Watch the change pull our hearts apart.
[Chorus]
We almost happened here,
Watching the world disappear.
Two hands, one light,
Held until the morning came.
A scatter of cash on the nightstand,
Looks like the price of a goodbye.
An envelope, whiskers drawn at two am.
A soft click — sound of the door
Closed in the hotel.
口にできない. /Locked behind a trembling lip./
[Chorus reprise, stripped]
We almost happened here,
While the last train disappeared.
Two hands, one light,
Then the morning came.
Then the morning came.