Kyoto Quiet

Window pane is streaked with rain A neon sign reflects again Steam from a ceramic cup The city's hum, I drink it up Laptop open, screen is glowing Don't know where the time is going Just the clatter of the keys Lost inside a gentle breeze And the beat just loops and fades Through the afternoons and shades Of the coffee, dark and deep Secrets that the hours keep Yeah, the world is on mute In this lofi substitute

For the noise outside my head Following the thread Headphones on, a vinyl crackle Every problem I can tackle Distant chatter, soft and low A quiet place for thoughts to grow Someone turns a paper page I'm writing on a different stage The focus pulls me in so tight In the fading afternoon light And the beat just loops and fades Through the afternoons and shades Of the coffee, dark and deep Secrets that the hours keep

Yeah, the world is on mute In this lofi substitute For the noise outside my head Following the thread Two hours feel like twenty minutes Pushing past the outer limits Of the work I thought I knew Everything is clear and new The rhythm of the rain outside Is a perfect, steady guide A gentle, unhurried pace In this quiet, focused space And the beat just loops and fades Through the afternoons and shades

Of the coffee, dark and deep Secrets that the hours keep Yeah, the world is on mute In this lofi substitute For the noise outside my head Following the thread