One Second

Original English lyrics

[Verse 1]
Rain comes sideways
under the shelter.
Five coats.
One pram.
A dog sits down
in the wet square.

[Hook]
Wet leash.
Bus light.
One second.
Wrong way.
We all watch
the dog win.

[Verse 2]
The owner says sorry
to nobody there.
Her hand goes red
around the handle.
The dog looks past us
at the empty road.

[Verse 3]
An advert behind glass
says better journeys.
A drip runs through
the poster woman's teeth.
The bus is late.
Then too early.

[Hook]
Wet leash.
Bus light.
One second.
Wrong way.
We all watch
the dog win.

[Break]
A boy drops one crisp.
It sticks to his shoe.
He lifts his foot
and studies it.
The dog does not
look over.

[Verse 4]
The doors hiss open
in the wrong place.
People step round
the leash.
I step back.
The dog passes first.