Small Corrections

Original English lyrics

[Verse 1]
Kettle clicks twice
in the staff room.
Rain on the window.
Blue noticeboard.
A Glorious Day.
Annual Staff Celebration.
Edges tea-brown.
No one takes it down.

[Hook]
Green light, side gate.
Same line, same face.
Small corrections
go through me.

[Verse 2]
Mara counts spoons
out of time.
Six, seven.
Six again.
Her badge turns over.
She turns it back.
Mine has a new line.
My thumb comes black.

[Hook]
Green light, side gate.
Same line, same face.
Small corrections
go through me.

[Verse 3]
At ten the lift
misses floor five.
Nobody looks up.
The button shines
under my sleeve.
I press it once.
The sleeve keeps
a grey half-moon.

[Break]
Lunch in foil.
Tea in paper cups.
Eli starts a joke.
The clock cuts in.
Kettle. Rain. Badge.
One chair turned round.
No further issue.
The second sentence waits.

[Hook]
Green light, side gate.
Same line, same face.
Small corrections
go through me.

[Verse 4]
Mara says my mum's name
into her cup.
No one turns round.
No one looks up.
At home, the notice
warms under a spoon.
The old word shows.
I wash the cup twice.