LATE
Fashionably Late: A Coffee-Stained Symphony of Punctuality Woes
Lyrics
How're you gonna show up late
Expressing surprise/disapproval about someone arriving late
With a coffee in your hand?
Criticizing the tardy person for also having coffee
How're you gonna have me sit and wait
Questioning why the person made her wait
While you hit the coffee stand?
Commenting on the delay caused by buying coffee
How're you gonna waltz in here?
Asking how the person can casually enter late
Iced coffee in hand
Describing the person's demeanor with iced coffee
Big smile on your big dumb face
Mocking the person's happy expression
Zero mention that you're fifteen late
Pointing out the lateness without acknowledgment
How're you gonna show up late
Repeating the criticism of being late with coffee
But have a coffee in your hand?
Expressing confusion about the situation
I'm racking my brain but I don't understand
Trying to understand the person's actions
You, you, you, you, you were fifteen minutes late
Emphasizing the person's significant tardiness
With wet hair and coffee and a scone
Describing the person's appearance and items
Seems like you could've skipped one or two
Suggesting the person could have skipped some items
And I wouldn't have been alone
Expressing the loneliness of waiting
Waiting for you, all alone at the
Continuation of the waiting situation
Said time that we set
Referring to the agreed-upon meeting time
I was here at one on the dot
Stating her punctuality contrasted with the person's lateness
You were not
Highlighting the person's absence at the scheduled time
You lied and said that it was hard to find a parking spot
Accusing the person of making excuses for being late
How're you gonna show up late
Repeating the criticism of being late with coffee
With a coffee in your hand?
Criticizing the tardy person for also having coffee
How're you gonna have me sit and wait
Questioning why the person made her wait
While you hit the coffee stand?
Commenting on the delay caused by buying coffee
How're you gonna waltz in here?
Asking how the person can casually enter late
Iced coffee in hand
Describing the person's demeanor with iced coffee
Big smile on your big dumb face
Mocking the person's happy expression
Zero mention that you're fifteen late
Pointing out the lateness without acknowledgment
I bet you think the song is about you
Speculating that the person thinks the song is about them
But it's about me
Clarifying that the song is about the singer, not the late person
I'm frequently late and walk in with coffee
Admitting the singer's own tendency to be late with coffee
I fucking hate myself for that
Expressing self-disapproval for the lateness and coffee habit
But it's who I am
Accepting lateness and coffee as part of the singer's identity
Maybe I'll do TM like everyone else in LA
Considering Transcendental Meditation (TM) to change habits
And pay for a mantra, "don't be late
Jokingly suggesting a TM mantra about punctuality and coffee
Don't bring a coffee and don't be late"
Repeating the mantra and acknowledging the singer's issues
That's my TM mantra, maybe someday
Expressing the desire to adopt a new mantra and change
Feels weird to pay for a mantra, but that's LA
Commenting on the cultural aspects of paying for a mantra in LA
Seems like meditation should be free
Expressing skepticism about paying for meditation practices
Maybe that's just me
Reflecting on the idea that meditation should be free
That thinks it's a con to make you pay for a mantra
Suggesting skepticism about paying for a mantra in general
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