[Verse 1]
Sometimes I go to lunch with everyone from our department.
But the topics are often too technical and high-level for me to follow.
[Pre-Chorus 1]
There are times I don’t understand the English,
So I can’t even laugh at the jokes.
[Chorus 1]
The bill for my past lack of study
Comes due here in the form of regret.
No matter how much I rush,
Rome wasn’t built in a day.
[Verse 2]
Being unable to join the conversation
Makes that time feel agonizingly long,
So I often end up eating lunch alone.
Life doesn’t always go the way I want.
[Pre-Chorus 2]
I wish I could handle situations like this smoothly and effortlessly.
[Chorus 2]
The bill for my past lack of study
Comes due here in the form of regret.
No matter how much I rush,
Rome wasn’t built in a day.
[Verse 3]
Someone made a casual joke,
“I thought you were coming back on the Trans-Siberian Railway.”
All I could do was stand there and smile.
[Pre-Chorus 3]
I wanted to ask, “How would you cross the Sea of Japan?”
But the English words wouldn’t come to mind.
[Chorus 3]
The bill for my past lack of study
Comes due here in the form of regret.
No matter how much I rush,
Rome wasn’t built in a day.
[Bridge]
The conversation flows rapidly onward.
Silence is the virtue of fools.
I should say something if only the words would come out.
[Final Chorus]
The bill for my past lack of study
Comes due here in the form of regret.
No matter how much I rush,
Rome wasn’t built in a day.
[Outro]
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