[Intro]
(Roland CR-78 drum beat starts: tiss-tik-tik-tiss)
(The bassline enters—percussive, steady, and deep)
(Smooth, airy synth pads swell in the background)
[Verse 1]
You’re squinting through the blinds at 2:00 AM
Counting every car that’s on the street
You’re building up a case on all of them
Keeping records on the people that I meet
You got your ear pressed up against the wall
Picking up the shadows of a sound
You’re just waiting for a slip or for a fall
So you can spread the "truth" you think you found
[Pre-Chorus]
Yeah, your telescope is pointed wrong
(Pointed at me)
When you got a garden of your own
Why you singing someone else’s song
When you’re sitting on a lonely throne?
[Chorus]
I... I see what you do
(Yeah, I see you)
You... are looking for a clue
(Looking for a clue)
I... think it’s such a shame
How you’re losing at your own backyard game
Stay in your lane.
(Stop being so nosey)
[Verse 2]
You’re asking questions just to hear the lead
Trying to find a crack inside the glass
But there’s a hunger that you’ll never feed
Watching all the lucky moments pass
If you spent a minute on your own design
Instead of tracing every line of mine
You might find the rhythm, find the rhyme
And stop wasting all that precious time
[Pre-Chorus]
Yeah, your telescope is pointed wrong
(Pointed at me)
When you got a garden of your own
Why you singing someone else’s song
When you’re sitting on a lonely throne?
[Chorus]
I... I see what you do
(Yeah, I see you)
You... are looking for a clue
(Looking for a clue)
I... think it’s such a shame
How you’re losing at your own backyard game
Stay in your lane.
(Stop being so nosey)
[Bridge]
(Music drops to just the heavy bass and the "tiss-tiss" of the hi-hat)
Keep your eyes in your own head
(Stop being so nosey)
Watch your own life instead
(Stop being so nosey)
(A silky, melodic saxophone solo glides over the groove)
[Guitar Solo]
(Clean, rhythmic 80s funk guitar licks)
[Outro]
Stay in your lane
(You’re being so nosey)
Yeah, look at yourself
(It’s good for your health)
You’re watching me, but who’s watching you?
There’s better things for a soul to do
Stop being so nosey...
(Stay in your lane)
Keep it to yourself.
(Fade out on the iconic, steady bass groove)
