You know, you see working hours
go by ceaselessly,
in an invincible coming and going.
Who could know what you're thinking,
where you're drifting to, sitting
motionless amid the scramble?
(chorus x2)
break time
You just want to be happy
during lunch break.
You cross and uncross your arms and long
for thousands of getaways
and languid dances1
Who could know
what your empty hands want,
how many times they let time
slip between their fingers?
(chorus x2)
Break time
(for how many more times?)
You just want to be happy
(will you be useless during lunch break?)
Break time
(for how many more times?)
You just want to be happy
(will you take control during lunch break?)
1. The "American 15 minutes" is when girls are supposed to ask guys to dance (in a party)