Song of the Week #16: Haiku

The other day I realized that someone I know emails in "Haiku", that form of Japanese poetry we all love. You know, like this:

"i was wondering
if you would like to meet up -
for an early lunch"

So I decided to write a song in Haiku. The rules of Haiku are this:

There are three lines, each line consisting of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, respectively. The whole thing consists of 17 syllables.
There is a break after the first or second line, indicating a change in thought, usually marked by a hyphen or comma.
There is a season word indicating in which season the Haiku was written. It can be the name of the season, or a more subtle indicator, like blossoms or rain.

My song follows these rules. Additionally, it uses the word "Haiku" in its lyrics, making it a meta-Haiku, a Haiku which refers to itself. Further, after the instruments break out temporarily, the keyboard, bass, and drums come back in on the 5th, 7th, and 5th beats, respectively. This corresponds to the number of syllables in each line of Haiku. I thought that would be a nice touch. :)

You can read more about Haiku here:
Haiku For People
Wikipedia

Haiku

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