Could we change the subject now?
I was knocking on your ears
But, you were always out
Lookin' towards the future
We were begging for the past
Well we know we'd had the good things
But those never seemed to last
Oh please just last
Everyone's unhappy
Everyone's ashamed
Well we all just got caught lookin'
At somebody else's page
Well nothin' ever went
Quite exactly as we'd planned
Our ideas held no water
But we used 'em like a dam
Oh, and we carried it all so well
As if we'd got a new position
Oh, and I'll laugh all the way to hell
Saying, "yes, this is a fine promotion"
Oh, and I'll laugh all the way to hell
Everyone goes crazy
Over such and such and such
Well we'd made ourselves a pillar
But just used it as a crutch
We are certainly uncertain
At least I'm pretty sure I am
Well we didn't need the water
But we stillbuilt that good goddamn!
Oh, and I know this of myself
I assume as much for other people
Oh, and I know this of myself
We've listen listen more to life's end gong than
the sound of life's sweet bells
Was it ever worth it?
Was there all that much to gain?
Well we knew we'd miss the boat
And we'd already missed the plane
We didn't read the invite
We just danced at our own wake
All our favorites were playin
So we could shake, shake! shake, shake, shake!
Tiny curtains opened then
we heard the tiny clap of little hands
A tiny man would tell a little joke
and get a tiny laugh from all the folks
Sitting drifting around in bubbles then
(thinking it was us that carried them)
When we finally got it figured out,
that we had truly missed the boat
Oh, and we carried it all so well
As if we'd got a new position
Oh, and we owned all the tools ourselves
without the skills to make a shelf with
Oh, what useless tools ourselves
While we're on the subject Could we change the subject now? I was knocking on your ears But, you were always out Lookin' towards the future We were begging for the past Well we know we'd had the good things But those never seemed to last Oh please just last Everyone's unhappy Everyone's ashamed Well we all just got caught lookin' At somebody else's page Well nothin' ever went Quite exactly as we'd planned Our ideas held no water But we used 'em like a dam Oh, and we carried it all so well As if we'd got a new position Oh, and I'll laugh all the way to hell Saying, "yes, this is a fine promotion" Oh, and I'll laugh all the way to hell Everyone goes crazy Over such and such and such Well we'd made ourselves a pillar But just used it as a crutch We are certainly uncertain At least I'm pretty sure I am Well we didn't need the water But we stillbuilt that good goddamn! Oh, and I know this of myself I assume as much for other people Oh, and I know this of myself We've listen listen more to life's end gong than the sound of life's sweet bells Was it ever worth it? Was there all that much to gain? Well we knew we'd miss the boat And we'd already missed the plane We didn't read the invite We just danced at our own wake All our favorites were playin So we could shake, shake! shake, shake, shake! Tiny curtains opened then we heard the tiny clap of little hands A tiny man would tell a little joke and get a tiny laugh from all the folks Sitting drifting around in bubbles then (thinking it was us that carried them) When we finally got it figured out, that we had truly missed the boat Oh, and we carried it all so well As if we'd got a new position Oh, and we owned all the tools ourselves without the skills to make a shelf with Oh, what useless tools ourselves Explain Request ×
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