So you’ve defined your worth through intelligent
satire…
(But this is how it ends)
And you’ve sorted and filed all receipts for this tax
year…
(But this is how it ends)
A well calculated and thought out budget…
(But this is how it ends)
Vitamins, Valium, vanity, something…
(But this is how it ends)
And it’s another night thinking I should tell her I
mean it,
But I just sit there as she lies on her side.
While you were breaking the ice I was breaking a sweat…
(But this is how it ends)
Far too much caffeine, too little regret…
(But this is how it ends)
You left a casual note, read: ‘I’ll see you later…’
(This is how it ends)
But you pushed down so hard that you broke the paper…
(And this is how it ends…)
And it’s another night thinking I should tell her I
mean it,
But I just sit there as she lies on her side.