Before We Began

I took a fresh page in my notebook

to remake a list of plans

You know the kind I'm getting at

The kind that bubble up repeatedly in the mindflow

Causing momentary pain

And the list went on forever

or at least to the second page

and I was filled with a sudden rage

that I would need two lives to accomplish half a page worth

of these sad deluded dreams

and you can take a man out of his job

but can you force a man to stick to his plans?

And all the time that got stuck in the fan

I try to shape it but it falls from my hands

It just rebels when faced with all my demands

I'm further back now than before I began

Before I began

Will you come round to my place now

Cos I know that you keep lists too

They get more fruity as your mood improves

And I've not been rifling through your things but I'll wager

They're as long at least as mine

And the life that I am living is a pain in the sodding arse

Is it quite too much to ask

that we can synchronise for one night out of seven

without both falling asleep?

and you can take a man out of his job

but can you force a man to stick to his plans?

And all the time that got stuck in the fan

I try to shape it but it falls from my hands

It just rebels when faced with all our demands

We're further back now than before we began

Before we began