One Thing

[Jase]

One thing

I came out here for one thing

And that little bitty one thing

Was to forget about you

But I guess I've learned something

That there's never really one thing

'Cause pretty quickly one thing

Evolves into two, or three, or more

For example

See the light in the hallway?

It was always flickering

Ever since I was little

It was always flickering

After three days here, it was unbearable

My list grew

Two, fix the light bulb

And one, forget about you

Drove to town, bought a bulb

One of those new LEDs

Brought it home, put it in

But the wires weren't connecting

Suddenly, they went on the fritz

My list grew

Three, rewire the ceiling

Two, fix the lightbulb

And one, forget about you

So I went to the attic

And to my utmost delight

There it is, black mold

Killing us slowly each night

And I feel it's my duty to remove it

My list grew

Four, kill the black mold

Three, rewire the ceiling

Two, fix the lightbulb

And one, forget about you

[Judith]

Yeah, but my one thing

Is really just

[Jase]

I'm not done

See the tarp in the hallway?

That used to be a gallery wall

Lots of pictures, super classy

Sad I had to make the call, but

In scouring for mold, I had to take the place apart

Because sometimes to solve a problem

You follow it back to the start

[Judith]

Oh

Who's that?

[Jase]

No one

It just does that when it rains

When I tried to rebuild the wall that I'd taken down

I discovered two holes burrowed right into the ground

And I didn't have the heart to kill 'em

So my list grew

But then, the cement that I found to fill in the gaping holes

Wasn't good, it didn't stick

Apparently, cement can get old?

In trying to fix one thing, I made everything worse

My list grew

Nine, buy new cement

Eight, take care of this duck I found

Seven, clean out the pipes for the bathroom and the kitchen

Six, rebuild the wall

Five, keep out the pests

Four, kill the black mold

Three, rewire the ceiling

Two, fix the lightbulb

And one, forget about you

[Judith]

I think it's lovely

To see you fix up this old house

Because you want it to be

Nice for your family

But I think maybe you're obsessing

Over things you can control

Hoping to control your feelings for

[Jase]

What?

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no

[Judith]

So you came here

Looking for one thing

And you're saying that one thing

Was to forget about me

Well, all I am asking

Is for you to do the first thing

Which could also be the last thing

That you do with me

[Jase]

These things needed to get done, okay, okay

Just, just, just stop moving towards me

Just stay on your side of the room

Okay? So we can talk this out

Well, listen, well, listen

If my moms are gonna be so nice to have me out here

And respect my need to be alone during this really insane

Crazy, impossible time of my life

The absolute least I can do is, you know, just, just go around

And, and, and, and, and

Destroy their house

[Judith]

After tonight, you'll never hear from me again

If that's what you want

Everything we need to fix our marriage is inside this envelope

I'm asking for one chance

[Both]

We'll do this one thing

It is the first thing

We're doing together

Since

[Judith]

You left without saying a word

[Jase]

I found out you are not who I thought you were

[Both]

We'll do this one thing

It could be the last thing