Missed the Boat

While we're on the subject

Could we change the subject now?

I was knocking on your ear's door

But you were always out

Looking toward the future

We were beggin' for the past, well

We know we had the good things but

Those never seem to last

Oh, please just last

Everyone's unhappy

Everyone's ashamed

Well, we all just caught lookin' at

Somebody else's page

Well, nothing ever went

Quite exactly as we planned

Our ideas held no water but

We used them like a dam, uh huh

Oh, and we carried it all so well

As if we 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

Of course everyone goes crazy over

Such and such and such

We made ourselves a pillar

We just used it as a crutch

We were certainly uncertain

At least I'm pretty sure I am

Well, we didn't need the water

But we just built that good God dam

Oh, and I know this of myself

I assume as much for other people

Oh, and I know this of myself

We've listened 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 missed 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 a-playin'

So we could shake, shake, shake, shake, shake

Tiny curtains opened and 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

Sittin', driftin' 'round in bubbles

And 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 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