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The Mark Moved
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The Mark Moved was released on August 21, 2026 by Mind and Machine Productions as a part of the album Stacked Deck
August 21, 2026
LabelMind and Machine Productions
LanguageEnglish
BPM92
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Music Video

Music Video

Lyrics

You asked me to be softer, so I sanded myself down
You asked me for a Tuesday and I gave you all year round
I brought it to you finished and I laid it in your hands
And you found the one square inch of it that didn't meet your plans
I hit the mark and the mark moved
I cleared the bar and the bar improved
There is always one more thing to do
And I have never once come through
You run the dishwasher again the second that I'm through
You fold the towels a second time to fold them like you do
It isn't that it wasn't done, it's that it wasn't done your way
So I stopped announcing anything I finished in a day
I stopped saying what I'd done, I just quietly withdrew
And now you say I never help at all, and maybe that's come true
I hit the mark and the mark moved
I cleared the bar and the bar improved
There is always one more thing to do
And I have never once come through
At work they call it stretch and they raise it every spring
Same desk, same pay, same me, just a further, thinner thing
And nobody says the quiet part, the number's not a goal
It's a place they move on purpose so the finish line won't hold
And maybe you were never cruel, maybe that was how you're taught
Maybe you just practiced till the only thing you see is fault
You built a better eye for wrong than anybody needs
And the blade you keep on sharpening is the one on which I bleed
And here's the part that ought to scare you, and you'd better believe
When nothing ever counts, people quit before they leave
I'm still here in the kitchen, I'm still sitting in the chair
But I stopped trying to arrive, and you never noticed I'm not there
I hit the mark and the mark moved
I cleared the bar and the bar improved
There is always one more thing to do
And I have never once come through
One more thing
One more thing
One more thing
And the mark moved
Written by: Anthony Ray Botticelli
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