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    The Best I Can Do

    12 Jan 2012, Orphans, track 3

    An autobiographical song about procrastination.

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    today was the day that i finally decided
    to sit down and get this thing done
    and the night that i work 'till the sunrise already begun

    and i can't help but wonder if i have been secretly
    aiming for this from the start
    but tomorrow's the end and i haven't got time for reflection
    no matter the fact that i have to outrun

    that i have to outrun

    and i'm sorry for those who believed and depended on me
    i am sorry that i am not everything that i can be
    everything that i can be

    day after day lost to pointless distraction
    my mornings are filled with intenser inaction
    the deadline looms near and time slips away
    there's no work getting done
    and i'm praying for just one more day

    one more day
    hey hey
    one fucking day

    i can not act like today hasn't happened before
    and i wouldn't be better with time if i had a bit more
    if i had a bit more

    shaking from caffiene, i look at the time
    but my curtains are drawn so i can't tell if i'm
    still in morning or evening, six could mean anything
    utterly lost
    i am praying for just one more day

    telling myself it's the best i can do
    and knowing full well that it's simply not true
    i can promise myself
    this will not happen again

    i am powering through under terrible stress
    the words make no sense and the phrasing's a mess
    so i promise myself
    this will not happen again
    this will not happen again

    the paperwork's signed so i carry on my merry way
    ignoring the fact that the fact that i made it on time doesn't make it okay
    toats a colons joint

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