Feeling Bad
Wrote this in an hour one night while working on coursework. It seemed to fit Sunday's RG final, the way I knew that, no matter what I tried, I couldn't finish it. Let me stress again that it was written two months ago, so any resemblance to the final is coincedental.
Haven't cried like this for a long, long time
Haven't felt so bad in years
My nose is red, my eyes are stinging
From the constant drying of my tears
Wish I could go back to how it used to be
I had troubles then, but now they look so easy
Nothing I couldn't sort out in a day
Not like now, about to spend another night awake
I says I'll think of something tomorrow
But all my ideas have failed, turned out hollow
I keep thinking something's there, but when I look closer
It's just a dead end, over and over
And what progress I made falls apart
Every step is useless, takes me back to the start
I don't know how to carry on anymore
Can't bear the thought of another day like the one before
This problem that I can't fix, it's all over me,
I stare at it, forget to eat, it's driving me crazy
Someone tell me what I gotta do
Somebody save me cos I don't think I ever will
And then it'll be the end of me
Is that the way it's meant to be
I'm trapped in a dark deep well
Sitting, waiting for the knell
Remembering the happy days I had
When I didn't know the meaning of feeling bad
Haven't cried like this for a long, long time
Haven't felt so bad in years
My nose is red, my eyes are stinging
From the constant drying of my tears
Wish I could go back to how it used to be
I had troubles then, but now they look so easy
Nothing I couldn't sort out in a day
Not like now, about to spend another night awake
I says I'll think of something tomorrow
But all my ideas have failed, turned out hollow
I keep thinking something's there, but when I look closer
It's just a dead end, over and over
And what progress I made falls apart
Every step is useless, takes me back to the start
I don't know how to carry on anymore
Can't bear the thought of another day like the one before
This problem that I can't fix, it's all over me,
I stare at it, forget to eat, it's driving me crazy
Someone tell me what I gotta do
Somebody save me cos I don't think I ever will
And then it'll be the end of me
Is that the way it's meant to be
I'm trapped in a dark deep well
Sitting, waiting for the knell
Remembering the happy days I had
When I didn't know the meaning of feeling bad