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The Things

from Raw Material by Jenni Lark

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singer-songwriter, existential

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The things that I don't know could fill a million volumes,
and the things that I do know I often forget.
The things that I haven't done could fill a million volumes.
And the things that I have done I often regret.

...But I hardly cry about that anymore!
There are much better things to cry for!
Why be so serious?

The things that I'm saying have been said already.
The very same sentences again and again.
The things that you're saying to me have been said already!
From the capital letter to the full stop at the end.

But if there's nothing new under the sun, doesn't that take the pressure of everyone?
Why be so serious?

The things that we do have been done at least 6.8 billion times before
from the look at the first to the groan at the last.
Yes, the things that we do to each other have been done before
by so many species from the present and the past.

Everybody loves to get freaky,
so let's just be a little more tongue-in-cheeky!
Why be so serious

about the things?

Because the thing is, baby, you blink and then you're over
it's the oldest story every told
The thing is, geologically speaking, we're fingernails, we're recycled glass!
So, let's hold each other for warmth when the comforts get too cold.

The struggle is nothing new.
Finding another warm body is the best we can do.
Why be so serious?

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from Raw Material, released December 8, 2013

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