Ben Gibbard Debate Exposes Doubt
The workadays were propping the bar
Quietly erasing the week
And I was in a corner booth thinking
(Pretending to read)
About the impossibility of one to love unconditionally
And the words that we drive into the ground
Their repetition starts to thin their meaning
Then everything got frighteningly still
As they entered and intersected the floor
And I tried to choke my stare
At the perfection that others would kill for
But all of the parts are the same on every face
(Few variables change)
The differences pale when compared
To the similarity they share
Finally there is clarity and there is purpose after all
But every night ends the same
As I'm collapsing once more by your side
Finally there is clarity: this tiny life is making sense
And every drop numbs the both of us
But I alone am staggering
