July 2005
This one probably I will have to work on further at some point, but most of it is as it should be. Something of an optimistic poem/song for me, it took a while to put together. The middle stanza actually originated separately and then was combined with the first two, at which point I had to write very little to come up with the last two, which nonetheless solidify an uncertain romantic optimism.
Well did you ever think maybe you were somebody else’s problem?
And did you ever think maybe you were somebody else’s troubled, troubled, troubled mind?
And did you ever think maybe you could do it again if you tried?
Or that you’d never survive?
And did you ever think maybe you were taking the easy way out?
Because, now and again, when your head’s in the middle
And you’re trying to figure how to figure it out,
Well, there’s nothing to stop you from dreaming
You might be somebody else’s craziest, craziest, crazy idea.
Would you tell me if I’d noticed that you noticed me before?
Could I tell you if you told me that I wanted you for more
Than just a simple intuition, just a simple piece of mind
And do you mind I have to tell you you’ve been very hard to find?
Because, now and again, when you’re stuck in a riddle
And you’re trying to figure how to figure it out
Well, there’s nothing to stop you from dreaming
No, there’s nothing to stop you from dreaming
And there’s nothing to stop me from dreaming of you
Well did you ever think maybe you were somebody else’s problem?
And did you ever think maybe you were somebody else’s troubled, troubled, troubled mind?
And did you ever think maybe you could do it again if you tried?
Or that you’d never survive?
And did you ever think maybe you had just about figured it out?
