Missed the Boat

While we're on the subject, could we change the subject now?
 I was knocking on your ear's door, but you were always out
 Looking towards the future, we were begging for the past
 Well, we knew we had the good things, but those never seemed to last
 Oh, please just last
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 Everyone's unhappy, everyone's ashamed
 Well, we all just got caught looking at somebody else's page
 Well, nothing ever went quite exactly as we planned
 Our ideas held no water, but we used them like a dam
 Oh, and we carried it all so well
 As if we got a new position
 Oh, and I laugh all the way to Hell
 Saying, "Yes, this is a fine promotion"
 Oh, and I laugh all the way to Hell
 
 Of course, everyone goes crazy over such and such and such
 We made ourselves a pillar, we just used it as a crutch
 We were certainly uncertain, at least, I'm pretty sure I am
 Well, we didn't need the water, but we just built that good God dam
 Oh, and I know this of myself
 I assume as much for other people
 Oh, and I know this of myself
 We've listened more to life's end-gong than
 The sound of life's sweet bells
 ♪
 Was it ever worth it, was there all that much to gain?
 Well, we knew we'd missed the boat and we'd already missed the plane
 We didn't read the invite, we just dance at our own wake
 All our favorites were a-playing
 So we could shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
 Tiny curtain's open and we heard the tiny clap of little hands
 A tiny man would tell a little joke and get a tiny laugh from all the folks
 Sittin', driftin' around in bubbles, and thinkin' it was us that carried them
 When we finally got it figured out that we had truly missed the boat
 Oh, and we carried it all so well
 As if we got a new position
 Oh, and we owned all the tools ourselves
 But not the skills to make a shelf with
 Oh, what useless tools ourselves
 
 While we're on the subject, could we change the subject now?
 I was knocking on your ear's door, but you were always out
 Looking towards the future, we were begging for the past
 Well, we knew we had the good things, but those never seemed to last
 Oh, please just last
 ♪
 Everyone's unhappy, everyone's ashamed
 Well, we all just got caught looking at somebody else's page
 Well, nothing ever went quite exactly as we planned
 Our ideas held no water, but we used them like a dam
 Oh, and we carried it all so well
 As if we got a new position
 Oh, and I laugh all the way to Hell
 Saying, "Yes, this is a fine promotion"
 Oh, and I laugh all the way to Hell
 
 Of course, everyone goes crazy over such and such and such
 We made ourselves a pillar, we just used it as a crutch
 We were certainly uncertain, at least, I'm pretty sure I am
 Well, we didn't need the water, but we just built that good God dam
 Oh, and I know this of myself
 I assume as much for other people
 Oh, and I know this of myself
 We've listened more to life's end-gong than
 The sound of life's sweet bells
 ♪
 Was it ever worth it, was there all that much to gain?
 Well, we knew we'd missed the boat and we'd already missed the plane
 We didn't read the invite, we just dance at our own wake
 All our favorites were a-playing
 So we could shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
 Tiny curtain's open and we heard the tiny clap of little hands
 A tiny man would tell a little joke and get a tiny laugh from all the folks
 Sittin', driftin' around in bubbles, and thinkin' it was us that carried them
 When we finally got it figured out that we had truly missed the boat
 Oh, and we carried it all so well
 As if we got a new position
 Oh, and we owned all the tools ourselves
 But not the skills to make a shelf with
 Oh, what useless tools ourselves
 
 While we're on the subject, could we change the subject now?
 I was knocking on your ear's door, but you were always out
 Looking towards the future, we were begging for the past
 Well, we knew we had the good things, but those never seemed to last
 Oh, please just last
 ♪
 Everyone's unhappy, everyone's ashamed
 Well, we all just got caught looking at somebody else's page
 Well, nothing ever went quite exactly as we planned
 Our ideas held no water, but we used them like a dam
 Oh, and we carried it all so well
 As if we got a new position
 Oh, and I laugh all the way to Hell
 Saying, "Yes, this is a fine promotion"
 Oh, and I laugh all the way to Hell
 
 Of course, everyone goes crazy over such and such and such
 We made ourselves a pillar, we just used it as a crutch
 We were certainly uncertain, at least, I'm pretty sure I am
 Well, we didn't need the water, but we just built that good God dam
 Oh, and I know this of myself
 I assume as much for other people
 Oh, and I know this of myself
 We've listened more to life's end-gong than
 The sound of life's sweet bells
 ♪
 Was it ever worth it, was there all that much to gain?
 Well, we knew we'd missed the boat and we'd already missed the plane
 We didn't read the invite, we just dance at our own wake
 All our favorites were a-playing
 So we could shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
 Tiny curtain's open and we heard the tiny clap of little hands
 A tiny man would tell a little joke and get a tiny laugh from all the folks
 Sittin', driftin' around in bubbles, and thinkin' it was us that carried them
 When we finally got it figured out that we had truly missed the boat
 Oh, and we carried it all so well
 As if we got a new position
 Oh, and we owned all the tools ourselves
 But not the skills to make a shelf with
 Oh, what useless tools ourselves
 
 While we're on the subject, could we change the subject now?
 I was knocking on your ear's door, but you were always out
 Looking towards the future, we were begging for the past
 Well, we knew we had the good things, but those never seemed to last
 Oh, please just last
 ♪
 Everyone's unhappy, everyone's ashamed
 Well, we all just got caught looking at somebody else's page
 Well, nothing ever went quite exactly as we planned
 Our ideas held no water, but we used them like a dam
 Oh, and we carried it all so well
 As if we got a new position
 Oh, and I laugh all the way to Hell
 Saying, "Yes, this is a fine promotion"
 Oh, and I laugh all the way to Hell
 
 Of course, everyone goes crazy over such and such and such
 We made ourselves a pillar, we just used it as a crutch
 We were certainly uncertain, at least, I'm pretty sure I am
 Well, we didn't need the water, but we just built that good God dam
 Oh, and I know this of myself
 I assume as much for other people
 Oh, and I know this of myself
 We've listened more to life's end-gong than
 The sound of life's sweet bells
 ♪
 Was it ever worth it, was there all that much to gain?
 Well, we knew we'd missed the boat and we'd already missed the plane
 We didn't read the invite, we just dance at our own wake
 All our favorites were a-playing
 So we could shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
 Tiny curtain's open and we heard the tiny clap of little hands
 A tiny man would tell a little joke and get a tiny laugh from all the folks
 Sittin', driftin' around in bubbles, and thinkin' it was us that carried them
 When we finally got it figured out that we had truly missed the boat
 Oh, and we carried it all so well
 As if we got a new position
 Oh, and we owned all the tools ourselves
 But not the skills to make a shelf with
 Oh, what useless tools ourselves
 
 While we're on the subject, could we change the subject now?
 I was knocking on your ear's door, but you were always out
 Looking towards the future, we were begging for the past
 Well, we knew we had the good things, but those never seemed to last
 Oh, please just last
 ♪
 Everyone's unhappy, everyone's ashamed
 Well, we all just got caught looking at somebody else's page
 Well, nothing ever went quite exactly as we planned
 Our ideas held no water, but we used them like a dam
 Oh, and we carried it all so well
 As if we got a new position
 Oh, and I laugh all the way to Hell
 Saying, "Yes, this is a fine promotion"
 Oh, and I laugh all the way to Hell
 
 Of course, everyone goes crazy over such and such and such
 We made ourselves a pillar, we just used it as a crutch
 We were certainly uncertain, at least, I'm pretty sure I am
 Well, we didn't need the water, but we just built that good God dam
 Oh, and I know this of myself
 I assume as much for other people
 Oh, and I know this of myself
 We've listened more to life's end-gong than
 The sound of life's sweet bells
 ♪
 Was it ever worth it, was there all that much to gain?
 Well, we knew we'd missed the boat and we'd already missed the plane
 We didn't read the invite, we just dance at our own wake
 All our favorites were a-playing
 So we could shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
 Tiny curtain's open and we heard the tiny clap of little hands
 A tiny man would tell a little joke and get a tiny laugh from all the folks
 Sittin', driftin' around in bubbles, and thinkin' it was us that carried them
 When we finally got it figured out that we had truly missed the boat
 Oh, and we carried it all so well
 As if we got a new position
 Oh, and we owned all the tools ourselves
 But not the skills to make a shelf with
 Oh, what useless tools ourselves