The Motions

Lyrics

A fragile tower once rose by my bed A handy place to stack the books I read But now the seven basic plot designs Betray the endings of their storylines At the first sign There's no thrill left in the ride Could we be happy? Could we be happy? Heard/seen/done it all a thousand times Could we be happy Could we be happy just going Through the motions Once every pop song took me by surprise A rush of goose bumps led to teary eyes But now it's easy to predict the rhymes And sing along with every other line On the first try We used to see a couple films a week When life was simple and the seats were cheap We could have walked out but we never did We should have talked it out instead of hid Stupid kids Don't even ask about falling in love You already know what I'll say You're perfect on paper But spoiler alert We all turn the page