Ever Get the Feeling

ever get the feeling…

that you let someone special slip away

someone that you’ve thought of since

nearly every single day

ever get the feeling…

that the life you’ve lived is a lie

ever since some time ago

or did you just forget to try

ever get the feeling…

that you could have made it real

or did you shut it out and cut it out

and made yourself not feel

ever get the feeling…

that there was so much more

or did you take the easy way

and choose the nearest door

ever get the feeling…

that what you’ve amounted to is a waste

and you’d like to go back, take another crack

just another little taste

ever get the feeling…

that life is an endless slide

you went to the fucking carnival

and got on the wrong ride

ever get the feeling…

and from deep inside you start to shake

this plastic reality an endless banality

it’s all just one big fake

ever get the feeling…

that it’s all just out of sight

that you’ve been caught, you’ve been bought

and given up the fight

ever get the feeling…

you missed something along the way

choices are few, random and blue

and then everything fades to grey

ever get the feeling…

that everything is just too much

your needs and desires are fanning the fires

as you reach for a forbidden touch

ever get the feeling…

that your life is a pre-ordained loop

you hate as you mate and live out your fate

and jump right on time at the next hoop

ever get the feeling…

parts of life passed you by

the grey it has faded views become jaded

and your life itself is the lie

ever get the feeling…

fattened promises came and went

quiet ambition nowhere near fruition

and all that’s left is to vent