The Motions - Color Theory

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