Ever thought you had things firmly under control? That, for once, things were making sense? That hey: you could survive the days rather than get brutalized by them? Let's face it. We've all gotten split lips and black eyes and smashed mouths from life at one point or another. It's the way the world rolls.

Just as I thought it was going alright,
I find out wrong when I thought I was right,
s'always the same, it's just a shame, that's all.  

And I'm not complaining. I'm really not. Because we all go through ups and down, troughs and peaks. Fucking physics and wave motion, catch my drift? Half the time, the problem's in our own heads if you stop to think about it. Sure, point a finger at fate or bad luck if you want to. But our mind's got peaks and troughs as well.

I could say day, you could say night,
Tell me it's black when I know that it's white,
s'always the same, it's just a shame that's all.

 Today I woke up and I said to myself, "Let's do this. Let's make an effort at being social and productive and content. Let's go to class, let's go to the gym, let's run six miles, let's find someone and go to a restaurant for a nice dinner. Let's do something. Let's live a little." That was the peak. What was the trough? The continuation of a routine that I make no effort to change.

Turning me on, turning me off,
Making me feel like I want too much,
Living with you's just putting me through it all the time.

Let's live a little, for fuck's sake.

Running around, staying it all night,
Taking it all instead of taking one bite,
Living with you's just putting me through it all the time.

Let's make an efffort at something. Anything. Let's get trashed and do something radical just for the hell of it. Peaks and troughs, peaks and troughs. 

Just as I thought it was going alright,
I find out wrong when I thought I was right,
s'always the same, it's just a shame, that's all.  

Let's do something crazy. Let's do something amazing. Let's break the routine.
S'always the same, it's just a shame, that's all.
 
Let's do it tomorrow. Or the day after. Or a month from now.