Subtle Shift

Are there ever any reasonable assumptions
Or do we have to jump to the conclusions
I’m resenting all this speculation
Mired in this mess that we’re making

Overworking every possible perspective
And in the end the results are ineffective
Disassemble reassemble all the variables
They say you never can be too careful

And I I wanna start drinking
They say it helps with the over thinking
And you you wanna move through this
Make a break take a turn make a subtle shift

I broke my back carrying you up the stairs again
Just another thing no one really comprehends
Is there ever any need to recalibrate
When you’ve learned I’m prone to hallucinate

You never meant to make this thing vindictive
Maybe it’s my attraction to affliction
All the precedents have long since been established
We’re greyhounds chasing the same rabbit

And I I wanna start drinking
They say it helps with the over thinking
And you you wanna move through this
Make a break take a turn make a subtle shi

Sometimes in this veering toward analysis
And our mutual self-awareness
It feels so goddamned uninspired
Let’s set this old boat on fire

I know this tendency towards reduction
Leads to a mutually assured destruction
Lately you’ve been reading the works of Lau Tzu
I could never imagine a world without you