How Are You?

Alright, how are you?

It's another day at planet Earth for me obsessing over lyrics

That a few of you will hear and relate to

I'm late to the game in the grand scheme of things

But I've warmed up for a decade, I am primed, ready to race

My thoughts race at night

As I wonder when Facebook will stop showing

Me videos of my toys from my childhood

And start targeting me with eco-friendly funeral plans

I plan to be doing this for a while

Still, while we're drawn to this?

History repeats its chord patterns and melodies

I practice mindfulness when I remember

And I have the time and then I update my status

To let my friends now that I have been mindful

A full diary brings with it excitement and anxiety

An empty diary isn't worth chopping down a tree for

Four boys, one band, little in the way of a plan

Apart from going town to town and planting seeds

And hoping that the local scene will nurture them

So that eventually we can return to acres of forest

That provides shelter from the real world

And fruit to feed our families

Leaving is hard and travelling is knackering

I've shared so many beds with Jack

Laid back to back, it's now strange to sleep without him

I've seen the world through a windscreen

And travelled further than the Branson's Big balloon

I said "I love you" on the phone in one too many time zones

I zone in on minutia, obsess about the future

I write songs about seizing the day

And then stare at my computer

It feels like we're skydiving

And hurtling towards the ground

One day I'll pull my parachute

But right now

This actually feels right!

Now