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Force x Distance

from Under the Microscope by Chris Ferguson

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I've been in something of a rut for as long as I can recall
I have analyzed my actions and the outcome of them all
Seems like no matter what tack I take to get over that hill
I'm either going back and forth or completely standing still

I've applied the scientific method to my situation
I've recorded no velocity nor observed acceleration
I've measured angles of incidence and angles of reflection
Yet I always end up headed in the wrong direction

And every time I think that I've figured something out
Seems that my approach was faulty or my methods were unsound
Guess all I know
Is that's the way it goes

They say work equals force times distance
That seems reasonable
That seems fair
But I guess I must not be working hard enough
Cause I been pushing my whole life
Without going anywhere

If matter can be neither created nor destroyed
When I ask you what's the matter, why do you seem so annoyed?
Your reaction's surely opposite, but seems twice as severe
Leading me to think the laws of nature do not apply here

I'm almost certainly not feline, though, in some ways I'm the same
For I'm both living and dying at the mention of your name
PV=nRT, but I don't want to pressure you
Besides I end up with a chill, no matter what I say or do

And every time I figure I've figured you out
You introduce another variable and mix me up somehow
I'm so confused
Aww what's the use?

If work equals force times distance
Seems like everything I do
Should move me closer to you
But when push comes to shove, I guess it's not enough
Cause I'm on the boulevard
And you're down the avenue

And so, I've written off everything that I have ever read
About the universe and how it works all that's in my head
Has only brought defeat, the numbers don't add up for me
You can take all of your proof and theories, bury them at sea

Cause every time that I apply the lessons that I've learned
Turns out I haven't moved a meter, only the world has turned
Or revolved around the sun
and here I sit back at square one

If work equals force times distance
How come every move I make
Puts one more hammer to the stake
I can pull I can push, doesn't seem to matter much
At the end of the day
I'm still sitting in the same place
Sinking in the same quicksand
And no matter how many of my steps that I retrace
They only lead me back to where I am
So maybe work equals force times distance
But I don't give a damn

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from Under the Microscope, released October 7, 2014

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