The End of the Page

[Verse 1]
There’s a mug by the sink with a ring of tea
A red-tab envelope staring back at me
Two calls I meant to make, one shirt on the chair
And a little list growing legs everywhere

[Pre-Chorus]
I cross one thing off, three more appear
The day folds up, but the work stays here

[Chorus]
Will I ever reach the end of the page?
Set down the pen, let the room be still
Will I ever get everything done
And feel, for once, that I’ve done enough?
The boxes keep multiplying
While the evening slips out of my hands
Will I ever get everything done
Or is “enough” a place I only imagine?

[Verse 2]
The laundry’s a mountain in yesterday’s blue
The plant by the window needs water too
I answered one message, forgot what I’d read
Now tomorrow is tapping its list in my head

[Pre-Chorus]
I make a neat plan, then the plan comes undone
The clock takes a bow as the daylight is gone

[Chorus]
Will I ever reach the end of the page?
Set down the pen, let the room be still
Will I ever get everything done
And feel, for once, that I’ve done enough?
The boxes keep multiplying
While the evening slips out of my hands
Will I ever get everything done
Or is “enough” a place I only imagine?

[Bridge]
Maybe the last task is not on the list
Maybe it’s letting one small thing exist
Unfinished, unfiled, not asking me why
While I sit by the window and watch the clouds slide

[Final Chorus]
I may never reach the end of the page
But I can set down the pen for a while
I may never get everything done
Still, I am here, and the day is done
Let the boxes keep multiplying
I don’t have to answer them all tonight
I may never get everything done
But maybe enough is this breath, this life

[Outro]
The mug can wait by the sink till the morning
The list can rest where I left it
The room is still
And I am here