Seven in Waltz Time

Verse

I woke up late for my job interview

My trousers smelled like a wet raccoon

The bus drove past while I waved both arms

I ate a sandwich I found in my shoe

Pre-Chorus

I rehearsed my answers in the mirror

Then I forgot them all by noon

I smiled so wide my dentist called

He said son what have you done

Chorus

Everything's going badly

Badly and beautifully so

Everything's going badly

And I have decided to glow

Post-Chorus

Oh no no no

Oh yes yes yes

Oh no no no

Whatever comes next

Verse

The interviewer asked about my strengths

I said I can count to seven in waltz time

She blinked and asked me twice again

I hummed a jig and lost the thread

Pre-Chorus

She offered me a glass of water

I knocked the pitcher off the desk

The papers floated like confetti

I said well that went well I guess

Chorus

Everything's going badly

Badly and beautifully so

Everything's going badly

And I have decided to glow

Post-Chorus

Oh no no no

Oh yes yes yes

Oh no no no

Whatever comes next

Bridge

I could sit and cry about the ceiling

I could curse the day I learned to walk

But a life that never trips and stumbles

Is a life that never learned to talk

So I'll trip and I'll talk and I'll trip again

Chorus

Everything's going badly

Badly and beautifully so

Everything's going badly

And I have decided to glow

Post-Chorus

Oh no no no

Oh yes yes yes

Oh no no no

Whatever comes next