[Intro] I had a thought... Wait. Where’d it go? Never mind. I’ve got another one. [Verse 1] Alarm goes off, I’m already late Been awake since six but somehow it’s eight Coffee in my hand, phone in my shoe Don’t ask me how, I’ve got no clue Walked in the kitchen to get something done Saw the washing, thought I’d just do one Then I fixed a hinge, reorganised a drawer Now I’m standing here wondering what I came in for [Pre-Chorus] It isn’t that I’m lazy It isn’t that I don’t care Sometimes there’s a hundred different signals All screaming, “Pick me!” in there [Chorus] My brain’s got fifty tabs open Twenty ideas in a race Three brilliant plans I’ll remember forever That vanished without a trace I can move a mountain by lunchtime If my focus decides that’s the game But ask me where I put my car keys... Mate. We could be here all day. [Verse 2] I’ll research something simple for five minutes Three hours later, mate, I’m fully in it I know how ancient Romans poured their floors And somehow I’m comparing garage doors There’s a thread in my head, so I give it a pull Then another one shines and suddenly, full Fifty little pathways lighting at once Every one screaming, “This one! Come on!” And sometimes I follow one right to the end Build the whole damn thing and improve it again Other days I pull a hundred strings And finish approximately none of the things [Spoken] So when you say... “Just concentrate.” Yeah. Cheers. Hadn’t thought of that. That’s like telling traffic at peak hour... “Have you considered not being traffic?” [Chorus] My brain’s got fifty tabs open Twenty ideas in a race Three brilliant plans I’ll remember forever That vanished without a trace I can move a mountain by lunchtime If my focus decides that’s the game But ask me why I walked into this room... I genuinely cannot say. [Verse 3] I’m not ignoring you I heard every word It just collided with twelve other thoughts A noise, a light, and a completely unrelated bird I’ll start making dinner Then remember the bin Then spot something broken And suddenly I’m all in Next thing I know it’s forty minutes later The kitchen is chaos But hey... I fixed the printer. [Pre-Chorus] And yeah, sometimes it’s funny Sometimes it’s loud Sometimes I’m flying ten feet off the ground But running this engine every day With no proper off switch anywhere Can turn a simple Tuesday morning Into a full-contact mental fair [Bridge] Sometimes one tiny job feels ten miles high While something impossible? Yeah, I’ll give that a try. Give me the problem nobody can crack The weird little challenge everyone passed back Let me see it sideways, upside-down, wrong There’s a decent chance that’s where I belong Because different isn’t effortless And chaos isn’t always fun But sometimes all those tangled threads Connect to something no one else has done [Breakdown] So if I forgot your birthday... I am sorry. If I forgot where I parked... That’s between me and the car park. If I interrupted you mid-sentence... There was a thought. It was important. Probably. It’s gone now. [Final Chorus] Yeah, my brain’s got fifty tabs open And somehow they’re all alive Some days I’m barely keeping up Some days I absolutely fly I’ll lose my keys and find a solution To a problem nobody knew had a name So if I look like I’m doing nothing... There’s a reasonable chance I’m running fifty things in my brain. My brain’s got fifty tabs open Some are useful, some are weird One’s been buffering since Tuesday And I’m slightly concerned it disappeared I can make a simple job complicated Then make a hard one look okay It’s frustrating, funny, brilliant, exhausting... And that’s just before midday. [Outro] Now... What was I doing? Oh yeah. Coffee. Where’s my coffee? ... Why is it in the garage?
