[Intro] [Soft Piano] [Verse 1] We started with such promise, spread out on the floor Instructions in a language I've never seen before You came in a flat package, but I thought I understood Now there's pieces everywhere, this can't be good [Pre-Chorus] Forty-seven steps they said, but I'm on one-oh-three Missing parts and extra screws, what's happening to me? [Chorus] Why won't you stand up straight? Why do you wobble when I need you most? I followed every diagram But you're nothing like the picture that they showed Swedish names I can't pronounce BILLY, why'd you let me down? [Instrumental Break] [Building drums] [Verse 2] My friends all said "don't do it, just pay for the assembly" But I was overconfident, thought it would be elementary Now it's 3 AM and I'm crying on the carpet With an Allen wrench in hand, wondering where to start yet [Pre-Chorus] The hotline put me on hold for an hour and sixteen Customer service said my model's been discontinued, how obscene [Chorus] Why won't you stand up straight? Why do you wobble when I need you most? I followed every diagram But you're nothing like the picture that they showed Swedish names I can't pronounce MALM, you've turned my world around [Bridge] [Dramatic strings] Maybe it's not you, maybe it's me Maybe I should've kept that receipt But we're too deep now, there's no turning back Just you, me, and this half-built rack [Verse 3] So here's to all the warriors who've walked this path before Who've stared at wordless pictures till their eyes were getting sore We may not have the bookshelf that we thought we'd have today But we've got character... and shelves that lean sideways [Big Finish] [Outro] IKEA, IKEA Why do you play with my heart this way? IKEA, IKEA... [Fade] [End]
