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