[Song: Focus Away, rewrite 500] [verse 1] I lose the nights to the vibe inside my head Can’t eat or drink til I’m done pulling on this thread Into a tangle of accomplishment and guilt Focused away, writing songs or optimizing builds [verse 2] Late-night coding bouts, or even just my job I polish the turds into dorodango knobs It's far too engrossing, unjustifiable Sysiphean mental boulders up an endless hill [pre-chorus] When the project is a passion that captures my mind I'm scared to miss a beat and wake up left behind Spreadsheets, mangled theories, songwriting and scales My tunnel vision narrows; everything else pales [chorus] I’m a distraction From the static in my brain I’m trepidation losing what I’ve gained Misplaced hours I focus away rhyming empowers stealing my days [post-chorus] Away... away... away... Focus away Away... away... [drop] (Away…) [verse 3] Texts from the kitchen; I don’t hear the call Evaluating APIs and audio results They eat without me, entirely unsurprised When I come back to myself, it tears me up inside [verse 4] Here I am at 2 AM still polishing a song About the way I polish things too hard and far too long I’ll never claw these hours back; I should be asleep “I’ll be done in just a minute” is a promise I can’t keep [post-chorus] That keeps me away... away... away... Focus away Away... away... [drop] (Away…) [final chorus] I’m a distraction I can’t make peace with that I deflect with self-disparagement Until my next relapse Focused away A beautiful disease Will giving it a name Loosen its grip on me? Loosen its grip on me? [extended instrumental] (It keeps me away…) (Away) (Away) (Focus Away) [outro] Away… away… away… Focus away [end] [whispered]It keeps me away
