According to Plan (Fit the Mold)

Hi there.

As I was compiling all of the information to put into the book for my sister, I noticed a trend in some song titles. Many of them had parentheses. Examples? "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)," Alan Jackson, "The Night Before (Life Goes On)," Carrie Underwood; "(If You're Not in it for Love) I'm Outta Here," and "Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)," Shania Twain; "In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)," Dolly Parton; "Last Dollar (Fly Away)," Tim McGraw... the list could literally go on forever, but I'll stop there, because I'm sure that you get the point. I was inspired and slightly influenced by all the parentheses (and because at four in the morning, you can be impressed by anything), which were my favourite type of punctuation to begin with, and I really wanted to write a song with parentheses in the title. I wrote titles that I really liked but couldn't find a reason to write the song to go along with it, but this song I wrote first and then decided to do a parenthesized (pretend that's a word) title.

I will not go into the background on this song, due to the fact that...I simply don't want to go there again. Something happened yesterday, and I couldn't go to sleep because my mind kept dwelling on it, so I did what I do to deal with everything, and that is to write a song. This was, once again, written on my iTouch, with the Notes function.

It's slightly similar to the theme of "Now I Understand," and the introduction to that song could fit quite well with the introduction to this one.

According to Plan (Fit the Mold)

don't look at me like you're judging me
cause none of this was ever really real
one of us had to take that path
either them or me so I did the math
it was a question of right or wrong
and my answer simply took too long

PRE-CHORUS (look to "Fall in Love with Someone Else" for an explanation):
and every time I open my mouth
I fall deeper into the trap you laid out
tell me how does it feel, my man
when it all goes according to plan

CHORUS:
do you know sometimes I cry at night
and I got burned when I put up a fight
while you just go along with the flow
yet you're too stiff to even fit the mold

don't talk to me like I'm the stupid one
even if it's the way you have your fun
one of us had to go there
without the expected fanfare
what would you say if I asked the questions
can't imagine it'd be worth a mention

PRE-CHORUS:
and every time I open my mouth
I fall deeper into the trap you laid out
tell me how does it feel, my man
when it all goes according to plan

CHORUS:
do you know sometimes I cry at night
and I got burned when I put up a fight
while you just go along with the flow
you're too stiff to even fit the mold

BRIDGE:
they never tell you when to speak out
or about the moments to close your mouth
the best way to learn is the hard way
don't blame me when I make a mistake

CHORUS:
do you know sometimes I cry at night
and I get burned when I put up a fight
while you just go along with the flow
you're too stiff to even fit the mold

PRE-CHORUS:
and every time I open my mouth
I fall deeper into the trap you laid out
tell me how does it feel, my man
when it all goes according to your plan

CHORUS:
do you know sometimes I cry at night
and I got burned when I put up a fight
while you just go along with the flow
you're too stiff to even fit the mold

I don't know how or why it is, but my last few songs (with the exception of "What Now, Romeo") have been quite the deep, philosophical songs. Do you like this, or would you rather I be frivolous? Tell me everything you think I need to hear, and criticism/comments/compliments/cynicism are all accepted with equal glee.

Much love, and thank you for the musik!

NBK

p.s. I know there wasn't any country news in this post, but I didn't feel like harping on the VMA incident, and there was nothing else I could think of. If you have anything better, please let me know, and I will put it in.