[Verse 1] Woke up late and tought of all the ways it could go wrong Made a checklist of lists in case I missed some things Started fussing so I watched a hundred tutorials on how to walk into a room And rewatched all of them at double speed on repeat
I practiced every answer to the question no one asked Prepared for every angle of attack (ha-ya!!) Prepared for the weather and the vibe and the occasion And then prepared for when my preparation lacked —this is gonna be a lot!
[Pre-Chorus - voices] Okay this is really gonna be a lot I’m still preparing— to start preparing For the thing you— that I know I Already prepared for — well
[Chorus] Consequences and overpreparations When the doing becomes researching how to do And the “how to do” leads to researching more When you planned so hard you forgot what you were planning to The instinct was the thing And you researched it away Consequences and overpreparations Is this the same day? Is it?
[Verse 2] I read the book about the initial burnout Then bought another book in case the first one missed I made a plan to rest , I think I did - Scheduled it between the prep for the prep And the prep for when the prep stops working
I set an alarm to be spontaneous next Month I put authentic in my calendar twice - tragic I added instinct to my five-year roadmap And now I can’t remember what it felt like when I had it
[Pre-Chorus] So now I’m tired from— the preparing And underprepared for— being tired? And preparing for— I know I know - Being underprepared - well
[Chorus] Consequences and overpreparations When the doing becomes researching how to do And the “how to do” leads to researching more When you planned so hard you forgot what you were planning to The instinct was the thing And you researched it away Consequences and overpreparations Is this the same day? Is it?
[Bridge - suddenly quiet, honest] I used to just… walk in And do MY thing And it worked somehow, always did And I thought: what if I got better at that? So I studied how to walk in and do the thing And now I can’t walk in the same way anymore The preparation ate the thing it was preparing for - And the consequence of overpreparation Is standing in the hallway With a gazillion contingency plans And forgetting why you came
[Pre-Chorus - quieter realization] Maybe just—I Just Go in—and just Without the— (yeah) …yeah (yeah)
[Final Chorus - key lift, fastest version] Consequences and overpreparations The doing is better than researching how to do When the “how to do” just turned into “Just do” The plan that works is showing up and being you The instinct was the thing You can’t prepare for that Consequences and overpreparations Put the list down Come back
[Outro - breathless] I had a plan for this outro. Of course I did The plan was: no plan. That’s still a plan I’m going to try that now. … That was it, or was it Yeah. Ok I think so. But to be sure - one more from the top??