Stiff Neck

My latest song.

Wake up early to the same old life

Got a stiff neck from my next ex-wife

The air is stale and the coffee's cold

But I just keep moving and do what I'm told

 

The boss is riding my butt again

Over some report done up in pen

The meeting went long with no progress

The weekend's too far for me to guess

 

oh...

What's the meaning of the meaning of life?

It's gone too thick for the butter knife

The water's on to boil, but the fire's out

If you drink it all away, you'll leave no doubt

 

Filled up the tank, gas is 3.89

Wanna use my cash but it just ain't mine

Get home quick just to check the mail

All they gotta do is hit the final nail

 

Made myself some pancakes but the syrup's gone

Ate 'em anyway but the battle ain't won

Sat on the couch to watch some T.V.

All the channels play the same and all I see

 

is...

What's the meaning of the meaning of life?

It's gone too thick for the butter knife

The water's on to boil, but the fire's out

If you drink it all away, you'll leave no doubt

 

You gotta trick yourself

That there's something more

That there is a key

To open the door

 

Weather said clear but it only rained

My favorite white shirt got a red wine stain

I lost my parking pass, got a heafty fine

I can see grey hairs coming down the line

 

Met a pretty girl in the employee wing

Talked for awhile then saw her wedding ring

I can't find a match for my golden socks

I know it's the landlord each time he knocks

 

yeah...

What's the meaning of the meaning of life?

It's gone too thick for the butter knife

The water's on to boil, but the fire's out

If you drink it all away, you'll leave no doubt

Reviews

[Mavis Bard]

It is only my preference that I am not a fan of songs designed like this one (in the sense that it doesn't require deep thought, heavy controversies, or double meanings), but still it was good and not lacking. You kept the narrator bent and stiff on mundane things in life: no syrup with pancakes, stained shirts, embarrassing moments, etcetera, and linked them with the hard-hitting question that is completely irrelevant to these events. He truly is a stiff-neck for associating those problems with the meaning of life when people are suffering, dying, being torn apart by war-driven countries, fading away from cancer and depression; yet they survive and do not openly complain about their problems, especially when they are happy to see the sun rise the following morning. What nerve.

"It's gone to thick for the butter knife"
Do you mean "It's gone too thick for the butter knife"?