Meaningful Things Lyrics

I've been listening

To the lowest-rated records from modern minds and old masters

I've been scribbling

Penning with overlong words my sentimental disasters

I've been studying

How one can still get some relief from the bottom of the pit

I've been relaxing

Finding in mild disbelief that I could find pleasure from it

I thought I was just keeping my hands full

Before I reach the end of the line

And then it'd be my time to finally do meaningful things

But I've been doing them all along

All along

Doing meaningful things all along

I've been promoting

Creative people I regard as great examples to pursue

I've been tightening

Friendships I was close to discard but was lucky to revalue

I've been questioning

The views with which I disagree, the gimmicks I find tiresome

I've been arguing

With blind men who refuse to see how insane this world has become

I thought I was just keeping my hands full

Before I reach the end of the line

And then it'd be my time to finally do meaningful things

But I've been doing them all along

All along

Doing meaningful things all along

I've been perfecting

Skills that I'll never be able to validate with a degree

I've been collecting

Junk that'll never be valuable for anyone that isn't me

I've been cementing

A monument of memories that'll only exist in my head

I've been transmitting

All the lessons and the stories, hoping they'll live on when I'm dead

I thought I was just keeping my hands full

Before I reach the end of the line

And then it'd be my time to finally do meaningful things

But I've been doing them all along

All along

Doing meaningful things all along