And So It Is (more feelings about Criterion 2)

[HereSince1628]

with apologies to Damien Rice

And so it is--
Just like I thought it would be
Life sweeps all around me
and leaves me far behind.

I can't take my mind off of it
I can't take my mind off of it
I can't take my mind off...it
I can't take my mind off...my mind...

And so it is--
Wading thru colder water
to a place much farther
from the hope left far upstream

I can't take my mind off of it
I can't take my mind off of it
I can't take my mind off it
I can't take ... ... it

Did I say that
I loathed you?
Did I say that I wanted
to leave it all behind?

I can't take my mind off of it
I can't take my mind off ...
my mind . . . My God !
I've got nobody else.