I threw myself at the ground
And completely failed to miss
A fractured attention span
For once I'm willing to digress
The fast approaching concrete
Rushed up to meet my face
Undeterred I took everything I've learned
Stood back up and tried over again
Cos it's only a matter of time
Not an insult to my pride
If there's an up to perseverance
Then it is coarse and unrefined
I threw my efforts into research
Finding theories and arguments
My attention finally narrowed
Like a magnifier upon a page
Daylight conspired against me
Become obsession brightly aimed
Into a single point of focus
And all my books burst into flames
Cos it's only a matter of time
Not an insult to my pride
If there's an up to perseverance
Then it is coarse and unrefined
Cos it's only a matter of pride
Not a waste of too much precious time
If there's an up to perseverance
Then it is coarse and unrefined
If at first you don't succeed
Destroy all the evidence that you tried
If at first you don't believe
Destroy all the evidence that you lied