There are times when the future looks grim. And there are times when the future looks rosy. So, there are times when we might feel pessimistic and times when we might feel optimistic.
And still there are people who are either pessimistic or optimistic most of the time, like they had made a personal choice to be one or the other. "The Big However" is about making this choice.
Lyrics
The Big However
She said that she would love him forever, forever more
His very first thought was that he’d heard that line a few times before
Then she took him by the hand, they danced to the marimba band
But he could only see her walking out the door
Cuz he was waiting for the Big However
Not knowing where it might be from
He was waiting for the Big However
That always comes
He barely heard her say “You’re a real good guy
And even when you get thing wrong, you always try”
Oh this sounded like the kiss of death
He could feel himself losing his breath
And it seemed just like the start of the long goodbye
So he was waiting for the Big However
The crashing against a wall
He was waiting for the Big However
And the sky to fall
Was every lovely moment followed by the sound
Of all the things he hoped for coming tumbling down?
He lived by the motto that all good things must pass
Never letting himself think that joy could last
He had always been taught not to drop his guard
That life was full of falls and the falls were hard
So it was for his own protection
From inevitable rejection
And the bruises he would take to his self-regard
He waited for the Big However
It was a habit he could not break
Waiting for the Big However
He could not shake
What if he had got it wrong?
And all of these lost moments
He had brought on
And there was no good reason to dread
When this beautiful woman looked into his eyes and said
I will love you forever, forever more
It was then that he finally realized what love was for
It was then that he let himself climb
Not thinking about the fall this time
He promised himself to never more,
Never more
Be waiting for the Big However
It never did him any good
Just forget about the Big However
He knew he should
Forget about the Big However
Just take what this life will give
Forget about the Big However
And let yourself live
Forget the Big However
It’s now or never
© Gary Poole 2022