It’s those simple moments When all is at rest When you’re brain tells you no But you wanna say yes And you stay up at night Can’t ignore all this stress You know better than anyone You wanna say yes And you feel it in your bones A hard sort of press That keeps telling you no But you wanna say yes They say you’re a failure Your life’s just a mess But that’s all the more reason You wanna say yes You can’t help but imagine If this were a success And it adds to the urge You just wanna say yes You think it through carefully Like you’re playing chess And making a move Could that move be a yes? And your heart beats a million times In your chest And you try to fight back But you almost say yes Something is stopping you Like a greedy old kress Through these mixed up feelings You can’t really say yes You lie there in bed Your brain a caress That whisperers these words Yes. Yes. Yes. And you get out of bed And there’s pain in your chest And you’re gonna regret this Wish you never did it Now you’re head is spinning You’re gonna go crazy And you rush to the door ‘Cause you’re going to lose it And you don’t even know what’s happening anymore… It’s these moments of silence When all is at rest When you’re brain tells you no But you wanna say yes So you say yes
This poem is for everyone who deals with the stress of making decisions (totally not me…). There’s a ton of importance in the word “yes”. It’s not an adverb, it’s a commitment. Sometimes, as a human race, we tend to overthink things that are actually quite simple. Head vs. Heart is a big deal in stories and real life: When you’re head tells you one thing but your desperately want to go the other way, even if it’s not the easiest or most ideal. What the person was trying wanting to say yes to in this poem (a job, a relationship, or a dream, perhaps?), I’ll leave up to you ;)
