I don't think I ever know
If I ever really want it
Could be why I'm never sure
If I ever really got it
And I guess it's maybe easier
Not to think too much about it
A house a car a family and friends
Yeah all it means to justify the ends
But sometimes i wonder
In the back of my mind sometimes i wonder
If I'm wasting all my time
Sometimes i wonder
If I'm putting off my real life
What I could've done where I could've been
When I should've gone why I should've seen
Who I would've loved how I would've dreamed
And if it's always always too late
I don't think I ever know
That I ever really need it
Could be why I'm never sure
That I ever really feel it
And I think it's maybe easier
To guess I really mean it
A house! A car! A family and friends!
Yeah all it means to justify the ends
But sometimes i wonder
A girl! A smile! A holiday and sex!
Yeah all it takes to make sense of the rest
But sometimes i wonder
In the back of my mind sometimes i wonder
If I'm killing all my time
Sometimes i wonder
If I'm giving up my real life
What I could've done where I could've been
When I should've gone why I should've seen
Who I would've loved how I would've dreamed
And if it's always, always too late
And every day that I let slide
Is one day more I never try
To break the world to make my fate
And with every day that I let go
It's one day less I ever know if it's always
Always too late


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Spilt Milk Lyrics as written by Simon Gallup Robert James Smith

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    The chorus sounds like the promise. I agree tho, I think in this song he's just wondering if he's done the right thing, and if there's any point in worrying about it. In some parts it's like he's assessing what's really important to him " yeah ALL IT MEANS TO JUSTIFY THE ENDS" etc...

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