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Memoir of the Fool

from Capsules by Taylor Pritzl

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lyrics

You're doing all right
And then all of a sudden you're awake in the middle of the night
And try as you might
There's a sense that something's missing from your life
So you start to remember all the joy, the mistakes, the strife
It cuts like a knife
And when all the reminiscing's through
Has this ever happened to you?

You just have to write it down
Find a place where you can let it
Tumble from your mind onto the pages
So you can't leave it behind
As you're watching your hometown
Close a store and then forget it
Your perspective travels through the ages
For future scholars to find
This one you won't study in school
'Cuz it's the memoir of the fool

(Oh, it's the memoir of the fool)

You're doing your best
When the world throws you punches at a time that you never would've guessed
Right in the chest
So you shake it off and get back up again
Until you can't remember all the pain you felt back then
Or who you had been
But the next hit gives you deja vu
Has this ever happened to you?

You just have to write it down
Find a place where you can let it
Tumble from your mind onto the pages
So you can't leave it behind
As you're watching all your friends
Growing up just to regret it
Your perspective travels through the ages
For future scholars to find
I won't pretend to know all the rules
'Cuz it's the memoir of the fool

(Oh, it's the memoir of the fool)

If you want to learn just how unwitting a person can be
It's perfectly clear in this autobiography
To think that there's someone who could learn from my idiocy
I guess I'm just naïve
But the lessons I've received
I simply must believe that they're doing their part

And my message will travel from the eyes and the ears into the heart
Now we can start
With a quick self-diagnosis of my scars
From the mild and superficial to the deep and the utterly bizarre
'Cuz just like the stars
The past makes constellations too
Has this ever happened to you?
Oh, has this ever happened to you?

You just have to write it down
Find a place where you can let it
Tumble from your mind onto the pages
So you can't leave it behind
As you're watching all your time
Run away like you've upset it
Your perspective travels through the ages
For future scholars to find
Life is short and it can be cruel
Oh, but it's better with a fool.

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from Capsules, released August 4, 2022

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Taylor Pritzl Madison, Wisconsin

Taylor Pritzl is a Madison-based artist who uses his love of full piano chords and vulnerable lyrics to hide the fact that he has no idea what he's doing.

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