One Thing

One thing

I came out here for one thing

And that little bitty one thing

Was to forget about you

But I guess I've learned something

That there's never really one thing

'Cause pretty quickly one thing

Evolves into two

Or three

Or more

For example

See the light

In the hallway

It was always flickering

Ever since

I was little

It was always flickering

After three days here

It was unbearable

My list grew

Two, fix the light bulb

And one

Forget about you

Drove to town

Bought a bulb

One of those new LEDs

Brought it home

Put it in

But the wires weren't connecting

Suddenly they went on the fritz

My list grew

Three, rewire the ceiling

Two, fix the light bulb

And one

Forget about you

So I went

To the attic

And to my utmost delight

There it is

Black mold

Killing us slowly each night

And I feel it's my duty to remove it

My list grew

Four, kill the black mold

Three, rewire the ceiling

Two, fix the light bulb

And one

Forget about you

Yeah, but my one thing

Is really just– (I'm not done!)

See the tarp

In the hallway

That used to be a gallery wall

Lots of pictures

Super classy

Sad I had to make the call

But

In scouring for mold, I had to take the place apart

Because sometimes to solve a problem, you follow it back to the start

Oh! Who's that?

No one!

It just does that when it rains

When I tried

To rebuild

The wall that I'd taken down

I discovered

Two holes

Burrowed right into the ground

And I didn't have the heart to kill 'em so my list grew

But then!

The cement

That I found

To fill in the gaping holes

Wasn't good

It didn't stick

Apparently cement can get old?

In trying to fix one thing I made everything worse

My list grew

Nine, buy new cement!

Eight, take care of this duck I found!

Seven, clean out the pipes for the bathroom and the kitchen

Six, rebuild the wall

Five, keep out the pests

Four, kill the black mold

Three, rewire the ceiling

Two, fix the light bulb!

And one

Forget about you

I think it's lovely

To see you fix up this old house

Because you want it to be

Nice for your family

But I think maybe you're obsessing

Over things you can control

Hoping to control

Your feelings for-

What?! No, no no no no no no no no no

So you came here (these things need to get done– okay, okay, just- just-)

Looking for one thing (just stop moving towards me just stay on your side of the room)

And you're saying that one thing (okay, so we can talk this out)

Was to forget about me (no, listen, no, listen-)

If my Moms are gonna be so nice to have me out here

Well, all I am asking (and respect my need to be alone during this)

Is for you to do the first thing (really insane, crazy, impossible time of my life)

Which could also be the last thing (the absolute least I could do is, you know, just– just go around and- and-)

That you do with me (and- and- destroy their house)

After tonight you'll never hear from me again- if that's what you want!

Everything we need to fix our marriage is inside this envelope

I'm asking for one chance

We'll do this one thing

It is the first thing

We're doing together

Since–

I found out you were not who I thought you were (you left without saying a word)

We'll do this one thing

It could be the last thing