EQAO

i'm just a grown-up, burnt-out, would-be gifted kid,
and maybe you'll do better than i did.

it's a horrid thing to swallow,
it's a bitter fucking pill,
it's an awful realization -
i am reeling from it still.
see, they may say you've got potential,
but you have to have the will
because potential doesn't pay
the fucking bills.

no, potential doesn't pay the fucking bills.