It Is What It Is

I picked up a newspaper
for an interesting read
It drew me in with this headline
like those adverts in my feed
Suspends me in this mystery
“See page two for ‘Thousands Dead’”
Turn the page and found “In History”
is actually what it said
Well, I could whine and cry about it,
but will it change a thing? I doubt it!

Oh, it is what it is
It’s no more than hit or miss
It’s no existential story
and I never thought
that it would come to this
Not what it isn’t
but it’s sure not what it seems
Accept it is what it is
and it was always,
just how it’s gonna be!
just how it’s gonna be!

My phone lit up with comments
on the latest social stream
where everyone was tuning in
to hear her yell and scream
‘bout all of this injustice
that she’d heard but never’d seen
and how she was disgusted,
unwilling to intervene
She always whines and cries about it,
but will she change a thing? I doubt it!

Is what it is
It’s no more than hit or miss
It’s no existential story
and I never thought
that it would come to this
Not what it isn’t
but it’s sure not what it seems
Accept it is what it is
and it was always,
just how it’s gonna be!
just how it’s gonna be!

Divining logic is something you can’t do
from a few words of a fortunate few
who’s luxury of life without a clue
has got nothing to do with you