Pete's Songs in a Bottle 

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Nothing Goes According to Plan

once you formulated your ambitions
once you thought that everything was carefully planned
once you thought you'd stand upon a mountain
now you feel your feeble body sinking in sand
once you thought your future foretold fortune
once you thought you knew the signs in your horoscope
once you paved a path with your intentions
now you realise the futile nature of hope

nothing goes according to plan, nothing goes according to plan
all of those schemes, all of those dreams,
all of those golden goals you'd assumed you'd reach
every beautiful thing that you thought you would do
every wish, every dream that you thought would come true
has been dashed on the rocks and been ground to despair
and has vanished to dust in the air

(you have lost everything
abandon hope now you have entered here
relinquish relinquish
stare into the abyss and see but wretched forlornness
behold the face of despondency
accept it has all been in vain)

once you had a yen for making wishes
once you had ambition to fulfil your desires
once you had a strategy before you
now your faith and confidence have burnt in the fires
once you thought you'd find a fellow soulmate
once you followed fancy and you romanticised
once you cultivated aspirations
now they lie in ruins, wrecked, and unrealised

nothing goes according to plan, nothing goes according to plan
all of those schemes, all of those dreams,
all of those golden goals you'd assumed you'd reach
every beautiful thing that you thought you would do
every wish, every dream that you thought would come true
has been dashed on the rocks and been ground to despair
and has vanished to dust in the air

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