The PuzzLe Country Lyrics critique By Charlie in Alabama

by Charlie
(Alabama)

THE PUZZLE

He slowly opened up the box
Looked at the picture on the top
And poured a thousand little pieces on the table
He knows how to do it
There should be nothing to it
it says for ages 12 and up
Right on the label

He looked at all the different shapes
Disregarded past mistakes
As he tried a piece that looked like it might fit
Every now and then
He’d try the same piece again
He knows he’ll never finish
If he quits

He’s trying to put together
The pieces of the puzzle
He knows the big picture
Is the sum of many parts
Connecting all the fragments
Of a broken picture
He’s a little closer to completion
Than he was at the start

He thinks he sees a picture
Slowly forming to the center
As he finds another piece and fills an empty spot
If all the pieces are not there
No one else will even care
That he did his best
With what he’s got

As he tries to put together
The pieces of the puzzle
He knows the big picture
Is the sum of many parts
Connecting all the fragments
Of a broken picture
Getting closer to completion
With every beat of his heart

As he opens up the box
Looks at the picture on the top
And pours a thousand little pieces on the table