I
hear there's a witch
Who lives over the hill
She gets by I hear,
Hynx minx and will nill
She makes her crazy potions
Out of mushrooms and devotions
And I'm thinking now's the time
I should get a broom and climb up on it
All my life I thought
I'd be somethin' that I'm not
And now there's nothing left
Of what I thought I'd be
I Hear there's a farmer
Who lives high up on the land
Every creature dies on him
So he puts them in the ground
And has a worm farm
So I'm thinking I should go
Maybe grab myself a hoe
'Cause all my life I thought
I'd be someone that I'm not
And now there's nothing left
Of what I thought I'd be
I'm nothing Maybe everything waits
Nothing
Left of What I Thought I'd Be
Music and Lyrics by Mark Nichols. Originally written for
"Ivanha"
This song was written in college and then added to in 2007.
It's a personal song for sure, about how when I was young
I thought a lot was going to happen to me that was somehow
deserved and it just plain didn't.
Theatrically, the song takes place in the moment when a young
character is getting a little glimpse of this phenomenon.
It's an innocent song. There is still a lot of hope underlying.
It's being void of ambition or knocked down flat, and like
Zen, there is something beautiful about a realized lack of
ambition, doors open suddenly, and nothing and everything
is possible.
