Doing things by half
Shouldn't be the worst
In fact it isn't half bad
Except when it's us

Doing things by half
May not be the best
But it's some way to that
If we can settle for less

Doing things by half
Is alien in your world
Half lit is almost dark
The lighting must be full

Doing things by half
Means we live a half life
Hemispheres on a map
Jet trails drawn in white

Doing things by half
Suggests that full is best
And yet we laugh
At suggestions like this

Doing things by half
Is how we survive
It's how we laugh
And it's why we cry

Doing things by half
Is a glass half drained
Lipstick on the glass
Then a Milanese train

Doing things by half
Is a hope half gone
Gone to your heart
Perhaps to return again

Doing things by half
Like doing things by heart
We learn them
We love them
We never forget