You’re either doin’ The Thing or: whatever you’re doing doesn’t satisfy you, (that is), if you were meant to be doin’ The Thing.
You’re either doin’TheThing or: you are never at home when you are.
You’re either doin’ The Thing or: you are never home when you really need you, (the saving grace being that since you are never home when you are anyway it doesn’t make any difference.)
You’re either doin’ The Thing or: you sometimes do not fully understand what is going on around you.
You’re either doin’ The Thing or: you sometimes do not understand at all what is going on in you.
You’re either doin’ The Thing or: even after you wake up in the morning, you never do get completely awake.
You’re either doin’ The Thing or: someone keeps talking to you, pretending to be you.
You’re either doin’ The Thing or: you keep listening to the talk, pretending to take it seriously.
You’re either doin’ The Thing or: pretending and the real thing are about the same to you so you end up actually taking the talk seriously.
You’re either doin’ The Thing or: the years of heartache can be heard reflected in your voice.
You’re either doin’ The Thing or: you’ll actually suffer years of heartache.
You’re either doin’ The Thing or: you don’t know who you are…except for a name.
You’re either doin’ The Thing or: you’re standing on one foot while always looking at the other one.
You’re either doin’ The Thing or: every time you’re asked a question – you answer.
You’re either doin’ The Thing or: other people often do not act-right.
You’re either doin’ The Thing or: other people often accuse you of not acting-right.
J.