Band 3 of 5

Concerning

The listener pauses here. Nothing is impossible yet, but something has gone wrong in a way that invites a second question — which is why every verse comes with the answer to it.

528 verses across 40 chapters

1. 1 Somebody has lent me something and I have to give it back today
2. 2 The car has to be started once a week and this is the week
3. 3 I've had a bath and there's no coming back from a bath
4. 4 I've taken something apart and I can't leave it apart
5. 5 Somebody has washed something that shouldn't have been washed
6. 6 I've arrived somewhere that isn't where the booking was
7. 7 There's a conversation I have to have tonight and it can't be moved
8. 8 I've been standing in the same spot on a platform for so long people have started talking to me
9. 9 I've been repotting since eight and I'm further from finished than I started
10. 10 There's glue drying and the drying has a schedule
11. 11 The car is making a sound only when I turn left
12. 12 I've put something down and it hasn't been where I put it since
13. 13 I've reached the part of the week where I stop being useful socially
14. 14 I've had a long one and I'd only be looking at my watch
15. 15 They've found my blood pressure interesting and I'm not leaving yet
16. 16 I'm three hours from anywhere with a signal and I'm using somebody's phone
17. 17 I've said something I need to go and unsay
18. 18 There's a thing on tonight I said I'd watch with somebody