From “The Words in Me”
The Importance of being Earnest – in your art
They say that art is sweat and tears You have to work at it for years You have to burn the midnight oil You have to suffer pain and toil You get distracted by the world By every precious boy and girl They just don't realise it's hard To keep it up when times are bad When you're tired, feeling low And all you want's for them to go You have to force yourself to work You have to try until it hurts The fleeting second of the scene On the page or on the screen Is all the readers ever see It's a fucking joke, believe you me