Annotations: It Isn't An Exam

This was an idea for a song that'd been kicking around my head for ages, but it wasn't until I was off work poorly, specifically on January 20th 2010, that i BLOSSOMED into a fully formed THING.

The inspirations are probably pretty obvious - verse 1 comes from exactly where it says it does, verse 2 is Some Things That Have Annoyed Me Recently, verse 3 is a conversation with a friend a while ago that seemed to fit in, and then the ending bit FLOWED from there. It felt like it needed a bit MORE before we got to the final chorus, and I'm especially pleased with that bit!

This was the first song I've written for AGES - YEARS, possibly - that wasn't for any version of Dinosaur Planet or for an ADVERT BRIEF. I was taken aback by how EXCITING it was, and got a Really Good Feeling about it - the same as I had about The Lesson Of The Smiths and It Only Works Because You're Here. That's probably jinxed it now though hasn't it?