[verse]
I wonder what happened to that thing I once started,
The thing that I thought would be epic.
I guess that I lost my train of thought,
And never quite managed to go back.
Perhaps some day I'll return to where it was,
And see if I can find a way,
To finish off the task I once started,
In a way that leaves me fulfilled.

[chorus]
Projects I've started,
Things left behind.
All the tasks that remain incomplete,
When I leave them behind every week.
What happened to the features,
Where did they all go?
I'm not sure why I thought they'd be great.
They're not done, and likely never will.

[break]

Finished,
Ended,
Complete,
Done,
Archived,
Blogged,
Beat,
Won,

[break]

[chorus]
Projects I've started, (Finished)
Things left behind. (Ended)
All the tasks that remain incomplete, (Complete)
When I leave them behind every week. (Done)
What happened to the features, (Archived)
Where did they all go? (Blogged)
I'm not sure why I thought they'd be great. (Beat)
They're not done, and likely never will. (Won)

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The Taste Test

Int. Dave's Drive - Afternoon
[Dave and Green stand behind a table laden with questionable-looking baked goods. A sign reads "FREE SAMPLES - Seven Types of ScrunchCake from Two Types of Meat!"]

Dave: It's nearly tea time. People love ScrunchCakes at tea time.
Green: Nobody's even out here, Dave. Well, except the woman across the street, earlier. And she actually started running.
Dave: Maybe they can't read the sign. Shall I shout?
Green: I think they can read it fine. They're probably saving up for Sunday's Cake eating.
Dave: Aaah, yeah.
Green: Incidentally, did you ever figure out what the mysterious purple goop was?
Dave: I think it was Plum Jam. Not sure. I put it in the Purple Surprise ones.
Green: Is the surprise that it's actually edible?
Dave: It has oodles of surprises inside!
Green: Of course it has.

[A cat approaches the table, sniffs, and runs away]

Green: Even the cat's afraid.
Dave: He usually eats anything, like that cheese from my fridge raid.
Green: Which explains the lack of cheese in today's batch.
Dave: Yeah, better to be safe.
Green: Dave, we've been here two hours. Not a single person has stopped.
Dave: The cat stopped.
Green: That wasn't a stop, Dave.

[Montage : Another hour passes, and Dave and Greenie stand there. Dave's overexcited whilst Greenie looks more and more sleepy as time passes.]

Dave: It can't be the sausage. I made vegetarian versions. Maybe it's the Scrunch? Or the Cake..
Green: Or any level of it.
Dave: I even used my special toasting technique for the Megabrown Scrunchcake. I don't get why nobody's interested.
Green: You can't just put out a table of food at the end of your driveway and expect people to show up. That's not how things work, Dave.
Dave: [sighs] Want to help me clear up?
Green: Nope.. I'm not touching any of this without hazmat gear.

[End credits roll as Dave sadly packs away his ScrunchCake empire, while a fox cautiously approaches the table, takes one sniff, and immediately retreats]