Enoughness (Monday Morning)
Inspired by Chris Williamson's 3 Minute Monday

This Carswell Cut was born from a Monday morning email. Chris Williamson's newsletter dropped a truth bomb about the "Curse of Competence" - that nagging feeling high performers have where victory isn't celebration-worthy, it's just the minimum acceptable outcome.

Twenty One Pilots' "Chlorine" was the sonic reference: brooding, hypnotic, synth-heavy atmosphere with introspective lyrics that hit different.

LYRICS

[Carswell Cuts Stinger]
[spoken, confident] Carswell Cuts.

[Verse 1]
Monday morning, inbox ping
Chris Williamson got me questioning everything
He said success gotta be earned through the pain
But what if that belief is driving us insane?
High standards, high pressure, minimum acceptable
Victory ain't victory, it's just respectable
Anything less is failure, wins don't register
I'm chasing ghosts while life becomes a blur

[Pre-Chorus]
You didn't choose this wiring
Your ancestors were never tiring
Obsessive overachievers in your blood
Now you're drowning in the flood

[Chorus]
Enoughness, where you at?
I keep winning but I can't relax
Brain don't care if I'm feeling good
Only cares that I'm misunderstood
Enoughness, what's the cure?
Success is hollow, that's for sure
Made it to breakfast, that's a win
Tomorrow I'll start it all again

[Verse 2]
Three AM, still grinding at the desk
Tell myself I'll rest when I'm the best
But the goalpost moves every single time
Reached the mountain, now I gotta climb
Your brain just wants you accumulating
Money, status, never celebrating
Hijacked system, notifications calling
Built to keep you rising, built to keep you falling

[Pre-Chorus]
There are no solutions
Only tradeoffs and delusions
Can't be driven then switch it off
The blessing and the curse you got

[Chorus]
Enoughness, where you at?
I keep winning but I can't relax
Brain don't care if I'm feeling good
Only cares that I'm misunderstood
Enoughness, what's the cure?
Success is hollow, that's for sure
Made it to breakfast, that's a win
Tomorrow I'll start it all again

[Bridge]
[reflective, slower]
Born into a world you didn't choose
With a mind that's wired up to lose
Games designed to steal your peace
Twenty-four-seven, never cease
I'm impressed you made it here
Still standing after all these years
Give yourself some credit now
You survived somehow

[Chorus]
Enoughness, where you at?
I keep winning but I can't relax
Brain don't care if I'm feeling good
Only cares that I'm misunderstood
Enoughness, what's the cure?
Success is hollow, that's for sure
Made it to breakfast, that's a win
Tomorrow I'll start it all again

[Outro]
[fade, whispered]
Made it to breakfast... that's a win...
Made it to breakfast... that's a win...

[General Moses Stinger]
[spoken, smooth] General Moses. Run the road.

Run the road, General.