Impatient

Patience is a virtue, so they've told me;
Patience is a grandeur to possess.
Patience is a duty, to uphold free;
Patience caused me nothing but duress.

Oh, I wish that I could testify its splendor;
Oh, I wish that I could sing unto its praise.
But always as I'm waiting I remember:
In my life, patience comes stagnation on the ways.

Wait, wait, wait.
Have the courage not to fail.
Wait, wait, wait.
Don't expect and you'll prevail.

Hurry up and wait, soldier, hurry up and wait.
Listen to your marching orders and you'll not be late.

Patience is a virtue, so we've often heard it said.
But patience is best cultivated when your heart lies dead.
For screaming it will protest when the patience comes to strain
And time, when long abided, never ends well for one's brain.