The Hard Part

When you find your world is shifting
and your boat is only drifting, you're running out of room to run.
And your nerves are frayed
and you're running in retrograde and the dead of night
makes you feel like the only one
Where to begin, to face the changes within,
that's the hard part.
To stand up to fear, to now be here,
that's the hard part,
that's the hard part.
Life meanders like a train pulling on joy and pain
and the weight of good souls.
Some days are a beautiful sight, Others are a struggling fight.
That's the way that train rolls.
Keeping both hands on the wheel while facing what's real.
That's the hard part.
Navigating through the rain
to the eye of the hurricane,
that's the hard part
that's the hard part.
Every man is an island in a world remote sometimes we travel alone.
Letting someone see within
past the bones in the skin
that's the highest place
you can go
And the choice between putting the gloves down
and one more round
that's the hard part
To rectify what you need with how to proceed
that's the hard part
that's the hard part.
Maybe losing a friend to a life at its end maybe that's the hard part
To find wisdom in the act and live in the abstract
maybe that's the hard part.
When you go through the rain in the snow
May that road lead you home
When you set yourself down the unknown path
may that choice be your own.
And when you get to be where you need to be in all good company
may that love set you free.
May you get on the wave length to find the strength
to face the hard part.
You gotta face the hard part.
Face the hard part.

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