Hard Pill to Swallow

There's a long road in front of ya

There's a hard life behind ya

There's a war being waged inside ya

You got big footsteps to follow

You got a soul that's barely hollow

And that's a hard pill to swallow

Hard pill to swallow

Hard pill to swallow

Hard pill to swallow

Hard pill to swallow

When you were younger just a bother, always felt so scared

Didn't know how to take it, but you always dared

And now you try to act like you never cared

Feeling halfway guilty 'cause my life was spared

It feels just like a curse and I'm always to blame

Shivers down my spine when I say your name

Since I was a kid you've been bigger than fame

I'd like to see the scar that you put in my brain

Early in my life I was put to the test

I had to make some choices or forget about the rest

And when I speak this fire you get nothin' but he best

Let me tell you something that you better not forget

There's a long road in front of ya

There's a hard life behind ya

There's a war being waged inside ya

You got big footsteps to follow

You got a soul that's barely hollow

And that's a hard pill to swallow

Hard pill to swallow

Hard pill to swallow

Hard pill to swallow

Hard pill to swallow

Whoa

The trauma took your mama, nearly twenty years old

And your father made it harder with the soul that he sold

You know where they both went and you're ready to go

What happened, how did everything turn so cold?

We can talk about it till I'm turnin' blue in the face

I can laugh about it, joke about it, never the same

I can't keep pretending it don't cause any pain

It's a never ending cycle that just can't be tamed

Early in my life, I was put to the test

I had to make some choices or forget about the rest

And when I speak this fire, you get nothing but the best

Let me tell you somethin' that you better not forget

There's a long road in front of you

There's a hard life behind you

There's a war being waged inside you

You got big footsteps to follow

You got a soul that's barely hollow

And that's a hard pill to swallow

Hard pill to swallow

Hard pill to swallow

Hard pill to swallow

Hard pill to swallow

Hard pill to swallow (Whoa)

Hard pill to swallow

Hard pill to swallow

Hard pill to swallow (Whoa)