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Swimming Upstream (It Must Be Hard) [Part 2]

from RvB: B Sides, Rarities & Rejects by boyonastring

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VERSE 1:
It must be hard if your mum dies young
And your dad becomes a monster
Just trying to hold on
It must be hard trying to be strong
When the odds will over take you
And you're too scared to go on

PRE CHORUS 1:
So if you want to kill the man who made you are
Just got ahead and be my guest

CHORUS:
So will you swim upstream?
Can you swim against the river?
Is your conscience getting thin?
Do these things still make you shudder?
So will you swim upstream?
Can you swim against the river?
Your resolution's wearing thin
Or can you stand up for each other?

VERSE 2:
It must be hard
Turning weakness into strength
Trading broken in for battle
Turning shortness into length
It must be hard thinking that you're all alone
When the distance becomes a comfort
when the fight becomes your home

PRE CHORUS 2:
so don't forget if you let go too much it won't come back
Just don't lose sight of all these facts

BRIDGE 1:
You cannot retrace these steps
And not see the people and places you left
You never realised that you were
Brainwashed, lied to and part of her

BRIDGE 2:
So did you look into those eyes
And see a part of yourself die?
Did you realise?
She was a part of you
She was part of your life
So did you look into those eyes
And see a part of yourself die?
Did you realise?
She was a part of you
She was all the time

OUTRO:
You never swam upstream
You never made a stand for anything
You just fell in line
And followed orders
All the time
And now you're out of time
You never saw the light
You even didn't see it coming
You just fell in line
And followed orders
All the time
And now you're out of time
So now you're looking back
And now you realise what you're looking at
The devastation left
In time you'll see what you have lost
And what it cost
The price you paid
And the things you lost

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from RvB: B Sides, Rarities & Rejects, released July 22, 2016

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