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The Way it Is Lyrics
Doesn't matter who gets the best of who
Or who can hurt who the most, no.
It never was meant for it to be that way,
Never should be that way at all.
Chorus:
The way it is, the way that it goes
Happenin' day after day, yeah.
That's the way it is, the way that it goes,
Workin' in the strangest ways.
Even though we could never seem to work things out,
I still love you just the same.
I miss your smile and that sparkle in your eye.
You're so beautiful, never change.
Chorus
Bridge:
What it is, and what it was,
What shall be shall be, yeah.
Sometimes it happens in the strangest ways,
Sometimes it's hard to believe, yeah. (Do you believe?)
Do you believe, can you believe?
Chorus
Now it really don't matter who gets the best of who.
It never did and never will.
It was never meant for it to be that way.
Why must it be that way at all?
Chorus
That's the way it is, that's the way it is,
That's the way it is, that's the way that it goes, yeah.
Yeah. That's the way it is, that's the way that it goes.
That's the way it is, that's the way that it goes.
See it happen day after day, yeah, yeah,
Workin' in the strangest ways.
Can you believe, do you believe?
Can you believe, do you believe?
That's the way it is, that's the way it goes.
Yes it do.
Or who can hurt who the most, no.
It never was meant for it to be that way,
Never should be that way at all.
The way it is, the way that it goes
Happenin' day after day, yeah.
That's the way it is, the way that it goes,
Workin' in the strangest ways.
I still love you just the same.
I miss your smile and that sparkle in your eye.
You're so beautiful, never change.
What it is, and what it was,
What shall be shall be, yeah.
Sometimes it happens in the strangest ways,
Sometimes it's hard to believe, yeah. (Do you believe?)
Do you believe, can you believe?
It never did and never will.
It was never meant for it to be that way.
Why must it be that way at all?
That's the way it is, that's the way that it goes, yeah.
Yeah. That's the way it is, that's the way that it goes.
That's the way it is, that's the way that it goes.
See it happen day after day, yeah, yeah,
Workin' in the strangest ways.
Can you believe, do you believe?
That's the way it is, that's the way it goes.
Yes it do.
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I think it's another version of a very common theme: life goes on. And doesn't always (almost never) unfolds the way you want it to.
Bad things happen, love goes wrong, people die, all those things are part of life and there's no escape. Sh*t happens....
This song also looks at the beauty of it. The acceptance of what is. By saying 'the way it is, the way it goes' he accepts that unwanted things do happen but nice things also happen. Just keep on breathing, although sometimes it's not easy...