The Hard Way

It's about a kid who had a group of friends, where he spent most of his time activity with, together they became very close in relationship. Someday his father decided to send him to a hostel and move far away states from his home. After a year or so, he then had a major fight with one of his hostel mates, people there then perceived him differently, so that was why he was treated as no longer as the same good old person that he was used to be, it was here that he found that people were acting so different in spite when he was still the same person, and nobody’s listened. And to the people he saw changes, he kept asking himself, “What happened to the way that we always said we'd be?” which means in the beginning of their hostel days, his mates made promises through songs and oath that they will be united for all causes but they didn’t turn out to be like that. That was why deafening voices starts striking his mind that says he is going at it the hard way. When he began focusing on his studies, it gets everything inside out of his brain that claims that he is going at it the hard way. Because he was looked down upon by rumors from his hostel mates, everyone hated him, thus he was going through his studies in the hard way. And after completion of 3 years of the school & its hostel’s term, he then came back home. The kid tries to adapt back with his good old friends but then he just couldn’t, because he himself had changed, caused by the torture.

And regarding the phone calls, he was unfortunately somehow someway ‘encouraged to have the urge to fight’. That’s why, what was left with him then? N.O.T.H.I.N.G.

Conclusion: His Mom is a Kshatriya. And his Dad is a Brahmin.

Nice to hear a rap in a different time signature than straight 4/4 (this one is in 6/4). This is a very chilling song, especially where Kenna wails in the background. To me it's about change for the worse, everything moving around you and not being able to keep up, and losing hope for the future.

The first verse brings to mind how a celebrity comes home to his old friends and his old neighborhood and everybody is different; everybody has changed and doesn't treat him the same.

This song can be summed up in the line: "And I'm losing hope. Give me one reason not to." It's about feeling lost and isolated, how things are changing around you without you wanting them to.

i sat down and listened to this song and it was the first song in a long long time where i read it like a book, lyrically and melodywise. amazing lyrics, i can really relate to how mike is feeling in this song.

Ditto on the timing issue, L-Kyne. Very haunting song. I think a lot of it is directly related to the idea of fame and losing touch and connections with those that you held dearly before, but I also think that it can be varied to other more "realistic" situations.

You know what's funny, Im not a very emotional person but this song struck a chord and gave me chills down my spine. I was a little choked up...spooky song...

None the less it was great.

VERY SPOOKY!!! I can relate to this song soooo much. Lyk i went to a diferent school and stuff for a whle and when i came back and saw my frends they were all diferent... wierd

this song is great, it is about change for the worse, but I thnk that it's coming from a kids point of view, with a parent seperation. and he's talking to a friend of his, trying to get the answers from a friend, cuz he doesn't understand why everything is changing.

Can somebody please explain to me What happened to the way that we always said we'd be?

This line really speaks to me. very powerful lyrics. also the part where he goes, not a thing is forgotten, not a thing is forgiven. he's explaining the situation with his parents. They don't forget what they did to eachother to get to where they are now, and they don't forgive either. very sad but very true

its not about change for the worst, its about change, unexpected change that was not forseen. best example i can come up with is, lets say a kid has a group of friends he spends most of his time with, does everything with these few, pretty much best friends down to the very soul. then one day the kid is told he has to move states away, then gets up and leaves, after spending 3 years of torture, hoping nothing but getting back to his home town, he comes back to his home town, back to that same group from before, and everything is completley different, everyone acts nothing like they use to, does nothing that they use to before, as if they were completley different people. the kid tries to adapt but just cant because hes the same person as he was when he moved, but everyone else moved on and changed completely and alls he wants his old friends back, down to the point of which that kid doesnt feel like he belongs in that group anymore. this was one of my biggest fears when moving away from my home town, this song pretty much discribes it down to the very core, good thing my friends barely changed at all all 4 years of highschool, suprisenly haha.