Brandi Carlile

Hard Way Home

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Hard Way Home Lyrics

Oooh
I sometimes lose my faith in luck
I don't know what I want to be when I grow up
I just count the rain
Wearing the floor to the boards again
I wish I could find a soul to steal
I could be the engine, you could be the wheel
And we could drive it home, and never have to worry about being alone

Oooh, I follow my tracks
See all the times I should have turned back
Oooh, I wept alone
I know what it means to be on my own
Oooh, the things I've known
Looks like I'm taking the hard way home
Oooh, the seeds I've sown
Taking the hard way home
Taking the hard way home

I never did learn how to follow the rules
I never was good at sleeping while the moon was full
I just lie and burn
Wreck my mind while the planet turns
Sometimes wish I could start again
Try and do the right thing every now and then
I'd step in line
That's what I'd do if I could turn back time

ooooooooooooh

I tell you how I want to live
Forget about the take
Forget about the give
I want to leave this town
Fake my death and never be found

I sometimes lose my faith in luck
I don't know what I want to be when I grow up
I just count the rain
Wearing the floor to the boards again
I wish I could find a soul to steal
I could be the engine, you could be the wheel
And we could drive it home, and never have to worry about being alone

Oooh, the things I've known
Looks like I'm taking the hard way home
Oooh, the seeds I've sown
Taking the hard way home
Taking the hard way home
Taking the hard way home

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smokedsalmon13 On Jun 10, 2012

Oooh
I sometimes lose my faith in luck
I don't know what I want to be when I grow up
I just count the rain
Wearing the floor to the boards again 
I wish I could find a soul to steal 
I could be the engine, you could be the wheel 
And we could drive it home, and never have to worry about being alone

ooooooooooooh

I tell you how I want to live
Forget about the take
Forget about the give
I want to leave this town
Fake my death and never be found

I sometimes lose my faith in luck
I don't know what I want to be when I grow up
I just count the rain
Wearing the floor to the boards again 
I wish I could find a soul to steal 
I could be the engine, you could be the wheel 
And we could drive it home, and never have to worry about being alone

Oooh, the things I've known
Looks like I'm taking the hard way home
Oooh, the seeds I've sown
Taking the hard way home
Taking the hard way home
Taking the hard way home

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2012-06-10 11:48:57

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by wildflowerfever

13y ago

This is a fun song to sing in the car. I think it's about taking a kind of twisted path through life, struggling to figure yourself out and not having found where you belong. I have friends who took what might be called the "easy" way home and followed the life path that's traditionally set out for us: college, grad school, marriage, house, kids, career. That's not the way my life is working out (as is probably the case for most of us), and I'm wading through existential angst instead of starting a family. But that's okay, too. We'll all find our place eventually. (Well, maybe not, but we might as well pretend.)

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