No Easy Way Out Lyrics

Lyric discussion by rochey 

Cover art for No Easy Way Out lyrics by Robert Tepper

LMAO at the comment about Rocky being in love with Apollo :D

No really, all joking aside. This song is about Rocky feeling desperate in Rocky 4 after Apollo's death and his need to avenge his friend and his need to reconcile it with his wife Adrian who he has a huge argument with before driving off in his car with this song.

"YOU CAN'T WIN"

Rocky is at a crossroads here and during the song there are flashbacks of happier times (throughout the first 3 Rocky movies) and then sad ones (Rocky and Mickey, Rocky and Apollo Rocky and Adrian etc.)

This is Rocky at a desperate moment considering whether he should give up or not "There's no easy way out, there's no shortcut home, There's no easy way out, Giving in can't be wrong" The road ahead (Russia, training, Drago etc.) is gonna be tough and he's wondering if he's gonna be able for it and whether he might bring Adrian and his kid down with him.

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