Isn't much more I can do for you
Isn't much more that I can try
Twisting myself into shapes
To stop you crying
What'll I do if I lose you
What'll I do if I lose
Difficulty is coming my way
Coming my way

Making my way into places
Only been seen on your darkest days
Breaking my heart to take a walk
Into your jungle
What can I do in this world for you
If difficulty is my friend
Keeping me company when I know
I don't need it
I don't need it
Oh, oh, oh

[Chorus]
You change every day
You change every day
(What can I do to make you notice)
You change every day
You change every day
(A little more time to bring you home)
You change every day
You change every day
How can I tell you the truth
When I don't want to

Possible days in my future
Possible ways into my past
Sewing it up nice and tightly
So I don't wonder

What if I did so much more for you
And what if I'd said so much more
Difficulty would be a stranger
A stranger to me

[Chorus]

Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, oh, yeah
I'm governed by difficulty
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, oh, yeah
I'm governed by difficulty
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, oh,oh, oh,
Oh, oh, oh

[Chorus]

When I don't want to
When I don't want to
When I don't want to
When I don't want to
When I don't want to


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    My Interpretation

    I think this song is about the same man 'Funnyman' is about. He's a friend of hers who is schizophrenic, and 'changes every day'. KT has to 'twist herself into shapes' (put forth great effort) to stop his crying (psychotic breakdowns) and has to lose feeling to understand and put herself in his paranoid, scary place of voices and demons. (breaking my heart to take a walk into your jungle) The difficulty of his being this way follows her everywhere to the point where she's nearly on the brink of insanity, and can't tell him the truth because it would be too painful.

    ariesrule1on May 27, 2013   Link

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