⁠the hard way

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Oh, my head Lately, my eyes have been bloodshot red I'm looking for somewhere to hide Could you tell me where I needed to go? Oh, my head Lately, all my thoughts are arriving dead I drift where the sea meets the sky Could you tell me what I needed to know? Oh [Chorus] Maybe I always learn things the hard way I learn best from my mistakes The road I took was the wrong one It all works out in the long run Maybe there's no such thing as a rewind Therе's no way to go back in time I learn best from thе replay I always learn things the hard way [Verse 2] Words were said Now even the pain wants peace instead I bury my thoughts in the tide Could you tell me where I needed to go? On my bed Echoes of the truths and the lies we said The ocean, the mirror of the sky Told me everything I needed to know [Chorus] Oh, maybe I can't keep blaming it all on luck When I complain, then I self-destruct Maybe it's me with the problems Stuck looking at you trying to solve them Maybe there's no such thing as a rewind There's no way to go back in time I learn best from the replay I learn things the hard way [Bridge] 'Cause maybe the learning comes from the mistake There's no beauty without pain No one said it would be easy Can't undo the things we said Even if I could, would you believe me? No one said it would be easy Maybe the song we sang was just out of time Maybe we could give it one more try One more try Yeah, yeah [Chorus] Oh, maybe the small violin and the tissue Hoping to put it behind me and kiss you Singing along to chorus of "fix you" All along it was me with the issues Maybe there's no such thing as an easy fix In love and war or politics Maybe it's time that I dealt with this Finally love takes the hard way [Outro] (Maybe there's no such thing) As the free ride (Maybe there's no such thing) As the free way (Maybe there's no such thing) As a rewind (Maybe there's no such thing) I know why you walked away (Maybe there's no such thing) As a quick fix (Maybe there's no such thing) But I don't wanna live like this (Maybe there's no such thing) I always learn things the hard way