Sometimes It's Hard to Breathe

Sometimes it’s hard to breathe

When we do what must be done

To keep our lives in order

And to have a little fun

We’ve got love for those against us

For every man and child

We can do it, we can make it, for a while

If we can recall that everyone

Brings her story on her shoulder

And never means to harm us

When her shrieks are cold and colder

Someone made her taste his boot

And wallow in his bile

We can do it, we can make it, for a while

For a while, can it almost all make sense?

For a while, can this endless life feel fine?

Though the constant implied threat of violence

Eats away at our precious loving time

Truth forever on the scaffold

Wrong forever on the throne

Hope forever as false promise

Faith forever stands alone

If in her shoes we take that step

That proverbial hard mile

We can do it, we can make it, for a while

We can do it, we can make it, for a while