Hard Pill to Swallow

There's a long road in front of ya There's a hard life behind ya There's war been waged inside ya You got big footsteps to follow You got a soul that's barely hollow And that's a hard pill to swallow (Hard pill to swallow) (Hard pill to swallow) (Hard pill to swallow) (Hard pill to swallow, woah) When you were younger, just a bother, always felt so scared Didn't know how to take it, but you always dared And now you try to act like you never cared Feeling halfway guilty 'cause my life was spared It feels just like a curse and I'm always to blame Shivers down my spine when I say your name Since I was a kid, you were bigger than fame I'd like to see the scar that you put in my brain Early in my life, I was put to the test I had to make some choices or forget about the rest And when I speak this fire, you get nothing but the best Let me tell you something that you better not forget There's a long road in front of ya There's a hard life behind ya There's war been waged inside ya You got big footsteps to follow You got a soul that's barely hollow And that's a hard pill to swallow (Hard pill to swallow) (Hard pill to swallow) (Hard pill to swallow) (Hard pill to swallow, woah) The trauma from your mama nearly 20 years old And your father made it harder with the soul that he sold You know where they both went and you're ready to go What happened? How did everything turn so cold? We can talk about it 'til I'm turning blue in the face I can laugh about it, joke about it, never the same I can't keep pretending it don't cause any pain It's a never-ending cycle that just can't be tamed Early in my life, I was put to the test I had to make some choices or forget about the rest And when I speak this fire, you get nothing but the best Let me tell you something that you better not forget There's a long road in front of ya There's a hard life behind ya There's war been waged inside ya You got big footsteps to follow You got a soul that's barely hollow And that's a hard pill to swallow (Hard pill to swallow) (Hard pill to swallow) (Hard pill to swallow) (Hard pill to swallow, woah) (Hard pill to swallow) (Hard pill to swallow) (Hard pill to swallow) (Hard pill to swallow, woah)