Harder Before It Gets Easier

You've been sobbing so hard you can barely breath You've been stitching your heart on the outside of your sleeve You've been wrung out and then doused with grief In the ocean of time this moment will be brief Oh I know it's going to get harder before it gets easier Knock, knock, fate was at the door Knock, knock, too loud to ignore Knock, knock, we were unprepared Knock, knock, fate it does not care The muddled position of our hearts will shift Someday this burden of loving will lift And the difference between wrong and right will close like a fist But for now judgments passed on us will be swift Oh I know it's going to get harder before it gets easier A baby is born in a mud hut With a worm fastened to his gut Yes, most doors open briefly and then they are shut The circle of life is a wheel that gets stuck in a rut Oh I know it's going to get harder before it gets easier