[Verse 1]
Mama said, "Boy, hold on"
But the floor got cracks in it
Been clockin' in to pain
With a shirt full of black in it
Eyes half-shut, still drivin'
Through a town that don't know me
Every smile got teeth in it
Every hand feels phony
I been patched with tape
I been held by thread
Whole life bent sideways
Like a nail in a bed
And I ain't proud to say it
But the hurt got roots
It don't leave me lonely
It just tells the truth
[Pre-Chorus]
Dying isn't hard
It's the long slow drag
It's the bend in my back
And the weight in my bag
I been split wide open
Tryna stay in one piece
Every breath I take
Feel like it costs me
[Chorus]
Dying isn't hard
Living is the part
Tears you up, tears you up
Right through the heart
Busting at the seams
Yeah, I'm barely sewn
Dying really isn't
Looking too bad to me
Dying really isn't
Looking too bad to me
[Verse 2]
Got a scar on my palm
From a job gone wrong
Got another in my chest
From the same old song
My name on a list
I don't care to keep
Just a stack of hard days
And a debt too deep
I seen good men fold
At a red light glare
Seen whole dreams burst
Like a tire in air
So if I'm talkin' heavy
It's because I know
What it means to buckle
When the pressure don't go
[Pre-Chorus]
Dying isn't hard
It's the slow parade
It's the house fire smell
That won't fade away
I been cracked down the middle
Still grinning at the blow
'Cause the worst of the living
Already took my soul
[Chorus]
Dying isn't hard
Living is the part
Tears you up, tears you up
Right through the heart
Busting at the seams
Yeah, I'm barely sewn
Dying really isn't
Looking too bad to me
Dying really isn't
Looking too bad to me
[Bridge]
If I go quiet, don't call it peace
It's just a body getting tired of the squeeze
I loved hard, bled slow, kept my chin up high
But even a hard shell breaks when it lives too dry
[Chorus]
Dying isn't hard
Living is the part
Tears you up, tears you up
Right through the heart
Busting at the seams
Yeah, I'm barely sewn
Dying really isn't
Looking too bad to me
Dying really isn't
Looking too bad to me