verse 1 Is it ever gonna be easy Try so hard, please release me I know the hum of your voice should be the sweetest sound But I could never really get your feet up off the ground verse 2 Is it ever gonna be easy Try so hard, please release me You got the softest lips but the sharpest mouth Always ready with a hundred different ways to cut me down Bridge Get my back on straight, keep my feet faced forward Stick my hands up high Let the light give way on the hardest day N.C. Then I hear you say verse 3 Is it ever gonna be easy Try so hard, please release me Try to reach for your hand, but there's no colder touch Try to be a better man, but I don't try all that much Is it ever gonna be easy Is it ever gonna be easy Is it ever gonna be easy N.C. Please release me Interlude x2 Bridge 2 Try to say the things that I said before That would make you smile But the language, babe, that we used to speak Has been dead a while Tag Is it ever gonna be easy Is it ever gonna be easy Is it ever gonna be easy Is it ever gonna be easy