My heart can't bear to figure out

What hurt is all about

And all this stupid pain that you put me through

I wish you wouldn't blow this chance

To stop this ignorance

And just let me in

Your world to start anew

But that's the way it is, oh yeah

That's the way it is

Push and shove, kick and rub --

The things we do for love

It's like a war with it's

Pointless casualties

And when you think you're near the end,

It just begins again

And the life you hope to start one day

Just flies away

But that's the way it is, oh yeah

That's the way it is

(Instrumental)

So I’m used up and hung up

And I have done enough

To hold you down from your

So-called destiny

Just don’t try to reel it in -

Look into the wind

And I’m for certain

You will find what you need

Cause that's the way it is, oh yeah

That's the way it is (2x)