Sister City - Hit Too Hard lyrics

With a steady stance and a weighted walk I set out at dawn to see what I was made of And the sun cast shadows, which obscured my face And my head was pounding for the human race I had a song to base my carbon footprint on So I dropped to D and sang it in a different key And I saw complete as the secret became clear to me I ran off like a petty thief Trying to feed his family With finger foods so fittingly I folded I dropped to my knees I declined to ask the time or date or towns I'd pa**ed I relied instead on all the things that I'd been handed I met a man and I shook his weathered, hardened hand I avoided blame as I hid behind my pa**ed down last name I had a choice to make and a risk to take I drew a line and I set a foot on either side And I stood as long as it took the battle to be won The past and future raged along while nature's nurtured privileged pawn Stood timeless in the parking lot of the local suburban shopping mall I dropped to my knees and I put my faith in the concrete It took half a million years, but I figured out what will not save me With a spit-shined sheen: alive, prepared for anything I signed a lease; I am older than I used to be I am older than I used to be I got to my feet With a pregnant pause in the ending I was dreaming of I'd admit defeat rather than defer to something I can't see I parked my car in a place that I have been before I am still the same, but different in so many ways I dropped to my knees I am stronger than I used to be I got to my feet I am farther than I used to be I dropped to my knees I am smarter than I used to be I got to my feet The same, the same, but differently The same, the same, but differently The same, the same, but differently The same, the same, but differently The same, the same, but differently The same, the same, but differently The same, the same, but differently The same, the same, but differently