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Artist: Angel Olsen
Canonical path: /angel-olsen/this-is-how-it-works
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This Is How It Works
Read This Is How It Works lyrics by Angel Olsen on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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This Is How It Works
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I've never been too sad
So sad that I couldn't share
When you can't find the words
Guess it's time to listen
Took a lot to get me here
Staring out at the walls
Is there somebody that I can call?
Someone who knows where I am
Someone who knows how it's been
I know you can't talk long
But I'm barely hanging on
I'm so tired of telling you
It's a hard time again
It's a hard time again
Tell me something good
Pull me out from what I'm in
Take it one day at a time
I'm moving everything around
I won't get attached to the way that it was
This is how it works for me now
This is how it works for me now
I know you can't talk long
But I'm barely hanging on
And I'm so tired of saying I'm tired
It's a hard time again
It's a hard time again
Tell me a story that'll make me forget
It's a hard time again
Tell me something good
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Angel Olsen performs "This Is How It Works", and this lyric page sits inside the Angel Olsen catalog on LyroVerse.
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