Céline Dion

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The Hard Way

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The Hard Way

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I’ve been, I’ve been, I’ve been

I’ve been touching fires for the sake of feeling

I’ve been chasing, chasing

Chasing all these highs so I could crash the ceiling

I’ve been restless tempted to follow every devil way down

I took it so low and at the time it looked like no way out

I had to see

Try to believe

I write my story and this ain’t how its ending

Said to myself

Said to myself

This ain’t how I’m gonna go down

When the bottom hit my soul

I had to climb up all alone

When the nights shut down my hope

I had to find a light to hold

You gotta break just a little

Die just a little

To come alive in the right way

And sometimes to get home

You gotta go

The hard way, hard way

Turning, turning, turning

Turning every corner cuz my heart was yearning

For something more than 4 am messed up in bed

Oh I don’t miss that feeling

I don’t see a reason chasing love down a dead end oh

But see the truth is, I wouldn’t know that unless I did

I had to see

Try to believe

I write my story and this ain’t how its ending

Said to myself

Said to myself

This ain’t how I’m gonna go down

When the bottom hit my soul

I had to climb up all alone

When the nights shut down my hope

I had to find a light to hold

You gotta break just a little

Die just a little

To come alive in the right way

And sometimes to get home

You gotta go

The hard way

I wouldn't know what I'm made of

If I took the easy way out (I took the easy way out)

As long as it took me to get here

The hard times were worth what I found (I found)

I wouldn't know what I'm made of (I wouldn't know)

If I took the easy way out (Took the easy way out)

As long as it took me to get here (To get here)

The hard times were worth what I found

When the bottom hit my soul

I had to climb up all alone

When the nights shut down my hope

I had to find a light to hold

You gotta break just a little

Die just a little

To come alive in the right way

And sometimes to get home

You gotta go

The hard way

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