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Artist: The Next Step
Canonical path: /the-next-step/the-hard-way
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Hard Way
Read The Hard Way lyrics by The Next Step on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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The Hard Way
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You probably should let it go
At your command
At your command
Can never leave you all alone
I won't stand
I won't stand
Searching
We were always good, we were always good
I know we were young, I know we were young
But how we let our love, how we let our love
Loose
'Cause there's a reason we belong
Like it was reaching out
And destiny was callin'
But there's no sympathy when you're wrong
I've got it figured out (out, out, out, out)
But I've figured out the hard way
If memories are made to last
But you tear them down
But you tear them down
You've prophesied our stakes in past
Our sacred ground
Our sacred ground
We were always good, we were always good
I know we were young, I know we were young
How I let our love, how I let our love
Loose
There's a reason we belong
It was reaching out
And destiny was callin'
There's no sympathy when you're wrong
I've got it figured out (out, out, out, out)
I figured out the hard way
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
You probably should let it go
At your command
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