Be Hard on Yourself (III) You Can Learn - Marillion

Don't be so hard on yourself And love every part of yourself There ain't no shame in you asking for help So don't be so hard Do you pick apart the pieces of your body And overthink everything in your life? Do you compare yourself to almost anybody? Don't worry, I'm the same Oh God, we're all the same But you can't forget the places you've been And you can't forget the fire you bring And you can't forget the little voice in your head saying Don't be so hard on yourself And love every part of yourself There ain't no shame in you asking for help So don't be so hard Do you try your best but never get what you were hoping Fighting to carry the weight of the world Well, I promise you from right where I'm standing Nothing compares to watching you grow But you can't forget the places you've been And you can't forget the fire you bring And you can't forget the little voice in your head saying Don't be so hard on yourself And love every part of yourself There ain't no shame in you asking for help So don't be so hard, hard on yourself Don't be so hard on yourself And love every part of yourself Don't be so hard on yourself And love every part of yourself There ain't no shame in you asking for help So don't be so hard, hard on yourself

You sound tired on the phone It's fair enough, it's been a while since you've been home You say the smile on your face is gone beyond the realms of pretend It's clear to me, you've reached your limit once again Oh, sometimes You get a little teary 'cause you were sick of feeling That all your time Is waiting to be weighted by something you were missing You take off at Cape Canaveral And pick me up like coach Bombay You're school captain every year Christmas without Boxing Day You haven't had a day off in weeks Your voice is shaking when you speak It might not be my place to help But don't, but don't, but don't Be so hard on yourself You don't do anything by halves Don't change, because I've known that from the start You say that things are spinning around and around And you've lost control and you need to slow down It's clear to me that you were ready for the end Oh, sometimes You get a little teary 'cause you were sick of feeling That all your time Is waiting to be weighted by something you were missing You take off at Cape Canaveral And pick me up like coach Bombay You're school captain every year Christmas without Boxing Day You haven't had a day off in weeks Your voice is shaking when you speak It might not be my place to help But don't, but don't, but don't Be so hard on yourself No regrets when you get old 'Cause you won't stop til the stars turn gold You want things done by yesterday A force of nature everywhere Don't always have to grin and bear And even when you're far away You take off at Cape Canaveral And pick me up like coach Bombay You're school captain every year In Christmas without Boxing Day You haven't had a day off in weeks Your voice is shaking when you speak It might not be my place to help But don't, but don't, but don't Be so hard on yourself Don't be so hard on yourself Don't be so hard on yourself Don't be so hard on yourself But don't, but don't Be so hard on yourself Don't be so hard on yourself Don't be so hard on yourself Don't be so hard on yourself But don't, but don't Be so hard on yourself

And if the bottle's no solution Why does it feel so warm And if that girl is no solution Why did she feel so warm And if to feel is no solution Why do I feel Why do I feel so tired Why do I feel so broken Why do I feel so outside Why do I seem so blind I'm so sick of feeling It's ruined my life If living rough is no solution Why does it ease my mind If looking back is no solution Why are we all Nothing but children Children inside Why do the Gods Sit back and watch So many lost What kind of mother Leaves a child in the traffic Turning tricks in the dark What kind of God? I crawled around inside myself It was a long way down It was a mine and it was mine And in the darkness I saw a perfect mirror Floating in space When I meet God I'm going to ask her What makes her cry What makes her laugh Is she just stars and indigo gas Does she know why Love has no end But it's dark-angel friend Tearing women and men Slowly apart Stain Don't do that Scream Don't do that Fail Never do that Never do that I want to go out Don't do that I want an adventure Just stay. I want Just stay in I want to make love And if the bottle's no solution Why does it feel so warm And if looking back is no solution Why are we all just children inside And if to feel is no solution Why does the whole damn world feel so broken So outside and out-of-sorts A perfect mirror Floating in space Waves and numbers But oh, such beautiful numbers And oh, such waves...

You're only human So am I It's such a shame we have these secrets and lies That get discovered from time to time Whatever rises eventually falls The world turns and it turns on us all You can't live life without making mistakes You can't live trying to keep the outside world away It's time to stop Beating yourself up It's not your fault It's not your fault It's not your fault I broke a mirror Maybe two Shattered reflections That's all I have of you Crackin' like eggshell beneath my fear I couldn't breathe, I couldn't keep the outside world away Oh dear When you lie down to sleep Repeat after me It's not your fault It's not your fault It's not your fault We're both so tired It's not your fault It's just the way we're wired

They give me maintenance drugs Said I'll be okay They give me maintenance drugs They said I'd be okay So I'm taking my time Living from day to day You gotta live No one knows how much time No one knows how much time No one knows how much time they've got left Ñ'est-ce pas? An hour before it's dark They give me maintenance drugs Said I'll be okay They test me once a year They test me once a year You have to care You have to care You have to care You have to care No one knows how much time No one knows how much time No one knows They said I'll be okay They said I'll be okay An hour before it's dark They said I'll be okay An hour before it's dark An domhan Whether you like it or not When it's gone, it's gonna take you with it This one Whether you like it or not When it's gone, it's gonna take you with it An domhan Whether you like it or not When it's gone, it's gonna take you with it This one Whether you like it or not When it's gone, it's gonna take you with it It's gonna take you with it It's gonna take you with it It's gonna take you with it It's gonna take you with it