The Way It's Always Been

Album: The Desired Effect (2015)
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  • They shut down the golden hotel
    Just because he says it won't be long till they blow it all to the hell
    She's standing in the front yard cut off the skins
    Me and her brother we been friends, since I can't remember when

    Ain't that the way that it's always been?
    Everybody sitting around waiting for the sun to come again
    A shift at the chemical plant, a white wedding dress
    I wake up every morning and I wonder if I'm gonna pass the test

    Just trying to live up to but she's got in mind
    Sometimes the pressure's so heavy I feel like leaving it all behind

    Ain't that the way that it's always been?
    Laying low just long enough for the dust to settle down
    The black and the white, the thick and the thin
    And hoping that He's really got the power to save us from these sins
    Everybody sitting around waiting for the sun to come again

    I took a long walk yesterday
    To a field where I used to play
    I saw myself in the corner of my mind
    I was twelve years old and blind
    To the big wheel and the grind

    Ain't that the way that it's always been?
    Standing at the water's edge waiting for the fog to clear
    Tackle or touch, you sink or you swim
    And hoping that he's really got the power to save us from these sins
    Everybody sitting around waiting for the sun to come again
    They're waiting for the sun to come again Writer/s: BENJAMIN LYSAGHT, BRANDON FLOWERS
    Publisher: Red Brick Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Ivy from FloridaBrandon Flowers told an interviewer he wrote this about his sisters and their husbands
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