two shades of hope

if there's one thing that i know

it is that two shades of hope

one the enlightening soul

and the other is more like a hangman's rope

well it's true

you may reap what you sow

but not that despair is the all-time low

baby

hope deals the hardest blows

there's once someone i loved

whose heart overflowed his cup

and his shoes got covered in blood

oh but he never knew

cause he only looked up

well he was a troubled soul

who'd known pain more than most i know

yet it was hope that dealt the hardest blows

and the girl that holds the hand of

of a somewhat distant man

though she did everything she can

still his heart set sail for a distant land

and she wonders sometimes if he knows

how she feels like a trampled rose

baby

hope deals the hardest blows

aaah oooh baby

oooh

oh oh

well some people think their sin

caused the cancer that's eating into them

and the only way they can win

is by the healing of somebody's hands on their skin

but when the cancer does not go

baby hope dealt the hardest blows

and now all these truths are sold

with foundations below them

that were dug out in winter's cold

when the world stole our young and prayed on the old

well hope deals in the hardest blows

yet i cannot help myself but hope

i guess that's why love hurts

and heartache stings

and despair's never worse

than the despair that earth brings

but hope deals the hardest blows

dear

the hardest. hope deals the hardest blows