Hard To Live

Actually song lyrics from a fictional band, Touch of Orange, created for my book

It’s getting harder & harder to wake up everyday,
Hit after Hit my heads still in dismay,
I can't slip this pain,
Driving my thoughts insane,
So many wasted years,
Uncried tears,
Can't quit this stabbing feeling, shiv,
It’s getting harder & harder to live.
Not feeling the love today
Not feeling much today
I'm taking bong hits like band aids
Rip it quick to feel no pain
There's no sunshine through the rain
The tears are coming down again
Every single day is the same
When it feels like you're your only friend
Awakening to thoughts of yesterday
I wonder how these thoughts transcend
With all the madness in the way
There never seems to be an end
It's been hard to live
When there was so much to give
Not feeling the love today
Not feeling much today
I'm taking bong hits like band aids
Rip it quick to feel no pain
I get nothing back
Until I take a whack 
I lose myself in a world of wonder
Flying so high I can feel the thunder 
And I'm feelin real fine
Thoughts and emotion intertwine
Until I drift back to where I've been stayin
remembering why I was always prayin
It's because I've got no more to give
There is no end when it's hard to live
Not feeling the love today
Not feeling much today
I'm taking bong hits like band aids
Rip it quick to feel no pain

Author's Note

I did not write these lyrics alone. I wrote the refrain and three friends freestyled the lyrics. However, I was given them by my friends to use as I wanted for my book.

Reviews

[Pax]

collab is always great...
its how's how free the both thoughts are...
well written!

[Kate Whitaker]

Thank you very much

[Wórdsmíth]

That's a nice "HIDE TO LIVE" , words're powerful.
well written, nice ink i wanna say.

[Matthew Kult]

Hello Kate,

Creative with a great blend

Always,

Matthew
A.

[Kate Whitaker]

Thank you. My friends have been thrilled with all the positive feedback

[Matthew Kult]

It's lovely, hard to tell multiple people worked on it.

[Kate Whitaker]

We'll have to do more some day. I have various albums and titles planned, but poetry has never been my strong point.

[quinfinn]

sometimes, a bong hit is all we have for our sanity. i prefer the brownie and cookie approach, having lung cancer. a profound and seething write on your part. i thoroughly felt this one.

[Kate Whitaker]

Thank you! I wanted to be able to quote lyrics in my work and didn't want to worry about copyright and fair usage laws

[poetry-kiddo alienbaba]

Colab...
aint it a wonderful phenomenon now...
the mingling of thoughts of the oracle and the trinity...and how!

[Kate Whitaker]

Thank you!

My friends are very awesome for doing this for me, and I'll be posting other songs by them as I need them for my books

[poetry-kiddo alienbaba]

yes

[zainul]

Awesome work.

[easybreezy]

I can see Marley belting this out! Very nice!