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Easy​/​Hard

from Northbound by Roe Knows Best

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lyrics

Easier to tell a bunch of strangers how you turned me down easy...
Easier to look a lion in the mouth.
Strawberry silhouettes on all my nerve endings.
I guess I'll never get another chance to love you now.

Easier to catch my fall writing fantastical scripture,
even though I have been broken-hearted too many times to count.
Gotta sweat the fever, huff the terror, take a step and jump the tower.
It's a process...I'd rather do without.

And they say, “Better the devil you know", but I don't know...
I much rather the devil I don't.
We used to stay up all night and talk for hours.
What to do when you’re all alone?
You got me waitin' by the telephone.
You got me waitin' by the telephone.

Harder to admit the truth than quit the piss-poor attitude
Harder to redact what I sent out.
And so I ask you to forget what I said, burn the envelope instead, but secretly -
I hope you don’t!

And they say, “Better the devil you know", but I don't know...
I much rather the devil I don't.
We used to stay up all night and talk for hours.
What to do when you’re all alone?
You got me waitin' by the telephone.
You got me waitin' by the telephone.

Another night we spend asleep in different beds.
I put my records on. can’t stop thinking about what you said, and -
I wanted you from the start, but all I got left is this broken heart singing:

"Better the devil you know!" Well, I didn't know...
Still much rather that devil I don’t...

We used to say up all night and talk for hours.
But what's the use? I'm all alone!
You got me waitin' by the telephone.
You got me waitin' by the telephone.
You got me waitin' by the telephone!

She's got me waitin' by the phone…

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from Northbound, released July 29, 2022
Rhythm Guitar, Synth, Tambourine, Vocals - Roe O'Brien

Bass, Drums, + Lead Guitar - Ace Enders

Recorded & engineered by Ace Enders at The LumberYard in Hammonton, NJ

Mixed by Ace Enders

Mastered by Chris Badami

Song + Lyrics by Roe O'Brien

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