We can't merely be along for the ride
Passivity would break us
We will train our hearts and minds to abide
No matter what it takes us

But I'm harnessed to my remorse
Tried to get free yet I'm unable
We so quickly got off course
From when I promised you something stable

Hard times come and sometimes stay
And the fact is, they don't have to change
Will we make it, will we break
If we get saddled with lifelong pain?
I don't want to buckle beneath the weight
Of the vows I spent my whole life trying to make

Tragedy is approaching from all sides
Are you threatened to forsake us?
We can't rein it in or take it in stride
It beckons to remake us

It'll cut down to the source
Halting every cheap name and label
Until we acknowledge its force
And invite it to eat at our table

Hard times come and sometimes stay
And the fact is, they don't have to change
Will we make it, will we break
If we get saddled with lifelong pain?
I don't want to buckle beneath the weight
Of the vows I spent my whole life trying to make

She stands far too tall, so I help you to mount
Unaccustomed to being so high off the ground
No helmets, no training, not even a rein
You hold on to me, I grasp onto the mane
When she starts to trot, we want her to gallop
When she starts her gallop, we want her to stop
What seemed so exciting is now so unsafe
It's too late to ask how we got to this place
We're picking up pace toward an unknown terrain
You hold on to me, I grasp onto the mane
Brisker motion than we ever expected
Hold tight with whatever trust we've collected

Hard times come and sometimes stay
And the fact is, they don't have to change
Will we make it, will we break
If we get saddled with lifelong pain?
I don't want to buckle beneath the weight
Of the vows I spent my whole life trying to make