The Hardest Year*

[Verse 1]

I missed your FaceTime call

I never answer FaceTime calls

When you called to tell me that

It was cancer

I was at home

I’m never at home but

Something told me to call you back

I was worried about

What my face was saying to you

You told me that

You found out months ago

If I’m being honest, I didn’t hear a word after that

It sounded like a sine wave in my ears

[Chorus]

And I guess this is just my life

But I can’t take any more bad news

I’m on the brink of imploding

For once, can’t there just be something going right?

This was the hardest year of my life

[Verse 2]

Said goodbye in a supermarket car park, and I

Looked you in the eye, tried to say something profound

But we drove away

In our separate cars and

I thought, ‘Well then, this really says it all’

Hard drive back home

I thought over the past four years

And I couldn’t remember a time when it felt easy

Both said goodnight

From our separate towns and

I wonder if I’ll see you again

[Chorus]

And I guess this is growing up

But I can’t take another year like this

I’m on the brink of imploding

For once, can’t there just be something going right?

This was the hardest year of my life

This was the hardest year of my life

This was the hardest year of my life

This was the hardest year of my life