The Prairie Scholars: FREE MUSIC
Hard Love
I (Andy) wrote this a few years ago and was going to let it fade away into that good night because I couldn't record a solid version. Something about the content made it difficult (or indeed hard) to produce. Jessica came to me with her version and it was right. So, we worked it out and this is the product. I'm satisfied. It's nice to see the song live up to the idea.
The song is about chasing a dream (a strong theme for us on the record). It talks about the pain and struggle of making honest art in a world full of evil and bliss.
Hard Love:
Love is the girl that everybody else takes home
Love is the mother who swears you’ll never be alone
Hope is a blanket but it’s worn straight through to the thread
Fear is the villain but I’m sure it’s already been said
It’s a hard love
That’s coming over me, grinding my bones to ashes
It’s a hard hard love
That’s chasing me down, exposing my sins to the masses
It’s a hard hard hard hard love
The world is like a lion and it bites straight through to the bone
It’s like a lawyer who can take everything as it’s own
It’s like a baby but it’s sharpened all of its teeth
It’s like a boulder and it feels like we’re all underneath