You Don't Get Strong from an Easy Life

by LOST BiRD

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A song about Ali's battle with a long illness (CFS/M.E.) that left him unable to leave his bed on some days and unable to do the things he loved. A song of hope and of empathy for the challenges we all go through in life.

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LYRICS:
There comes a time when you need the darkness
When your muscles can't hold the love that your heart does
And your wasted words write no hope or promise
You're waiting on the winds to shake the leaves
Or waiting on something you ain't never seen

There comes a dawn when you find your silence
When your tears just dry with the brush of the wild winds
And your hope withdraws like the birds don't sing
They're bedding down or heading north
Across the mountains, 'cross the seas to the warmth

We can get used to almost anything
We can cope with constant pain
I found out the hard way

whatever went wrong - why-ever you're hiding
I've got a feeling that you’re losing something
Yeah I've seen that look, all a thousand times
You don't get strong from an easy life
So give me the winter, give me the bleak, cold night

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released March 24, 2018
Words by Ali Whitton

Music by Nick George, Noriana Kennedy, Gerry Paul, Oliver Vetter, Thomas Voyce, Ali Whitton

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LOST BiRD Wellington, New Zealand

LOST BiRD are Ali Whitton (vocals and guitar) and Oliver Vetter (vocals and violin) from Wellington, New Zealand.

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