Some of us are grief befallen Some are made to choose Some are hope incarnate Some only sing the blues This may be hard to swallow This may be hard to do This may be hard to swallow But one of us may lose Some of us will make it Some will bear the bruise Oh, how this body's breaking To think I'm losing you This may be hard to swallow This may be hard for us to do This may be hard to swallow But one of us will lose I'm gonna lay you down my gun And take the bullet 'Cause it's me that wants To run when the night comes around And my heart needs a flame to fill it I'm gonna learn to love again I'm gonna learn to love again And the sun will come up again And we'll see our bruises No one will ever win When push comes to shove On this battlefield of love This may be hard to swallow This may be hard for me and you This may be hard to swallow But one of us will lose