is it time for a speech or for silence
are you calling for peace or defiance
is this darkening counsel or wisdom
are we all perpetrators or victims?

is this childlike simple rote history
is it complex deciphering mystery
is this blessing or ill gotten wealth
am I speaking for God or myself?

it’s a hard world for a second guess girl
with one hand and another
I try to take it in but it leaves me spinning
trying to love my sister and brother

is this confidence born of a calling
is this ego and pride before falling
are we standing to fight for what’s right
are we angry and hopelessly blind?

are we companions of Job or prophets of God
are we not of this world or just painfully odd
is it time for free grace or tough love
or a little of all the above?

it’s a hard world for a second guess girl
on one hand and another
I try to take it in and it leaves me spinning
trying to love my sister and brother

sooner or later we’ll know more about it
sooner or later we’ll understand why
we’ll understand why

chorus

it’s a hard world for a second guess girl
with one hand and another
I try to take it in and it leaves me spinning
trying to love my sister and brother
it’s a hard hard world for a second guess girl
trying to love my sister, love my brother


Words and music by Sara Groves

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