“Easy Way Out” is a Lovibond May Rowanwood song from the Rowanwood music catalogue, exploring themes of pain, vulnerability, and emotional transformation, as the narrator moves from isolation and self-protection toward openness and love through a slow, expressive acoustic arrangement.
I was small when I first tasted sorrow
At six cherries were no longer sweet
Choking the pit lodged deep in my throat
It’s bitter juice staining my very soul
I pressed my palms against the window
The pane trembling straining at my touch
Sure its shatter would ring of freedom
But breaking only into silence
Life taught me quickly
What is given is often taken away
What has been promised my evaporate
What is held most dear can fall and break
I’ll take the easy way out
Quietly — I don’t need to shout
I open this heart to the other
To see the world through the eyes of love
I’ll take the easy way out
Now I know what the fight is about
I’ll will the good of the other
And see the world through the eyes of love
I had stitched my skin into armor
Painted my wall shades to pale to be true
Every handshake a lie a disguise
Every kindness a pushing away
Fleeing into my inner sanctum
Double-bolt locking windows and door
I hid counting cracks in the ceiling
Like constellations so many stars
I was all the while
Whispering to myself don’t let them see me
Don’t let them see how much I’m hurting
And I was lost Oh how I was lost
I’ll take the easy way out
Quietly — I don’t need to shout
I open this heart to the other
To see the world through the eyes of love
I’ll take the easy way out
Now I know what the fight is about
I’ll will the good of the other
And see the world through the eyes of love
Allowing my anger to carry me
Dashing myself to fragments and shards
I was clothing myself in thunder
Forever believing fury my strength
Every clap and rumble left only
Echoing silence across my soul
Simpler to shrink in the shadows
Slipping away into nothingness
Isolation has
It’s terrors a maggot gnawing at one’s heart
Nothing is left but shadow and echo
Ranging out across the void
I’ll take the easy way out
Quietly — I don’t need to shout
I open this heart to the other
To see the world through the eyes of love
I’ll take the easy way out
Now I know what the fight is about
I’ll will the good of the other
And see the world through the eyes of love
Life the hard way is the iron mask
Stone-faced pretending I do not ache
Harder still to wage perpetual war
I am wearing my scars as medals
I’m mistaking my wounds for victory
Rage my banner covering the sky
Knowing pain the proof I am alive
Now I will lay down all my weapons
Tear open my chest
With my bare calloused hands exposing my heart
To the tempest of vulnerability
To the searing light of love of love
I’ll take the easy way out
Quietly — I don’t need to shout
I open this heart to the other
To see the world through the eyes of love
I’ll take the easy way out
Now I know what the fight is about
I’ll will the good of the other
And see the world through the eyes of love
I was sure running would bring me home
I thought fury was a mountain conquered
The ocean roars in her wind and waves
Lay it down Love is the way
Lay it down Love is the way
Explore more Lovibond songs in the Rowanwood music catalogue.