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Songs: Harder To Believe Than Not To

• Recording Info
• Lyrics
• Notes and Interpretations

Recording Info

Harder To Believe Than Not To has had 2 different recorded versions released over the years. The versions are:

1. studio version recorded for the I Predict 1990 Project. This version has also been used as the soundtrack to a concept video. It appeared on the following recordings:
   • I Predict 1990
   • I Predict 1990 - The Video Album
   • Now The Truth Can Be Told
2. cover version recorded by the band Fleming & John for the Steve Taylor Tribute album, Various Artists: I Predict A Clone.

Lyrics

Harder To Believe Than Not To

written by Steve Taylor
Copyright © 1987 Soylent Tunes (ASCAP)

Nothing is colder than the winds of change
Where the chill numbs the dreamer till a shadow remains
Among the ruins lies your tortured soul
Was it lost there
Or did your will surrender control?

Shivering with doubts that were left unattended
So you toss away the cloak that you should have mended
Don't you know by now why the chosen are few?
It's harder to believe than not to
Harder to believe than not to

It was a confidence that got you by
When you knew you believed it, but you didn't know why
No one imagines it will come to this
But it gets so hard when people don't want to listen

Shivering with doubts that you left unattended
So you toss away the cloak that you should have mended
Don't you know by now why the chosen are few?
It's harder to believe than not to

Some stay paralyzed until they succumb
Others do what they feel, but their senses are numb
Some get trampled by the pious throng
Still they limp along

Are you sturdy enough to move to the front?
Is it nods of approval or the truth that you want?
And if they call it a crutch, then you walk with pride
Your accusers have always been afraid to go outside

They shiver with doubts that were left unattended
Then they toss away the cloak that they should have mended
You know by now why the chosen are few
It's harder to believe than not to...

I believe

Notes and Interpretations

To come.

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