So Hard
Chris Lowe/Neil Tennant Lyrics

I double-cross you
I betray your trust

And you get mysterious mail
As a result, you receive cryptic messages

I've tried hard not to shock you
I attempt to avoid startling you

It's hard not to with the things I could say
However, it is difficult to refrain from saying certain things

Tell me why don't we try
I suggest that we ought to attempt

Not to break our hearts and make it so hard for ourselves?
To avoid damaging our emotional wellbeing needlessly

You lock your letters in a box
You securely conceal your correspondence

And you've hidden the key
Additionally, you have kept the means of entry to yourself

I go one better - I'm indebted
Correcting the previous statement, I claim a superior effort

To a contact magazine
I am beholden to a publication that serves as a personals advertisement forum

Everybody's got to live together
We all have to coexist

Just to find a little peace of mind there
Simply to achieve a small measure of serenity

If you give up your affairs forever
If you surrender your extramarital relationships permanently

I will give up mine
I promise to do the same

But it's hard
However, it is a daunting task

So hard
Excessively difficult

I'm always hoping you'll be faithful
I am constantly wishing for your loyalty

But you're not, I suppose
Unfortunately, you have not been faithful, as far as I know

We've both given up smoking 'cause it's fatal
We have both ceased smoking in fear of the deadly consequences

So whose matches are those?
I ask, rhetorically, who owns the matchbox

We make it so hard
We cause our problems unnecessarily

(It's so hard)
We find it incredibly difficult