The Hurting Time lyrics

To everything there is a purpose

To every blade of grass

And every leaf on every tree

Every livin' thing will surely come to pass

And what will be, will be

That's when the hurtin' time begins

And all the things you never said

Or didn't have the strength to say (Things you never said)

And everything you ever did (Everything you ever did)

That time won't ever wash away

Fears that you've been livin' with

Have gone and left their trace

Tears that you've been livin' with

Come runnin' down your face

Runnin' down your face

That's when the hurtin' time begins

So tell me what the day brings, has it lost its thrill?

Are you still searching, hoping for that space to fill?

Everything you turn to is like a mirror on the shelf

And the only one you're blaming is yourself

Don't give me no more of that hurtin' stuff

Haven't I already paid enough?

A million little deaths you've died

The times that you've been crucified

The more you've loved and lost and tried (The more you've lost and tried)

And still could not be satisfied

When will you be satisfied? (×2)

Not till, not till, not till, not till the hurtin' time begins

Tell it like it is, yes

Not till the hurtin' time begins

Hurtin' time, hurtin' time begins now (×4)

Hurtin' time

Tell it like it is (×9)

• Artist:Annie Lennox
• Album:Bare (2003)