Jump Rope - Blue October

Remember how you used to say

You couldn’t wait 'til tomorrow for a brand new day?

And no fuss when you had to ride the bus

You’d just add a little blush to paralyze your school crush

Now you’re older and the weight is on your shoulder

Makes the world a little colder, no more hidin' in the old days

Be strong, don’t you give up hope

It will get hard, life’s like a jump rope

Up, down, up, down

Up, down, up, down, yeah

'Cause it will get hard

Remember, life’s like a jump rope

Up, down, up, down

Up, down, up, down, yeah

It will get hard

'Cause it will get hard

There’ll be a bump and there will be a bruise

There’ll be alarms and there will be a snooze

There’ll be a path that you will have to choose

There’ll be a win and there will be a lose

And you gotta to hold your head up high and

Watch all the negative go by

Don’t ever be ashamed to cry, you go ahead

'Cause life’s like a jump rope

Up, down, up, down

Up, down, up, down, yeah

It will get hard

Remember, life’s like a jump rope

Up, down, up, down

Up, down, up, down, yeah

It will get hard, c’mon

I want to tell you that everything will be okay

That everything will eventually turn itself to gold

So keep pushing through it all

Don’t follow, lead the way

Don’t lose yourself or your hope

'Cause life’s like a jump rope

(Up, down, up, down

Up, down, up, down, yeah)

You stomp your feet so hard you make it pound

Raise it back up to the top, and now we’re never coming down

Up, down, stomp your feet, spin around

Clap hands to the rhythm then you slip down

Stomp your feet so hard you make it pound

Raise it back up to the top, and now we’re never coming down

Up, down, up, down

Up, down, up, down, yeah

It will get hard

Remember, life’s like a jump rope

Up, down, up, down

Up, down, up, down, yeah

It will get hard

'Cause it will get hard

(Up, down, up, down

Up, down, up, down, yeah)

Life’s like a jump rope

Up, down, up, down

Up, down, up, down, yeah

Woah, 'cause life’s like a jump rope