T Bone Burnett - Pressure lyrics

I was once obsessed with being cool, being no one's fool Breaking every rule Winning every duel I tried to hide behind my pride and so I lied Even when I told the truth And it's a lot of pressure From behind There are those who loom somewhere in doom And they presume To tell you what to do They would run your life for you And at times they've made me so afraid that I was plagued By doubt and grew confused And it's a lot of pressure From all sides But I will hold on to this hope That life is not some gruesome joke That love is not some wretched lie Oh! How I cry! Ay Ay Ay I can't ask you to measure whether you can weather This storm that beats the shore By some means of keeping score 'Cause, filled with dread, I've heard it said "Only the dead Have seen the end of war." And it's a lot of pressure From below