The Hardest Question was the first of three singles that came out in the lead up to the release of The One I Wanted to Be in 2014. Being the first track on the album, it keeps in with one of several motifs featured on the first album – having a section at the start of the song with snippets of conve...
I feel it in my head
The letters in my bed
I'm not the person I wanted to be
But every night’s the same
I'm easier to blame
As my sleepless nights still torture me
The less I talk, the more I'm able to get past the moment
The less I talk, the less I think about the past
But it doesn’t really matter at all
Is the answer to the hardest question
Waiting for the apple to fall
It's not why it falls but the fact that it falls at all
And now I see my face
In everything before
In every cigarette
In every liquor store
And now I see my chest
In every news report
About the kinda kids
That always get bored
I always thought that open doors would never close
I always thought that the adults would be the ones to know
I always thought that I would figure out where to go
I always thought that I would figure it out
But it doesn't really matter at all
Is the answer to the hardest question
Waiting for the apple to fall
It's not why it falls but the fact that it falls at all
It's not why it falls
But the fact that it falls at all
The Hardest Question was written by Jack Greenleaf.
The Hardest Question was produced by Jack Greenleaf.
Sharpless released The Hardest Question on Mon May 12 2014.