The Proclaimers - Harness Pain lyrics

You need to harness pain To raise yourself up again You need to harness pain And tell the truth about love You need to break your heart Before you can really start You need to break your heart And tell the truth about love Then you need to set a goal that you can't reach Then you have to attack defenses you can't breach Then you need to lose and lose and lose again If you want to hold the flame You harness pain You harness pain You need to take your doubts And spread them all about You need to face your doubts To tell the truth about love You know the cliche's wrong Hatred is just as strong You know it's just as strong Just as strong as love So you need to take your hate and doubt and fear Distill them through your word 'til they run clear 'Til they run right through your heart like Highland rain If you want to hold the flame You harness pain You harness pain Do you want to be the best or be well known? Do you want to repeat lines or write your own? Do you want to follow paths or blaze a trail? When you try to succeed, You mostly fail And you're gonna lose and lose and lose again If you want to hold the flame You harness pain You harness pain