Two shades of hope

If theres one thing that I know It is the 2 shades of hope One the enlightening soul And the other is more like a hangman's rope Well it's true you may reap what you sow But not that despair is the all time low Baby, hope deals the hardest blows There was once someone I loved Whose heart overflowed his cup And his shoes got covered in blood Oh but he never knew cos he only looked up Well he was in trouble and so Had known pain more than most I know Yet it was hope that dealt the hardest blows And the girl that holds the hand Of her somewhat distant man Though she did everything she can Still his heart set sail for distant lands And she wonders sometimes if he knows How she feels like a trampled rose Baby, hope deals the hardest blows Well some people think their sin Caused the cancer thats eating into them And the only way that they can win Is by the healing of somebody's hands on their skin and praying But when the cancer does not go Baby, hope dealt the hardest blows And now all these truths are so With foundations below them They were dug out in a winter's cold When the world stole our young and preyed on the old, well Hope deals in the hardest blows Yet I cannot help myself but hope I guess that's why love hurts And heartache stings And despair is never worse Than the despair that death brings But hope deals the hardest blows, dear The hardest Hope deals the hardest blows