It is what it is
Lyrics: Roeban Katz
Music: Olivier Katz
IT IS WHAT IT IS
MY FRIEND
WHAT HAPPENS, HAPPENS FOR A REASON
THERE’S A CROWN FOR EACH SEASON
NO BIRDS IN HAND
IT IS WHAT IT IS,
MY FRIEND.
I THOUGHT I COULD WIN IT ALL
BUT I WEAR MY SHAME LIKE A MOURNING VEIL.
I AM NUMB, NOT FEELING AT ALL
THE GLEE OF THE SMILES HALF STALE,
INTO THE NIGHT.
IT IS WHAT IT IS
MY FRIEND
WHAT HAPPENS, HAPPENS FOR A REASON
CAN’T BE SAILING THE OCEAN
KNEE DEEP IN THE SAND
IT IS WHAT IT IS,
MY FRIEND.
A SIDE OF ME LOST, LAST NIGHT.
MY SHIELD WAS DENTED AND BLOODED
I GOT HURT, WHAT I THOUGHT WAS RIGHT
THREW ME OFF THE HORSE, MUDDIED
INTO THE FIGHT.
IT IS WHAT IT IS
MY FRIEND
YOU LOSE A LOT
TO WIN A LITTLE.
THE CLIMB IS STEEP WHEN YOU HAUL A LOT
TO THE SUMMIT AS YOU WIN SO LITTLE.
I KEEP MY SHADOWS AT BAY
A LIGHT HAND ON THE PAGE, I STRIKE
MY FIRST LINE. AND THE WORLD STARTS TO PLAY,
THE NOTES, THE WORDS A LIKE.
AND SO, I WRITE
IT IS WHAT IT IS
MY FRIEND
WHAT HAPPENS, HAPPENS FOR A REASON
I LET GO OF MY FORTUNE
LIKE WATER THROUGH MY HAND
IT IS WHAT IT IS,
MY FRIEND.
IT IS WHAT IT IS
MY FRIEND
WHAT HAPPENS, HAPPENS FOR A REASON
ONLY HAPPENS FOR ONE REASON,
FOR AT THE END,
IT IS WHAT IT IS,
MY FRIEND.