It Is What It Is (Till It Ain’t) [Verse 1] “It is what it is” You say when you’re tired When the rent’s past due And the coffee’s gone cold You shrug at the sky Like someone’s to blame Then laugh at yourself As the bus pulls away [Chorus] It is what it is Till it isn’t anymore We spin these little phrases Like a lock on a broken door Everything is gonna be alright You say it I say it We both still lie awake at night But we hold to it We hum to it Till it feels like truth in the dark [Verse 2] “One in the hand” My granddad would mutter Counting crumpled bills At the kitchen light Turn down the dream Take the steady job He’d pat my shoulder Say “You’ll sleep just fine” [Chorus] It is what it is Till it isn’t anymore We spin these little phrases Like a lock on a broken door Everything is gonna be alright You say it I say it We both still lie awake at night But we hold to it We hum to it Till it feels like truth in the dark [Bridge] I hate them I love them They’re all that we’ve got When the facts stay heavy And the clock won’t stop So say it again Till your voice feels brave We’re just threading old words Through a brand new day [Chorus] It is what it is Till it opens like a door We spin these little phrases Till they’re something we’d fight for Everything is gonna be alright You say it I say it And maybe we believe it tonight So we hold to it We hum to it Till the small talk sounds like a prayer
