Hard Way Learner

So I find myself here again
I have to wonder if it's ever going to end
I once knew this place by a different name
I guess I shouldn't be surprised
Had I thought I would have recognized
'Cause the faces are different but it feels the same
So please be patient with me, baby
I'll try to make this the last time

But I'm a hard way learner
I keep my finger to the burner
And I need my time to get it right
I'm a hard way learner

For a while everything is fine
Like I've left it all for behind
But there's a rip in the cloth where the past crawls through
And it comes in a new disguise
To try to look me right in the eyes
And ask again what are you going to do
So please be patient with me, baby
I'll try to make this the last time

But I'm a hard way learner
I keep my finger to the burner
And I need my time to get it right
I'm a hard way learner

And the flags go up
The alarm bells ring
But I'm blinded I don't hear a thing

So push that rock, Sisyphus, up the hill
Will it roll back, yeah, it probably will
But you don't have to keep pushing 'till you come undone
And they talk about a wheel to which we're bound
To ride forever as it goes around
And if you don't get it in this life
You try the next one
So please be patient with me baby
I want to make this the last time

But I'm a hard way learner
I keep my finger to the burner
And I need my time to get it right
I'm a hard way learner