Almost Easy lyrics

This song is about a relationship where the singer is in some way abusive towards his partner, primarily when he doesn't get his own way. :

"i feel insane every single time, i'm asked to compromise. "

He understands at least part of the reason why he acts so rashly, but he seems to accept it. "'cause i'm afraid, and stuck in my ways, and that's the way it stays... "

This behavior and it's effect on his personal relationships is obviously something he is not only aware of, but used to:

"so how long did i expect love to outwieght ignorance? From that look on your face, i may have forced the scale to tip... "

The title, appears to spawn from the fact that despite his admission to his behaviors and the reasons behind them, and his swings between the abuse and his own guilt, he manages to turn it all around and place at least some degree of blame on his partner:

"but the fact remains, that this is nothing new... "

The key is found in the progression of the chorus:

First time we have:

"(mother... ) come back to me, it's almost easy. (said it all... ) come back again it's almost easy. "

This is followed by his admissions of guilt, which quickly begin to turn towards blame and fades back towards admission of guilt, and repetition in claiming "i'm not insane, i'm not insane" (with laughter) before it leads to the second chorus string:

"(mother... ) come back to me, it's almost easy. (said it all... ) come back again it's almost easy. (you'll learn your lesson... ) come back to me, it's almost easy. (but first you fall... ) come back again it's almost easy. "

He loses his partner and though he makes one last attempt to reconcile the relationship, he is still irrational continues with the previous claims that he is not insane, and in the final chorus, he clarifies that because she keeps coming back to him, it's her fault that it all keeps happening:

"(mother... ) come back to me, it's almost easy. (said it all... ) come back again it's almost easy. (you'll learn your lesson... ) come back to me, it's almost easy. (but first you fall... ) come back again it's almost easy. "