Do What You Have To Do

written by: Sarah McLachlan and Coleen Wolstenholme
performed by: Sarah McLachlan

Lyrics

What ravages of spirit
Conjured this temptuous rage
Created you a monster
Broken by the rules of love

And fate has led you through it
You do what you have to do
And fate has led you through it
You do what you have to do…

And I have the sense to recognize that
I don’t know how to let you go

Every moment marked
With apparitions of your soul
I’m ever swiftly moving
Trying to escape this desire

The yearning to be near you
I do what I have to do
The yearning to be near you
I do what I have to do

But I have the sense to recognize
That I don’t know how to let you go
I don’t know how to let you go

A glowing ember
Burning hot
Burning slow
Deep within I’m shaken by the violence
Of existing for only you

I know I can’t be with you
I do what I have to do
I know I can’t be with you
I do what I have to do

And I have sense to recognize but
I don’t know how to let you go
I don’t know how to let you go
I don’t know how to let you go

 

Appears on

Versions

Album Version
from “Surfacing”
Track length: 3:47

Live: Mirrorball
from “Mirrorball”
Track length: 4:11

Live: Mirrorball The Complete Concert
from “Mirrorball: The Complete Concert”
Track length: 4:14

 

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Credits

 

Collaborations

Vocals, Piano: Sarah McLachlan
Upright Bass: Jim Creeggan
Percussion: Ash Sood

 

Trivia/Notes

 

Sarah says

 

Live Video