Lord I've Been Trying Lyrics
Tryna keep, myself from crying,
And it gets hard, there's no use denying,
There's been some nights, when I did a little lying.
Yes it sure feels, like I've been here before,
Captain tell me where I've been, are the waves left there for me, is there something left to see, is there something left to be, oh I know, that I'm holding on but I've got time to grow, alright, alright, alright... said it's alright, now, yeah...
And all these blues, they're never ending,
And it gets hard, and life will go on again,
Gonna shake off these blues, I'm leaving them now.
Yes it sure feels, like I've been here before,
Captain tell me where I've been, are the waves left there for me, can you see the warning sign, flashing there in my mind, my mind is free, and I'm talking up to you, I say, alright, alright, alright... I've been trying,
very sad and moving song, constand feel of sadness and no matter how that person tries they feel they have been there before
Many famous musicians have written songs about me: ''...is there something left to be / is there something left to see...'' - What Else Is There / Bob Evans.
This song is absolutely fascinating. The opening lines, "Lord I've been trying, tryna keep myself from crying" is almost like confessing that you're trying to stop the sadness in your life from getting to you. When it's followed by "it gets hard, there's no use denying", it's like Ashcroft is trying to tell God that life is difficult, and he can't help that.
My favourite part of the whole song is "Is there something left to see, is there something left to be? Oh I know that I'm holding on but I've got time to grow" because it's as though you've got to try on all of these different personalities and see all of these different things, and as you're doing this, you're still holding on to the core of everything you believe in even if it appears that you're not, but you have time for personal growth even if eventually that might mean growing away from the things you once believed.
I adore this song <3