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try to change
try to change

i never wanted to be a simple man
i'd rather live all my days as a lion
than a thousand as a lamb and
i only wanted to see
what would happen to me
if i followed the road
that leads to the palace we all seek

so did you come here lamenting what you missed
overcome and seduced by this
the beautiful abyss, well
what did you come here to see
what are you trying to be
you're like a shadow that swallows life
now you're crawling over me

the time's come again
it's nearing the end
but i feel no shame
do you feel the same
'cause i know i'll be alright
if i make it through tonight
well i swear i'll try to change
once again

try to change

innocence is a face that always lies
innocence is a wish for some
but it's something i can't buy
what are you trying to prove
so many mountains to move
and all your demons are heaven sent
my lost cathartik friend

the time's come again
it's nearing the end
but i feel no shame
do you feel the same
'cause i know i'll be alright
if i make it through tonight
well i swear i'll try to change
once again

try to change
try to change
try to change
try to change
try to change
try to change

the time's come again
it's nearing the end
but i feel no shame
do you feel the same
'cause i know i'll be alright
if i make it through tonight
well i swear i'll try to change
once again
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jeril On Dec 21, 2004
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"With a 'K' at the end. Should I explain it? It's just really bad spelling. But what the song's about is you've gone out to the point where you've reached your threshold. You've partied too much, too many nights in a row. And you find yourself lying on your bed and you're alone. And there comes a point where things will catch up to you if you decide to be that hedonistic, a follower of the philosophy of Dionysus, just going for it, without conscious thinking and conscientious thinking as well to others that are around you. I certainly have gone through those periods in my life, where I'm lying on my bed, looking up at the ceiling, my heart's going a million miles an hour. I don't even subscribe to any one God whatsoever. My spirituality is very laid out. It's very diverse. But I find myself reverting back to a little Catholic boy, going, 'Please God, please God, if I can just get through today, I swear I'll try and change tomorrow. I mean, this will never happen again.' And the fact of the matter is that nine times out of 10, things never change. Eventually, you'll go through your period of purity and everything else and then all of a sudden you're feeling so good, that okay, you'll just descend back into that once again just to see what happens. So it's a vicious cycle, but a truthful one, that's for sure. So this song is definitely the heaviest song on the record. This is guitar central, this song, and again Jeff and Stu just come up with these beats. It sounds like it makes sense. It sounds natural for rock 'n' roll, but if you had to get down to dissecting it technically, it's actually quite complicated. And that's the beauty of it. It doesn't sound like that. We're not into that whole progressive-rock bullshit thing. So it's the heaviest song on the record and probably the most fun to play." - Jeff Martin

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perfect guitar solo...hard and frantic yet soft and beautiful, fits the mood of the song perfectly

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