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I've Tried Everything Lyrics
I was born in The Merrie City
I've been trying to get out of it
Nothing's changed since the 1950s
I'm surprised all the time what I find out
There must be something more
Can't figure it out
Still missing something
and I've tried everything
Love is a lie
Attraction an instinct
Believe what you like, you decide
But I still think that
There must be something more
Can't figure it out
Still missing something
And I've tried everything
Three months ago
I ran to Brighton
It didn't solve anything.. no
I thought it would not be a problem
But I found out the night we rode the Circle Line
It had to happen sometime
I thought it would not be a problem
But I found out the night we rode the Circle Line
It had to happen sometime
And though you knew nowt about it
You could pick up on signs
Like being too polite
And unassertive cos I'm
Still missing something
and I've tried everything
I've been trying to get out of it
Nothing's changed since the 1950s
I'm surprised all the time what I find out
Still missing something
and I've tried everything
Attraction an instinct
Believe what you like, you decide
But I still think that
Still missing something
And I've tried everything
Three months ago
I ran to Brighton
It didn't solve anything.. no
But I found out the night we rode the Circle Line
It had to happen sometime
I thought it would not be a problem
But I found out the night we rode the Circle Line
It had to happen sometime
And though you knew nowt about it
You could pick up on signs
Like being too polite
And unassertive cos I'm
Still missing something
and I've tried everything
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I agree with deardean here. It's definitely about home, i.e. Wakefield.
Wanting to leave Wakefield because it's dull and rubbish; "I've been trying to get out of it, Nothing's changed since the 1950s"
But when they did leave home, they realised how much they love the place, and how they miss it; "I thought it would not be a problem, But I found out the night we rode the Circle Line"
The merrie city is wakefield. its shit. but its home so its hard to leave.
The end isn't about leaving the Merrie city anymore, i'm thinking its about leaving his girl, and he's comparing her or their relationship to wakefield in that it doesn't change and it leaves him wanting. His efforts to improve it or find fulfillment in it have failed and he has to end it.
good song, has feeling to it
I half agree with victor1890 because I believe it was his girlfriend that left him. He was missing something and was trying everything to try and determine what it was. In the meantime, his girlfriend grew tired of his unassertiveness/ultra politeness. This personality of his probably arose from the fact that he's stuck in a town that dulled his sense of passion or assertiveness due to stagnancy of "The Merrie City."