Trying My Best to Love You

she sings a lot higher on this record.

This song is so simple. I'm pretty obsessed with it. It's so stripped down, and it just lets her voice speak for itself. So beautiful.

i think this is my favorite song on the cd. it's such a simple and amazing song. it also showcases jenny's vocal ability.

This is an amazing song. Pretty self explanatory; simply, but amazing.

This song reminds me of John Lennon's "Oh My Love". Their descriptions of their ideal love focus on simplicity lyrically and musically. I think Lennon's song was better, but I still think it's cool how brilliant artists can come to similar conclusions on abstract subjects like love.

I think she's talking about God, not a lover. Many of her songs show her stuggle with religion.

The line "But still sometimes I can't believe you're real" makes it pretty obvious, as does "You step outside and hear bells ringing/For you, for you". Church bells ringing?

I'm not sure who "they" is, though. Who's preventing her from loving god? I was thinking maybe she means people who are religious but immoral and rub jesus in her face. She's sung about that before. Or maybe it represents people who are just bad people and she wonders how god could let them exist.

This song is so magnificent. It's made better by the fact by Zooey Deschanel is in it too.

Well if your right concretedreams it's kind of weird that she calls God baby. I just watched her sing it in concert! It was way more amazing then it even is on the record! I could not stop myself from tearing up. it's BEAUTIFUL.

Oops i forgot to add i think the bells ringing is referring to wedding and bells, and when she says sometimes i can't believe your real, she is just saying she loves this person so much she can't believe they actually exist.

i dont think the bells refers to weddings, i think its just like when people talk about fireworks or music when they kiss someone, its a reference to that grand explosion of love inside oneself.