Trying

[Verse 1]

It was a Thursday morning, I was under the trees

The sky was trying to hide behind a cover of leaves

At the end of summer, try not to skin your kneecaps

Chasin' a dragonfly that's trying to take its victory laps

Before the winter arrives, I'm trying to learn to harmonize

With a part of my heart that hardly cries

Lord, where did I fail? Do tell

She said you sang to my angels that were going through hell

I didn't mean to, I was just clinging to my upbringing

Trying to paddle upstream

And I'm aware that the creek's full of suckers and leeches

When I meet 'em, I just treat 'em like therе's no such thing

Coexistence is thе path to paradise

But from a distance, I'll be wishin' for redemption for you parasites

Fool me once, shame on you

I might've gave a fuck, but I never gave two

[Verse 2]

And I wonder what they seen from outside of the dream

And whether the weather outside is extreme

And whether or not you ever tried to intervene

It kind of seems we should hand over the keys to this machine

Or give the keys to the machines, or serve the robots

Maybe then, at least, we could work our old jobs

I'm trying to open up your system preferences

My art's been official, I don't care if it's intelligent

I say this from a place of love

Where the math meets magic and the years float by like a ladybug

So raise a cup, you couldn't make this up

The human race's catch phrase is that there's no safe space from us

My name gets mispronounced as "Seen"

What if the butterfly decided not to flap its wings?

What if the butterfly's so high, it flapped its wings to the moon?

What if the butterfly never tried to leave the cocoon?

[Verse 3]

We spent the whole life trying to write the patterns

Trying to find the treasure and provide the answers

Trying to prove the science and solve equations

Trying to save the universe from an alien invasion

God bless the depressed, I'm headed west

Underneath an unforgiving sun that never sets

And if we're askin' questions, what's up with mosquitos?

[Outro]

Somebody please explain why the fuck do we need those

This is for the people who tried

And this is for the people who are currently trying

It keeps comin' at you like it's trying to offend you

You're still goin' after all that you've been through

This is for all of the missed shots also

'Cause this is for the people trying to do the impossible

This is for the people who tried

And this is for the people who are currently trying