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Trying by Bully

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Bully

Trying

Release date: 1st June 2015

From Feels Like
Track 5
3:53
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About This Track

‘Trying’ by Bully is a 2015 alternative track from the album ‘Feels Like’. The lyrics speak in a frantic, self-interrogating register, with lines about feeling trapped, questioning everything, and fixating on bodily, personal, and identity-related pressures. A recurring sense of strain and attempted control runs through the verse, landing on the blunt emotional note, “I can’t keep it together.” The end result is a direct, restless account of living under invisible constraints, where even relief is complicated by uncertainty.

"Trying" is a single by Bully, from the album Feels Like, released 1st June 2015. The track is 3:53 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 7 articles about Bully.

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Bully

Bully

Lyrics

Trying

Oh I can't get out

Invisible handcuffs locked on me

Been praying for my period all week

And relief that I just can't see
I question everything
My focus, my figure, my sexuality
And how much it matters or why it would mean anything

I can't keep it together, I've been better

I've been thinking about it every night

I'm trying, I am

I'm trying, I am

Trying to hide from my mind, I am

Trying all the time, I am
Trying to hide from my mind, I am
Trying, trying all of mine
I can't get out
There's no flawless education
Just a stupid degree
The feeling of growing so far from myself
I can't reach, I can't reach, I can't reach
So brush it off, 'cos I want it bad
And there's no dusting up

When you walk like that, here's a ship

There's a wick that will keep yourself in check cause
All these loaded questions gonna eat you alive

I'm trying, I am

I'm trying, I am

Trying to hide from my mind, I am

Trying all the time, I am

Trying to hide from my mind, I am

Trying, trying

Why am I?

If it counts for anything
I didn't want to
I'm just looking for clarity
To help me to get through
If you're set in your ways
What can I do? Ease up
So that I can break it down for you can't
Feed a beast you
Leave unleashed it'll
Come right back to you
I'm trying
Trying to hide from my mind, I am
Trying all the time, I am
Trying to hide from my mind, I am
Trying, trying
Why am I?
Why am i?
Why am I?
Why am I?

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Track details

From Feels Like

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Feels Like
Bully
2nd June 2015
Track number
5
Release year
2015
  1. 1I Remember
    1:48
  2. 2Reason
    2:46
  3. 3Too Tough
    3:17
  4. 4Brainfreeze
    2:37
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    Bass
    Reece Lazarus
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