Amanda Henson - Poem: Try lyrics

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Lets have sex.<br />

To show our love<br />

Or lack there of<br />

Trade pain for passion.<br />

Lets not think.<br />

Why try? <br />

<br />

Raise that beer<br />

To all your fears.<br />

Cheers to drugs, alcohol, sex, and music.<br />

It's all in fun.<br />

With good company, <br />

What else matters? <br />

All we want is freedom<br />

For our restless souls.<br />

Why try? <br />

<br />

He clings to a cigarette and his micrphone<br />

Belting out his sorrows.<br />

In a failed attempt to heal his broken heart.<br />

Why try? <br />

<br />

You use that brush<br />

To cover up.<br />

Try to hide in all the colors you want, <br />

Try to be pretty, <br />

But underneath it all<br />

You're ugly! <br />

We all are.<br />

Losing sight of what is beautiful, <br />

A good heart.<br />

Why try? <br />

<br />

Cling to your defenses.<br />

Hide fear with your fist.<br />

Exchange insecurities for gossip.<br />

Lose pain in anger and hate.<br />

Why try? <br />

<br />

Run to your way out! <br />

Put the gun to your head<br />

The razor to your wrist<br />

Or drown.<br />

Drown because you've already sunk so low.<br />

You're done trying! <br />

<br />

The future? <br />

What the hell do we know! <br />

How about, <br />

Creativity before knowledge<br />

Living before books.<br />

Living is learning.<br />

Maybe, <br />

We can try.<br />

<br />

So be my guest<br />

Be yourself<br />

And fuck the rest! <br />

Trauma isn't a reason.<br />

It's an excuse.<br />

So be real<br />

And show what you feel.<br />

Fake is for cowards.<br />

<br />

"Hypocrite!" you say? <br />

Atleast I try.