I can feel the air, stuck in my chest when you say it I'm not going anywhere, if I keep trying to do things my way And it's only cause you care, that you're honest with me And I'm honestly too scared to tell you to shut up But I wish you would shut up sometime How's this for trying? How's this for pulling myself together? Man, I'm not even crying And it's the middle of the afternoon already, I'm crying How's this for taking all your tips and tricks? Pulled my bootstraps up like you told me But I'm getting even further from the opening I try to bring it up, and in an unexpected turn of events You try to cut me off, like a defensive little kid You never did give it any thought When you tell me that you love me Is there supposed to be a sorry? Cause all I really want, is you to tell me that you know you were wrong Twenty years and counting I take you into account, every move that I make Your voice is the loudest I scream above you till my voice breaks How's this for trying? How's this for pulling myself together? Man, I'm not even crying And it's the middle of the afternoon already, I'm crying How's this for taking all your tips and tricks? Pulled my bootstraps up like you told me But I'm getting even further from the old How's this for trying? And I'm thinking I'm tired of your reasons You tell me my lines, and I don't know that they're pleading I'm not even crying again, caught from seizing in style I can't succeed, I'm running out of steam You and I are fighting And I ripped off a spinner in my palm I didn't explain it, I didn't even call And what did you say after all? I know that we're not quite there yet But how do we finish? © transcript Emily Beynon