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Try Harder​/​Just the Same

from Festival of the Living Rooms #1 by Jela Schmidt

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Try harder/Just the same

Day by day you smile and fake it
Because it´s easier that way
They say it helps, until you make it
And you try to do as they say
Still your soul lies shattered in the grass
Like all the stars are spread across the sky
Still you try to pick up all the pieces
Oh you try and try and try

And some will say you must try harder
Some will say it is your fault
And they will say you would feel better
If you would do as you are told

But nothing helps to fight the notion
Of just not being good enough
While inside you battle with emotion
You still smile and play it tough
In your mind you hear so many voices
Pulling you where you just cannot go
They seem to think that you have all the choices
But they just do not know

That you still try to work harder
That you still think it is your fault
That you try to feel better
By doing just as you are told

Maybe you just need to hear that feeling broken is okay
Give yourself time to find your way
To a better day by better day by better day by better day

And if the voices once more get too loud
And they just won´t quiet down
Then you don´t have to blend in with the crowd
And you don´t have to play the clown
You are loved, just the way you are
You are not too much to bear
And if your hiding like a clouded star
I hope that you are still there

Just please do not try harder
Do not feel like you´re to blame
You don´t have to feel better
I still love you just the same
We still love you just the same
Please still love me just the same

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from Festival of the Living Rooms #1, released March 22, 2020

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Jela Schmidt Germany

I make music for fun. Some of my music is fun, some is serious, some is both.
On this page you will find home recordings, no professional studio albums.

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