Must Try Harder Lyrics
Mother loves me still despite
My failing health and lack of drive
Shame on me, I could be so much better than I am
Songs unfinished, post unopened
Clothes unwashed and vows now broken
Shame on me, I could be so much better than I am
If I could just relax, then I could admit
That I don’t know what I want, but this is not it
If I could just recall the dreams I had as a kid
If I could just relax, if I could let my guard slip
I’d be such a winner
My failing health and lack of drive
Shame on me, I could be so much better than I am
Songs unfinished, post unopened
Clothes unwashed and vows now broken
Shame on me, I could be so much better than I am
If I could just relax, then I could admit
That I don’t know what I want, but this is not it
If I could just recall the dreams I had as a kid
If I could just relax, if I could let my guard slip
I’d be such a winner
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“Must Try Harder” is a song about Frank Turner’s place within his upper-class English family, a punk among aristocrats. He feels as though he’s let down his parents, who had high hopes of his attending Oxford and becoming a banker. While Frank acknowledges, in “Once We Were Anarchists,” that that’s always something he’s envied for its ease, he hasn’t really looked back from his life of the road, tattoos, and punk rock.
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