Trying to get to sleep
You're solving a mystery
The answers are far away
And they'll never see the light of day
And the voice is getting loud
Self-pity and doubt
And part of you is proud, but you won't get over
But you try, but you try, but you try
Like something from an old Greek tragedy
Can't conceive of anything that ain't Hollywood
One doesn't have a happy ending
But either way you got to play your part
But either way you got to play your part
So long as the sun exists to cast shadows on ourselves
The shadow has all to tell
For which we have such a bitter need
To look at every turn
We're never gonna learn
It's always gonna hurt
And we won't get over
But we try, but we try, but we try
Like something from an old Greek tragedy
Can't conceive of anything that ain't Hollywood
One doesn't have a happy ending
But either way you got to play your part
And try, I'm an optimist when I see pigs fly
And try, but either way you got to play your part
Always to run away
You call it a holiday
You see your surroundings change
But then you feel such a bitter need
To look at your own worth
Can't blame it on the world
And no one but yourself
And you won't get over
But you try, but you try, but you try
Stop taking it out on all those around
You're letting it roll straight back down
You're trying to push that rock back up the hill
Like something from an old Greek tragedy
Can't conceive of anything that ain't Hollywood
One doesn't have a happy ending
But either way you got to play your part
And try, I'm an optimist when I see pigs fly
And try, but either way you got to play your part
And try, I'm an optimist when I see pigs fly
And try, but either way you got to play your part
But either way you got to play your part
But either way you got to play your part