Trying and Failing

from The Abyss by Andy Zuk

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It’s taken 20 years to get my teeth around it,

I’m never going to let this go

I’m a snidey little bitch and the more I give you

The less you’re going to take back home

You’ll know when it starts to spiral and it all starts to slip

You’ll wish that you had aimed for so-so, and just missed

Whether you’re climbing up a mountain or gone straight off a cliff

You’re one step further from forever but it’s all just relative

This hungry dog’s an angry dog and you can’t stand it,

You feed it but it just won’t stop

You try and throw a punch but then you just can’t land it

You’re never coming out on top

I get to the joke before you but what did you expect?

You transmit all your thoughts around you and then I just reflect

I stop the ball from rolling and I garble your speech

And I talk in confusing syntax keep that prize out of reach

I keep trying and then failing ‘til it comes to a head

I run the race I’m trailing ‘til the lights turn to red

I’m climbing up that ladder but I’m losing my way

I’m fading away, I’m fading away into you

I stalk deserted corridors just like a hydra

That’s going to grow another head

I close the valves and watch the pressure build inside you

You’ll buckle underneath that dread

Been given life outside your nightmares now I’m coming for you

I move the pieces on the chessboard and you’re not getting through

I dilute your solution and I weaken your brew

There’s nothing left for you to hang on for or try to cling to

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from The Abyss, released September 19, 2015

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Andy is a multi instrumentalist singer/songwriter and producer living in the south of England.

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