Trying

It was a Thursday morning, I was under the trees
The sky was trying to hide behind a cover of leaves
At the end of summer, try not to skin your kneecaps
Chasin' a dragonfly that's trying to take its victory laps
Before the winter arrives, I'm trying to learn to harmonize
With a part of my heart that hardly cries
Lord, where did I fail? Do tell

She said, "You sang to my angels that were going through hell"
I didn't mean to, I was just clinging to my upbringing
Trying to paddle upstream
And I'm aware that the creek's full of suckers and leeches
When I meet 'em, I just treat 'em like there's no such thing
Coexistence is the path to paradise
But from a distance, I'll be wishin' for redemption for you parasites
Fool me once, shame on you
I might've gave a fuck, but I never gave two

And I wonder what they seen from outside of the dream
And whether the weather outside is extreme
And whether or not you ever tried to intervene
It kind of seems we should hand over the keys to this machine
Or give the keys to the machines, or serve the robots
Maybe then, at least, we could work our old jobs
I'm trying to open up your system preferences
My art's been official, I don't care if it's intelligent

I say this from a place of love
Where the math meets magic and the years float by like a ladybug
So raise a cup, you couldn't make this up
The human race's catchphrase is that there's no safe space from us
My name gets mispronounced as "Seen"
What if the butterfly decided not to flap its wings?
What if the butterfly's so high, it flapped its wings to the moon?
What if the butterfly never tried to leave the cocoon?

We spent the whole life trying to write the patterns
Trying to find the treasure and provide the answers
Trying to prove the science and solve equations
Trying to save the universe from an alien invasion
God bless the depressed, I'm headed west
Underneath an unforgiving sun that never sets
And if we're askin' questions, what's up with mosquitos?

Somebody please explain why the fuck do we need those
This is for the people who tried
And this is for the people who are currently trying
It keeps comin' at you like it's trying to offend you
You're still goin' after all that you've been through

This is for all of the missed shots also
'Cause this is for the people trying to do the impossible
This is for the people who tried
And this is for the people who are currently trying