Try Better Next Time Lyrics
At the core of the earth it's too hot to breathe
There's nothing much to eat and everybody leaves
There's a place in the forest where the animals dance
Carefree and joyous like nobody's watching
And nobody's watching
So they laugh and they dance around mahogany trees
Completely unawares they're gonna end up as meat
And nobody's watching
[Chorus]
Wake up, wake up
Try better next time
Wake up, wake up
Cry better next time
Wake up, wake up
Try better next time
Wake up, wake up
[Verse 2]
So you know me, understand me
Is that what you think?
You haven't met the monster who wakes up when I drink
I was born out of time, I'm not meant to be here
With the weight of the world and the weight of a tear
Are exactly the same
Wake up, wake up
Try better next time
Wake up, wake up
Cry better next time
Wake up, wake up
Try better next time
Wake up, wake up
[Chorus]
Wake up, wake up
Try better next time
Wake up, wake up
Cry better next time
Wake up, wake up
Try better next time
Wake up, wake up
[Verse 3]
There's a spot in the ocean and that's where we'll meet
Somewhere far away where fish can nibble at our feet
And we can grow fins, go back in the water
Grow fins go back in the water
Grow fins go back in the water
Grow fins go back in the water
Wake up, wake up
Try better next time
Wake up, wake up
Cry better next time
Wake up, wake up
Try better next time
Wake up, wake up
[Chorus]
Wake up, wake up
Try better next time
Wake up, wake up
Cry better next time
Wake up, wake up
Try better next time
Wake up, wake up
[Verse 4]
It's a gas, it's a party on this planet of flakes
Somebody take a picture before it's too late
About
“Try Better Next Time for me is very much my song about the environment. You know, it’s a disillusioned, disappointed song. It’s very disappointed in humanity. It’s basically saying, good riddance, humanity, try better next time, you know, next time you come back and get a chance to live on this beautiful planet, you know, try better. It’s a story about people who live underground, about growing fins and going back to the water. It’s a very disillusioned song about the climate disaster presented in a sort of three minute Weezer ish kind of pop punk thing. If you dig deeper, it’s one of the more disturbing songs because it’s talking about an extinction event next, you know, the extinction of human beings, but is presented in in in an extremely jolly, upbeat happy, catchy way which is something that we do quite well, present something quite depressing in an upbeat fashion.” – Brian Molko
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