We Tried Lyrics

Leave your house dark and empty

Get in the car and drive

The devil's in the backseat

All the world is flying by

I'm told perfection's always sober

Still I keep on drinking

If I call to god on high

Why am I still sinking

Why do I care at all

Ah ah

Ah ah

Ah ah

God we tried

Well we trusted promise

They were caught in lies

And now we think they're honest

We don't fight

They don't change

And now you see

It's all the work

You thought beneath you

All the ways

Your heart deceives you

You worship a screen

And it knows what you like

It takes your money

You give it your precious time

And a calm life of stillness

Leads to an ignorance of pain

And a sense of urgency

That cannot reconcile blame

It was a calm life of stillness

I could not let it go

And everything was business

And I had nothing personal to show

I don't make it personal

You know

Ah ah

Ah ah

Ah ah

God we tried

Well we trusted promise

They were caught in lies

And now we think they're honest

We don't fight

They don't change

And now you see

It's all the work

You thought beneath you

All the ways

Your heart deceives you

You worship a screen

And it knows what you like

It takes your money

You give it your precious time

With all that we know

We cannot see past our own hands

Over our eyes

Over our ears

And we wonder why we believe in nothing

Ah ah

Ah ah

Ah ah

God we tried

Well we trusted promise

They were caught in lies

And now we think they're honest

We don't fight

They don't change

And now you see

It's all the work

You thought beneath you

All the ways

Your heart deceives you

You worship a screen

And it knows what you like

It takes your money

You give it your precious time