All I know
Is everything is not as it's sold
But the more I grow the less I know
And I have lived so many lives
Though I'm not old
And the more I see, the less I grow
The fewer the seeds the more I sow

Then I see you standing there
Wanting more from me
And all I can do is try
Then I see you standing there
Wanting more from me
And all I can do is try, try

I wish I hadn't seen all of the realness
And all the real people are really not real at all
The more I learn the more I learn
The more I cry the more I cry
As I say goodbye to the way of life
I thought I had designed for me

Then I see you standing there
Wanting more from me
And all I can do is try
Then I see you standing there
I'm all I'll ever be
But all I can do is try
Oh, try, try

All of the moments that already passed
We'll try to go back and make them last
All of the things we want each other to be
We never will be, we never will be
And that's wonderful, and that's life
And that's you, baby
This is me, baby
And we are, we are, we are, we are
We are, we are
Free
In our love
We are free in our love



Lyrics submitted by Puka

Track duration: 04:39

"Try" as written by Alan Levitan

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, EMI Music Publishing

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    My Interpretation:I think what Nelly is trying to sing is that after all the bad experiences she has been through with people and previous lovers, she develops a rather cynical outlook on life. When it seems a new relationship is formed and she is in love again, she is reluctant to give all of herself emotionally. She is afraid to learn more about this person, about the "realness" of the relationship, and only to end up with more sadness and crying. She thought she had her life with her lover so beautiful and planned out, only to have to bitterly say goodbye when the relationship ends. Therefore, when the boyfriend wants more out of their relationship, all she can do is try so that she does not get hurt again.
    Flag minhhaleon July 17, 2012   Link
  • +2
    General Comment:This song is about how hard you have to TRY in life to be happy (in love, friends, job etc)
    Flag Voldyon January 29, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I love this song. :)
    Flag Thia007on November 30, 2011   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation:Did anyone else get a God vibe from this song. I did, but it could be because I associate it with an episode of Joan of Arcadia. I sort of see it as, we try so hard to be good in God's eyes, but sometimes it feels that we will never be good enough.
    Flag cellophanegirlon June 13, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I watched the video and listened to the lyrics and I think the song is about a woman undecided about her life. I think the song is about a woman and man being in love and together.

    "Everything is not as its sold" - love is not perfect

    "I have lived many lives" - She has done a lot of things, maybe different careers or ideas of life. I.e. she is in farmers clothes and then in city woman's clothes in the video.

    "Say goodbye to a way of life i thought I had designed for me" - she had her life all planned out and then she met a man and fell in love and had to say goodbye to that life she made for self.

    "All the moments that have passed, try to go back and make them last" - she misses her past life before her love, and thinks about them to try and relive those moments.

    In the video, she is trying to pull a cow or something and cant do it. I think she is trying to live this way of life with her partner for her love, but is she doesn't have her heart in it, but she is trying to do all the manual labour and farm work.

    "This is me, this is you" - Talk about accepting each other and embracing each others strengths and weaknesses. Love is not easy, love is not perfect.. but they can try and make it work.
    Flag maryalex1on November 25, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I think this song is about her growing up as an artist and trying to please her fans.
    Flag songofsongson December 18, 2009   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation:For me the video clears all the meanings up:

    She always lived in a sad and grey world when she discover the fake people around her and all the dissapointings of life...and the guy is always the one that motivate her to leave her sad meaning of life based on the past not yet left behind to something better, to get more and the best of her that in THAT state of mind she cannot achieve. He's always the one that's trying to drag her to a much happier and colorful world together but she doesn't even *try* to give him a chance to do it. (in the video, he offers his hand to get out of the chair of the "misery world"...but he always stands, she release his hand and leaves alone to the better "colorful world".)

    In the end of the video is even more obvious: Both look and try to reach each other, she finally understands that both are in love and together are invincible to fight against the rest of the fake and dissapointing world, they are just what they are and won't change anything, they love each other just like they are and that's a perfect relationship (in the video represented with the crowd part).

    But to achieve that level of happiness and love, she's got to *try* first and give the guy a chance and take his hand to start something better together. (in the video...is the last part, both together in a happy and beautiful landscape).

    If that is not the meaning of true love...then..¿which one is it?
    Flag xu10j2on October 22, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Furtado said the song "is about the reality of love. My energy used to just go everywhere, but now I'm more grounded because I've found true love. The idea here is that, yeah, sometimes life sucks. But life is only so long, and somebody can come along who makes you want to be a better person. You just have to roll with the punches. So "Try" is not a happy-go-lucky song

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    Flag parthenogenesison August 17, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:to me its that she loves him so much and has put everything into their relationship, but shes come to the realisation that hes just not putting in what she is and she knows what shes got to do - its facing up to the fact that sometimes love isnt enough, and thats why the last verse sounds like shes almost crying because it hurts her to say it, she knew things werent right for a while, but then she sees him wanting more from her because she loves him so much she tries. she feels like she has nothing left she can give and it kills her.
    Flag jenniejenjenon November 11, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:All I know
    Is everything is not as it's sold
    -Not everything is what it seems to be. Not at all.


    but the more I grow the less I know
    -The more people learn sometimes the more confused they become, you know, when you were little and everything was so simple, all you had to do was your homework and you got a sticker for it. But the more you grow it seems the more confusing things can be, wheather it is about religion and where we all come from, to science, to other things.


    And I have lived so many lives
    Though I'm not old
    -Reincarnation.


    Then I see you standing there
    Wanting more from me
    And all I can do is try
    Then I see you standing there
    Wanting more from me
    And all I can do is try
    -She knows what he/she/they want her to be and she tries to be that but she isn't exactully becoming ot achieving it.

    I wish I hadn't seen all of the realness
    -Growing up and getting to know reality.

    And all the real people are really not real at all
    -Dolls are fake, humans are real, but they act faker then dolls sometimes.

    The more I learn the more I cry
    -The more you learn about the world and how all the abuse to animals, children, the Earth, and other humans is going on the more fustrated people seem to get.

    As I say goodbye to the way of life
    I thought I had designed for me
    -She thought the way of life she created for her was a good one, but now all she wants to do is say goodbye to it.

    Then I see you standing there
    Wanting more from me
    And all I can do is try
    Then I see you standing there
    I'm all I'll ever be
    But all I can do is try
    Try
    -I'm all I'll ever be.


    All of the moments that already passed
    We'll try to go back and make them last
    -People go back to old memories and remember them, by trying to make them last she means by remembering them, thinking of them, or looking at old pictures.

    All of the things we want each other to be
    We never will be
    -People always want people do be something else. But the truth is;people are who they are.

    And that's wonderful, and that's life
    And that's you, baby
    This is me, baby
    And we are, we are, we are, we are
    Free
    In our love
    We are free in our love
    -self-explainatory.
    Flag sarahxocaroline127on November 03, 2008   Link

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