I think my win turned to loss
When I kept on dealing
I think my gain turned to cost
When I kept on speaking
I think the bar was too tall
But I kept on reaching
I think the weight was too much
But I kept on leaning
Don't wake the sleeping bear
Don't bite the feeding hand
If you don't give up
I will try my best
And if I don't live up
To your expectations
I will try again
I guess our thing got called off
When you went on leaving
Turned our summer to fall
It's just another changing season
But all the pain that it caused
Is what I keep on feeling
I got the same old problems
And I keep on repeating them
Don't wake the sleeping bear
Don't bite the feeding hand
If you don't give up
I will try my best
And if I don't live up
To your expectations
I will try again
Again
Again
I will try again
I think my story got told
With the wrong ending
And though my tries all fall short
I'm still intending
To prove that I am enough
And things are changing
It's like the pain was a drug
And I kept on chasing it
Don't wake the sleeping bear
Don't bite the feeding hand
If you don't give up
I will try my best
And if I don't live up
To your expectations
I will try again
I will try again
I will try again
credits
released November 3, 2023
All instruments and vocals written and recorded by Jesse J. Hughes
Recorded mixed and produced by Van Verhoeven // B-Normous Productions
Mastered by Miro Kiiski
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