(For When You Forget You're) Trying Harder

You're playing games with words
Open minded, but it's not quite what I'd heard
You really thought we'd learn
Broken people that are split into thirds
But you can't count on hope
Staring blankly at this fragile scope
You may have cut the rope
If there's any other questions you should take some notes

Write this down
"Sometimes I just can do without it"
And if willpower is out
Then here's some things I'd like to shout about it

I'm broken
But not out

I'm trying to pull myself together
And I'm starting to feel much better
Holding on tight to the tether
But I'm not really feeling it in this weather

Feeling alive inside again
Surprise myself every now and then
Thought I'd forgotten how to turn these tailspins into graceful spirals

Anger armor
This selfish ardor
We all forget we're trying harder
(I'm not looking back)
A clean escape from hell
Without a wave farewell
Help me remember myself
(I'm not looking back)