It's Been Done Before

That song you wanna write
It's been written before
That art you wanna make
Someone's made it before but much better
Than you ever could
Or ever will imagine
I hate to say
I know that this is tragic
Should I create
If there is someone better
Another month
Another new endeavor

The girl I wanna love
Someone will love her better
Does that mean giving up
Or should I go and get her
Before it is too late
I say that way too often
Take my mistakes and just put em' in a coffin
Cause there is beauty buried deep inside me
But in the end I always find that

It's been done before
All the songs and all the words
And it hurts me to my core
When I find that
It's been done before
But all the greatest artists
They came knocking at my door
And they said try

This melody I write
It sounds all too familiar
It could be Remo Drive
The Beatles or The Killers
I'm unoriginal I'm starting to accept that
But if I don't create
I know I will regret that
Cause in the end
This will give me purpose
And I don't care how much it's worth

Cause in due time
I will find that I'm not that special at all
I'll tell you now
In due time
I will find that I'm not that special at all

(Why?)

Cause it's been done before
All the songs and all the words
And it hurts me to my core
When I find that
It's been done before
But all the greatest artists
They came knocking at my door
And they said try

The joyful act of creating
Writing songs that are nameless
That the world may never see
And if they don't
That's fine by me

Cause it's been done before
All the songs and all the words
And it hurts me to my core
When I find
It's been done before
But all the greatest artists
They came knocking at my door
And they said try

Yeah they said try
Yeah they said try
Yeah they said try
They said try
Yeah they said try
They told me to try
So I'm gonna try

Woo we're gonna try