We've Tried Everything Else
Love's Last Stand: Rediscovering Romance in Pam Tillis' Melody
Lyrics
Going out every night
Engaging in social activities regularly
Doing all the wrong things to feel alright
Participating in behaviors that provide temporary relief
Waking up all alone
Waking up without the presence of a significant other
Dying to call you on the telephone
Longing to communicate with the person on the phone
I moved way across town
Relocated to a different part of the town
And you've got someone new hanging round, but
Discovering the presence of a new person in the ex-partner's life
Neither one of us is feeling any better
Mutual dissatisfaction and lack of improvement in emotional state
All we've been doing is fooling ourselves
Engaging in self-deception without positive outcomes
Baby, you and me were meant to be together
Expressing the belief that the two individuals are destined to be together
Let's try love again
Suggesting the attempt to revive love
We've tried everything else
Acknowledging the exhaustion of all other options
You hurt me, I hurt you
Reciprocal emotional pain between partners
Don't make no difference, it's the same shade of blue
Indicating that the pain is consistent regardless of the actions taken
Other arms, other lips
Being with others only emphasizes the longing for the ex-partner
Only remind me that it's you I miss
Other relationships serve as reminders of the one that is missed
You say you've been feeling the same
Claiming similar emotional experiences
Why don't we stop playing this game?
Proposing an end to the game of emotional manipulation
Neither one of us is feeling any better
Continued dissatisfaction and self-deception
All we've been doing is fooling ourselves
Acknowledging the futile nature of current actions
Baby, you and me were meant to be together
Reiterating the belief in destined togetherness
Let's try love again
Advocating for a renewed attempt at love
We've tried everything else
Stating that all possible alternatives have been exhausted
We thought we'd be better off apart
Initial belief in improved well-being through separation
But that's not what we're hearing from our hearts
Contradicting the initial belief based on emotional intuition
Neither one of us is feeling any better
Reiteration of mutual dissatisfaction and self-deception
All we've been doing is fooling ourselves
Recognition of the ineffectiveness of current behaviors
Baby, you and me were meant to be together
Reaffirming the belief in destined togetherness
Let's try love again
Encouraging another attempt at love
We've tried everything else
Emphasizing the exhaustion of all other possibilities
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