What’s so hard about starting over
What’s so hard about moving ahead
What’s so hard about stepping forward
And leaving behind all the evil that was said
Why’s it so hard to put pen to paper
Why’s it so hard to get everything down
I guess staying silent is so much safer
No one can get to you when you’re not making a sound
But let’s try this again
Time to get the words out and begin writing again
Time to start singing and making music again
Time to actually be what you tell the world you are
So let’s try this again
Keep the pen moving and tell your stories again
Keep the fingers playing and singing your songs again
Keep rising higher till you reach the farthest star.
Don’t think too hard, or you’ll get tired
It’s all too easy to lay back down
Don’t drive too hard, or you’ll get mired
Then you won’t be able to get your truck to town
Don’t strain too hard, to catch the signal
You’ll wait forever till you hear any sound
Don’t try too hard, just keep it simple
And what you thought was lost will soon be found
So let’s try this again
Time to clear the hurdles and start racing again
Time to clear the roadblocks and start driving again
Time to move in the direction you say you want to go
So let’s try this again
Whatever shape it takes, just pick it up and make it again
Whatever height or width, just climb over and conquer it again
You did it once, babe, you can do it again
Just grab that dream and don’t ever let it go.
So let’s try this again
Time to pick things up and start moving again
Time to stop talking and start doing again
Time to actually do what you tell yourself you do
So let’s try this again
Revisit the stagnant and make it ring true again
Reinvigorate the mordant and watch it come to again
You’ll make good on your dreams and bring them all through.
©2024 The Hesh Inc.
In 2022, after my father passed away, I began to feel my own mortality, with a pervasive sense of there being more of my life behind me than ahead of me. This prompted me to revisit my unfinished songs, of which there were many, as well as write some new ones about what was going on in my mind in that state. I was (and often still am) fond of saying "let's try this again" whenever I set out to do something but for whatever reason have to stop doing it, turn back, and start all over again. I believed that a song expressing that sentiment regarding my entire songwriting endeavor was worth writing, as an opener for the effort. No music just yet.