what's our mission?
do we know
but never listen
for too long
they held me under
but I hear
it's almost over
in Detroit
on a Memphis train
like you said
it's down in the heat
and the summer rain
of the automatic gauze
of your memories
down in the sleep
at the airplane races
try to hold on
for this heart
a little bit longer
try to hold on
try, for this love aloud
try to hold on
hold on, to this heart's
a little bit colder
try to hold on
try, to this love
paperback scrawl your hidden poem
written around the dried out flowers
here we are still trading places
to try to hold on
pop tart
can you envision
a free world
of clear division
for too long
they held us under
but I know
we're getting over
in Detroit
with the Nashville tears
like you said
it's down in the heat
with the broken numbers
down in the gaze of solemnity
down in the way you've held together
to try to hold on
to this heart
a little be closer
try to hold on
try, for this love aloud
try to hold on
hold on, for this heart's
a little bit older
try to hold on
try, for this love alone
and we are still alive
try to hold on
and we have survived
try to hold on
and noone should deny
we tried to hold on
to the pulse of the feedback current
into the flow of the encrypted movement
slapback kills the ancient remnants
that try to hold on
try to hold on
try, to this heart
try, alive
try, try to hold on
try, to this love aloud
try, try to hold on
try, and we are still alive
try, try to hold on
try, and we have survived
try to hold on
pop tart
you never listen
skinned knees
try to hold on
stop start
what's our mission?
skinned knees
try to hold on
try
[Alternate Lyrics]
pop tart
what's the matter
did you lose what you're after
for your tears I'm still singing
for your fears I am ringing
from Houston on a downer buzz
like you said it's
just because we'll detonate your long lost kisses
wished on the ear of forgotten blesses
start your way for some new impression
try to hold on
for this heart a little bit stronger
try to hold on
to this love alone
try to hold on
for this heart's never been broken
so try to hold on
try to hold on
pop tart
did you flatter
when they spoke
of my disasters
at thirteen I lost my compass
but I'm sure it's all accomplished
as desires burn my ghost trains
like you said
when it rains it pours down the back of a bitter sun
desperate for love and loves everyone
in my mother's arms no simple harm
conspires to hold on
for this heart
a little bit closer
try to hold on
to this love alone
try to hold on
and we know if we go under
we just can't let go
no no
pop tart
will it matter
if I lose and just shatter
will you cry
and keep crying
will I die
and keep dying
in Tokyo with sad tragic blues
like you said it's
how you use, cause someday we'll know if this even matters
our rings and maze and simplicity
when can we laugh and take all the credit
and know we'll go free
with our hearts a little bit stronger
try to hold on
to this love alone
try to hold on
for this heart's a little bit frightened
just try to hold on
just try to hold on
just try
Written by Billy Corgan
BMI WORK # 5246453
length- 5:09
Billy Corgan: (from Guitar World April 2000)
-
"We would run the signal from the acoustic guitar through a cheap cassette
tape recorder and into the mixer. Doing this overloads the signal and
creates a tone somewhere between an acoustic and an electric guitar. It
sounds pretty cool on its own, but when it's set within the mix, it fills
the tonal gap between an acoustic and an electric guitar. It's there on
'Try, Try Try' although you'd never hear it among all the guitars. You
feel it, though; it's totally a harmonic thing."
Official Release:
- Machina: The Machines of God
- Try Try Try
- Machina II / Friends and Enemies of Modern Music (alternate)
- Untitled (alternate)
- Rotten Apples