I've been having a hard time adjusting
I had the shiniest wheels, now they're rusting
I didn't know if you'd care if I came back
I have a lot of regrets about that
Pulled the car off the road to the lookout
Could've followed my fears all the way down
And maybe I don't quite know what to say
But I'm here in your doorway
I just wanted you to know
That this is me trying
I just wanted you to know
That this is me trying
They told me all of my cages were mental
So I got wasted like all my potential
And my words shoot to kill when I'm mad
I have a lot of regrets about that
I was so ahead of the curve, the curve became a sphere
Fell behind all my classmates, and I ended up here
Pouring out my heart to a stranger
But I didn't pour the whiskey
I just wanted you to know
That this is me trying
I just wanted you to know
That this is me trying
At least I'm trying
And it's hard to be at a party when I feel like an open wound
It's hard to be anywhere these days when all I want is you
You're a flashback in a film reel on the one screen in my town
And I just wanted you to know
That this is me trying
(And maybe I don't quite know what to say)
I just wanted you to know
That this is me trying
At least I'm trying
No matter how tough a situation we encounter, we always have two choices. We can choose to allow the pain to consume us and destroy our lives or we can choose to take back control of the situation and flip it in our favour. The speaker describes her experience with this, allowing us to witness how this decision may unfold, as well as how we may handle it. In this process, she makes both good and bad choices, providing us with more knowledge of how to tackle it ourselves if ever faced with a similar situation. The presence of this choice is reflected by the picture showing how despite how the person's situation seems helpless, he still remains holding on the the edge of the cliff, symbolic to how he still holds on the the hope of getting up safely, an idea reflected in the song.