Текст песни Tried Too Hard - Shade

In the quiet of the morning I can see the error of my ways.
Somehow the dawn distills it down to black and white.
I cast a look out at the yard as the past comes flooding in like rain.
Forgotten ′til today.

If I only had a dollar for each time I didn't think twice.
I′d be a wealthy woman now, but what's the point
Of wishing for a second chance, I'd likely do it all again.
Beginning to end.

It′s faded now but there are remnants of the rise and fall.
I waited there but now I′m wondering what for,
I'm wondering what for.

I tried too hard, too hard.
I tried for what, for what.

I rarely understand the actions of a woman or a man.
But now I′m calling into question mine alone.
Wary now, I turn a page and reveal a map of where I strayed.
What a fool I played.

So many lines left open, they could have robbed me blind.
It was merely dumb luck that got me out alive, that got me out alive.

I tried too hard, too hard.
I tried for what, for what.