If you're searching out for something, don't try so hard
I you're feeling kind of nothing, don't try so hard
When your problems seem like mountains
Feel the need to find some answers
You can leave it for another day, don't try so hard

But if you fall and take a tumble, it won't be far
If you fail you mustn't grumble, thank your lucky stars
Just savour every mouthful and treasure every moment
When the storms are raging round you stay right where you are
Oooh don't try so hard, oooh don't take it all to heart
It's only fools they make these rules, don't try so hard

One day you'll be a Sergeant Major, oh you'll be so proud
Screaming out your bloody orders, hey but not too loud
Polish all your shiny buttons, dressed as lamb instead of mutton
But you never had to try to stand out from the crowd

Oh what a beautiful world, is this the life for me
Oh what a beautiful world, it's the simple life for me

Oh don't try so hard, oh don't take it all to heart
It's only fools they make these rules, don't try so hard
Don't try so hard, don't try so hard

Ca in toate piesele de pe albumul Innuendo, si in Don't Try So Hard se simte o nuanta de tristete, aproape chiar de regret, suspinata pe o melodie lirica, fina si sensibila. Inaintea unui sfarsit pe jumatate presimtit, intrebarile existentiale devin din ce in ce mai importante: ce rost au agitatia, zbuciumul pentru obtinerea unor avantaje sociale ("one day you'll be so proud"), cand esenta lumii nu rezida in materie? Don't Try So Hard lanseaza un apel la viata in simplitate, la deschiderea inimii catre maruntele bucurii neinsemnate pe langa care trecem adesea fara sa le vedem ("It's the simple life for me", "oh what a beautiful world") si de care ne dam seama, uneori, prea tarziu...

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