Try Again
Raheem DeVaughn Lyrics

I thought id hear your voice (hello, hello, hello)
He tried calling the person to hear their voice, but instead got a message from the operator saying that the person's phone number has changed.

But instead the operator says your number?s changed
The person's phone number has changed, and the singer can no longer contact them as easily.

My apologies (my apologies)
The singer apologizes for his behavior and actions towards the person.

Please forgive me please
The singer requests forgiveness from the person he has wronged.

For I've been selfish and I'm to blame
The singer admits that he has acted selfishly and is responsible for the problems between him and the other person.

If I could reverse the years (If I could reverse the years)
The singer wishes he could go back in time and change what he did so that things would be different now.

To take back all the tears
He wishes he could undo all the pain and sorrow he caused the other person.

I'd rewrite the screenplay
The singer would rewrite the story of their relationship so that it didn't end badly.

But life don't work that way (what you mean it don?t work that way?)
Unfortunately, life doesn't work in a way where one can undo their past actions and just make everything better.

So lonely here I lay
The singer is alone and feeling the effects of his actions, wishing things were different.

Wishing you was still my lady
The singer wishes that the other person would still be with him and that everything would be okay between them.

When it's not easy to walk away (try, try, try, try again)
When things get tough in a relationship, one shouldn't just give up and walk away without trying to make things right.

When you don't really mean what you say (try, try, try, try again)
Trying again is also important when people don't really mean what they say, either intentionally or unintentionally.

When you feel incomplete
When you feel like something important is missing in your life.

Don't you go losing sleep
Don't let it bother you so much that you can't sleep at night.

I think you should try again
The singer thinks that trying again is worth it, and that it's better than just giving up and walking away.

Can we try again?
The singer begs the other person to consider trying again to fix their relationship.

The perfume you used to wear (the sweet perfume you used to wear)
The singer still remembers the perfume that the other person used to wear, and sometimes smells it in the air.

Sometimes I smell it in the air and do a double take
Sometimes the singer smells that perfume and has to do a double take, feeling like the other person is still with him.

And sometimes I play your song (sometimes I play your song)
Sometimes the singer listens to a song that reminds him of the other person.

Just to dance along
He listens to the song in order to try to cope with his feelings.

Just to cut the pain
Listening to the song is a way of coping with the pain and sorrow of the breakup.

Please forget me not (don't forget, don't forget, don't forget, don't forget me)
The singer doesn't want the other person to forget him, and hopes that they will remember him fondly even if they don't try again.

If ever you should tie the knot
If the other person gets married, the singer still wishes them well and hopes that they will be happy.

Or just find somebody new
Even if the other person moves on and finds someone new, the singer still wants them to be happy and fulfilled.

I hope this rights the wrongs that I've done
The singer hopes that this song will help to make up for the mistakes he made in their relationship.

See I composed this song
The singer himself wrote and composed the song as a way of expressing his feelings and trying to make things right.

Cause its hell without you
The singer is in a lot of pain because the other person is gone and wishes that things could be different.

See winter's too cold without you
Winter is too bleak and lonely without the other person there with the singer.

Summer too lonely without you
Even the warmth of summer isn't enough to make up for the loneliness that the singer feels without the other person.

And I can't stop thinking about you
The singer can't stop thinking about the other person and wishes that they were still together.

Oh fall that's when we met
The singer remembers when he first met the other person and ties that memory to the season of fall.

Spring it was times I can't forget
Spring also holds important memories for the singer and the other person, memories that he can't forget.

My Cinderella, my Juliet
The singer compares the other person to the romantic heroines Cinderella and Juliet, showing how much she means to him.

Can we try again?
The singer begs the other person to try again with him and create something good out of what they had before.

Not willing without you baby
The singer is not willing to give up on their relationship, even though the other person may have given up.

Can we try again...
The singer begs the other person to give their relationship another chance, hoping that things will be different this time around.