Wavorly is a christian rock band, which is assembled of college students fr… Read Full Bio ↴Wavorly is a christian rock band, which is assembled of college students from Tupelo & Booneville, Mississippi formerly called Freshmen 15. It wasn’t long, though, before vocalist Dave Stovall and bassist Matt Lott caught a grander vision for what their music and purpose could be. A few years of growth and evolution, some line-up changes and a couple hundred shows later, Wavorly bursts onto the national scene with their Flicker Records debut, Conquering The Fear of Flight (in stores nationwide), a sprawling modern rock masterpiece that blends elements of alternative, classic progressive rock, indie-rock and hard rock with highly literate lyrics, a boldly imaginative use of strings and a sublime sense of melody. In the league of other genre-stretching acts like Relient K, Muse, My Chemical Romance, Mae and Switchfoot, Wavorly rocks with heart and mind intact.

Current lineup

Dave - vocals, guitar
Seth - guitar, bgvs
Matt - bass, bgvs
Coon - keys, bgvs
Jaime - drums, bgvs

One More Try
Wavorly Lyrics

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The light outside will slowly fade
I'm living life behind the shades.
Trapped inside an empty home
The hollow truth of life alone.

So who am I now without you here?
And where do I go for the answer?

I know who you are.
I know the reason why
You had to run so far.
Come back, would you come back?
Oh, oh.
And I swear I'd change everything
If I had one more try.

I see the ghosts of who we were.
They wait for me at every turn.
And our memories once colored
Bright are haunted
Smears of black and white.

So who am I now without you here?
And where do I go for the answer?

I know who you are.
I know the reason why
You had to run so far.
Come back, would you come back?
Oh, oh.
And I swear I'll change everything
If I had one more try.
Oh, oh.

And I'd take back anything
To go back to the start.
Before everything fell apart
I'd give everything, everything
To go back to the start.

I know who you are.
I know the reason why
You had to run so far.
Come back, would you come back?
Oh, oh.

And I swear I'd change every
Oh, oh, if I had one more try.
I'd change everything

If I had one more try.
Oh, oh.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "One More Try" by Wavorly revolve around the singer's profound sense of loss and grief after a separation from a loved one. He describes the slow descent into loneliness and despair as he tries to come to terms with the reality of being alone. The metaphor of the shades signifies the emotional and psychological barriers he puts up to protect himself from the outside world, and it shows the inner turmoil he is experiencing. The man is haunted by the ghosts of his past, and the memories of his love that have turned into bitter remembrance.

The chorus is a desperate plea for his love to come back and give him one more chance, as he admits his mistakes and promises to change them. He is lost without her, and she is the only answer he seeks. His confession of seeing the reason why she left portrays him taking responsibility for his actions and wanting to make everything better. The lines "And I'd take back anything/ To go back to the start" show his willingness to do anything to fix their relationship, even if it meant undoing everything that led to their separation. The song's melancholic tone, combined with the powerful vocal delivery of the singer, conveys the depth of his feelings and his pain and amplifies the emotions in every word.

Line by Line Meaning

The light outside will slowly fade
The world is gradually becoming darker as I retreat from it to live in misery behind closed curtains.

I'm living life behind the shades.
I'm hiding my pain behind a mask, living in shadows in order to keep people from uncovering my true feelings.

Trapped inside an empty home
I'm trapped inside a life that lacks any meaning, and my home feels empty and void without the one I love.

The hollow truth of life alone.
The truth is, I'm now living a hollow life without any companionship, and I have to accept this lonely reality.

So who am I now without you here?
I'm lost and uncertain about my self-identity now that my loved one is gone, and I'm struggling to find a sense of purpose without them.

And where do I go for the answer?
I'm trying to find solace and answers to my questions, but I don't know where to look or who to turn to.

I know who you are.
I understand you as a person and accept you despite any disagreements and differences between us.

I know the reason why
I comprehend why you felt the need to exit my life, and I respect your decision, no matter how much it hurts me.

You had to run so far.
You felt the need to distance yourself from me to escape the pain, but it only worsened the loneliness and isolation I feel.

Come back, would you come back?
I'm reaching out for my lost love, desperately hoping they'll return to my life, although I know it may be impossible.

And I swear I'd change everything
I promise to do everything in my power to make things right and fix any issues we had in our relationship, if only I could get one more chance.

If I had one more try.
Given another opportunity, I'd do everything differently to avoid losing the one I loved and cherished deeply.

I see the ghosts of who we were.
I'm haunted by the memories of our past, unable to move on from the happy times we shared together.

They wait for me at every turn.
No matter how hard I try to forget, the memories of us together follow me wherever I go, making it impossible to move on.

And our memories once colored
Our past was filled with joyful and vivid memories that brought us both joy and happiness.

Bright are haunted
But now those memories have a darker, more sinister feel to them, since they remind me of what I now don't have.

Smears of black and white.
My memories now have a blurry, black and white haze as I struggle to differentiate between the good and the bad parts of our past.

And I'd take back anything
I would give up anything and everything to go back to the beginning, where things were still good and our love was still strong.

To go back to the start.
I'd do anything to reset our love and return to the beginning, where our problems had not yet manifested.

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