It's Been Done Before Lyrics

That song you wanna write

It's been written before

That art you wanna make

Someone's made it before but much better

Than you ever could

Or ever will imagine

I hate to say

I know that this is tragic

Should I create

If there is someone better

Another month

Another new endeavor

The girl I wanna love

Someone will love her better

Does that mean giving up

Or should I go and get her

Before it is too late

I say that way too often

Take my mistakes and just put em' in a coffin

Cause there is beauty buried deep inside me

But in the end I always find that

It's been done before

All the songs and all the words

And it hurts me to my core

When I find that

It's been done before

But all the greatest artists

They came knocking at my door

And they said try

This melody I write

It sounds all too familiar

It could be Remo Drive

The Beatles or The Killers

I'm unoriginal I'm starting to accept that

But if I don't create

I know I will regret that

Cause in the end

This will give me purpose

And I don't care how much it's worth

Cause in due time

I will find that I'm not that special at all

I'll tell you now

In due time

I will find that I'm not that special at all

(Why?)

Cause it's been done before

All the songs and all the words

And it hurts me to my core

When I find that

It's been done before

But all the greatest artists

They came knocking at my door

And they said try

The joyful act of creating

Writing songs that are nameless

That the world may never see

And if they don't

That's fine by me

Cause it's been done before

All the songs and all the words

And it hurts me to my core

When I find

It's been done before

But all the greatest artists

They came knocking at my door

And they said try

Yeah they said try

Yeah they said try

Yeah they said try

They said try

Yeah they said try

They told me to try

So I'm gonna try

Woo we're gonna try