Song Info
Genre
Charts
#565 today
Peak #33
#71 in subgenre
Peak #9
Author
Adam Levin & Peter Stoller
Rights
Adam Levin & Peter Stoller (All rights reserved)
Uploaded
July 05, 2025
Track Files
MP3
MP3 11.4 MB • 320 kbps • 4:59
Story behind the song
If at first you don't succeed..?
Sans multitrack original and Artificial Intelligence (AI), engineer Jay Mark indulged my compulsion to attempt to salvage, online produce, re-edit and restructure this vintage recording of an atypical rocker of mine.
Lyrics
Familiarity breeds contentment
Originality breeds resentment
Simplistic clarity played relentlessly
pays the rent, you'll see
Well, if you tried, you could buck your masters
But if you slide, you'll get lucky faster
And we decide if the bucks get passed to you
Do what you're asked to do
What a challenge to rise to
What a chance that we open our eyes to
A noble fight that cries to be one
(A voice so far away)
Not a battle to lose in
Let the prattling fools put dues in
It's so much easier to go on...
Once more without feeling the strain
Once more without feeling
Once more without feeling the pain
Once more once again and again
People are counting on you to reaffirm their faith
They'll lend you their ears so you'll keep them warm and safe
They'll form a way of life from it all
You'll see by the way that they answer your call
and fill the hall
You want to keep up the good relations?
You've got to live up to expectations
You've got to eat and you know inflation's real
So you make the deal
You do your act so that they can judge you
But then you act as if they can't touch you
You break the pact if you take it much too far
They make you what you are
What a problem to deal with
Is there no one that I can be real with?
The man I knew is practically gone
(A voice so far away)
Should I go on and fake it?
I don't know just how far I can take it
or how much longer I can go on...
Once more without feeling the strain
Once more without feeling
Once more without feeling the pain
Once more once again and again
People have expectations they've formed for you to fill
They know who you are so you'd better fit the bill
Resist the will to shed your disguise
For if it is truth that you seek, then it lies within their eyes
Once more without feeling the strain
(Once more without feeling)
Once more without feeling the pain
(Once more without feeling)
Once more without feeling the drain
(Once more without feeling)
Once more without feeling disdain
(Once more without feeling)
Once more without feeling inane
(Once more without feeling)
Once more without feeling insane
(Once more without feeling)
Once more without dealing with feeling again
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