This song is an ode to the little overachiever inside all of us, about how easy it is to get stuck in the loop of “becoming” something or someone, instead of enjoying the old impossible “being” which the moment so famously advertises.
As a child of the 90’s lead singer Louis looks back: “Growing up, I remember being asked in school by grown-ups about what the plans for my future were, what did I want to become? When the obvious answer of a 12-year-old kid was a professional football player, I was told that this was not a serious answer, that I had to think about the bigger picture.”
‘Stop Trying’ is a commentary on the systems in which we place our lives. Is it worth fitting into or should we redirect our effort towards changing the framework first?
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