Strings attached

By Emily Steed

On Phenomenon

Released on December 19, 2025

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(Nobody sees it)

I didn't know the strings attached

Would get the best of me

I didn't know the strings attached

Would cause damage only I can see

But I'm trying

You can't say that I'm not trying

Cause I'm trying

Yeah I'm trying

I had everything to lose

I didn't like the ending

I can feel this ending

I don't like how it goes

When it goes down this road

The fire has barely any light

I burnt out so long ago

Now I'm the night

I know that it shows

I didn't know the strings attached

Would get the best of me

I didn't know the strings attached

Would cause damage only I can see

But I'm trying

You can't say that I'm not trying

Cause I'm trying

Yeah I'm trying

There's this mountain top that I know

I could go to the top and just lеt it go

Scream for whatever it's worth

Who еven values my worth?

I'm selfish for putting myself first

You don't even know how far I've come

Just for you to say when I get scared I run

No one sees the ways I'm trying

Instead of self Isolating myself

It'd be easier to pull the bottle off the shelf

I don't like the hand I've been dealt

Every time I shuffle it's the same cards

You don't know how hard I'm trying

I didn't know the strings attached

Would get the best of me

I didn't know the strings attached

Would cause damage only I can see

But I'm trying

You can't say that I'm not trying

Cause I'm trying

Yeah I'm trying

I've been trying this whole time