Colbie Caillat's Song 'Try'

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Colbie Caillat’s song “Try” talks about how there is no need to try to be just like everyone else in the world. The crookedness of the serpent also talks about how you don’t need to be perfect. These two seem to go together really well because they both seem to talk about how you don’t need to be perfect. They both also use perceiving emotion to show you the way you should deal with wanting to be perfect, as their emotional intelligence. There are so many things that someone can learn from the lessons from the song and poem if you look into the meaning. The song “Try” talks about how you don’t have to make yourself look just like everyone else. The only thing that should matter to you is if you like who you are. The poem talks about how the

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