ApologetiX- Song Lyrics: Don't Try (To Hide)

Chart History
From the album Use Your Illusion I, Don't Cry was a #10 Pop hit for Guns N' Roses in 1991.

It was also a Alternate-Lyrics Version (Not Released as Single) hit for Guns N' Roses on Use Your Illusion II in 1991.

Songwriter:
Axl Rose, Izzy Stradlin, Duff McKagan & Saul Hudson

J's Journal:
I always liked the title "Don't Try." I thought it was funny, because it's really something if you have to command a person not to even try! The original, "Don't Cry," was featured on both volumes of Guns n' Roses' landmark simultaneous two-album release, "Use Your Illusion I" and "Use Your Illusion II," but each album's version had a different set of lyrics. The hit single version we're spoofing here came from "Use Your Illusion I." The start of this song was inspired by the fact that Guns n' Roses included two songs called "The Garden" and "The Garden of Eden" on "Use Your Illusion I" (not to mention a song called "Bad Apples") and also a song called "You Ain't the First." The way we tied it together was "You ain't the first" to sin; Adam and Eve were -- way back in "The Garden of Eden," but they tried to hide, and you shouldn't. After all, King David, a man who committed some pretty bad sins in his lifetime, including adultery and murder, said in Psalm 139 that there's no place to hide from God. But David received forgiveness for his sins, and so can you. We spoofed Guns n' Roses every chance we got because Karl and I thought they came up with some of the most innovative music, ideas and vocals since Led Zeppelin. Not that we agreed with their ideology or approved of their lyrics, mind you, but their talent was undeniable, and they were "modern rock" at the time, and kids could relate to them. The original hit was less than two years old when we recorded our spoof, which was pretty current for us back then. I think the only thing we had done that was more current back then was when we recorded an early spoof of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" ("Sounds LIke Mean Assyrians") on our "Parable Guy" cassette, which came out in November 1992. It wasn't until January 1995 that we made a conscious effort to totally immerse ourselves in modern rock and start incorporating a healthy portion of that into our concerts and CDs.

Stats:
Genre: Classic Rock
Length: 4:17

Don't Try (To Hide)
Parody of "Don't Cry" by Guns N' Roses
(Psalm 139)

Back in the garden
There’s something that occured
Adam and Eve were naked
And hid from the Lord
But He knew where they were hiding
He knew what they’d done
You ain’t the first to try it
So don’t you run
Don’t you try to hide
Where would you run to, baby?
Don’t you try to hide
Don’t you try to hide
There’s a Heavenly Father who loves you
Don’t you try to hide
If you will listen — Psalm 139
Says that there really isn’t
A place He can’t find
Where can you flee from His presence?
You know that He could still tell
If you ascend to Heaven
If you descend to Hell, baby
CHORUS
And even in darkness
There will still be light
And even in darkness
Still the night is bright to Him now
I know you're makin' your own bed
But it don’t matter where you do it
'Cause even if it’s in Hell, now
Still He’ll find you there now, baby
CHORUS

Psalm 139:7-8
Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I
go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are
there.