What does "strain" mean in this sentence?
"Drownin’ away from the start to the end
And you’re sailing away and nowhere else to **strain**
Come and take my all away
So far away from the start to the end
And everything seems so veiled and blue
Run away, sail away"

It's from a song called "Never Again" from a Japanese drama called "Hirugao". Thank you very much.

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What does "strain" mean in this sentence?
"Drownin’ away from the start to the end
And you’re sailing away and nowhere else to **strain**
Come and take my all away
So far away from the start to the end
And everything seems so veiled and blue
Run away, sail away"

It's from a song called "Never Again" from a Japanese drama called "Hirugao". Thank you very much.

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"Strain" makes no sense, and doesn't seem to fit the rhyme. Maybe the word is "stray" (to wander off with no particular aim); Portuguese and English treat nasal finals very differently.

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Thank you guys! It's stray!!! I also think "strain" has nothing to do with this poetry :)

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Strain is odd here. It is unclear.
Since it is poetry and words are often used in unusual ways, I might suggest the following;
Strain is another word for job. There is no other job/work/ livelihood available.

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What I believe may be the issue here is a loss of translation from the Japanese artists, it's probably meant to be stray.

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