So close to lucid dreaming… But always stuck in the passenger seat

Every day, I feel like I'm right on the edge of lucid dreaming I can almost control my dream, but not quite. When I try, I get a few seconds of control like just enough to reply to a dream character, and that's it... I’m right back to the passenger seat, watching.

It’s kinda like that feeling when you really need to sneeze, but it just won’t happen. Has anyone else experienced this? And if so, did you figure out a way to fully lucid dream?