Story Behind The Song
Written during the 2008 post election season, upon hearing repeated complaints of people unwilling to change, and too willing to accept the status quo.
Song Description
Disenfranchised with the rut of circumstances and routine, the singer refocuses angst as fuel for change.
| Song Length |
5:49 |
Genre |
Blues - Rock, Jazz - Modern |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Poignant, Anxious |
Subject |
Change, Determination |
| Similar Artists |
KT Tunstall, Norah Jones |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
3. Can't Take This Anymore -
200811.01 (re: need for change, economy facing trouble and all that comes with, a call to action to do our own part)
(Chords A/Am Em G D, tailing Dm on bridge)
V1
He pulled back the drapes
hoping for a different landscape
But as usual it was all the same
Why did it always have to be this way?
just a few leaves had changed
He was ready for something new any day now
CH
What can I do?
I can't take this anymore
It doesn't have to be this way
I have a say, I have a say
What can I try
to hang one more star up in the sky
I can't dismiss
all disaster amiss
but I can't take this
anymore
V2
You walk through the door
Another long day, you know there's still more
Collapse on that couch
Hope that any day now
you can just slow down
I'd make the world stop for you
if I could make it stop for me, too
But inability can only mean
there's still time
CH
What can I do?
I can't take this anymore
It doesn't have to be this way
I have a say, I have a say
What can I try
to hang one more star up in the sky
I can't dismiss
all disaster amiss
but I can't take this
anymore
BR
I've gotta live in this moment
Live out this moment
Live for this moment
Oh, I've gotta live in this moment
Live out this moment
Live for this moment, now
V3
Turn it around
The answer's always simplify
Can't let it get away
Something's different about today, hey yeah
CH
What can I do?
I can't take this anymore
It doesn't have to be this way
I have a say, I have a say
What can I try
to hang one more star up in the sky
I can't dismiss
all disaster amiss
but I can't take this
anymore
Tag
He pulled back the drapes
hoping for a different landscape
It all looked the same
but that was all about to change
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