Story Behind The Song
You Can't Take is a very personal song to me. It's about someone I know who was amazing, until she let the wrong guy into her life. It's about seeing someone you care for get involved with someone who is a train wreck and who is ruining her spirit.
Song Description
You Can't Take deals with an abusive relationship, and the destructive nature of a person. It's about how a dysfunctional relationship turns even the most beautiful people ugly. It's about a good person letting a bad person into their life, and letting that person influence her.
| Song Length |
3:54 |
Genre |
Pop - Rock, Pop - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Heated, Troubled |
Subject |
Bad Love, Dysfunctional Relations |
| Similar Artists |
Plain White T's, Goo Goo Dolls |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
You Can't Take
Verse
You can't take enough from me today
left me there in front of her
standing in the rain.
is it enough for you to have your way
I reckon no its not
you want blood
is that what you want
you want blood
Give it back to me in my hands yeah
give it back to me again
give it back to me in my hands
to me again
*****Chorus*****
I'm giving it all I can
You're asking me to never understand
you're giving it all away
don't you know, I'll never be that way
Verse 2
Used to be such a pretty girl
illuminated everything
you touched in your world
that day it all went away
right there from the start
you want blood
is that what you want...
you want blood
Give it back to me in my hands yeah
give it back to me again
give it back to me in my hands
to me again
Chorus 2
I'm giving it all I can
you're asking me to never understand
but you're giving it all away
don't you know I'll never be that way, no
I'm giving it all can
I'm giving it all can, to you
I'm giving it all can, oh you will take
I gave it all I got