I Can't Love You Back

At first I thought all of the above, but just take a look at the music video and I think you'll think differently. :-) After watching the video, I believe that he looses her in a car accident and literally can't love her back into existence. She'd dead, and it doesn't matter how much he loves her. he can't love her back. Ultimately, I think it works for both interpretations, but I think this is what it meant to the singer and maybe even the songwriter. I love songs that can take on multiple meanings because they touch more people that way. Way to go!

He can love her in so many ways, but none of those ways are enough to bring her back to him.

He can't love her back into his life,as opposed to saying "well I just love you back,because I'm a jerk"...

At first when I heard the title, I thought it would be about a man who wanted to love a woman but just couldn't make himself fall in love the way that she wanted him to.... Like in "Two Out of Three Aint Bad."

But in actuality he loves her so much, but he literally can't love her back, because in order for that to happen, she would have to love him in the first place...

Great emotional song.

Or as it was just explained to me by someone I have loved for years, he can't love her back because he's in a committed relationship. I was to listen to the song because he said it described our situation and held some clue as to why we remain apart despite a mutual passion. My interpretation was that he could love me on his terms, but loving me back was out of the question. If he loved me back, it indicates a reciprocal action based on my love for him.

It wouldn't be fair for me to be the "other woman."

Damn straight!

Or as it was just explained to me by someone I have loved for years, he can't love her back because he's in a committed relationship. I was to listen to the song because he said it described our situation and held some clue as to why we remain apart despite a mutual passion. My interpretation was that he could love me on his terms, but loving me back was out of the question. If he loved me back, it indicates a reciprocal action based on my love for him.

It wouldn't be fair for me to be the "other woman."

Damn straight!

Or as it was just explained to me by someone I have loved for years, he can't love her back because he's in a committed relationship. I was to listen to the song because he said it described our situation and held some clue as to why we remain apart despite a mutual passion. My interpretation was that he could love me on his terms, but loving me back was out of the question. If he loved me back, it indicates a reciprocal action based on my love for him.

It wouldn't be fair for me to be the "other woman."

Damn straight!

The first thing that bump into my head when I heard this song is that: They used to love together and now she left him. That's the reason that even if he love her so much, but he can't just accept to love her back again.

First time I actually listened to the words, was in my car with my fiancee. I was so confused on the lyrics that we started talking about it. Since it was a CD, I had the lyrics right there! So I read them and we figured out that she had past away and he couldnt love her back to the earth.

If you go by the lyrics only...it sounds like a guy who loved a girl, messed up the relationship & can't seem to get her back...BUT...once you watch the video (omg I cried my eyes out) you realize she died in a car accident after leaving their home that morning and nothing he can do can bring her back...Fantastic song Easton ♥♥♥