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From Can to Can't Lyrics
Under the water
It's cold and it's grey
My torrid autumn
Another season decays
Open up the hollow
And my walls come down
I tell you it's a problem
Just when no one's around
But then
I know what's wrong
God, you complicated everything
I know you're gone, gone, gone
This is where I will draw a line
I will draw my line.
Burning my cathedrals,
Cause I don't pray any more.
Look at all of these people, tragic little people,
They smile and then they don't know what for
But then
I know what's wrong
God, you complicated everything
I know you're gone, gone, gone
This is where I will blur my line
I will blur my line.
Our houses are haunted, dark and deserted
They're made of my secrets and shame
Maybe I want it I know I'm not worth it
I can't even sell you my name
But then
I know what's wrong
God, you complicated everything
I know you're wrong
God, you took it all away from me
I know you're gone, gone, gone
This is where I will cross my line
I am crossing my line.
It's cold and it's grey
My torrid autumn
Another season decays
Open up the hollow
And my walls come down
I tell you it's a problem
Just when no one's around
But then
I know what's wrong
I know you're gone, gone, gone
This is where I will draw a line
Cause I don't pray any more.
Look at all of these people, tragic little people,
They smile and then they don't know what for
But then
I know what's wrong
I know you're gone, gone, gone
This is where I will blur my line
They're made of my secrets and shame
Maybe I want it I know I'm not worth it
I can't even sell you my name
But then
I know what's wrong
I know you're wrong
God, you took it all away from me
I know you're gone, gone, gone
This is where I will cross my line
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It seems like this person has realized the truth and it isn't nice or wonderful. With this realization, nothing seems right anymore. The truth has ruined him, it's the cause of his problems, he can't think simply anymore now that he figured out the truth. He pretends like he doesn't know, but breaks apart when he's alone. With the truth, he has no need for praying, nothing will make it better. He watches people who don't know the truth smiling without a care, not knowing what he knows, and he feels as if they're stupid for smiling when things are so wrong, when there is no reason for smiling. He then realizes that he's been lying and playing along too and that he's despicable. I think at the end he realized that he needs to stop pretending and stop going along with everything and actually do something about it. Reminds me of a person that is in a long depression and moping around for the longest time, then realization hits and they know what they have to do now.
@KuroMitsuki Great take Kuro. God does complicate everything. Not as a entity if one believes that sort of thing BUT especially as a metaphor. If god exists is organized religion what he would even want.
@KuroMitsuki Great take Kuro. God does complicate everything. Not as a entity if one believes that sort of thing BUT especially as a metaphor. If god exists is organized religion what he would even want.
@KuroMitsuki but what about houses made from secrets and shame and then he crosses the line? I think he's just digging deeper still looking for blame outside, making mistakes inside.
@KuroMitsuki but what about houses made from secrets and shame and then he crosses the line? I think he's just digging deeper still looking for blame outside, making mistakes inside.
it's a piece of good poetry in that song, after years passed I started to appreciate Taylor's lyrics
it's a piece of good poetry in that song, after years passed I started to appreciate Taylor's lyrics
The writer is a fallen angel. Maybe the fallen angel. The perspective seems insider who decides to do something because the only one who can do something is no longer there to help.
From Can to Can't
A person believes he is strong enough to throw away any notion of god
he thinks he can
he destroys what he believes has complicated him and others, mainly for his own recovery
he has regrets
he notices the absence of god among his home
he crosses back to all the people among what he wanted to destroy
he can't/cannot leave either the spiritual battle he was in, or cannot destroy the notion of god (for at least himself) that was his first problem/complication
Well the lyrics are very bold. The first verse to me is saying that life isnt what it should be, it dark, lonely and generally just shit. But the chorus is saying that false hope given by god is the problem. He feels like he was promised a good, joyful life but instead ended up having a crap one. As a protestant myself, I can totally relate to the lyrics. I believe in a god but not the one religion gives a image of. I wont get help in my life by a god, Praying shouldn't be a "God help me get rich" type thing. So I am happy that I realized this very early on and didn't go on into my life with false hope.
Hey man I just read your comment and just wanted to pass along as a heavy musician and a man training to be a Christian (Protestant) minister, God certainly does not promise monetary wealth. That is the prosperity teachings (mostly) – anyway I thought that might be of interest – I am not trying to proselytize. I will say musically I dug the song , especially the production by Butch Vig, good heavy groove..
Hey man I just read your comment and just wanted to pass along as a heavy musician and a man training to be a Christian (Protestant) minister, God certainly does not promise monetary wealth. That is the prosperity teachings (mostly) – anyway I thought that might be of interest – I am not trying to proselytize. I will say musically I dug the song , especially the production by Butch Vig, good heavy groove..
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Why does the line get blurrier and blurrier?
@Alliemay Im guessing from the destruction (from his original place within the line) to out of it, or between himself and religion. The destruction he done OVER the line LEAD BACK and blurred the line of where he found his peace...which can also be related to war, go to war, bring the war home type of situation.
@Alliemay Im guessing from the destruction (from his original place within the line) to out of it, or between himself and religion. The destruction he done OVER the line LEAD BACK and blurred the line of where he found his peace...which can also be related to war, go to war, bring the war home type of situation.
From Can to Can't
A person believes he is strong enough to throw away any notion of god
he thinks he can
he destroys what he believes has complicated him and others, mainly for his own recovery
he has regrets
he notices the absence of god among his home
he crosses back to all the people among what he wanted to destroy
he can't/cannot leave either the spiritual battle he was in, or cannot destroy the notion of god (for at least himself) that was his first problem/complication
@markus1036 From thinking he CAN to knowing he CAN'T
@markus1036 From thinking he CAN to knowing he CAN'T
He was promised better true he really believed in,\nits hard for him to be alone not as much as being with other people smiling through his true pain he doesnt have power to avoid. He cant seem to proceed his lost, his very change of life to become what it is. The song seems deppressing, its more of a recognizing pain but at least it shows reason to cross his pain. Which is sometimes needed when people really lose what they so much trusted and now they are somewhere else. When they really have no reason to fight back because nobody forces them to, even tho its needed. And they really cant do it all again as they lost it all once. Even tho they are doing all they can, they cant seem to see whats behind when something what was behind has completely changed. Life is very hard for them, its like you really lose all you loved and you know it wont be better without doing anything but your will to do more is reversed completely. Others pain can be sometimes the thing you can mostly trust. You will never get to it in their eyes, there you are somebody else but at least there you can be somebody else= everything except your pain. It makes you more confidential but tons of times they prefer stupid.
I think it's about human's pride and imperfection that is blamed on God. Human/Man/Person thinks he is doing everything right, but he knows God complicated everything and that's why he can't have what he wants. Even if he's doing things he feels shame about, it's God's fault he doesn't get what he wants.
Yeah, right, something like no responsibility..
I think this song is talking about a man or woman going through emense hardship and cannot cope sl he blames it on god. My evidence of this would be " God, God you took it all away from me" and all through the chorus " I know your gone gone gone" so asuming he lost a loved one. Also in verse 2 he says burning my cathedrals cause I dont pray anymore" shows he has hate for god.
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When I read these lyrics I see a drug addiction that has gotten in the way of his life. Where he knows it's a problem but can't break away from it and it's affecting him . Causing complications in his life and no one is aware what's going on. I feel that he's not talking about gd so much as making a statement "That god you complicated everything" meaning the hold the drug has on him.