Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Shame on United Nations
For their half-heart investigations
We got a feeling we can't show
And it's only gonna grow
You can bring peace to the Earth and the skies
You can live, love, hate and start to die
But you can't stop the rock
No, you can't stop the rock
Church and State may chase you to the grave
J.d. Coeff may take you as a slave
Share your imagination
And your deep, dark inspiration
Wrap the whole thing up in wonder
And it's much too close to murder
You can shoot holes in the jumble of rum
You can go broke on a new credit card
But you can't stop the rock
No, you can't stop the rock
And I'm falling and I'm happy
And I'm falling and I'm happy
And I'm falling
And I'm happy
Stumbling through the dark
I've been stumbling through your heart
It's a game of sixteen paths
I've been stumbling through the dark
Can't stop
Can't stop
Can't stop
Can't stop
Can't stop
Can't stop
Can't stop
Can't stop
Stop
For their half-heart investigations
We got a feeling we can't show
And it's only gonna grow
You can bring peace to the Earth and the skies
You can live, love, hate and start to die
But you can't stop the rock
No, you can't stop the rock
Church and State may chase you to the grave
J.d. Coeff may take you as a slave
Share your imagination
And your deep, dark inspiration
Wrap the whole thing up in wonder
And it's much too close to murder
You can shoot holes in the jumble of rum
You can go broke on a new credit card
But you can't stop the rock
No, you can't stop the rock
And I'm falling and I'm happy
And I'm falling and I'm happy
And I'm falling
And I'm happy
Stumbling through the dark
I've been stumbling through your heart
It's a game of sixteen paths
I've been stumbling through the dark
Can't stop
Can't stop
Can't stop
Can't stop
Can't stop
Can't stop
Can't stop
Can't stop
Stop
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Can't Stop The Rock Lyrics as written by Linda Reid William Reid
Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
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