it sounds like it's an answer to prove yourself - the title at least - like, it goes 'prove yourself', and then there's an answer with 'i can't'
that's how i see it anyway, it seems to fit, especially when thom sings 'Please forget the words that I just blurted out
It wasn't me, it was a strange and creepy doubt - he could be referring to the previous song here.
I really like that idea of interpreting this as a kind-of sequel to "Prove Yourself", and after I read that I realised that "Lurgee" (next on the album) could also be like the third part of the story.
I really like that idea of interpreting this as a kind-of sequel to "Prove Yourself", and after I read that I realised that "Lurgee" (next on the album) could also be like the third part of the story.
"Prove Yourself" is a guy getting jealous and clingy in a way that pushes his girlfriend away.
"I Can't" is him after he's calmed down trying to apologize and to convince her not to leave him because he feels like he really needs her.
Then "Lurgee" skips ahead a bit to after she's left (despite him begging her not to...
"Prove Yourself" is a guy getting jealous and clingy in a way that pushes his girlfriend away.
"I Can't" is him after he's calmed down trying to apologize and to convince her not to leave him because he feels like he really needs her.
Then "Lurgee" skips ahead a bit to after she's left (despite him begging her not to in "I Can't"). He's now trying to pretend (to himself and others) that's he's over her and better without her, despite the implied fact that he's actually not at all. (Instead, he's "gutted like [he'd] never been before", as he predicted in "I Can't".)
I really doubt that the song were actually written with that intention in mind (especially because I actually think that "Prove Yourself" is more about low self-esteem due to general failings or failings in an artistic endeavor, rather than a relationship going wrong), but I like interpreting them that way.
Also, I think that it's possible that the band did have it in mind when they chose the order of tracks on the album, at least, even if they weren't written to go together.
it sounds like it's an answer to prove yourself - the title at least - like, it goes 'prove yourself', and then there's an answer with 'i can't' that's how i see it anyway, it seems to fit, especially when thom sings 'Please forget the words that I just blurted out It wasn't me, it was a strange and creepy doubt - he could be referring to the previous song here.
I really like that idea of interpreting this as a kind-of sequel to "Prove Yourself", and after I read that I realised that "Lurgee" (next on the album) could also be like the third part of the story.
I really like that idea of interpreting this as a kind-of sequel to "Prove Yourself", and after I read that I realised that "Lurgee" (next on the album) could also be like the third part of the story.
"Prove Yourself" is a guy getting jealous and clingy in a way that pushes his girlfriend away. "I Can't" is him after he's calmed down trying to apologize and to convince her not to leave him because he feels like he really needs her. Then "Lurgee" skips ahead a bit to after she's left (despite him begging her not to...
"Prove Yourself" is a guy getting jealous and clingy in a way that pushes his girlfriend away. "I Can't" is him after he's calmed down trying to apologize and to convince her not to leave him because he feels like he really needs her. Then "Lurgee" skips ahead a bit to after she's left (despite him begging her not to in "I Can't"). He's now trying to pretend (to himself and others) that's he's over her and better without her, despite the implied fact that he's actually not at all. (Instead, he's "gutted like [he'd] never been before", as he predicted in "I Can't".)
I really doubt that the song were actually written with that intention in mind (especially because I actually think that "Prove Yourself" is more about low self-esteem due to general failings or failings in an artistic endeavor, rather than a relationship going wrong), but I like interpreting them that way. Also, I think that it's possible that the band did have it in mind when they chose the order of tracks on the album, at least, even if they weren't written to go together.