It's All I Can Do Lyrics

Lyric discussion by JohnThompson01 

Cover art for It's All I Can Do lyrics by Cars, The

One too many times I fell over you He has reached the point where he can't take the "hoping" / "see things as they are" rollercoaster anymore Once in a shadow I finally grew Once during a "see things as they are" sad time he got wise; decided to break the cycle; decided to try to pull away And once in a night I dreamed you were there Had a dream of her and even though he realized it the "real" feeling was unshakable I cancelled my flight from going nowhere Changed the day's plans because they'd suddenly become utterly unimportant, due to his depression.

It's all I can do To keep waiting for you It's all I can do It's all I can do He's waiting for her to commit.

One too many times I twisted the gate Made too many exceptions for her. When I was crazy I thought you were great Self explanatory. Love is blind. I kept my renditions of you on the wall Kept choosing to see her the way he wanted to see her ("my" renditions). Where holiday romance is nothing at all I am stumped on this one. Could be filler / nonsense lyric.

It's all I can do To keep waiting for you It's all I can do It's all I can do The strain of suffering through the lows is "all he can do"

You wait in the wing like a Saturday flirt She's non committal Protecting the judge, you don't want to get hurt He presumes she doesn't commit due to fear Once in a moment it all comes to you He has the realization / finally comes to terms As soon as you get it you want something new She's only in it for the thrill of the kill

My Interpretation

@JohnThompson01 He knew a woman who he hooked up with on holiday. They made love several times (twisted the gate means he twisted the gate latch and went in again and again). Men have sex and get hooked. Women not so much. So now he realizes she was not that into him and just wanted a hook up. That is that. C'mon dudes!