I Can't Help You Anymore
Unraveling Bonds: Aimee Mann's Reflection on Failed Help
Lyrics
That summer was just crazy hot
Describing a very hot summer
We walked the fairground parking lot
Recalling a walk in the fairground parking lot
And with our secret handshakes
Referring to shared secret gestures or rituals
Sealed the deal completely
Confirming a commitment or agreement
But I'm too close to know just what
Being too close to fully understand consequences
Will keep Pandora's boxes shut
Uncertain about preventing unforeseen problems
And so I'll fail you badly
Expecting to fail in providing assistance
When you really need me
Acknowledging limitations in support
'Cause I don't know
Expressing lack of knowledge
What I should know ?
Questioning what one should understand
That I can't help you anymore
Declaring inability to help anymore
No, I can't help you anymore
Repeating the inability to provide assistance
No, I can't help you anymore
Emphasizing the inability to assist
I'll get a pen and make a list
Planning to make a list
And give you my analysis
Intending to provide an analysis
But I can't write this story
Acknowledging inability to craft a happy ending
With a happy ending
Recognizing the difficulty in concluding the story positively
Was I the bullet or the gun
Questioning one's role in a situation
Or just a target drawn upon
Wondering if one is the cause or the victim
A wall that you decided
Describing a decision not to defend a wall
Wasn't worth defending?
Considering the wall as not worth protecting
And I should know
Feeling the need to know but lacking understanding
But I don't know
Expressing uncertainty despite the desire for knowledge
That I can't help you anymore
Reiterating the inability to offer help
No, I can't help you anymore
Repeating the statement of incapacity
No, I can't help you anymore
Emphasizing the continued inability to assist
Anymore
Repeating the word "anymore"
No, I can't help you
Stating the ongoing inability to help
'Cause baby, look what I have done
Addressing someone as "baby" and reflecting on personal actions
The ruins just go on and on
Describing extensive ruins as a result of actions
I've got to let it go now, or it will drag me under
Recognizing the need to let go to avoid being overwhelmed
So I can't help you anymore
Repeating the inability to provide assistance
No, I can't help you anymore
Reiterating the statement of incapacity
No, I can't help you anymore
Emphasizing the ongoing inability to assist
Anymore
Repeating the word "anymore"
No, I can't help you anymore
Concluding with a final declaration of incapacity
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