You Can't Kill Me
Resilience Unleashed: Defying Destruction in Lene Lovich's 'You Can't Kill Me'
Lyrics
You can't kill me, you can't kill me
The speaker asserts resilience and an inability to be defeated or extinguished.
You can't kill me, you can't kill me
-You can't kill me, you can't kill me
-You can blow me up with an atom bomb
Even in the face of extreme destruction (atom bomb), the speaker promises to return quickly.
But I'll be right back and it wont take long
-I can't kill you, I can't kill you
The speaker acknowledges the inability to harm someone else.
I can't kill you, I can't kill you
-If I shoot you down as a mean old man
If the speaker were to harm someone, that person would seek reconciliation or revenge in Japan.
You'll be coming to a bade me in Japan
-You can't kill me, you can't kill me
Reiteration of the speaker's invincibility or resilience.
You can't kill me
-A driver of a flesh machine, is what you really are.
The speaker describes a person as a "driver of a flesh machine" and emphasizes their true nature.
(really are)
-A you can't stop a rebel just by smashing up his car
A rebel cannot be easily subdued by merely destroying their possessions (car).
We can't kill we, we can't kill we
Collective assertion that "we" cannot be killed, expressing unity and solidarity.
We can't kill we, we can't kill we
-Since we'll both be here again, we might as well try being friends
Since both parties will persist, the suggestion is to attempt friendship rather than conflict.
We can't kill we
Reiteration of the collective resilience, emphasizing the impossibility of being killed.
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