Rescue
Unveiling Love's Limits: Lucinda Williams' Poetic Journey
Lyrics
He can't rescue you
He is unable to rescue you.
Can't pull the demons from your head
He cannot remove the inner demons troubling your mind.
Can't lull you from your sleepy bed
He is incapable of soothing you out of your deep slumber.
He can't rescue you
Reiterates that he lacks the ability to rescue you.
He can't protect you
He cannot shield you from impending challenges and madness.
From the powers that will be
He is powerless against the forces that will come.
The hours of insanity
Refers to the unpredictable and insane moments he cannot protect you from.
He can't protect you
Confirms his inability to protect you.
He can't change you
He cannot alter or transform your essence.
Change the summers of your beauty
Refers to the inability to change the beauty of your summers.
The thunderstorms within your purity
Mentions the inability to change the internal turmoil within your purity.
He can't change you
He lacks the power to change who you are.
He can't carry you
He cannot carry you beyond the dangers, foes, and strangers you may encounter.
Past the door of every danger
Specifies the inability to navigate through various perils.
Every foe and every stranger
Includes every danger, foe, and stranger as part of what he can't carry you past.
He can't carry you
Reiterates his inability to carry you.
He can't save you
He cannot save you from the straightforward and undeniable truth.
From the plain and simple truth
References the inability to save you from the inevitable passing of time.
The waning winters of your youth
Describes the passing of time in the winters of your youth as something he can't save you from.
He can't save you
Confirms his incapacity to save you.
He can't fix you
He cannot repair or mend you.
Your tears will always leave their mark
Your tears will always leave a lasting impact, and he cannot change that.
From fears that stay inside the dark
From fears that persist in the darkness, emphasizing his inability to fix you.
He can't fix you
Reiterates that he cannot fix you.
What can he do
Poses the question of what he can do, suggesting a sense of helplessness.
But tie some ribbons in your hair
He can only add some adornments to your hair, a gesture symbolizing care.
And show you that he'll always care
Expresses the limited actions he can take to show that he cares.
That's all he can do
Summarizes that all he can do is show care with symbolic gestures.
Lala lala
Repeats the refrain "Lala lala."
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