Can't Seem to Make You Mine

Love's Struggle: Ramones' Melodic Plea for Affection
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Lyrics

I can't seem to make you mine

The speaker expresses frustration or inability to win the affection of the person addressed.

I can't seem to make you mine

Reiteration of the speaker's struggle and inability to make the person their own.

You're flyin' around like a bee

Describing the person's behavior as erratic, resembling the movements of a bee.

Hurtin' everything you see

Suggests that the person's actions cause harm or distress to everything and everyone around them.

I tried everything I know

The speaker has attempted various methods to win the person's love.

To make you wanna love me so

Efforts to make the person desire and love the speaker have been made without success.

The only thing you do

The only response from the person is to inflict emotional pain on the speaker.

Is try to put the hurt on me

Highlighting the person's intent to cause emotional harm to the speaker.


Can't you see what you're doin' to me

The speaker implores the person to recognize the negative impact of their actions.

You fill my heart with a misery

Expresses the emotional distress caused by the person's behavior.

With every breath and step I take

Every action and step taken by the speaker intensifies their love for the person.

I'm more in love with you

The speaker is deeply in love despite the challenges and pain caused by the person.


I can't go on like this

The current situation is unsustainable for the speaker.

A little bit of love, not one kiss

Expresses a desire for at least a small amount of love, even a single kiss.

I gotta have your love everyday

The speaker craves a genuine and enduring love from the person.

A love that's real that will stay

Desire for a lasting, true love that won't fade away.

I can't seem to make you mine

Repetition of the struggle to make the person their own.

I can't seem to make you mine

Continued expression of the inability to win the person's love.

I can't seem to make you mine

Reiteration of the ongoing struggle to make the person theirs.

I can't seem to make you mine

Continued expression of frustration and inability to possess the person.

Can't you see what you're doin' to me

Repeated plea for the person to understand the emotional impact of their actions.

You fill my heart with a misery

Restating the emotional distress caused by the person's behavior.

With every breath and step I take

Emphasizes that every breath and step taken by the speaker deepens their love.

I'm more in love with you

Despite the pain, the speaker's love for the person continues to grow.


I can't seem to make you mine

Reiteration of the ongoing struggle and frustration in making the person their own.

I can't seem to make you mine

Continued expression of the inability to win the person's love.

Come back, baby, to me

An appeal for the person to return to the speaker despite the misery caused.

In my misery

Expresses the speaker's state of misery in the absence of the person.

I give you love, not any day

The speaker promises to provide love consistently and asks the person not to leave.

Never ever go away

A plea for the person to never leave and to stay with the speaker.

I can't seem to make you mine

Reiteration of the ongoing struggle and frustration in making the person their own.

I can't seem to make you mine

Continued expression of the inability to win the person's love.

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