Can't Stop Letting You Down
Unraveling Regrets: Can't Break the Cycle
Lyrics
I was in a bad place, I was on the wrong drugs
I was in a difficult situation, influenced by the wrong substances.
You were in the car with the radio on
You were present in the car, and music was playing on the radio.
Baby you're right this time, I just can't stop letting you down
Acknowledging the partner's correctness, expressing a recurring pattern of disappointment.
I know it's the best thing even at the worst time
Recognizing that despite challenges, the current situation is for the best.
You can move along things are gonna be fine
Encouraging the partner to move forward, assuring them that things will improve.
Cause baby you're right this time, I just can't stop letting you down
Reiterating the inability to break the cycle of letting the partner down.
So take me to the mat, nothing's gettin' through to me
Inviting the partner to confront and challenge the speaker.
Ah you got a trap, I can be your enemy
Acknowledging a potential trap set by the partner, offering a willingness to be an adversary.
Take it as a fact, stab me in the back
Asserting the speaker's vulnerability, willing to endure betrayal.
Keep the motor runnin' cause we're never going back
Emphasizing the need to keep moving forward, leaving the past behind.
We were on the back nine, bullet holes in stop signs
Describing a troubled past, symbolized by bullet holes in stop signs on a golf course (back nine).
I was in a daze, you were on the way out
Reflecting on a state of confusion, with the partner distancing themselves.
And baby you're right this time, I just can't stop letting you down
Reaffirming the recurring theme of constantly letting the partner down.
I don't remember changing, only the complaining
Expressing a lack of awareness of personal change, only noticing dissatisfaction.
It went down like whiskey down the windpipe
Describing a negative event that unfolded swiftly and harshly.
And baby you're right this time, I just can't stop letting you down
Acknowledging the partner's correctness in the face of repeated disappointments.
So take it as a fact, stab me in the back, keep the motor runnin' cause we're never going back
Repeating the willingness to endure betrayal and emphasizing forward movement.
You're right this time, I just can't stop letting you down
Affirming the partner's correctness once again, expressing the inability to break the cycle of letting them down.
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