Why Can't You Be Lyrics
Is this life just weightlessness
The smoggy twilight in LA
I can't think of one real thing to say
And you and me are walking in the canyons
She forgets that we were friends
I guess it all depends on your mood
Why can't these meds be any damn good
Why can't you be
Like my waterpik shower massager
A sweet reliable machine
And to tell the truth I don't feel less alone
A water massager's is the purest love I've ever known
Why can't you be
Like when I was thirteen
Why can't you be
Like an art house foreign movie
Frank and sexy, red balloons and ennui
And allude to me
And why can't you be
A little more of a mystery
The part of me that's missing
Instead of leaving me for some other
Said we're perfect for each other
And I know we wont go spend this life alone.
Why can't you be
Like an outsourced government contract
I'm a fat cat gettin' away with anything
Kicking some secret special powers
Illumination rounds in showers
Cause your tearing your hair out
While we can have a bed of flowers
Why can't you be
Like the chicks out of the road
Some girls are happy just to see me
Because you got moxie and a broken nose
Take him away from this prose
Sometimes a blowjob's not enough
Why can't you play
A little less rough
The part of me that's missing
Instead of leaving me for some other
Say we're perfect for each other
And I know we wont go spend this life alone
We could live... our lives... separately
Could you forget... what happens to you
To you and me
We'll have eternity
And I will spend it all... missing you
Seeing you with me
So while I'm alive... I will always be
Digging you out
Wondering about how it goes so far down
And what's wrong with you
What's wrong with you and me.
Why can't you be
Someone lookin' a little deeper into me
Like JD Salinger
Why do I challenge her
In all these surface ways
That you displease
Why can't you be
A little more at ease
Like a hand rolled cigarette
I'm not joking
This masochistic self-pity of smoking
And this city ditty
I keep provoking you to leave me
Why can't you be
Like a candle I can snuff
You're still a diamond in the rough
And I swear to god I've had enough
How can I call your bluff?
Wow I absolutely love this song it is perfect. perfect.
In The Making of "Ursa Major, Pt. 1" Stephan Jenkins said that "Why Can't You Be" is "very simply about kind of always angry at each other for the things we are missing in ourselves"
OMG. I can't believe that 3eb name-dropped Robbie Williams - my other fav. artist!!! Wow, I cannot wait for this album :)
LOVE THIS NEW SONG
The beginning of the current song makes me laugh, "It was an argument with an ex-girlfriend and I said something about a truest love and she said 'you're mistaken, my first true love was with a multiple-adjustable-showerhead!'..I know you follow me, but I was like..''I'm drunk!''" ... and the overall song makes me smile.. perfect in its randomness. To me this song is clearly about exes having a conversation where they have gone their separate ways.
The first time I heard this song I was kinda confused about who was saying what and when but I assume because of the title that he wants her to be his first truest love and it's not mutual but she continues to push him into thinking it by talking him up. Then in the end he tests her and realizes she was bluffing the whole time. I just feel like I can relate to this song so well, when he says she's kicking some secret special powers it's really how it feels to love someone for no reason and just being so blind that they can get away with whatever by pretending they feel the same way. All while you're making yourself crazy freaking out about their intentions based around they're actions speaking differently, (her leaving him for someone else). That's my opinion anyway.
It sounds to me as if the guy (Stephan) wanted a more mature/emotional relationship but this girlfriend rejected his advances.
http://thirdeyeblind.com/info/songs#why-cant-you-be for more info from the band and some lyric corrections.
i adore this song. it's just so true how you love someone so much but at the same time want to change them.... it's a beautiful song. this album is going to be great :)
it was when stephan was arguing with his girlfriend and he said "but i was your first love" and she said "no, stephan, my first love was a waterpik shower massager"
I have listened to this song on repeat for the last couple of weeks. Stephen Jenkins is a true artist--he expresses so much emotion with his voice, and when combined with beautiful, deep lyrics and amazing melodies, it transforms music into art.