I CAN'T STOP HURTING YOU
(words and music by Rick Springfield)
She looked at me with eyes that cut right
through me and said
"You must be blind
let me tell you a little something about yourself
You're the hurtin' kind"
I must admit after the pain and fight
I've a sneaking suspicion that you might be right
I love you, I love you, I love you
But I Can't Stop Hurting You
I want to, I want to
I Can't Stop Hurting You
I can't, I can't
I Can't Stop Hurting You, it's getting bad
I don't know what to do
I see you packing up all your precious little things
That mean so much to you
I hurt you now you're moving out again
But we know just what you'll do
We'll see the error of our ways in crime
With conciliatory promises we'll change this time
I love you, I love you, I love you
I Can't Stop Hurting You
I want to, I want to
I Can't Stop Hurting You
I can't, I can't
I Can't Stop Hurting You, it's getting bad
I don't know what to do
I love you, I love you
I Can't Stop Hurting You
I need to, I need to
I Can't Stop Hurting You
I can't, I can't
I Can't Stop Hurting You
It's getting bad, I don't know what to do
And when you go I miss you all night
The wounds heal from the scratch and bite
I don't know what's wrong
I don't know what to right
But I Can't Stop Hurting You
I Can't Stop Hurting You
We talk so coolly about the pros and cons
When I get hot headed I just can't hold on
I love you, I love you, I love you
I can't stop hurting you
I want to, I want to
I can't stop hurting you
I can't, I can't
I can't stop hurting you
It's getting bad, I don't know what to do
I love you, I love you, I love you
I can't stop hurting you
I need to, I need to
I can't stop hurting you
I can't, I can't
I can't stop hurting you
It's getting bad, I don't know what to do
I love you, I love you, I love you
I can't stop hurting you
I want to, I want to
I can't stop hurting you
I can't, I can't
I can't stop hurting you
It's getting bad, I don't know what to do......
(total playing time: 3:30)
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Again...another
very favorite Rick Springfield song for me. This is such an emotionally
raw, painful and yet wonderful song. My parents were going through a
divorce when LIO came out, so I always identified this song with all the
emotions that were flowing through our house at the time. Now as an
adult I can see this song through the eyes of a mature (well.....it is all
relative) person and I see more depth in it...but the pain is still there.
"I don't know what's wrong...I don't know what to right"
is such a profound sentence that conveys the helplessness of it all.
I also always loved..."I see you packing up all your precious
little things that mean so much to you".....I felt like I was
literally IN THE HOUSE watching this woman pack her belongings. He
is such a gifted songwriter......whew!
I think this song
is about a relationship between a young woman who's entered her lifelong
relationship with someone who was in the midst of an exciting career where
he's got so much stuff going on, so many distractions and she's not
getting what she needed from their relationship. This song shows the man
realizing what was happening and not sure how to fix it because sometimes
those 3 words aren't enough.
Here's a
confession ~ I'm someone who shies away from the unpleasant realities in
life. I read harlequin novels because I like the quick happy
endings. Anyway that being said... I do love this song as I'm
sure this happens to a lot of relationships. We do tend to hurt
those that we love and who are we the closest to but to our mates.
I saw this song as a tale of a guy that is unhappy with his life. He
hates his job and the responsibilities of the house, the car and his
family. He's full of rage at the things that are out of his control
such as his unpleasant boss and his coworkers who are fiercely competitive
and cut throat. He comes home and takes it out on his wife.
He criticizes her on the meals she serves, the house she keeps and he
starts to rip apart her character.
He realizes that he's being unfair and tries to harness his anger.
He apologizes and then the next day something sets him off and the pattern
repeats itself. The wife moves out and then they make-up wildly (ie:
scratch & bites <wink>). But then the true anger
management issues still haven't been resolved.
I always liked that fact that this song was a written apology to her.
Definitely a
desperate vibe to this song. A sort of sad frustration. Obviously
relationship stuff. Autobiographical?? In a way it could go back to a
theme in an earlier song of doing what ever you had to to make your dreams
come true even though you knew it was hurting someone you loved and
putting them sort of "second" to a career. The lines that kind
of got me were "I don't know what's wrong. I don't know what to
right." and the whole opening verse. Man that really
packs a punch....
SONG FACTS:
This song appears on
Living in Oz and Legendary.
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