Can't - Alan Lastufka & Tom Milsom

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Blog post about this video - http://www.alandistro.com/2009/07/music-video-premiere.html

"Can't"
Written and recorded by Alan Lastufka and Tom Milsom - http://youtube.com/hexachordal

LYRICS:
He can't put into words
Just how she made him melt
She molded folded, pasted and cut
His edited heart was her favorite work of art
And it surprised him every day
They way she made him obey

He can't see clearly
Through love tinted eyes
Her erotic, robotic bedroom lies
Paid off in a blur for the minute he was let inside her
He can't complain about he strain
Of her relationship games

He can't dream vividly
While nightmares run wild
She blocked, locked and mocked his smile
He's been destroyed
Tears come falling from her trained toy
And with a sigh he can't explain why
But he can't say "goodbye."

Video written by Alan Lastufka and Ed Stockham.

Animated by Ed Stockham - http://www.youtube.com/user/smilinglimpet

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Music

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[coolmovie88]

maybe all the strings inside him broke...

[kdleonard168]

he was so cute

[thisisntchristine]

@sciences8 no not that it took me that long to figure it out, I watched it a few times and then did my project for several hours, but I was listening to the song on repeat for a long time.

[sciences8]

@thisisntchristine

That took you several hours?

[thisisntchristine]

This is purely my interpretation, but after studying the song&video for several hours for a school project, I'd say that the song is about a boy in a relationship where he is merely the girl's puppet.  Even though he has no say, he still "can't say goodbye," because of the emotional connection. I suppose you could say he commits suicide in the video, and she reveals her true colors when it's too late (think Romeo and Juliet).

[sugoipop16]

@bakar12345 lol nope

[bakar12345]

@sugoipop16 oh right. is it bad that i prefer the ALL CAPS one? :P

[sugoipop16]

@bakar12345 it was written by Milsom and Lastufka, ALLCAPS covered it (as well as some other DFTBA artists including Hank Green) for the album C4N'7 R3M1X35.

[bakar12345]

the chord changes sound the same to the all caps one - who wrote the music?

[KeepTheCameraRolling]

i don't get it.... i liked it but i don't get it.

[TheSuperalexxm]

umm it seemed like the doll commited suicide in a less horrific way...

[animeloveronline]

ima make a doll know n that video made me depressed