He Ca Only Hold Her
Amy Winehouse Lyrics


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Whoa, oh
Oh, whoa, oh

He can only hold her for so long
The lights are on, but no one's home
She's so vacant
Her soul is taken
He thinks, What's she running from?

Now, how can he have her heart
When it got stole?
So he tries to pacify her
'Cause what's inside her never dies

Even if she's content in his warmth
She is plagued with urgency
Searching kisses
The man she misses
The man that he longs to be

Now, how can he have her heart
When it got stole?
So he tries to pacify her
'Cause what's inside her never dies

So he tries to pacify her
'Cause what's inside her it never dies





So he tries to pacify her
But what's inside her never dies

Overall Meaning

In Amy Winehouse's song He Can Only Hold Her, she paints a vivid picture of a man's attempt to hold onto a woman who is unable to connect with him emotionally. The manic and erratic energy of the song is reflective of the frantic state of mind of both the man and woman in the relationship. The opening lines, "He can only hold her for so long, the lights are on, but no one's home" suggests that although the man is physically present with the woman, she is emotionally absent. The phrase, "she's so vacant, her soul is taken," implies that the woman has been traumatized, leaving her feeling empty.


However, the man is still trying to win her over, despite the emotional barriers between them. The line "now, how can he have her heart when it got stole?" signals that the woman has an unresolved past that is preventing her from fully connecting with the man. It is clear that although the man is trying to pacify her, the urgency and searching kisses are a reflection of the emotional turmoil that both characters are experiencing.


The repetition of the line "he tries to pacify her, 'cause what's inside her never dies" reinforces that the woman is carrying emotional baggage that cannot be appeased or healed by the man. Overall, the song He Can Only Hold Her is a powerful representation of the complexities of relationships, the impact of past traumas, and the difficulties of trying to connect with someone who is emotionally unavailable.


Line by Line Meaning

He can only hold her for so long
He knows that he can only keep her for a certain amount of time


The lights are on, but no one's home
She's physically present, but emotionally absent


She's so vacant
She doesn't have anything inside her, she's empty


Her soul is taken
She's lost herself, she's not the same person she used to be


He thinks, What's she running from?
He's wondering what's causing her to be like this, why she's not present emotionally


Even if she's content in his warmth
Even if she's happy and comfortable with him, she still has inner turmoil


She is plagued with urgency
She has a strong desire or need for something, maybe something she can't have


Searching kisses
She's searching for something, maybe affection or love, through her physical interactions with him


The man she misses
She's longing for someone else, maybe an ex-lover or someone she can't be with


The man that he longs to be
He wants to be the man she's longing for, but he knows he can't fully be that person


So he tries to pacify her
He attempts to calm her down or make her feel better


'Cause what's inside her never dies
Her inner turmoil will never truly go away


But what's inside her never dies
No matter how hard he tries, he can't fully fix her emotional state




Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: JOHN HARRISON, RICHARD POINDEXTER, ROBERT POINDEXTER, AMY WINEHOUSE, CHARLES HARPER

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