I Can't Make You Love Me
Diana Rouvas Lyrics

Turn down the lights
She is setting the mood for a private moment

Turn down the bed
She is preparing the bed for them to lay down together

Turn down these voices, Inside my head
She is asking him to help her quiet down her own thoughts and doubts about their relationship

Lay down with me
She is requesting to be physically close to him

Tell me no lies
She wants him to be honest with her about his feelings

Just hold me close, Don't patronize
She wants him to show her affection without pretending to feel something he doesn't

Don't patronize me
She feels like he is being insincere and misleading about his emotions

I can't make you love me if you don't
She accepts that love cannot be forced or manufactured

You can't make your heart feel, Somethin' that it won't
She acknowledges that he cannot control his own feelings either

Here in the dark, in these final hours
She is feeling vulnerable and emotional as they spend their last moments together

I will lay down my heart, And I will feel the power but you won't
She is willing to open herself up emotionally, even though he may not reciprocate

No you won't, 'Cause I can't make you love me
She knows that his feelings cannot be changed by her own actions

When you don't, When you don't
She repeats the refrain to emphasize her acceptance of the situation

I'll close my eyes, 'Cause then I won't see
She is trying to avoid the pain of rejection by avoiding eye contact and physical intimacy

The love you don't feel, When you're holdin' me
She feels his emotional distance even when they are physically close

Morning will come, And I'll do what's right
She plans to move on and accept the reality of their relationship

Just give me till then, To give up this fight
She needs time to come to terms with the end of their relationship

And I will give up this fight
She will stop trying to change his feelings and focus on her own emotional healing