Can
Garbage Lyrics


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Imagine this: we make things right
So beautiful, we cling tonight
To all our dreams, we pin them up
We lose our minds if we lose our hope
We swear to change, but we bottle it
Stick to our guns and all our sins
We bury fear, we drink to it
We might cheat death if we worship it

So we can stay alive
Our sex, our power, our drive
We lose ourselves inside
So we can feel alive

You're the one who should be on trial
For all your hate and your denial
Be careful what it is you break
Every broken thing can't be fixed
And all those fragile things we are
They find their voice, they find their power
They take a grip around your throat
They keep squeezing till your life runs out

So we can stay alive
Our sex, our power, our drive
We lose ourselves inside
So we can feel alive

(Masochistic victim sadist
Victor vanquish valour sadness
Lust and love, our lives, our blindness)

All alone we fight the fear (we can feel alive)
By ourselves in every way (we can feel alive)
All our lust, all our greed
All our hate, we're on our knees
Hear us beg, hear us pray (we can feel)

We can stay alive
We can stay alive
We can stay alive




We can stay alive
We can stay alive

Overall Meaning

In Garbage's song "Can," the lyrics tackle the idea of how life doesn't always go according to plan, despite our best efforts. The opening lines express the desire to create a sense of structure and control through setting a bedtime, hoping that everything will work out - but reality is never as simple as a movie where the good guy always wins. The lyrics assert that we must learn to live without stories that have happy endings, and acknowledge that everyone is fighting against half-truths, unrealistic expectations, and broken dreams.


The song's chorus repeats the notion that "nobody can win," emphasizing the idea that life is a constant struggle, and anyone's success is always met with challenges and setbacks. Through this message, Garbage suggests that our view of success and happiness should not come from external factors or societal expectations, but instead from ourselves and our own desires. This perspective is reinforced in the final lines of the song, as the phrase "nobody can win" is repeated with a sense of acceptance and resignation.


Line by Line Meaning

Well I set myself a bedtime this time with a notion
I made a decision to regulate my sleeping pattern, hoping that it would improve my life's efficiency


That you try your best then
If one uses their best efforts, according to popular belief, it leads to success


Everyone wins
There is a false notion of success and victory that permeates our society which assumes that everyone can win


But nothing ever goes that smoothly
Despite our best efforts or plans, life's complexities often thwart us


And it won't end like a movie
Life does not follow a pre-written script with a happy ending


Where the good guy always wins
The world does not necessarily reward goodness, morality or virtue


Until you figure out
Unless you come to the realization or understanding


A way that you can live without
A path to navigate life without being influenced or deceived by false expectations


Stories with happy ends
Tales that reassure us that everything will work out find a way to finish positively which is an unrealistic and unhelpful aspiration


Everybody I know is trying to get by
All the people I encounter are attempting to cope or manage their lives


Fighting all the half-true lies
The world is full of half-truths and false perceptions which are battled against daily


They fill you up with expectations, innovations and predictions
Expectations, innovations and predictions are given to you by society to foster hope in a better future, but they are often not delivered on


That can't possibly fly
Most aspirations promoted by society are not feasible or sustainable


Cinderella's waiting tables
The dreams of fairytale endings held as a child do not reflect the financial difficulty that many people experience


And the princess never did wake up
The pure and perfect life the princess lived was never attainable nor practical


That's how it begins
This is how the innocent childhood hopes meet the harsh reality of the world


Nobody can win
Success is subjective, therefore, no one can truly win in the game of life


Nobody can win
Success is subjective, therefore, no one can truly win in the game of life


Nobody can win
Success is subjective, therefore, no one can truly win in the game of life




Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Steve W Marker, Douglas Elwin Erickson, Bryan David Vig, Shirley Ann Manson

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

Synthwave_junkie

I'll take you for a ride
On my garbage truck
Oh no!
I'll take you to the dump
'Cause you're my queen

Take you uptown
I'll show you the sights
You know you want to ride
On my garbage truck
Truck truck truck

We'll pass the mansions by
Drive right through the needle's eye (Oh my)
My my my my

I got a stereo
You just got to turn the knob
And baby we'll go
As far as we can
I'll be your garbage man

I'll take out your junk
And I'll crush it down
Jesus in my rearview
And the highway patrol is up ahead
In my garbage truck (truck)

I'll never throw you away
When you're old and grey
Just roll it away



All comments from YouTube:

Grace Loo

I was watching this with my two year old cousin and she pointed at one of the garbage trucks and repeatedly said "爷爷、奶奶" (Grandpa, Grandma). And me who was surviving off of coffee and was on the verge of falling asleep, didn't care and just agreed with her and said "yeah". My cousin loves her grandpa and grandma, as well as garbage trucks.

Edan Duarte

My daughter is currently in LOVE with trash trucks, so we put this video on. However, my wife and I are MARVELING at your dedication to filming, and truck diversity! What a wonderfully unique way to tour the West Coast (more states?) via waste disposal engineering! Liked and Subbed! Thanks!

AZ Zukrina

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subbing back to everyone who subs to me

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angell

Whens their date?  😏  😏

$omeon3

Mines my brother lol

yeee geee

Garbage trucks trash is missing R353T

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Szofero

Cudo! Chciałbym kiedyś spróbować pracy takim sprzętem:) sam pracuję w komunalnym przedsiębiorstwie jako kierowca ale niestety na zupełnie innym sprzęcie

Ernesto David

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Golden Travels - Lifts and Public Transport

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