Youth is wasted on the young? Not at all!
Based on their remarkable music and their live performances, you might just think that Tobi, Gabs, Dave and Flo from Linz have already played every major stage across the Atlantic and the English Channel. Being musicians is something the quartet is surprisingly quite casual about. In their own unpretentious words, "it's ideally all about making good songs, having a tight band, and the audience getting precisely what it wants to hear."
Markedly influenced by the greater and better indie and guitar-rock wave bands playing on both sides of the Atlantic, THE BETH EDGES, with their distinctive combination of salacious disco beats, retro guitars and loose-fitting vocals, create catchy tunes of surprising depth. Admittedly they listened quite closely to bands like the Strokes, and took some elements from the hysterical danciness of some of the current British bands, but far from merely copying, THE BETH EDGES have melded them, and made it their own.
Quite refreshingly so.
I Can't Believe It
The Beth Edges Lyrics
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Going somewhere I don't want to go
Shedding something I don't wanna lose
I can't dance with my dancing shoes
Posing as someone I don't want to be
It's okay although it's not okay with me
I said "I love you" but that's not the way
I don't know how to feel
I can't believe it
No I can't
I'm betraying myself
On and on
I can't believe it
No I can't
I'm betraying myself
On and on
Staying awake, though sleep is all I need
Buying books, I'd never ever read
Shedding something I don't wanna lose
I can't dance with my dancing shoes
I just don't know how to dance
I can't believe it
No I can't
I'm betraying myself
On and on
I can't believe it
No I can't
I'm betraying myself
On and on
Oh oh oh oh oh
I can't believe it
No I can't
I can't believe it
No I can't
I can't believe it
No I can't
I'm betraying myself
On and on
I can't believe it
No I can't
I'm betraying myself
On and on
The lyrics of "I Can't Believe It" by The Beth Edges reflect the struggle of feeling trapped and disconnected from oneself. The song conveys the sense of betrayal that arises from living a life that is at odds with one's core identity. The opening lines, "Saying 'yeah' though I'm meaning 'no'/Going somewhere I don't want to go," indicate the tendency to say things and do things that don't align with one's true desires. The repetition of the line "I'm betraying myself on and on" highlights the ongoing nature of this internal conflict.
The chorus of the song, "I can't believe it, no I can't," is a powerful confession of disbelief and resignation. The repetition of this phrase creates a sense of overwhelming frustration and disbelief at the situation. The line "I can't dance with my dancing shoes" further reinforces the idea of feeling out of place and unable to fully engage with one's surroundings.
The second verse, "Posing as someone I don't want to be/It's okay although it's not okay with me" conveys the idea of pretending and living a life that may be acceptable to others, but not to oneself. The line "I said 'I love you' but that's not the way/That's not the way I feel" speaks to the idea of feeling forced into certain emotional responses or expressions.
Line by Line Meaning
Saying 'yeah' though I'm meaning 'no'
I am lying and pretending to agree while actually disagreeing
Going somewhere I don't want to go
I am being forced to go somewhere I do not want to go to
Shedding something I don't wanna lose
I am letting go of something that I cherish and do not want to lose
I can't dance with my dancing shoes
Even though I have the right tools, I still cannot do what is expected of me
Posing as someone I don't want to be
I am pretending to be someone else just to please others
It's okay although it's not okay with me
Others might think it is fine, but deep down, I am not okay with it
I said 'I love you' but that's not the way
I said 'I love you' but it does not reflect my true feelings
I don't know how to feel
I am confused and unsure about my emotions
Staying awake, though sleep is all I need
I am denying myself something I need for the sake of something less important
Buying books, I'd never ever read
I am buying things that are not useful or meaningful to me
I just don't know how to dance
I am unable to do something that others expect of me
I can't believe it
No I can't
I'm betraying myself
On and on
I cannot accept what I am doing to myself and I am continuing to do it anyway
Contributed by Thomas O. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Das Mellchen
great song <3
Dušan Škunda
what a nostalgia :)
Scummy man
Great song!
Jiří Procházka
I can't wait to see them on Donauinselfest 2011 in Vienna! Who's with me?
Christina
ich liebe diesn song über alles!!! i hob ma den scho so oft angheat :) <3 iha seits echt ne geniale band.!
AIsingularityAI
finally decent music, and i'm really picky!
andreas mittermühlner
oida .. ewig her <3
GlamorousDirtYT
echt super song! ein Beweis, dass auch kleine Länder großartige Musik machen können :) lg Glamorous Dirt
Fabian Rijkaardson
Super Geil!! :) Wie immer gut! :)
nieniemals
hab euch beim campus festival in der uni klagenfurt gesehn und seitdem einen ohrwuhrm von dem lied :)