There are 4 artists with this name:

1) Veto is a Danish indie rock b… Read Full Bio ↴There are 4 artists with this name:

1) Veto is a Danish indie rock band formed in 2004. They released their first EP, I Will Not Listen, in 2005 and their first full-length album, There's a Beat in All Machines, in 2006, both released on the Danish hip hop label, Tabu Records/Playground Music Denmark.

In February 2007 Veto won the award for Best New Act, as well as Best Danish Music Video at Danish Music Awards. Their song "You Are a Knife" was featured briefly in the American television program NCIS episode "Suspicion".

Veto's second album is called Crushing Digits and was released 5 May 2008. The first single from the album, "Built to Fail", was released in March 2008 and received heavy airplay as "Ugens Uundgåelige" (Unavoidable of the week) on the public service radio channel DR P3. The following singles from the album were "You Say Yes, I Say Yes" and "Blackout".

Their third album Everything Is Amplified was released on February 28, 2011. Recording started in January 2010 and reached the final stage in December. First single from the album, "This Is Not", was released in January 2011 and was also featured on the public service radio channel DR P3 for a week. The following singles from their third album were "Spun" and "Am I Awake or Should I Wake Up".

Discography

I Will Not Listen EP (Tabu Records /Playground Music - August 28, 2005)
There's a Beat in All Machines (Tabu Records /Playground Music - February 27, 2006)
Crushing Digits (Reset08/Sony BMG - May 5, 2008)
Everything Is Amplified (February 28, 2011)

Formed in Aarhus, Denmark, the band consists of the following members:

Troels Abrahamsen – Vocals, synth
David Krogh Andersen – Guitar
Mark Lee – Guitar, synth
Jens Skov Thomsen – Bass guitar, backing vocals
Mads Hasager – Drums

2) German heavy metal band with two albums, Veto (1985) and Carthago (1988).

3) crust band from Czech republic (played around 2003-2004)

4) Veto is a Sudanese rapper.

You Can't Afford It
Veto Lyrics

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You can't afford it
You can't afford
To get anything done
How much you need it
It's not a factor for anyone

'Cause they'll find you
Wherever you hide

And put you back to
Where you started

And unless you can think
Of an easier way
The only way to escape
Is by being black-hearted

You can't afford it
You can't afford
To do anything right
So how much you want it
Depends on how long it takes you
To swallow your pride

'Cause there'll be no time
For you to find
Truth or love
Or people you left behind

You can't afford to
Do something decent
With your time

We're taking everything back
We're taking everything back
We're taking everything back
We're taking everything back

We're taking everything back
We're taking everything back
We're taking everything, everything back

We're taking everything back
We're taking everything back
We're taking everything, everything back

We're taking everything back

We're taking everything back
We're taking everything, everything back

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Veto's song "You Can't Afford It" seem to speak to the idea of an individual's struggle to succeed or make a change in their life. The song suggests that despite how badly someone may desire change or improvement in their circumstances, they may not have the means or ability to achieve it. The lines "you can't afford to get anything done" and "you can't afford to do anything right" seem to highlight this sense of limitation and frustration.

The song also suggests the presence of outside forces preventing individuals from achieving success or change. The line "they'll find you wherever you hide, and put you back to where you started" seems to imply that there are others who hold power over the individual's circumstances and can prevent them from making progress.

The song's chorus, which repeats the phrase "we're taking everything back," could perhaps be viewed as a call to action in response to these limitations and obstacles. It suggests a desire to regain control or power over one's life and circumstances. Overall, the song seems to be an exploration of the struggle for personal agency and the ways in which external factors can impact this struggle.

Line by Line Meaning

You can't afford it
You don't have the means to achieve your goals

You can't afford
You're unable to finance your ambitions

To get anything done
You're unable to accomplish tasks

How much you need it
Your desires are irrelevant

It's not a factor for anyone
Your aspirations don't matter to others

'Cause they'll find you
Opponents will locate you

Wherever you hide
No matter where you try to escape

And put you back to
They'll return you to

Where you started
Your previous position

And unless you can think
Without creativity

Of an easier way
A simple solution