The song is about someone (the narrator) feeling morose after they broke up with their partner. The narrator is sad the relationsuip ended, yet knows this relationship cannot ever come back and that they have to move on with their life.
[Intro]
(Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
Ooh, I can't go back
(Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
Ooh, I can't go back
(Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
[Verse 1]
Your hand on my knee, my heart on my sleeve
But you're cold
All our days in the sun, loving you was so fun
Hanging by the pool till the day is done
Our friends say you've changed, you don't look at me
The same way
Only shadows, only memories
Remain
[Chorus]
You let this love get away
I'm waking up from the dream
So many things left to say
It's not coming back, don't think it's coming back
[Post-Chorus]
All you had to do was ask me to stay
(Oh-oh-oh, ooh-ooh)
All you had to do was ask me to stay
(Oh-oh-oh) You let me get away
(Oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh)
[Verse 2]
Now the nights grow cold and you're all alone
Missing me
Left me crying by the pool, broke my heart and all the rules
I was the one for you
Now my days feel the same since the day you walked away
From everything we were meant to be
I'm still in love with what we had
Still in love with this past but I can't go back
[Bridge]
Ooh, I can't go back (oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
I can't go back (oh-oh-oh), ooh (oh-oh-oh)
[Chorus]
(No) You let this love get away
I'm waking up from the dream
(Oh-oh) So many things left to say
It's not coming back, it's not coming back
(No) You know, you let this love get away
I'm waking up from the dream
(Oh-oh) So many things left to say
It's not coming back, don't think it's coming back
[Post-Chorus]
All you had to do was ask me to stay
(Oh yeah-hey-yeah-yeah-yeah, oh yeah-hey-yeah-yeah-yeah)
All you had to do was ask me to stay
You let me get away, you let me get away
[Outro]
(Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
(Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
Can’t Go Back was written by Geoffrey Rockwell & Danni J & Krisluv.
Can’t Go Back was produced by Geoffrey Rockwell.
PRIZM released Can’t Go Back on Mon Dec 09 2019.