“I Can’t Have You Around Me Anymore” explores intense chemistry between two people that’s so overwhelming, it becomes unsustainable or even painful to stay in each other’s lives.
The song was discussed by Reneé and Amy Poehler briefly on an episode of Good Hang with Amy Poehler, where Amy praised R...
[Verse 1]
I get funny when you're around me
We always do dumb shit and piss everybody off
Tell me where you'll be and I'll leave my own party
It's probably a problem if it's this hard to stop
[Chorus]
Now it's causing lots of issues with my baby at home
'Cause in every single picture we're a little too close
And I love you but I want her and it's making me feel unsure
So I can't have you around me anymore
[Verse 2]
Somehow, we always end up naked
Nothing ever happens, but it still feels real good
And I wish she didn't, but I see why she hates it
She wants to be the only one who's allowed to look
[Chorus]
It's the root of every issue, it's the reason we fight
And I don't wanna have to choose, but I'm taking a side
'Cause if it isn't me, it's her who's gonna close that door
So I can't have you around me anymore (Oh-oh)
[Outro]
There's places we went that I'll keep to myself
And you got to know me a little too well (Oh-oh)
But she'll never be someone I wish that I didn't know, mm (Oh-oh)
And she'll never be you, but she keeps me on course
And I'm not supposed to wonder if I should be yours
So I can't have you around me anymore
I Can’t Have You Around Me Anymore was written by Reneé Rapp & Omer Fedi & Ali Tamposi & Carter Lang & Caroline Ailin.
I Can’t Have You Around Me Anymore was produced by Omer Fedi & Carter Lang.
Reneé Rapp released I Can’t Have You Around Me Anymore on Fri Aug 01 2025.
Emotionally difficult to write, I think, was “I Can’t Have You Around Me Anymore,‘ 'cause I really wanted to, I wanted a song like that so desperately. One that felt like if I didn’t write it, I would kill myself. That was a song that I was like, 'If anyone else had wrote this song, I’d be livid I d...