Lyrics for I Can't Make You Love Me as interpreted by jatkins679

I Can't Make You Love Me Lyrics
Turn down the lights, turn down the bed
Turn down these voices inside my head
Lay down with me, tell me no lies
Just hold me close, don't patronize - don't patronize me

Cause I can't make you love me if you don't
You can't make your heart feel something it won't
Here in the dark, in these final hours
I will lay down my heart and I'll feel the power
But you won't, no you won't
'Cause I can't make you love me, if you don't


I'll close my eyes, then I won't see
The love you don't feel when you're holding me
Morning will come and I'll do what's right
Just give me till then to give up this fight
And I will give up this fight

Cause I can't make you love me if you don't
You can't make your heart feel something it won't
Here in the dark, in these final hours
I will lay down my heart and I'll feel the power
But you won't, no you won't
'Cause I can't make you love me, if you don't

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tigerrlily
05-29-2002

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beautiful, just beautiful. and so sad. its great. i heart.......

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faithypoo
06-10-2002

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i think song is the best i will get over you in my own time song . . . i love the lyrics i love the song

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EmilyCMT
07-06-2002

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this song is my life exactly, you care for someone more than they did or ever will care for you

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xEx2thexMx2theOx
08-15-2002

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Great song...it should be "these finals hours" not lonely

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WishYouWereHere
03-25-2003

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On the soundtrack to my life, this one would be a perfect fit...

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WishYouWereHere
03-25-2003

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On the soundtrack to my life, this one would be a perfect fit...

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summerdrop
04-14-2003

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its just beautiful...that's all

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pinkcookie
06-11-2003

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I Can't Make You Love Me is the best after-breakup song. i love it. the rhythm is the best ever. it's what makes the song really beautiful. and Bonnie's voice is perfect for it.

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LiveUrLife
06-22-2003

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amazing song, beautiful makes me cry everytime i hear it. I love songs like this that make you realize that your emotions and feelings aren't alone, and someone has put them to words.

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hotticket22
04-09-2004

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When you hear this song you can feel her pain as she sings it

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theonleething
04-25-2005

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Unrequited love.

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Chamiga
05-16-2005

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my heart aches every time I hear this song, because I realise how I still love him, and how I will never get over him, I will only learn to live with the pain

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splurcs
09-24-2005

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I love with this song,when i was out of a similar relationship I couldn't really put words to it but these words fit in perfectly.
He has a control over her that she can't resist and no matter how much she tries to make him love her, it's just sex to him."I'll close my eyes, then I won't see
The love you don't feel when you're holding me
Morning will come and I'll do what's right
Just give me till then to give up this fight"
Captivating unrequited love song!10/10

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brec1985
10-11-2005

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this song is so true. there is nothing worse than loveing, wanting careing for someone so deeply and not being able to understand why they cant feel the same. im in this situation right now, i can imagine as i hear this song exactly how it feels to lay next to him, sleeping peacefully while i lye awake hoping he feels that power between us, but he doesnt and you cant make it happen, its so terrible and painful

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Bjess227
12-02-2006

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Even though I've never been in this particular situation, this song still makes me cry because I literally can feel her emotions coming through the song, and that's something that can't be said for alot of songs.
The line: "Just give me till then to give up this fight". My goodness... it gives me chills!

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CrazyXBeautiful
01-24-2007

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idk. i might be like TOTALY off on this one, but i see this as this woman is trying anything and everything to make this man love her...one of them includes having sex with him. and maybe she thought that if she slept with him, that it would make him love her more, but it made things worse for her and made her life a complete emotional roalercoaster. her deep passion for him is not enough, and there is nothing that she can do to change his mind. it just goes to show that there is a fine line between love and lust, and it is hard to make out how you truly feel. hard as it is, she has to got through life knowing that he will never love her. this song is so sad. i want to cry whenever u hear it.

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dcruz09
05-13-2007

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I think what makes this song powerful is that she is trying so hard to be rational while clearly under emotional strain of an imminent breakup. Her realizing that she can never win over this man is so honest, it hurts. Sometimes, that's the hardest part of a relationship that's crumbling to pieces. Many people wish not to acknowledge the problem at hand. Best part: "Just give me today, to give up this fight." Ouch. She doesn't beg to be taken in, to be given another go. She also wants it to be over; she wants the pain to stop. But she wants it to end in her own terms. She wants it to be clean and quiet and somber. A fitting funeral to the death of love.

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surrogatehobby
05-16-2007

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I agree that its about a desperate woman who is doing the best she can to make a man love her. A part of her understands that there is no hope for that. So, as a last experience, she will enjoy one night in his arms. Perhaps its a last attempt to gain his love but its a failed one. I think she's foreshadowing the unbearable pain of making love to a man that she loves and of whom does not love her back.

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USCFan4ever
06-28-2007

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I love this song. It brings me to tears every time I hear it. I would like to get into the dating scene but I find it hard because I am disabled. Finding a woman to accept me for what I am.

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Xamed
11-08-2007

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This song gets inside my head. It's so poignant and bittersweet.
I can definitely identify with every line.
I love it as much as I hate the reason it's so real for me.

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CanonJoe
12-22-2007

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Angela Hacker from CMT's Nashville Star covered this song. She did a very good job at it. I look it much better than Bonnie Raitt's version. Very powerful song.

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kb418361
02-21-2008

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This song really hits hard. It's been years since I last spoke to him, and everytime I hear this song, I can vividly picture him holding me while we were watching random things on tv. And thats when I told him that I loved him, and he seemed baffled. Apparently, he needed more time to really say it and really mean it.
That was the last time we were together. Note "Here in the dark, in these final hours....."

Its amazing, how years later, this song still makes me somber when I think about that night we shared together.
Especially since we are strangers now.

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angelbehavior18
02-21-2008

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i love this song. that's how i feel about a great guy that i know. i want to make him love me, but i can't b/c he doesn't. he just wants to friends...... and it really sucks. but the song is soooo true, you can't make someone love you if they don't. no matter how much you love them it won't happen unless they feel it too.

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camaross0000
05-25-2008

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This song reminds me of a girl I used to know a while back. I had an unrequited love for her. I wished and prayed everyday that she would return my love for her. But Like bonnie I realize that I can't make her love me. I guess that we were never meant to be.

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GeorginaMansley
07-28-2008

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This song was inspired by a news article about a man who got drunk and shot up his girlfriend's car. When the judge asked him if had learned anything from the experience he replied, "I learned, Your Honor, that you can't make a woman love you if she don't."

He doesn't love me, and I can't make him if he don't.

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