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Can't Let It Go
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Entry from Can't Let It Go in Nur Ein XVII.

Must include a guest from outside the band singing a vocal harmony

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Can’t Let it Go
*by glennny
with very special guest harmony and backing vocalist Paco del Stinko*
SpoilerPaco del Stinko provides backing and harmony vocals. Paco del stinko is also the left side slide guitar, while I am the right side slide guitar.

This is a story in the first person, by an unreliable narrator. He's got problems, just because I take on this character for the song, it doesn't mean this guy is me. (You know, like Every Breath You Take.)

It’s really nothing, but it bothers me
I wish I could forget it, sit back, and just relax
Once I saw it, it was something I could not unsee
It needles at me unrelenting, there’s no turning back

I can’t risk exposure
And disrupt their encounter
Did I think I’d get closure?
or did I just want to be around her

I’m not obsessive
But I can’t let it go
I’m not compulsive
But I really can’t let it go

We had a lot of years together
Some of them good, but it’s so over now
She says that life apart is better
I follow her on her date around the town

This is devastating
I hate his stupid face
So humiliating
I watch them go up to his place

I’m not a masochist
But I can’t let it go
I need to see my analyst
Because I really can’t let it go

There’s no “Oh, I see!“ in OCD
To watch her moving on has got the best of me

What happened to “meant to be”?
Will she stay with him all night?
Our shattered destiny
I want to get in a fist fight

I’m not violent
But I can’t let it go
I might wish for an accident
I really can’t let it go

I’m not obsessive
I just can’t let it go
I’m not compulsive
I really can’t let it go

Reviews

6 posted notes

vowlvom

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this really steps up a notch when those delayed / call-and-response-y harmonies come in. The rest of the song is okay, but the stalker story doesn't really have any surprises (although the "Oh I see" / OCD line is fun) and this one doesn't really stick in my head (unlike your chorus from the last round, which I will shout out here since I didn't write reviews for that round).

Evermind

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The guitar sitting squarely in my left ear is a tiny bit grating at first, as there's nothing to really balance it out on the right side. Vocal harmonies are really nice. Transition from clean to distorted guitar is nice. You've effectively created a creepy narrator character, and, like the Police song you reference, it's a compelling if slightly unnerving story. Points for that. Paco's voice works really well in this song. Really tasty licks in the call and response solo section. I like how the narrator gets slowly more unhinged throughout the song. You've done really well this round.

mo

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Guitars sound epic ofc. My main thing about this song is that I’m not a fan of the chorus vocal melody, the phrase goes down, and IMO it’s just almost catchy, but the way it ends with “can’t let it go” going down in pitch and feel each time is kind of a letdown, YMMV.

grumpymike

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This song is like when someone makes uncomfortable jokes that you know are jokes but don't come off like jokes because there's maybe a little too much truth behind them, and the jokes aren't funny enough to compensate the uncomfortableness.
Strength: delivery, hooks
Weakness: not committed enough to funny or serious

owl

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I really like the sound of your voice blending with your guest vocalist's here, and it's fun listening to your dueling guitars. The moment when your voice gets really light and soft on "some of them good" is a really nice part of the vocal performance. I like the bounce and feel of this, but I found the melody of the chorus too simplistic, I kept wishing it went somewhere more interesting or at least didn't dive down in what felt like an anticlimactic way. The unreliable narrator lyrics are fun, and I like the storytelling, but it does seem like they lean pretty heavily on OCD jokes (or perhaps it's supposed to be just a totally earnest story about someone with OCD? But doesn't seem to ring true with what's being described).

sailingmagpie

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I think this could do with a bit more of an intro before the vocals come in. The chorus is pleasing and the guest harmonies really add to the arrangement (especially like the OCD bit), as opposed to just ticking the challenge box. I don't find the verses as memorable though. This whole track is absolutely stacked with tasteful guitar tones (quelle surprise!) and I enjoy the jaunty feel especially in the bassline. The song just didn't grab me as much as the songs I ranked higher.

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