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I Can't Make You Love Me

by Empty Atlas

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Empty Atlas's dynamic new take on the classic Bonnie Raitt ballad.

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

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

I'll close my eyes...

'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

Can't make you love me if you don't
Can't make you
Can't make you

Just when I thought I was on the right side of things
You left me another sting, I was moving until the wings gave out
Maybe I was meant to be the one who'd stay
'Cause I can't make you, I can't make you
Yeah, I'm hurting
And I don't hate you
But I'm learning
And I don't mean to
'Cause I can't make you
I can't make you

credits

released September 16, 2022
Original written by Mike Reid and Allen Shamblin
Original recorded by Bonnie Raitt
New version performed and arranged by Empty Atlas

Engineered by Brennan Michael White at The Fairview Sound
Mixed by Tyler Spratt

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