Can’t Take It was written about universal heartache. Losing the ones we love whether it was a choice or forced upon us. The emptiness caused by that is one of the hardest things any of us has to deal with and no one is safe from it. At it’s core, this song is about the journey from the darkness back to the light. Contrary to how we usually write songs starting with a musical framework, we started with the simple verse plucks and I was dicking around on the drums and these strings of lyrics kept repeating in my head and we more or less structured the song around how I wanted them presented. The guitar solo flows perfectly into where the second chorus should be and the rhythm section time change felt like a perfect representation of the turmoil and discourse the feeling of loss brings. more