I Can’t Touch the Sun
I Can’t Touch the Sun - meaning Summary
Limits of Love and Help
The speaker addresses a partner with gentle finality, admitting they cannot perform miraculous or impossible favors—reach the sun, turn back time, read minds, or fulfill another’s dreams. Using large, unattainable images, the poem frames honesty about personal limits as the reason for parting. It balances past affection with clear boundaries, asking the beloved to say goodbye and remember that some needs cannot be met by a single person.
Read Complete AnalysesNo I can't touch the clouds for you I've never reached the sun for you I've never done the things that you need done for you I've stretched as high as I can reach I guess I'm not the one for you Cause I can't touch the clouds or reach the sun for you No I can't reach the clouds or touch the sun No I can't turn back time for you and make you sweet sixteen again I can't turn your barren fields to green again And I can't sit around and talk of how might have been again No I can't turn back time and make you young again I can't turn back time and make you young I can't look inside your mind and see the things you're hopin' for I can't help you chase the dream you're gropin' for I know your heart is open wide but I don't know who it's open for Cause I can't know your mind or chase your dreams for you Mhm I can't chase your dreams or know your mind So say goodbye and don't look back I've had some happy days with you I'm sorry but I can't be the one who stays with you And if they ask about me you can say I was the one with you Who never touched the clouds or reached the sun with you I can't touch the clouds or reach the sun for you I can't touch the clouds or reach the sun
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