Cannot Will Not

TitleCannot Will Not
ArtistZASKA
AlbumIt Takes a Village
Release Date2019-11-16
Description“Cannot Will Not” speaks to the idea of parents’ mortality and the realization that they won’t be in our lives forever. The video is a small token of gratitude to Max Zaska’s mother and all that she’s done for him as he surprises her with a trip to Tayto Park.
Lyrics[Verse 1]
The weeks, the months the years
So hard to put it down
To know that one day
You’ll be gone and not around
And when the skies above
Call you out of this dream
With you, you’ll take a piece of me

[Verse 2]
I’ve never heard the beating
Drum of time so loud
With every tick another tear
Falls to the ground
I understand now you’ll
Return to dust beneath
As peaceful as a fallen leaf
As the nights pass on
End their rule each day
As the sands must blow away
Vagabonding

[Chorus]
Cannot, will not
Dare forget you
Cannot, will not
Dare forget you

[Verse 3]
In your Arcadia its edge I never saw
At peace, ascending trees
Distracted from it all
I blinked and on my lips
The first taste of a sin
Never to enter there again

[Verse 4]
And now letters faintly
Appear upon the wall
Your roots within this world recede
Their hungry crawl
My love for you adheres
To no limit or end
My keeper and my dearest friend
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End their rule each day
As the sands must blow away
Vagabonding

[Chorus]
Cannot, will not
Dare forget you
Cannot, will not
Dare forget you

Cannot, will not
Dare forget you
Cannot, will not
Dare forget you