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title: "Can't Fall"

meaning: "Exist Elsewhere 413 heartbreak: I can't fall in love, broken inside and out, don't wait for me: then please fix me, savior; synced nationally in Pantene."

year: 2013
release: "413"
releaseType: "EP"

artist: "Exist Elsewhere"
artistId: "#existelsewhere"

coWriters: ["Brandon Michael Woodward"]
credits: "Written by Luke Francis Walton and Brandon Michael Woodward (Exist Elsewhere). Mixed and mastered by Frank Rosato."

spotify: "https://open.spotify.com/album/47ORPqoD0omGkbQR2koyW8"
apple: "https://music.apple.com/us/album/413-ep/681835750"
youtube: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OjGDtr83kE"

themes: ["Exist Elsewhere", "413", "heartbreak", "2013", "sync", "Pantene"]

isrc: USHM81320566
isrcSource: spotify
lyrics: |
  I can't fall in love with you
  I can't fall in love with you
  I can't fall in love with you
  I can't fall I can't fall

  Am I suppoed to fall in love with you
  Another girl who wants me to
  Just what do I do
  Oh what do I do?

  I must admit
  I've never known
  A love that didn't shatter
  When the times got tough 

  Oh what do I do?
  Just what do I do?

  To all the lovers in the world
  Please believe me
  To all the lovers in the world
  Don't wait for me

  Cuz I'm broken inside and out
  Inside and out
  And I'm broken inside and out
  Inside and out

  And nobody gonna fix me now

  I can't fall in love with you
  I can't fall in love with you
  I can't fall in love with you
  I can't fall I can't fall

  The first time was typical
  I thought that we were invincible
  Oh what did I do
  Just what did I do?

  The second time
  I knew we were doomed
  I found her round another
  It was over so soon

  Oh she was untrue
  Just what do I do?

  To all the lovers in the world
  Please believe me
  To all the lovers in the world
  Don't wait for me

  Cuz I'm broken inside and out
  Inside and out
  And I'm broken inside and out
  Inside and out

  And nobody gonna fix me now

  (Fix me fix me fix me)
  And nobody gonna fix me now
  Fix me now
  Fix me now
  Oh

  Could you open me up
  Set me free
  My savior
  From tragedy
  Oh
  Could you open me up
  Finally
  My savior
  You could be 
  Oh

  Cuz I'm broken inside and out
  Inside and out
  And I'm broken inside and out
  Inside and out

  And nobody gonna fix me now
  I can't fall in love with you
  I can't fall in love with you
  And nobody gonna fix me now
  I can't fall in love with you
  Just what do I do
  Oh what do I do
  Fix me now

  I can't fall in love with you
  I I I can't fall in love with you
  Just what do I do
  Oh what do I do

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Track two on [*413*](/albums/413/) (**August 2, 2013**), between [*Tokyo*](/songs/tokyo/) and [*Unwhole*](/songs/unwhole/). Straight wounded boy-band heartbreak: Walton and Woodward harmonizing over *I can't fall in love with you*, stacked until it fractures, with the verdict already in (*I've never known a love that didn't shatter when the times got tough*). The satirical brain that later powers [FEiN](/albums/little-homes-fein/) isn't online yet. This is the template, sincerely played.

The better story is what happened next. A song built entirely around refusing to fall in love got synced nationally in a [Pantene campaign with Zooey Deschanel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OjGDtr83kE), a can't-fall-in-love anthem repurposed to sell shampoo. The band's [PR Newswire bio](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/becky-g-shawn-mendes-bea-miller-and-r5-to-perform-at-free-rock-the-red-kettle-concert-at-la-live-in-downtown-los-angeles-on-december-6-benefiting-the-salvation-army-282454791.html) names the placement. It's the first Exist Elsewhere track with a national footprint.

See: [413 EP](/albums/413/) · [Exist Elsewhere on /music/](/music/#existelsewhere) · [Catalog](/catalog/)

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