Can You Forgive Her?

About Can You Forgive Her?

"Can You Forgive Her?" is a song by Pet Shop Boys, recorded for their 1993 album Very. It remains one of the more dramatic songs recorded by the duo—reminiscent of early hits like "It's a Sin". The lyrics describe in the second person a young man's humiliation when his girlfriend accuses him of still being in love with a childhood friend; the woman is "not prepared to share you with a memory", and is "going to go and get herself a real man instead". The title of the song derives from the Anthony Trollope novel of the same name. "Can You Forgive Her?" was released as Very's lead single, almost four months before the LP itself, and became the duo's 13th top-ten single in the United Kingdom, debuting and peaking at number seven. Although it peaked outside the US Billboard Hot 100, it became a number-one single on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. The song became a top-ten hit in Denmark, Finland, Italy and Sweden. The second B-side, "What Keeps Mankind Alive?", appears on the 2001 re-release of Introspective, having originally being recorded for a BBC Radio programme in 1988 narrated by Sting celebrating the 60th anniversary of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's acclaimed musical, The Threepenny Opera. more »

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2003

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Another night with open eyes
Too late to sleep, too soon to rise
You're short of breath, is it a heart attack?
Hot and feverish you face the fact

You're in love, and it feels like shame
Because she's gone and made a fool of you in public again
You're in love, and it feels like pain
Because you know there's too much truth in everything she claims

So ask yourself now, can you forgive her
If she wants you to?
Ask yourself, can you even deliver
What she demands of you?

You drift into the strangest dreams
Of youthful follies and changing teams
Admit you're wrong, oh, no, not yet
Then you wake up and remember that you can't forget

She's made you some kind of laughing stock
Because you dance to disco, and you don't like rock
She'd make fun of you, and even in bed
Said she was gonna go and get herself a real man instead

So ask yourself now, can you forgive her
If she begs you to?
Ask yourself, can you even deliver
What she demands of you?

Or do you want revenge?
But that's childish, so childish!
(That's childish, so childish!)

Remember when you were more easily led
Behind the cricket pavilion and the bicycle shed
Trembling as your dreams came true
You looked right into those blue eyes and knew

It was love, and now you can't pretend
You've forgotten all the promises of that first friend
It's bad enough, she knows how you feel
But she's not prepared to share you with the memory

So ask yourself now, can you forgive her
If she begs you to?
Ask yourself, can you even deliver
What she demands of you?
Ask yourself now, can you forgive her
If she begs you to?
And ask yourself, can you even deliver
What she demands of you?

Or do you want revenge?
But that's childish, so childish!

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Pet Shop Boys

Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasional guitar, and Chris Lowe on keyboards. more »

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