“The Man Who Can’t Be Moved” merupakan lagu yang dipopulerkan oleh band rock asal Irlandia, The Script. Lagu ikonik ini dirilis pada tahun 2008 sebagai bagian dari album Tales from The Script: Greatest Hits.
Seperti judulnya, “The Man Who Can’t Be Moved” bercerita tentang seseorang yang kesulitan untuk move on dari sang mantan kekasih.
Memori bersama cinta lamanya itu terpatri begitu kuat dalam dirinya, terutama momen perjumpaan mereka untuk pertama kalinya.
Dengan harapan agar dapat bertemu kembali dengan sang pujaan hati, ia kembali ke lokasi pertemuan pertama mereka dan menolak untuk pergi dari tempat itu.
Sebab, barangkali saja, ia dapat berjumpa kembali dengan mantannya itu di titik awal yang menandai hubungan mereka.
Lirik “I’m not moving” yang diulang-ulang dalam lagu ini dapat bermakna harfiah maupun kiasan. Di satu sisi, ia tak mau pergi dari tempat pertemuan pertama antara dirinya dan sang mantan.
Di sisi lain, ungkapan itu dapat diartikan bahwa ia tak sanggup untuk bangkit dari kenangan bersama cinta lamanya.
Lirik “The Man Who Can’t Be Moved” - The Script
Going back to the corner where I first saw you
Gonna camp in my sleeping bag I'm not gonna move
Got some words on cardboard, got your picture in my hand
Saying, "If you see this girl can you tell her where I am?"
Some try to hand me money, they don't understand
I'm not broke - I'm just a broken-hearted man
I know it makes no sense but what else can I do?
How can I move on when I'm still in love with you?
'Cause if one day you wake up and find that you're missing me
And your heart starts to wonder where on this earth I could be
Thinking maybe you'll come back here to the place that we'd meet
And you'll see me waiting for you on the corner of the street
So I'm not moving, I'm not moving
Policeman says, "Son, you can't stay here"
I said, "There's someone I'm waiting for if it's a day, a month, a year
Gotta stand my ground even if it rains or snows
If she changes her mind this is the first place she will go"
'Cause if one day you wake up and find that you're missing me
And your heart starts to wonder where on this earth I could be
Thinking maybe you'll come back here to the place that we'd meet
And you'll see me waiting for you on the corner of the street
So I'm not moving, I'm not moving
I'm not moving, I'm not moving
People talk about the guy who's waiting on a girl, oh, oh
There are no holes in his shoes but a big hole in his world, hmm
And maybe I'll get famous as the man who can't be moved
Maybe you won't mean to but you'll see me on the news
And you'll come running to the corner
'Cause you'll know it's just for you
I'm the man who can't be moved
I'm the man who can't be moved
'Cause if one day you wake up, and find that you're missing me
(Find you're missing me)
And your heart starts to wonder where on this Earth I could be
(Oh, where on Earth I could be)
Thinking maybe you'll come back here to the place that we'd meet
(To the place that we'd meet, oh, oh)
And you'll see me waiting for you, on the corner of the street
(On the corner of the street)
'Cause if one day you wake up, and find that you're missing me
(So I'm not moving)
And your heart starts to wonder where on this Earth I could be
(I'm not moving)
Thinking maybe you'll come back here to the place that we'd meet
(I'm not moving)
And you'll see me waiting for you, on the corner of the street
(I'm not moving)
Going back to the corner where I first saw you
Gonna camp in my sleeping bag, I'm not gonna move