The Power: Can You Save Me

The other night I watched the TV series “Covert Affairs” for the first time and I heard the theme song and had to find it. I really like this tune and I know some folks won’t understand it and will think I’ve lost my mind, but I have very eclectic tastes – so I don’t think it’s that unusual. If it’s good – then I like it. Well the song is and that is why I was drawn to it.

The beginning of “Can You Save Me” sounds like Enrico Morricone meets Techno Pop meets JPop. Formerly known as Apple Trees and Tangerines, the group recently rebranded as The Power. Their story and identity is a bit clandestine, but what I could discover is that they were originally from Detroit but now make Los Angeles their home. They also were the winners of SESAC’s college battle of the bands in 2010 in Las Vegas.

The Power is also working on a task of writing and recording 52 songs in 52 weeks. What a neat project if you have the time and the money to pursue it. The group is fronted by sister and brother Jax and Seth Anderson.

Jax writes the melodies and the music and Seth takes care of recording the tracks. Besides their big break in winning the battle of the bands contest, the opportunity of the USA TV Network selecting “Can You Save Me” as the theme for a TV show will give this Power duo an even greater audience.

Covert Affairs Opening

Lyrics

When I collapse, will you forget?
When I'm dead and gone, will you regret?
All of the constant, mocking, bitter slang
And pokes when you were so upset
When you grabbed your keys, said you were gone
Helped myself out, passed the gun
And bombed my friends and family I did well
It's just my choices
They were wrong
They were wrong,
They were wrong,
They were wrong,
They were wrong, wrong, wrong,
They were wrong.

[Chorus:]
Can you save me?
From this nothing I've become
It's just something that I've done
Never meant to cause you worry
Don't you blame me
For this nothing I've become
It's just something that I've done
Never meant to show you my mistakes

When "us" collapse, break bonds, when you forget
All the months we spent on loneliness
Long nights, short days with conversation
That's nothing more than arguments
I'd fix this if I could
I'd change this... you know I would
It's been a long time coming
A long time baby
I’d say that you misunderstood

[Chorus:]
Can you save me?
From this nothing I've become
It's just something that I've done
Never meant to cause you worry
Don't you blame me
For this nothing I've become
It's just something that I've done
Never meant to show you my mistakes

[Bridge]
I don't know, I don't know
I don't know where I am heading
All I can tell is that you're gone!
All I know,
All I know; I've become a disappointment
Sorry if I'm always wrong!

All your perspectives stand
I'm not the same creature that I was back then
A slight touch hitting on its mass
I'm never coming back
Never going back there again

[Chorus:]
Can you save me?
From this nothing I've become
It's just something that I've done
Never meant to cause you worry
Don't you blame me
For this nothing I've become
It's just something that I've done
Never meant to show you my mistakes.