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Can’t Catch Me Now

Olivia Rodrigo

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Can’t Catch Me Now Lyrics Translations

[Verse 1]
There's blood on the side of the mountain
There's writing all over the wall
Shadows of us are still dancin'
In every room and every hall
There's snow fallin' over the city
You thought that it would wash away
The bitter taste of my fury
And all of the messes you made
Yeah, you think that you got away

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[Chorus]
But I'm in the trees, I'm in the breeze
My footsteps on the ground
You'll see my face in every place
But you can't catch me now
Through wading grass, the months will pass
You'll feel it all around
I'm here, I'm there, I'm evеrywhere
But you can't catch me now
No, you can't catch mе now

[Verse 2]
Bet you thought I'd never do it
Thought it'd go over my head
I bet you figured I'd pass with the winter
Be somethin' easy to forget
Oh, you think I'm gone 'cause I left

[Chorus]
But I'm in the trees, I'm in the breeze
My footsteps on the ground
You'll see my face in every place
But you can't catch me now
Through wading grass, the months will pass
You'll feel it all around
I'm here, I'm there, I'm everywhere
But you can't catch me now
No, you can't catch me now

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[Post-Chorus]
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[Bridge]
You can't, you can't catch me now
I'm comin' like a storm into your town
You can't, you can't catch me now
I'm higher than the hopes that you brought
down
You can't, you can't catch me now
I'm comin' like a storm into your town
You can't, you can't catch me now
I'm higher than the hopes that you brought
down
You can't, you can't catch me now
I'm comin' like a storm into your town
You can't, you can't catch me now
You can't, you can't, you can't

[Outro]
There's blood on the side of the mountain
It's turning a new shade of red
Yeah, sometimes the fire you founded
Don't burn the way you'd expect
Yeah, you thought that this was the end

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Genius Annotation 1 contributor

This song is a very accurate representation of the

supposed ghost of Lucy Gray Baird haunting
Coriolanus Snow.
Much like the ending of the Ballad of Lucy Gray that
Maude Ivory recited which foreshadowed the
ending of the book, the song’s tone is as much
taunting as it is angry stating that although he was
not able to catch her at the end of the book, her
ghost would never stop haunting him, and even it’s
ending plays on the Hunger Games because of the
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During the tracking week ending November

18, 2023, the song debuted at #56 on the
Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song marks
Rodrigo’s fourteenth appearance on the Hot
100 in 2023.

Who produced “Can't Catch Me Now” by

Olivia Rodrigo?

When did Olivia Rodrigo release “Can't

Catch Me Now”?

Who wrote “Can't Catch Me Now” by Olivia

Rodrigo?

The Hunger Games: The

Ballad of Songbirds &
Snakes (Music from &
Inspired By) (2023)
The Hunger Games

1. Can’t Catch Me Now

10. District 12 Stomp

2. The Hanging Tree

11. Nothing You Can Take
From Me (Boot-Stompin
3. Wool
Version)

4. Nothing You Can Take

12. Cabin Song
From Me

13. Lucy Gray (part 1)

5. The Garden

14. Pure As the Driven Snow

6. The Ballad of Lucy Gray
Baird
15. Winter’s Come and Gone

7. Bury Me Beneath the

Willow 16. Keep On The Sunny Side

8. The Old Therebefore / 17. Lucy Gray (part 2)

Singing at Snakes

9. Burn Me Once

Credits
Produced By Written By
Dan Nigro Olivia Rodrigo & Dan Nigro

Publisher Exclusive License

Daniel Leonard Nigro Music, Geffen Records
Liv Laf Luv, Sony/ATV Allegro
& Sony/ATV Tunes

Phonographic Copyright ℗ Copyright ©

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