Bo Burnham - Can't Handle This Lyrics

also like this compared with kanye's rant TT his was supposed to be deep but ended up kind of a cultural punchline and then this was supposed to be funny and ended up making you think (#deep)

I always had the feeling that after he says "I hope you're happy" his face said "because I'm not" if that makes any sense. Along with the line before hand of "as he attempts to give you what he cannot give him self"

it's so interesting because the phrase "i hope you're happy" is pretty much always used negatively, an implied "because someone should be" at the end
but he says it so genuinely. like we all know what the phrase means. and we all know it applies. but it also just seems like hes saying "i truly hope i did give you happiness" at the same time
masterful tbh

All jokes aside this track is nuts

Next Level!

What hurts is that the audience doesn't even know they're hurting him by laughing when he wants them to... But granted... That's where the money comes from, and just... Damn... Bo, please be happy?

Does anyone else just feel the song hit you in your core for bo when he says “attempts to give you what he cannot give himself”

Wow. Just wow. Profound and real. Few things in the world is this real. I applaud you, Bo. Go get better.

good news! pringles made the width of the cans wider!

It's joyous to see someone so young and so talented. He made comedy of doubt and depression.

I wish I had understood back then that this really was it. I enjoyed all of your specials.
I never got the pleasure to see you live and I regret it completely. I hope you achieve what you’ve set out to do and wish you success.

Wasn't a fan.
This is epic.
Guess I am now a fan.
Bo won me over.

Jesus look at the way he commands the audience evoking actual emotional reactions just by being honest and funny all at the same time he put more vulnerability and honesty into a comedy special then most directors or writers do in full length movies

I really love how did the lighting in it

I....I...I...I was eating pringles when I found this....

Other comedians are relatable on a physical level
But this is relatable on a spiritual level

This is nice
I like this

Pwingles

4:05 fucking dead 😂😂
“if you got no more chicken I’ll take pork but I’ll blow my dad before I eat a burrito with a fork”

i think about that EVERY time i go to chipotle

I hope you are happy or found some happiness Bo, thanks for bringing laughter to others that are sad.

Has Kanye seen this video?

Who could possibly dislike this video

My biggest problem is you. I want to please you, but I want to start true to myself. My biggest problem is you.I want to give you the night out you deserve, but I want to say what I think, and not care what you think about it. A part of me loves you. A part of me hates you. A part of me needs you. A part of me fears you.
I don't think I can handle this right now!

You're move Kanye

Man, nobody ever did it like Bo <3

It hurts that one of the most talented and skilled performers of our generation is so broken by his own success. This is such a powerful song and I have nothing but respect for this man.

the end just hits me hard tbh lol like dand thats felt

How about you, Bo? Are you okay?

4:57 literally made me spit my cpffee all over my laptop lmfao

I need to watch the entire show, but only for this song he already earned that drop mic in the end.

So many people need to hear this.

I never thought I’d cry for a comedian or a song about Pringles.

I want my 7 minutes of life back. This was terrible.

I discovered this just 4days ago unfortunately but I’ve watched it more than 20 times already. The burrito part has to be my favorite part tho.

Wow, that was brilliant 👍🇦🇺❤️

This one gets me every damned time. He's a genius.

Why the fuck is this not on Spotify it’s so good and so sad at the same time

Never in my life have I cried at the end of a comedy show. Until I saw Bo

This will age like fine wine.

Writing this on a friend's account. I'm drunk. Don't know how this will be grammatically correct. Bo Burnham is the only only person I consider a true artist. He is a genius. He is helping me thru though times. I love him.

It takes a great comedian to make you cry

I know some people will ironically think this is a joke but ive wept to this

Someone told him at a young age he couldn’t climb on coffee tables.

Uhhh… He seems quite mentally unwell :S

I love Bo. My wife is leaving me. I constantly listen to him to help me not do something stupid.

Everyone is in search of perfection. let me tell you, it doesn't exist, life is supposed to have high and low moments you can't have one all the time, and if you think that you do, then your life is a lie or a facade. Be you, do you, and live like you. Life won't be the best thing, but enjoy the good moments when they come. They asked elderly people on the deathbed, "what do you regret about your life?" Most answered, "Nothing, I just wish I could've done more!" so just be you and I seem like a Wise-know-it-all, but I'm not, I'm just like you. 17 and trying to figure out life.

Can anyone who's a music nerd as well tell what the key/chords of the song are?

I think this is right
Key: d major
Chords (piano): D, f#, Bm, g/b

Not 100% shure if it's correct

WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH
YOU'RE DOING SO GOOD
i'm so proud.

So moving because it’s the truth about the harsh reality of being alive

The way he mocks Kanye is awesome. Bo is a genius. His burrito is too full.

Imagine eating a clock... That'd be time consuming.

Fuck my happiness. I hope he's happy. Do you, dude.

I feel like he needs a hug

This isn't a comedy show, this is a concert.

I knew Shakira was copying him in her superball performance!! 4:57

This part always gives a panic attack yet I always come back

6:47
OMG THE LIGHTS. CHILLS MAN. CHILLS

This song makes me cry everytime.

c tro bi1

This hit me in the feels. Bo helped me so much while I was moving for the first time, he helped me through so much. He helped me get my new friends, my girlfriend, i can really say that he’s my role model. I really need to thank him for everything he helped me through and he deserves to be happy.

I hope YOU'RE happy.

Those yells during the ending where he stops to let out his pain... it’s chilling

Those yells during the ending where he stops to let out his pain... it’s chilling

4:58 We have proof that Bo did it first. Not Shakira!

when you forget this is about food

art isn’t dead

Jesus this just made me cry. I dont even know why.

4:59 shakira at the superbowl half time show

In case anyone needs the metaphor references:
The pringles represent his happiness. It's tough for him to get happiness, if he tries to force the pringles out, it just makes a mess. So he looks to his daughter to help him find his happiness, since she can easily get the pringles.
Moving on to the Chipotle, the burrito represents his career. No one told him taking on so much responsibility would be so tough. (Lettuce, Cheese, etc...) But his whole purpose is to give everything he has to make others happy, so that's why he doesn't use a fork (someone to manage his career) because that defeats the whole purpose of what he's all about.

stop over reading shit friend.. he was just fuckin around with that bit

6:52 the way he screams aft her say I can't handle this right now, is haunting.

This guy is fucking rock star...

The real song starts at 4:44

Still so glad i got to see this at a small college show in green bay

Great comedian and entertainer, hope he realizes that his perceived suffering is self-created and solely self-inflicted, and so to is his perceived lack of happiness.

His stuff makes me laugh at the start and end with crying.

this man does more for people than I think he knows, always ecstatic when I watch this video to see the work and soul he puts into all his work. He's a gem

Wow! So Bo was serious. He couldn't handle that and now he won't make another stand-up special.

i hate that he would have panic attacks on stage it hurts my heart because hes so awesome

dumb as fuck

Wow you managed to summarise my opinions of your comment with your comment! That’s insane! Bravo to you.

AshMakesVideos You were supposed to say Bruh

Can we talk about this auto tune technique for a second?

I know for many autotune is kind of a joke, making bad singers better singers, and artist beforming live with autotune etc. That being said, autotune can be a powerful "instrument", if you use it the correct way, and if we take the comedy out of this song and look at Bo's technique it's really amazing. It may look easy, but what he does if pretty talented, if you ask me.

When the light dims I feel like I'm in a cold windy tunnel. It's trippy

He is like the American bill bryson

I wish I could give Bo a big hug. Partly because I love his work, partly because it sounds like he could really use one.

"I can sit here and pretend like my biggest problems are Pringle cans and burritos... part of me fears you. I don't think that I can handle this right now... steadily declining mental health..." And he says all that after telling two stories about something that doesn't fit... as if saying that his job doesn't fit him.

It sounds like a confession from Bo to give context for his quitting shortly thereafter. It sounds like a goodbye.

That lighting made him look gorgeous.
Ohh he already is.

When he starts to *REPEAT STUFF* every one felt that

how can he so fucking good? god damn it. it puts tears into my eyes

If I saw this live I'd be crying my ass off

You always get the cheese, regardless of if it fits.

At the start of his career he always complained about the lights, now.....he got the best lights ever😊

The medium of this, free form contrived free style....fml he is so brilliant.

David Foster Wallace once said that the job of good fiction is to disturb the comfortable and to comfort the disturbed. I think he would have liked this song if he was still with us.

I want this to be the video at my funeral

Please come back bo .. u make us happy :)

he saved my life. Alexa I love you

Actual masterpiece

clearly not the point, but lettuce doesn't belong on a burrito, and if you leave the aluminum wrap on and just open one end and peel it away as you eat it's a lot neater.

Why is the most hilarious shit built on the back of crippling pain

A true artist in our time of cardboard cutouts.

Where is that place? Is it live at paramount?

Bo Burnham having a mental breakdown for 7 minutes straight