| Avril Lavigne – Give You What You Like Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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*(5th paragraph) she is the only one who is- **(last paragraph) -because she feels hopeless. |
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| Avril Lavigne – Give You What You Like Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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(Need I remind you that this is only my interpretation, everyone is subject to their own opinions) I think that this song is about the persona's broken life with her broken partner. They have both lost themselves in the midst of their lives and thus they have succumbed to alcohol (and minor substance) abuse and to using sex as a coping mechanism. In short, the theme is the desire to feel wanted. "Please wrap your drunken arms around me / And I'll let you call me yours tonight / 'Cause slightly broken's just what I need" "And if you give me what I want / Then I'll give you what you like" "Emotions aren't that hard to borrow / When love's the word you never learned" Her alcoholic partner is emotionally detached, broken, probably from the lack of love he received from his young age. He doesn't know how to love, and while guiding himself in his adulthood alone, he lost himself in the world of alcoholism and sex. So, he's as desperate as the girl to have her body. "'Cause slightly broken's just what I need" "When you turn off the lights / I get stars in my eyes / Is this love? / Maybe someday" She thinks that she herself doesn't know what is love so she needs someone who's just as broken as her to understand. I think that she's confused between love and lust. This can be also from the lack of attention in her life just like her partner, or it can also be because her previous partner was a dick and she was lied to. Either way. "Please wrap your drunken arms around me" "Please tell me I'm your one and only / Or lie and say at least tonight" "Is it love? / Maybe one day" "If you give me what I want / Then I'll give you what you like" She has/just experienced heartbreak (possibly from her inability to love, or because of her previous partner), and she needs some reassurances that she's not alone, even if she's aware that it's just false hope. While the guy is desperate for a release, she's desperate to be reassured, so she's willing to give her body to her partner despite the fact that she knows that the sex is just merely sex without emotions behind it. Nonetheless, she still holds onto the little hope that her partner could still love. "So don't turn on the lights / I'll give you what you like" In the middle of that desperation, she loves the feeling of not being alone during her time with her partner, and that is enough for her to feel like she doesn't want to ever leave the moment only to be met with the harsh reality. "And in a room of empty bottles / If you don't give me what I want / Then you'll get what you deserve" They have both turned to alcohol, most likely because she follows his lead. She says that he should give her what she wants seeing as she the only who is still there with him through it all — even if they don't communicate much and only interact with sex — when he deserves to be alone for how emotionless he is. "I'll give you what you like / I'll give you one last chance to hold me / If you give me one last cigarette / By now it's only in the morning / Now that I gave you what you want / All I want is to forget" They both revel in each other's presence because it's easy and no feelings are involved. This may be because each of them has found comfort while caving into substance abuse (nicotine addiction is also considered as substance abuse). Soon in the morning though, reality catches up with the girl and she begins to wallow in her world of sadness. No matter how many reassurances that she gets, she's still stuck and she wants to forget it all again, which results in the repeating cycle. "I've got this scene in my head / I'm not sure how it ends / Is it love? / Maybe one day" The girl probably has vivid imaginations about living a happy life but she's not sure if she can have the life and the love she craves so she stops imagining because she feels love. She questions whether she will ever feel love but she's not putting much hope on it. This can explain as to why she still sticks around with her partner. I'm pretty sure I'm wrong but I don't know, this is just my opinion and I tend to get dramatic, so.. |
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