Hate (I Really Don't Like You)

Plain White T's

Love, love, love, love, love, love
Woo!

You were everything I wanted
You were everything a girl could be
Then you left me brokenhearted
Now you don't mean a thing to me
All I wanted was your
Love, love, love, love, love, love

Hate is a strong word
But I really, really, really don't like you
Now that it's over
I don't even know what I liked about you
Brought you around
And you just brought me down
Hate is a strong word
But I really, really, really don't like you

I really don't like you

Thought that everything was perfect
Isn't that how it's supposed to be?
Thought you thought that I was worth it
Now I think a little differently
All I wanted was your
Love, love, love, love, love, love

Hate is a strong word
But I really, really, really don't like you
Now that it's over
I don't even know what I liked about you
Brought you around
And you just brought me down
Hate is a strong word
But I really, really, really don't like you

Now that it's over
You can't hurt me
Now that it's over
You can't bring me down

(Oh, oh)

All I wanted was your
Love, love, love, love, love, love

Hate is a strong word
But I really, really, really don't like you
Now that it's over
I don't even know what I liked about you
Brought you around
And you just brought me down
Hate is a strong word
But I really, really, really don't like you

I really don't like you
I really don't like you
I really don't like you


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Hate (I Really Don't Like You) Lyrics as written by Tom Higgenson

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    I like this song. I first heard it in a movie theater and I thought it was good.

    gahlok008on August 01, 2006   Link
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    can't wait for the new cd. this song's awesome and so damn catchy. lyrics are straight forward.

    martinusgirlon August 02, 2006   Link
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    These are possibly the worst lyrics I have ever heard. Using "really" more than once proves that the songwriter has the vocabulary of a 5 year old

    osiris911on August 11, 2006   Link
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    Yea, I completely agree. And I am a Plain White T's fan. I first heard this song in the movie theater as well, and I was like, "Ha, what a crappy ass mainstream band, mainstream rock has going down the shitter for golden bars," and then when I looked up who sung the song I found out it was the PLAIN WHITE TS!!! WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO THEM?!

    SophieEdon August 14, 2006   Link
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    I don't know why everyone is bashing this song. It has a great message and it breaks my heart a little because everyone has felt like this at some point.

    aesthetic_loveon August 27, 2006   Link
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    i liked take me away, i really liked stop...but this new cd is fucking atrocious...possibly the worst disc of the year. its just...SO bad.

    tjwellson September 09, 2006   Link
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    i like this song alot. I agree with martinusgirl.

    rock_goddesson September 13, 2006   Link
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    is about someone he loved... and he doesn't want to say that he hates her cuz he still has feelings for her but I guess she broke his heart:(' and for that he really doesn't like her now that is wht i think cuz when he says now tht its over you can hurt me meaning since its over all the pain she cause him is gone

    thelost1on September 16, 2006   Link
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    i love the douche bags that make this song come true.. ya know? --- not.. do guys not realize that it hurts.. i mean really.

    eff you.

    toxik_lemonon September 20, 2006   Link
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    Hey There Delilah was SOO good but this is just catchy they should go back to more alternative, not rock =/ they killed their image

    NicoleXEatsXBabieson September 25, 2006   Link

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