Throw Yourself Away Lyrics

Lyric discussion by green1 

Cover art for Throw Yourself Away lyrics by Nickelback

i read somewhere that this song's about a girl in canada a few years ago that got pregnant and didn't want the baby, she was only a teenager and all through the pregnancy she hid her belly and she had the baby at her prom. she had it in the toilet and left it in the water to drown and then she threw it in the garbage like a candy rapper and didn't care, they found the baby and worked out that it was hers but she denied it and said it wasn't hers bu they did blood tests and it was hers and she went to jail for it. stupid bitch!! i thought this story was disturbing when i first read it.

Very close, but not quite. I actually remember this happening. The song is about Melissa Drexler, a high school senior from Lacey Township, NJ that had a child in the bathroom of her prom in 1997... If you dont belive me look it up just type in the words "prom mom" in a search... She was sentenced to 15 yrs in prison