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Really Don't Care
(Demi Lovato feat. Cher Lloyd)
You wanna play, you wanna stay, you wanna have it all
You started messing with my head until I hit a wall
Maybe I should've known, maybe I should've known
That you would walk, you would walk out the door, hey!
Said we were done, then met someone and rubbed it in my face
Cut to the part, she broke your heart, and then she ran away
I guess you should've known, I guess you should've known
That I would talk, I would talk
But even if the stars and moon collide
I never want you back into my life
You can take your words and all your lies
Oh oh oh I really don't care
Even if the stars and moon collide
I never want you back into my life
You can take your words and all your lies
Oh oh oh I really don't care
Oh oh oh I really don't care
I can't believe I ever stayed up writing songs about you
You don't deserve to know the way I used to think about you
Oh no not anymore, oh no not anymore
You had your shot, had your shot, but you let go
Now if we meet out on the street I won't be running scared
I'll walk right up to you and put one finger in the air
And make you understand, and make you understand
You had your chance, had your chance
But even if the stars and moon collide
I never want you back into my life
You can take your words and all your lies
Oh oh oh I really don't care
Even if the stars and moon collide
I never want you back into my life
You can take your words and all your lies
Oh oh oh I really don't care
Oh oh oh I really don't care
[Cher Lloyd]
Yeah, listen up
Hey, hey, never look back,
Dumb struck boy, ego intact
Look boy, why you so mad
Second guessin', but should've hit that
Hey Demi, you picked the wrong lover
Should've picked that one, he's cuter than the other
I just wanna laugh, cause you're tryna be a hipster
Kick him to the curb, take a Polaroid picture
But even if the stars and moon collide
I never want you back into my life
You can take your words and all your lies
Oh oh oh I really don't care
Even if the stars and moon collide
I never want you back into my life
You can take your words and all your lies
Oh oh oh I really don't care
Oh oh oh I really don't care
In the first verse, she talks about the boy playing games and that she should have realized that he was going to break her heart.
Lyric Analysis
Really Don’t Care is an upbeat dance-pop song by Demi Lovato. In the song, she sings about a boy that broke up with her and the relationship did not end on good terms. Demi expresses her disliking of the boy throughout the whole song but through lyrics of empowerment and self-confidence. She wants him to know that she is 100% over him and never wants to see him again. The overall emotion of the song is anger at her ex-boyfriend but happiness that she is now living her life without him.
In the chorus, Demi expresses her hate by using lyrics: “but even if the stars and moon collide, I never want you back into my life”, suggesting that even if there was an explosion and the world was ending she still would not want to be with him.
In the second verse, she explains that he met someone else and tried to show his new girl off but it ends up backfiring because she breaks up with him - “said we were done, then met someone and rubbed it in my face, cut to the part, she broke your heart, and then she ran away”.
In the fourth verse of the song, Demi explains that she is not afraid of seeing her ex-boyfriend anymore and he should be regretting that he ever lost her.
In the third verse of the song, Demi states how angry she is that she ever loved him and she realises that he does not deserve her or her love.
In Cher Lloyd's rap verse, she backs up Demi, show her friendship towards her and states how stupid the guy that Demi was with is for breaking up with her by insulting him.