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Really Don't Care - Lyric Analysis
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
Lyric Analysis - Really Don't Care
I believe that the lyrics within this song hold a sharp and fierce meaning of girl power. It is clear from hearing the lyrics that Demi ‘really don’t care’ anymore as that is the title of the song and also that tagline is repeated many times throughout the whole song. From the lyrics I understand that Demi is talking about someone that she used to love but has messed her around in the past and now she is feeling stupid for letting that person do that to her.
We can tell this from the lyrics from where it says ‘You started messing with my head until I hit a wall’ and then further on ‘maybe I should've known, That you would walk, you would walk out the door’. Demi is now clearly feeling stupid for being caught in this love trap.
Although the lyrics are talking about heartbreak the actual pace and beat of the song is very fast paced and lighthearted. This is because demi is showing that she is not going to be sad about the situation instead she is going to be the bigger person and not the let person who hurt her bother her anymore. Therefore she is saying that she ‘really don’t care’ showing us that she is over the situation and hasn’t let this affect her.
An example of when this action also reflects within the lyrics is when she says ‘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’
This song reflects girl power when the featured singer Cher Lloyd sings a verse where her lyrics says ‘Hey Demi, you picked the wrong lover, Should've picked that one, he's cuter than the other’ here it shows Cher sticking up for her friend Demi and therefore she is talking down about the man who has hurt her as that is a stereotypical action that a girl would do in this situation.