The Charm of Avril Lavigne’s Hard-Ass Attitude
“Well, tough luck that boy’s mine now.”
Are you a compulsive people pleaser?
Do you always worry about offending people?
But do you secretly have an aggressive side you wish you could let out?
Then let’s explore this theme in Avril Lavigne’s songs.
I’ve been quite fascinated by Avril Lavigne’s “Skaterboy” and “Girlfriend” lately. For those who don’t know, both songs have to do with a girl nabbing another girl’s boy, and being completely unapologetic about it.
In “Skaterboy,” the main guy was a skater boy who was in love with this girl. She secretly liked him back, but since her friends thought he was too rough and lower-class, she rejected him. Years later, she discovers that the skater boy had become a famous rockstar. What’s more, he has found a new girl.
This new girl loudly sings:
“Sorry girl but you missed out,
Well, tough luck that boy’s mine now.
We are more than just good friends,
This is how the story ends.
Too bad that you couldn’t see,
See the man that boy could be,
There is more than meets the eye,
I see the soul that is inside.”
