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Dec 31st 2013!⃝The Grammy nominated single “Complicated” is about one of Avril Lavigne’s strong beliefs about life- you should be yourself all the time. The song has influenced many teenagers and kids to be true to your selves. Many of us are not true to ourselves because we doubt if the society will accept us. In th This was not written about anyone in particular, according to Lavigne. She says, "It's basically about life, people being fake, and relationships."is song Avril tells the listener to present themselves the way they are but in an acceptable way.
The song starts with her saying “life’s like this”, which means life is the way it is. Then, she says “chill out what you yellin’ for? Lay back it is all been done before. And if you could only let it be, you will see.”
Later in the song, she says she likes him the way he is. She sees the changes and wants him to never change and be himself all the time. “I like you the way you are. And if you are driving in your car and you are talking to me one on one but you’ve become…”
After that, the song continues from the last verse with Lavigne explains something that has happened to many of us. She explains that her friend is two-faced; he behaves differently with her unlike how he behaves with others. “Somebody else ‘round everyone else. You’re watching your back like you can’t relax. You’re tryin’ to be cool but you look like a fool to me”.
In the chorus, as Lavigne sings “I see the way you’re acting like you’re somebody else, gets me frustrated” she explains how much hates the way he appreciates the ‘fake’ him than the real him because everyone else is doing it and everyone thinks it is ‘cool’. Lavigne thinks he makes things complicated by doing this.
