Instead, here it is relatable and comforting. “Is it enough to love?/ Is it enough to breathe?/ Somebody rip my heart out/ And leave me here to bleed.” The hypocrisy of her begging to be “Anything but Ordinary” while being frustrated with her boyfriend for wanting to do the same is not an “aha gotcha!” moment. A few songs down from “Complicated,” she’s reached a point where she too doesn’t feel like anything is enough- not herself, and not her life. And so you’re stuck and confused: why is he making things difficult for you? If he just “chill out” and was himself, things would be so much better!īut the struggle of being oneself is not something foreign to Avril. And in all his fitting in, there isn’t enough left of the boy that you fell for. In fact, you very much do, but the boy, much like yourself, is trying to fit in. In “Complicated,” you’re not upset because you don’t have the boy. Rather, it delves into all the ways that life feels imperfect. “Sk8er Boi”’s appeal lies in what it leaves you with: the audacity to imagine that you get to win in the end-“Sorry, girl, but you missed out/ Well, tough, luck that boy’s mine now.”īut much of the album is about not winning. So, the lyrics are simple and straightforward, but they don’t need to be anything else. Instead, she’s the one who sees the person for who he is and gets to be with him while the other person is filled with regret. But the most fun part about the song is Avril’s role. This album features one of her most iconic songs, and my favorite, “Sk8er Boi.” The narrative of the song is reminiscent of children’s moral stories, using a classic formula: you shallowly misjudge someone, they become really big and successful, and you regret that you let them go. Lavigne was 17-years-old when she released Let Go, a 13-track album that chronicles the angst of growing up, and in so doing, brought female pop-punk music into the limelight. But if you were a teenager in June 2002, you would get to go through these turbulent years with Avril Lavigne, whose debut, Let Go became one of the biggest pop sensations of the year. You feel more perceived than ever, and everyone seems to have it together but you, so you’re scrambling to figure it all out.
When you’re a teenager, every problem is monumental. Avril Lavigne is the artist you’d blast as you slammed your bedroom door, hoping the music would be loud enough to drown your troubles.
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