“I have tons of regrets, but I think that’s one of the reasons that push people to create things. Out of their angst, their regret comes the best from artists, painters, and writers” (Sylvester Stallone). Regret is a feeling of sorrow or unhappiness, often mixed with (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English). Many of us have been through difficult times and went through experiences that we wish we could re do. Should we stress over the experiences or take it as a learning experience? So the question is, regret: a curse or a learning experience?
Since the theme of our paper is regret, one of the songs we chose is “Just a Dream” by Nelly. “I was at the top and now it's like I'm in the basement,” tells us the tone of the …show more content…
Lyrics can be so powerful that it can bring people together, and can also bring out the good and the bad emotions that are within us. Another song we have chosen is " I Hate Everything About You" by Three Days Grace. We picked this song because we wanted to share the true meaning of it. “I Hate Everything About You” starts off with, "Every time we lie awake/ After every hit we take/ Every feeling that I get/ But I haven't missed you yet/ Every roommate kept awake/ By every sigh and scream we make/ All the feelings that I get/ But I still don't miss you yet." Next, the lyrics state, "Only when I stop to think about it/ I hate everything about you/ Why do I love you?/ I hate everything about you/ Why do I love you?" In the beginning of this song, he talks about how much they fight. This person he is talking about in this song brings out the worst in him, and it seems he is violent and angry. We believe this song was about being in a relationship with someone, but it turned toxic because of betrayal and lies. Next, he claims that he hates everything about this person. He is so angry at this person that he thinks he hates them... but in reality, he is actually in love with her. Not only is this song about regret, but it also shows a lot of irony. I think that this song is very ironic because he means to hate her and wants to hate her so badly. And he keeps telling himself he hates her but when he really thinks about it, he loves this person and cannot get over them. This also goes along with regret because I believe that where there is anger, there has to be some form of regret. Even if you love someone, you can regret meeting them if they have hurt