activity 2

t h i n k

I try not to about

the P A I NIfeel inside

Did you know you used to be MY?

All the days you spent with me Now seem so

far Away

And it feels like you don't… care anymore

And now I try hard to make it

I just want to make you PROUD

I'm never gonna be GOODenough for you

I can't stand another fight

And nothing's alright
‘Cuz we lost it all

Nothing lasts

f o r e v e r. . . . . . . .

I'm sorry
I can't be PERFECT

Now it's just too late and We can't go bACK

I'm sorry

I can't be PERFECT

I chose some of the lyrics by Simple Plan’s “Perfect”. This particular song starts out with a young man asking his father if he grew up the way his father had planned. Now that the son is older, he wants to know if his father disapproves of the choices he is making in life. The lyrics of this song are full of pain, loss and remorse. The tone of the song is very somber and full of sadness. I believe this man really wants the approval of his father for the choices that he has made in life but his father disapproves. His father wanted him to be this ideal person and be better than everyone else, but the young man chose a different path. He is feeling abandoned and is trying to apologize for whatever he had done that pushed his father away. He is also letting his father know that what happened between them, and the words that were exchanged, could never be taken back. I feel that he is trying to apologize to his father, but is also telling him goodbye, because he feels that it is impossible to be “Perfect”. I personally feel this song is about being able to communicate our emotions and feelings to those whom we have had strong bonds. I also feel that every human being has their faults so how could anyone be perfect? This song affects me personally because it represents everything I have been trying to communicate to my family for the past six years. I tried communicating to them, but in the end, it just was not good enough. This song affects me emotionally as well because when I read or hear the lyrics feelings of emotions overwhelm me.

Simple Plan's song, Perfect, contains a lot of emotional words and phrases that were quite easy to place emphasis on. I made the letter I stand out throughout the entire song to show ownership in a way. It’s bold, and dark, because when I sing this song it’s not what anyone else feels, just what I feel at that moment. When I hear the words it becomes my song. I’m the one who is sorry and hurt.

I placed a larger advert font on the only positive emotions in the song such as proud and perfect because they are the artist’s dreams. He isn't mad while saying this, he is hopeful. He is telling is dad through all the heartache, as if he was looking right into his eyes with a small smile, and saying I know I’m not perfect but I want you to be proud of me anyway.

On the word pain I made it red and black in a rough draft font to try and give a feeling of anger and emptiness. I put a slash going through it as if a person themselves was being hurt, pulled apart in two by what was going on around them. I wanted the same sort of emotion felt with the word hard. It’s in bold and strong; it shows you that it’s more than hard to make it, it’s almost impossible to get past. The words are also pushed together to help visualize anger in the man’s face and hear frustration in his tone.

Finally, I think the last, and possibly most important change, was with the words I’m sorry. I put them in cursive, and in almost a loving text. It shows that through everything this young man and his father have gone through, there is hope. Through all the pain, anger, and resentment, he still signs his work of art, his letter with a beautiful I’m sorry. There is no pain behind those words, just maturity, wisdom, and maybe a little love.