Song information
Its protagonist describes a relationship in which she was "held up so high, on such a breakable thread", stating "so much for [the] happy ending" she had in mind.
Its video features Lavigne in a cinema auditorium watching the times when she and her boyfriend were together. The song contains the word shit, which generated a small amount controversy. It was also critisized about a part in the video where she is in bed with "the guy", as she puts it, and it's early in the morning: making viewers think something had happened all night. Also, with the fact that as soon as it went to that part of the video, the first few seconds are Avril rolling from ontop of the guy. As well as the bonus details of his shirt being gone, her being in just a tank-top and pants, the sheets are stripped away from the bed and piled on the floor, and the fact that the boyfriend seems so pleased. This has lead viewers to lash out at her actions, saying that "Don't Tell Me" is a song meaning nothing to her anymore.[citation needed]
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