Narrative Song

Gives You Hell by The All-American Rejects

analysis: The song Gives you hell by The All American Rejects is a narrative song becuase he is telling the listeners of a past relationship that didnt end so well, and everytime she see's him he hopes it gives her hell. In the intro the singer is pretty much saying you have a sucky life working at a 9-5 job and implying she would have been better off with him but its too late in a sence. In the first verse he says "were's your picket fence love, and wheres that shiny car." He is mocking her because she had all these plans for life to be wealthy and is rubbing it in her face that he is successfull. Towards the end of the song he says "If you find a man that gives a damn and treats you well, then hes a fool, your just as well hope it gives you hell." He is saying that she is a bad person and if i guy falls for her then he's an idiot because she isnt worth it and he would know because he already went through it with her. The all around messege of this song is that the singer hopes everything that happends to her gives her hell, including singing along with this song.


I wake up every evening, with a big smile on my face
And it never feels out of place
And your still probably working at a 9 to 5 pace
I wonder how bad that tastes

When you see my face
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you walk my way
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell

Now where's your picket fence love
And where's that shiny car,
And did it ever get you far
You've never seem so tense love
I've never seen you fall so hard,
Do you even know where you are

And truth be told I miss you
And truth be told I'm lying

When you see my face
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you walk my way
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
If you find a man that's worth a damn and treats you well
Then he's a fool, you're just as well, hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell

Tomorrow you'll be thinking to yourself
Yeah, Where'd it all go wrong, the list goes on and on

And truth be told I miss you
And truth be told I'm lying

When you see my face
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you walk my way
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
If you find a man that's worth a damn and treats you well
Then he's a fool, you're just as well, hope it gives you hell

Now you'll never see, what you've done to me
You can take back your memories they're no good to me
And here's all your lies,
You can look me in the eyes
With that sad sad look that you wear so well

When you see my face
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you walk my way
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
If you find a man that's worth a damn and treats you well
Then he's a fool, you're just as well, hope it gives you hell

When you see my face
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you walk my way
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you hear this song and sing along, oh you'll never tell
Then you're the fool, I'm just as well
Hope it gives you hell
When you hear this song I hope that it will give you hell
And when you sing along I hope that it puts you through hell