ATTRACTION
Fatal Attraction
"7 Things"
I probably shouldn't say this But at times I get so scared When I think about the previous Relationship we've shared It was awesome but we lost it It's not possible for me not to care And now we're standing in the rain But nothing's ever gonna change until you hear, my dear The 7 things I hate about you [Chorus:] The 7 things I hate about you (oh you) You're vain, your games, you're insecure You love me, you like her You make me laugh, you make me cry I don't know which side to buy Your friends they're jerks And when you act like them, just know it hurts I wanna be with the one I know And the 7th thing I hate the most that you do You make me love you |
It's awkward and silent As I wait for you to say But what I need to hear now Is your sincere apology And when you mean it, I'll believe it If you text it, I'll delete it Let's be clear Oh I'm not coming back You're taking 7 steps here [Chorus] And compared to all the great things That would take too long to write I probably should mention The 7 that I like The 7 things I like about you Your hair, your eyes, your old Levi's And when we kiss, I'm hypnotized You make me laugh, you make me cry But I guess that's both I'll have to buy Your hand in mine When we're intertwined everything's alright I want to be With the one I know And the 7th thing I like the most that you do You make me love you You do (oh) |
FATAL ATTRACTION
The song "7 Things" deals with fatal attraction. Cyrus sings about how she hates seven things about her ex-boyfriend, the seventh being that he makes her love him. This demonstrates fatal attraction. She lists six reasons that she does not like him, but then the seventh was a reason she liked him, but it turned to a negative after being together. She also lists things that she likes about him and includes that he makes her love him. "...fatal attractions –defined as a respondent's description of a particular partner's quality as both an initial attractant, and, in a negative interpretation, as a least attractive quality" (Guerreo et al. 87). The fact that she could not help, but love him started becoming his worst quality, whereas it was initially one of the attractive things about him.
Physical Attraction
This song is also about physical attraction. Most of the things that she ever liked about him are physical. The physical connection is what made the relationship happen. It is because of physical attraction that she had the passion to write this song. She lists hair, eyes, and styles the physical qualities to which she was drawn to. She says old Levis are attractive to her. This is not true for other women. This is an example of,"Looks matter, but we are all looking for different things." This was relationship was mostly built on the physical and that alone was not enough to build a relationship on.