HAMLET PROJECT
McKenna Misko
"I Don't Love You" by My Chemical Romance
Well, when you go
Don't ever think I'll make you try to stay
And maybe when you get back
I'll be off to find another way
And after all this time that you still owe
You're still a good-for-nothing I don't know
So take your gloves and get out
Better get out
While you can
When you go
Would you even turn to say
"I don't love you
Like I did
Yesterday"
Sometimes I cry so hard from pleading
So sick and tired of all the needless beating
But baby when they knock you
Down and out
Is where you oughta stay
And after all the blood that you still owe
Another dollar's just another blow
So fix your eyes and get up
Better get up
While you can
Whoa, whoa
When you go
Would you even turn to say
"I don't love you
Like I did
Yesterday"
Well come on, come on
When you go
Would you have the guts to say
"I don't love you
Like I loved you
Yesterday"
I don't love you
Like I loved you
Yesterday
I don't love you
Like I loved you
Yesterday
This is the ideal song that represents Hamlet's newly found feelings for Ophelia. Hamlet does not love her anymore, and his insanity has driven him to believe that he has never loved her. Hamlet states, "You should not have believed me, for virtue cannot so, (inoculate) our old stock but we shall relish of it. I loved you not" (Act 3 scene i 127-129). Hamet is telling Ophelia that he never loved her, and the lyrics, "I don't love you" featured in the song have the same meaning and are sending out the same message.