Analysis Of Florida Georgia Line's Song Like You Ain T Even Gone

Jerry Rubin, an American social activist, said declared? “Most men act so tough and strong on the outside because on the inside, we are scared, weak, and fragile. Men, not women, are the weaker sex.” This accurately describes what men are actually like and not what they are portrayed to be. This quote ties directly into the song “Like You Ain’t Even Gone” written by Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley of Florida Georgia Line. Thise song is about a man refusing to accept the fact that he has lost his significant other. While the traditional roles for men are thought to be mainly characteristics of toughness and stability, Florida Georgia Line’s song, “Like You Ain’t Even Gone”, shows that men have caring qualities with a character who imagines himself

still with his significant other because he misses her and regrets losing her. shows that men have gentle characteristics such as caring, which FGL depicts by a single man that is unable to process that his significant other is no longer his; this later transfers into feelings of sorrow and regret (idk just an idea:))
Although males are not supposed to be not as open emotionally, in this song, the singer expresses his true feelingshow he feels.

Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelly write, “You had diamonds in your eyes when you were smiling, Even pretty when you're crying, If I said I wasn't missing you I'd be lying”(Florida Georgia Line). At this point in the song, the singer is confessing his feelings. He is trying to get across the point that he cares about her and is opening up as if he were talking to the girl that he has lost saying that he can not lie about missing her. He is going against the typical stereotype of men and is showing his true colors; the caring and passionate emotions that all men have. In fact, he’s so in touch with his emotional side that he is still imagining himself with the girl that he lost because he misses her and regrets losing her. The writers confirm this by saying, “I watched you drive away, and girl I should have chased down...”(Florida Georgia Line). He regrets not chasing her down. He is now realizing just how much she means to him and how much he cares about her. He knows that it is too late, but still refuses to let even the thought of her go. Normally, men keep their emotions bottled up because they consider sharing their emotions as a weakness, but in this case, he couldn’t care less does not care about the stereotypes. at the moment of the song. He only cares about the girl that he has

lost.
Most men, after getting out of a relationship, will go out and enjoy the single life and forget about their (now past) significant other.

But not in this case. The singer says, “Cause the truth is, girl the truth is, I still go riding around town With the windows down and your feet upon my dash…”(Florida Georgia Line). He does not accept the fact that she is no longer with him. The singer is disproving the typical stereotype because he is not going out and enjoying the single life, but is letting all of his feelings and emotions out in a last effort to show her how he feels. Throughout the song, he claims that he still imagines himself with her and that everything still feels the same because he refuses to accept the fact that she is gone. “Iit still feels so right, Like you ain't even gone”(Florida Georgia Line). In every breakup the two people usually end up missing one another because they are no longer in each others lives but end up eventually moving on. In this instance, the singers portray that the man as missing her cannot move on.and not moving on. He cares about this girl and is expressing his feelings but it’s too late. She is

gone.
The song, “Like You Ain’t Even Gone”, contradicts the typical stereotype that all men are tough and not caring. This song, as well as many others, prove that these stereotypes are not true. Jerry Rubin even says so. Men care a great deal about their significant other, but they just do not show it very often, and that is where the stereotype comes from. This stereotype should no longer be used because it just is not correct anymore, or even at all. Men care a great deal. “Men are the weaker sex.”(Rubin, Jerry).