Different For Girls
Dierks Bentley [feat. Elle King] Lyrics
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She don't text her friends and say, I gotta get laid tonight
She don't say, it's okay, I never loved him anyway
She don't scroll through her phone just looking for a Band-Aid
It's different for girls when their hearts get broke
They can't tape it back together with a whiskey and Coke
They don't take someone home and act like it's nothingThey can't just switch it off every time they feel something
A guy gets drunk with his friends and he might hook up
Fast forward through the pain, pushing back when the tears come on
But it's different for girls
She don't sleep all day and leave the house a wreck
She don't have the luxury to let herself go
She won't call just to cuss from a wall, she can punch
When the going gets tough, yeah, the guys they can just act tough
It's different for girls when their hearts get broke
They can't tape it back together with a whiskey and Coke
They don't take someone home and act like it's nothing
They can't just switch it off every time they feel something
A guy gets drunk with his friends and he might hook up
Fast forward through the pain, pushing back when the tears come on
But it's different for girls
It's different for girls
Nobody said it was fair
When love disappears, they can't pretend it was never there
A guy gets drunk with his friends and he might hook up
Fast forward through the pain, pushing back when the tears come on
When the going gets tough, yeah, the guys they can just act tough
So tough
It's different for girls
It's different for girls
"Different For Girls" is a reflective song sung by Dierks Bentley in which he talks about how gender affects how people deal with heartbreak differently. The lyrics of the song highlight the stark distinction between the way men and women process their emotions after a break-up.
The song starts with the line "She don't throw any t-shirt on and walk to a bar," where the singer points out that women don't go to bars to sleep with someone after a break-up like men. The next line "She don't text her friends and say, I gotta get laid tonight" indicates how men have a more casual approach to sex than women. The song goes on with the lyrics, "She don't say, it's okay, I never loved him anyway. She don't scroll through her phone just looking for a Band-Aid," to convey how women don't just brush off their emotions like men after a break-up.
The chorus emphasizes the difference in the way men and women handle heartbreak. It makes the listener understand that for girls, it's not okay to act like nothing has happened. They don't take someone home, sleep with them, and then pretend like it never happened. They cannot just switch off their feelings. In contrast, men can just forget things quickly and act tough.
Line by Line Meaning
She don't throw any t-shirt on and walk to a bar
She doesn't casually dress up to go out and meet someone
She don't text her friends and say, I gotta get laid tonight
She doesn't treat sex as casual and doesn't seek it out as a solution to heartache
She don't say, it's okay, I never loved him anyway
She doesn't try to convince herself that she never loved him to make it hurt less
She don't scroll through her phone just looking for a Band-Aid
She doesn't try to numb the pain by distracting herself with other men
It's different for girls when their hearts get broke
Girls handle heartbreak differently from boys
They can't tape it back together with a whiskey and Coke
They can't cure their heartbreak with alcohol and drugs
They don't take someone home and act like it's nothing, They can't just switch it off every time they feel something
They can't detach their emotions and treat sex casually whenever they want
A guy gets drunk with his friends and he might hook up, Fast forward through the pain, pushing back when the tears come on
A guy can distract himself with sex and avoid addressing the pain of heartbreak through substance abuse
But it's different for girls
Girls don't have that luxury of blocking out their pain in the same way that boys do
She don't sleep all day and leave the house a wreck
She doesn't let her heartbreak consume her life to the point where it affects her productivity
She don't have the luxury to let herself go
She can't afford to let herself wallow in sadness
She won't call just to cuss from a wall, she can punch
She doesn't resort to impulsive outbursts but rather channels her emotions more productively
When the going gets tough, yeah, the guys they can just act tough
Guys can pretend to be tough to avoid dealing with their emotions
It's different for girls when their hearts get broke
Girls handle heartbreak differently from boys
They can't tape it back together with a whiskey and Coke
They can't cure their heartbreak with alcohol and drugs
They don't take someone home and act like it's nothing, They can't just switch it off every time they feel something
They can't detach their emotions and treat sex casually whenever they want
A guy gets drunk with his friends and he might hook up, Fast forward through the pain, pushing back when the tears come on
A guy can distract himself with sex and avoid addressing the pain of heartbreak through substance abuse
But it's different for girls
Girls don't have that luxury of blocking out their pain in the same way that boys do
It's different for girls
Girls handle heartbreak differently from boys
Nobody said it was fair, When love disappears, they can't pretend it was never there
Love isn't fair and it's hard to accept that love has disappeared
A guy gets drunk with his friends and he might hook up, Fast forward through the pain, pushing back when the tears come on
A guy can distract himself with sex and avoid addressing the pain of heartbreak through substance abuse
When the going gets tough, yeah, the guys they can just act tough, So tough
Guys can pretend to be tough to avoid dealing with their emotions
It's different for girls
Girls handle heartbreak differently from boys
It's different for girls
Girls handle heartbreak differently from boys
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: J T Harding, Shane L McAnally
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@robertbragg9364
This song definitely doesn't get the attention it deserves. I'd like to see Elle blow up, she's great in my opinion.
@xxsatinangelxx
I don't think the song is about guys not feeling anything, I think the songs about guys being better at hiding it and instead of letting themselves feel it, they usually hide it under bad behaviour and alcohol, but it's still there and they're still feeling it just as strong as girls do!
@KraypayJR
Yeah but I'm sure not all of them hide it.
@iwellbreastfed
more like being forced to hide it
@BloodDragonH
+Kra88ypa77yJR and not all girls express it either. But if we are gonna be that picky there is no topic we can do a song on. I'm just saying
@KraypayJR
Humaam eXile There's tons of topics you can do a song on without offending people tf you talking about.
@BloodDragonH
+Kra88ypa77yJR That's not what I meant or said now was it? I said you can't do a song if the reasoning the topic is frowned upon is because not everyone acts like what the topic is portraying. Not everyone does act like one another so there's no one way to unite everyone that's just the fact of the matter. In this case him saying girls show their pain and guys try to surpress it as much as they can may not be accurate for everyone obviously but it's accurate for some people as some might be the opposite of what their genders is representing in this video. Now generalising is not the best thing to do this generalisation might just be what these singers have experienced. Even I mostly have girl friends who take time alone to mourn their loss and I have guys who try to distract themselves with other thing rather than deal with the pain. Majority of my crowd is like this but I do have the friends that is the exact opposite as well.
@GoBirds1995
It's true. When love disappears you can't pretend it was never there.
@jonpark92
Tyler Henk saw your comment as soon as that lyric came up
@audrah7195
Tyler Henk Totally agree! 😜🐻😎🐐🤪🥰👀