science | March 22, 2026

Simple Plan - Perfect Lyrics Meaning

I change the "Dad"s to "Mom"..
My dad died when I was 2, but it's my mom who I can relate this song to. She used to dedicate this song to my little brother, and my ex-step father but honestly.. It's for her.
She's religious; I'm athiest. We can't get along. She manages to make me feel like shit, and make me want to die within 5 minutes. She grabs me by the hair calls me names such as a Bitch, Whore.. Tells me I'm giong to amount to nothing.. Or become a single teen-aged welfare mom no one wants. She never even apoligizes, and she can NEVER NEVER EVER admit she's wrong. Everything I do, It's always wrong. Everytime I do something wrong, it's not because it harms me or is bad for me, It's because It makes her look bad. One day, after I want nothing to do with her, maybe she'll realise all this. I was molested, abused, lied to, walked out on, lefty broken..
I smoke, do drugs,steal, cut, drink a lot, and have tried to kill myself. I've been through hell and back, and she wil never admit that maybe she might have been the cause for one of those jionts, pills, cuts or bottles..

"Nothing's gonna change the things that you said
Nothing's gonna make this right again
Please don't turn your back
I can't believe it's hard
Just to talk to you
But you don't understand

'Cause we lost it all
Nothing lasts forever
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect
Now it's just too late and
We can't go back
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect"

Mom, I'm sorry I can't be perfect.....