Welcome to Music Friday, when we bring you songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or theme. Today, we bend the rules just a bit to congratulate a music-industry power couple, who recently announced their engagement.
On August 8, Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger proposed to Avril Lavigne with a spectacular vintage-style platinum engagement ring, featuring a 10-carat pear-shaped center stone accented on each side with specially cut half-moon-shaped diamonds totaling an additional 4 carats. Jewelry expert Michael O'Connor told Us Weekly that the ring was worth approximately $350,000.
In an article to be published in a September edition of Hello! Canada, Kroeger beams that he feels "like the luckiest person alive because I get to be with my best friend every day!" Lavigne counters that Kroeger makes her laugh "every day." The couple had been dating for six months before announcing their engagement.
Today's music selection is called "Things I'll Never Say" from Lavigne's 2002 debut album, Let Go. The album sold more than 16 million copies and was voted as the fourth-best album of the 2000s by the readers of Rolling Stone. It remains Lavigne's best-selling album to date.
In the video, a teenage, tomboyish Lavigne is yearning to marry the love of her life, but is too nervous to express her true feelings. A key line from the song is "I want to see you go down on one knee. Marry me today." Looks like the more mature, accomplished and confident 27-year-old Lavigne has seen her wishes come true. The lyrics are below if you'd like to sing along...
"Things I'll Never Say"
Written by Lauren Christy, Scott Spock, Graham Edwards and Avril Lavigne. Performed by Avril Lavigne.
I'm tugging at my hair
I'm pulling at my clothes
I'm trying to keep my cool
I know it shows
I'm staring at my feet
My cheeks are turning red
I'm searching for the words inside my head
Cause I'm feeling nervous
Trying to be so perfect
Cause I know you're worth it
You're worth it
Yeah
[Chorus]
If I could say what I want to say
I'd say I want to blow you away
Be with you every night
Am I squeezing you too tight
If I could say what I want to see
I want to see you go down
On one knee
Marry me today
Guess, I'm wishing my life away
With these things I'll never say
It don't do me any good
It's just a waste of time
What use is it to you
What's on my mind
If ain't coming out
We're not going anywhere
So why can't I just tell you that I care
Cause I'm feeling nervous
Trying to be so perfect
Cause I know you're worth it
You're worth it
Yeah
[Chorus]
What's wrong with my tongue
These words keep slipping away
I stutter, I stumble
Like I've got nothing to say
Cause I'm feeling nervous
Trying to be so perfect
Cause I know you're worth it
You're worth it
Yeah
Guess I'm wishing my life away with these things I'll never say
If I could say what I want to say
I'd say I want to blow you away
Be with you every night
Am I squeezing you too tight
If I could say what I want to see
I want to see you go down
On one knee
Marry me today
Guess I'm wishing my life away
With these things I'll never say
These things I'll never say
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