"Get Him Back!" actually features a double meaning because Olivia Rodrigo wants her ex to be in love with her again, but she also wants to get him back for all the hurt he's caused her. The track's chorus sees her juggling these competing emotions as the former Disney star sings about how she wants to make him jealous and get under his skin but then follows it up with how much she misses him. The end of the chorus summarizes these contradictory feelings: "Oh, I want sweet revenge, and I want him again."
Throughout the track, Rodrigo describes how her ex wronged her. While they were dating, he used to flirt with her friends and may have even cheated on her. Despite everything, he doesn't believe he's in the wrong. Instead of confronting these issues head-on, he jets her off on fancy vacations and tells her she's being unreasonable. Still, Rodrigo finds herself missing the good parts of the relationship, as she sings: "'Cause I miss the way he kisses and the way he made me laugh."
Sometimes, her feelings of longing win over and she starts writing him a text to get back together, but then the singer-songwriter considers how disappointed her friends would be and stops herself. Thus, Rodrigo wishes she could make her ex better, noting, "But I am my father's daughter, so maybe I can fix him" to cheekily reference how she wants to fix him, just like her father, a family therapist, would.
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