The Rolling Stones - when you’re gone

노래는 이별의 아픔을 잊고 싶어하는 마음을 표현하고, 상대방과의 기억을 정리하면서 새로운 시작을 희망하는 내용을 담고 있다
과거의 편지나 물건들을 버리고 긍정적인 에너지를 추구하며 부정적인 감정을 없애고 싶어한다
결국, 화자는 상대방에 대한 생각을 차단하고 싶어 한다

I don't want to think about you when you're gone
I don't want to hear your voice talk on the phone
All those notes and all those cards
I'm going to throw 'em in the yard
I'm going to put them in the trash where they belong
I just want a clean slate, I think I will redecorate
Slap some fresh new colors on the walls
I'll throw away your letters and rip up all your sweaters
You can't haunt me, you can't taunt me when you're gone, ah yeah
Accentuate the positive, that's what the people say
Talk it up, don't let it get you down
But there's so many negatives that pass along the way
Throw them in the river, let 'em drown
Bury them in the ground, yeah
I don't want to read about you when you're gone
I don't want to hear about the things you've done
I put a filter in my brain, I want to cut out all that pain
I don't want to hear about you when you're gone