Shakespeare must be rolling in his grave

As I was driving home from UBC, I heard a song on the radio that annoyed me a little bit. It is a song by Taylor Swift and here are the lyrics:

we were both young when I first saw you
I close my eyes
and the flashback starts
I`m standing there
on a balcony of summer air

see the lights,
see the party the ball gowns
I see you make your way through the crowd
you say hello
little did I know

that you were romeo you were throwing pebbles
and my daddy said stay away from juliet
and I was crying on the staircase
begging you please don’t go, and I said

romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
I’ll be waiting all there`s left to do is run
you’ll be the prince and I’ll be the princess
its a love story baby just say yes

so I sneak out to the garden to see you
we keep quiet because we’re dead if they know
so close your eyes
lets keep this down for a little while
cause you were romeo I was a scarlet letter
and my daddy said stay away from Juliet
but you were everything to me
and I was begging you please don’t go and I said

romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
I’ll be waiting all theres left to do is run
you be the prince and I’ll be the princess
its a love story baby just say yes

Romeo save me, don’t try to tell me how it feels
this love is difficult, but its so real
don’t be afraid we’ll make it out of this mess
its a love story baby just say yes,

Oh, oh

I got tired of waiting
wondering if you were ever coming around
my faith in you was fading
when i met you on the outskirts of town, and I said

Romeo save me I’ve been feeling so alone
I keep waiting for you but you never come
is this in my head, I don’t know what to think
he knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring

marry me Juliet you’ll never have to be alone
i love you and that`s all I really know
i talked to your dad you’ll pick out the white dress
its a love story baby just say yes
oh, oh, yes
we were still young when I first saw you

I admit that with music the song wasn`t that bad, but that`s not the point. If you`re going to base your song off Romeo and Juliet, what`s this about a happy ending? Did you ever read Romeo and Juliet. Do you realize both of them died at the end? The whole point of Romeo and Juliet was the impossibility of their love due to a feud between their families. In this song, Juliet`s father is picking out a dress for her wedding to Romeo. Besides, what kind of father picks out his daughter`s wedding dress? I understand that she probably didn`t write it herself and that this is all done in the name of profitability, but there should be limits. What if I wrote a song about the Great Gatsby where Daisy agreed that she only loved Jay and they lived happily ever after? Or maybe I should write a song about King Lear where he agreed that Cordelia was right and he didn`t banish her from his kingdom? You may be wondering why I am defending English, but perhaps not taking any English courses this year has made me miss it a little. Just a little, not enough to actually take an English class ever again.