Grenade By Bruno Mars Summary

The first stanza begins with a strong statement: "Abortions will not let you forget." It shows the sorrow

Your first thought is the love between the couple is toxic and lethal yet, he cannot resist his partner. But, really it is a reference to Cocaine. Cocaine is given a female voice. He uses personification by bringing the drug to life, where it can communicate with him and become part of his life. He knows that this “girl” meaning, Cocaine is going to be the death of him. While in use of Cocaine he gets numb. “But at least we’ll both be beautiful and stay forever young/ This I know, (yeah) this I know” (3-4). You say again, that he is singing about how the love is so very satisfying. But he is actually meaning that his desire for this young and beautiful woman makes him feel good. He feels as if he is invincible when he has her. Even though he seems to be aware of the consequences that come with feeling young and beautiful; with the use of Cocaine. “She told me, ‘Don’t worry about it.’/ She told me, ‘Don’t worry no more.’/ We both knew we can’t go without it/ She told me you’ll

Faiyaz uses symbolism to make the listeners think and wonder about what the song is trying to say. He wrote “I’ve got scars, from a life before you.” Faiyaz is saying that the girl has gained some issues from her past. Readers can learn that a simple sentence can mean so much. It can mean that the girl has physical scars, or mental/internal scars. Faiyaz also uses repetition. He says “you’re too young, you’re too young.” He repeats this to show a lesson. The lesson is that the speaker can try to understand the girl and her past, but the fact that he is too young, makes it difficult for him to understand her. The lesson is that no matter how much someone wants to just agree and tell a person what they want to hear, they will eventually realize they have no idea what they’re signing up

Especially when he hears latest part, “There is so much sadness in the faces of my people. I have called on their gods, now I call on our gods. I call on our young. I call on our old. I call on our mighty and the weak. I call on everyone and anyone so that we shall all let out one piercing cry that we may either live freely or we should die.”(Danticat 150) The guy wiped his tear after he hears it and heading outside. When the little guy asks his mother what is wrong with his father, Lili answers “His heart hurts,”(155) Because of the guy feels pity on himself, he considers his own life as if it is meant for nothing. He does not want to continue with his boring life but, he desires some excitement or magnificent changes to get involved in his life. To put this simply, he wants to live freely, the guy has too much burdens on his shoulders, such as he is the one who need to sacrifice his life to maintain the ordinary life of the family. “It was now easier for him to imagine their son’s lips around those breasts than to imagine his anywhere near them.”(90) This phrase implies that the Guy does not feel Lili as a woman but more like little guy’s mother. It also foreshadows that there is not much things that would hold the Guy to stay in the ordinary life.

This theme is brought through the song by showing multiple literary devices. Such as “I'm the one at sail, I’m the master of my sea”. This metaphor shows the realization and empowerment that oneself can give in a depressing situation. This simile “Falling like ashes to the ground, Hoping my feelings they would drown” compares his feeling of sadness and depression to ashes, and wanting them to drown and vanish, from his life. This line, “All the hate that you’ve heard has turned your spirit to a dove” explains how all of the hate that he has experienced and gone through has turned his feelings around, and decided to look on the bright side of things. Personally I think this is a great

“Halo” is a song about a woman who had been hurt by a past relationship and built walls around herself so she would never experience heartbreak again. (“Remember those walls I built? Well, baby they're tumbling down”) But then she meets a guy who she calls her angel or “saving grace” and she falls in love with him even though she promised herself she wouldn’t. ("i swore I'd never fall again. But this don't even feel like falling.") This guy makes her feel loved and she always prays that he

In the second stanza of the song, Sainte-Marie writes how soldier can come from many different religious backgrounds and though it may be against his religion to kill, a soldier “knows he always will” (Universal). In a soldier’s mindset it is kill or be killed, while Sainte-Marie argues that a soldier chooses to be a killer, going against his religion. Protesters during the Vietnam War argued that one of the atrocities of war was death. Americans could not see the reasoning of sending young males to war with a high chance of getting injured or dying when they had their whole life ahead of them (Vietnam). The third stanza of the song infers that no matter what country a soldier is fighting for, they are all fighting for the same result, peace. Within these two stanzas,

The last line of stanza is sung as “So watch my back and keep the blade i think it got you laid.” This means instead of their family hurting them they should watch their back and by doing so it will be good overall which means the laid part.

that love doesn’t last forever and how he wants the whole world to experience the grief and

Within the first two verses of the song, this young woman presents an issue that is all too common for many people. She has big dreams and wants to make a name for herself, but to succumb to making that dream a reality, she would have to desert the loved ones that have made

This song has many literary devices such as metaphors, refrain, imageries, and much more. In the song, refrain, has a very common usage here. The song title, are usually the last words in the chorus, which is “how to save a life”. One of the metaphors in “How to Save a Life”,

The final stanza of the poem represents the woman going into labor and the delivery of her child into the world. “I wither and you break from me;” (16). This line represents the moment the

walk away, it is better to be alive than to risk it. The fourth verse in my opinion talks about the

A whole phrase in the middle of the song is a repetition of the two lines, “Darkness is a harsh term don’t you think? And yet it dominates the things I seek,” this is a representation of the struggle of trying to find peace in our souls with God and our desire for earthly happiness. To entirely understand the theme of “White Blank Page,” we must understand the metaphor of Christ as the “groom” to His people, the Church, and the Church as His “bride.” Mumford writes a passionate lyrical metaphor, to paint the picture of the crucifixion of Christ, the Son of God. I believe Marcus Mumford is using this moment in history to explain why the greatest commandment we as Christ followers have been given to follow: “Love the Lord your God with all your soul with all your mind and with all of your strength.” (The Holy Bible: English Standard Version 724: ch12, verse 30). The song starts out with the Father of Christ, God, talking to His son, Jesus Christ. Marcus Mumford begins the song with “Can you lie next to her and give her your heart, you heart?” When he writes “her,” he is making a reference to the “bride,” Christ’s followers. This first verse is a depiction of God talking to his Son, asking if he is now ready to give His people, the Church, his “heart” and “body.” Marcus Mumford writes in the second verse, “But tell me now where was my fault, in loving you with my

The second stanza speaks of how it so often slips our mind that war does not only affect the men who are in direct combat. The young women too, suffer greatly in silence. Though so removed from the grime and blood of the battlefield, one cannot imagine the excruciating pain of having to part with their loved ones, with the knowledge that 'the holy glimmers of goodbyes ' might as well be goodbye forever. Every moment of the day, they agonize over the terrifying thought that their loved one has been shot or injured. There is no way of telling - and the guessing game is exhausting. There is no more joy or excitement in life as each 'slow dusk ' drags by, their only reason for existence condensed into a single purpose - receiving news from the battlefield. Often time, their agonizing wait ends in a heartbreaking death. This is signified from the line 'the drawing down of blinds '.