Did you know that this song was not written by Rihanna? In the year of 2013, a Nashville-based singer songwriter name Mikky Ekko wrote this emotive ballad that landed in the Top 5 on 28 charts. This song topped many singles charts in different countries. The lyrics in this song brought about empathy and emotional responses, but the lyrics also added to how the media would now view Rihanna and Chris Brown’s previous relationship. This song is not about a previous relationship of Rihanna’s, but a song written by someone who thought the song sounded very vulnerable to himself. I will discuss what the lyrics mean in general, what the lyrics mean to me, and what the lyrics could be saying about intimacy.
This song is very emotional, but it’s
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The lyrics in this song mean many different things to me. Although this song sounds very depressing, it could be mean something harmful. “Round and around and around we go.” This could mean rounds and round of love matches or possibly rounds in boxing matches. One line, in particular, caught my attention. “I’m the only one who needed saving cause when you never see the light it is hard to know which one of us is caving.” This caught my attention because it could mean they maybe they are teaching each other about love; She could be telling him that maybe she stayed by his side because of the attraction and emotions, not sex. I think that she think that he is the only one that could fill the emptiness that she feels inside. No one really understands where she comes from but her lover.
As one can see, this song is about love. Some lyrics in this song show that no matter what two people could be going through in life, love will always be there. Love is not a walk in the park, there are many obstacles, but the physical attraction will always be there. This emotional love song is personal, but it is also telling a love story. The lyrics are showing how powerful and authentic love can be in relationships or in general. Falling in love is not something that can be planned, and that’s exactly what Rihanna did not do. She did not plan to fall in love with her lover. Falling for someone is something that happens. The attraction and time spent with her lover caused her to
Throughout the song Prince Royce repeats the word “You”. This word gives the effect of the song is about you. It gives the feeling that he is talking to you. Also it gives the point of view of a man. This woman have low self esteem and believe that they will never
The reality is that the language in these songs gives to the listener can give them a dream of finding true love. The language gives hope to the listener that there is that one person they will love out there, but this also plays into the fear of heartbreak. Heartbreak was also discussed a great amount and is something that most people tend to fear. Another way that these songs play towards people’s fears and dreams is through social class and money. While social class is one of the most common issues, the lyrics and videos manage to give followers the images of how a luxurious lifestyle can lead to happiness and love.
Firstly in the Similes it says “You were the shadow to my light /Under the bright yet faded light /You were the shadow to my light Under the bright yet faded lights". In the lyrics it shows that he/she in love feels empty cause the other is not there and was used to he/she being there. In Metaphor
To start off, the first stanza in her song represents a sense of how unavoidable change is and how the confusion of the bond combined with the stress of the blame game can lead to a doomed
In alternative pop music, numerous people would mistake the song’s rhythm as a light and calming love song rather than recognizing the lyrics as meaningful. Although Hozier’s song seems to be a simple love song, it has a deeper meaning that encourages the listeners to think about relationships. The first part of the first stanza illustrates how the rhythm and the lyrics do not correspond with each other. Throughout Hozier’s song the rhythm is consistent, besides in the first stanza. The first part of the stanza is,
One of Jay–Z’s most iconic songs from the album The Blueprint is “Song Cry”– in which he chronicles the beginning and ending of a serious relationship. Rather than focus on trying to fix the relationship or put all the blame on the other person involved like most breakup songs, “Song Cry” allows Jay-Z to accept the tragic end and reflect on his own mistakes that lead to it. In a way, “Song Cry” allows him to admit to being responsible for the lasting pain of a failed relationship while at the same time catering to his pride by deflecting his own emotions. Levitin supports this idea on page 177: “ We write them to encode lessons that we’ve learned and don’t want to forget, often using metaphor or devices to raise the message up to the level
First, the song shows what love can actually do to you as a whole. It can make you feel like you lost a piece of yourself
Her lyrics are very real to say, she talks about how people see other people. She also talks about how people don’t value others, and how did replace people real quick. She also states don’t think that you can have my love to waste, she is defending her honor in a way. She’s talking about how people are seen and how they are undervalued, but she is basically saying don’t undervalue me. She is saying that she’s not like everyone else, that she shouldn’t be seen as everyone else has been
A good amount of people around the world seem to think that this song is about happy ending and love, well they’re wrong. Now don’t get mad it is about love, its just not in the way you would think.
Beyonce uses pathos, the first of the three appeals in her song by using very descriptive phrases. When she states, “I’d listen to her, `cause I know how it hurts,” Beyonce is telling her audience that she understands what it is like to be hurt, and that if she were a boy, she would treat her women better because she could understand where she was coming from. This tugs at the listener’s heart because you can see that she has been emotionally hurt from a past relationship. Also, many people can relate to what she is disclosing. It is human nature for people to get emotionally damaged in a relationship and therefore her feelings are empathized. She also uses syntax by the way she orders her words by telling a story. If the song was not in story form, it would not produce the great impact that it does.
From reading the first few lines of the third stanza, the audience understands that the singer is curious as to why “he” left her and she’s looking for
As a result towards being in a domestic violence situation, Rihanna has been victimized by Chris Brown. Nobody will fail to remember that picture of Rihanna. Her swollen face, blackened eyes and all those bruises she had throughout her. Her boyfriend at that time shocked people around the world when they found out that he assaulted her in his vehicle and just left her on the side of the road and left. Rihanna is a Barbadian singer, actress and songwriter. Who would've known she would of been confronted with a devastating incident. Within this being the situation, Rihanna's words and her dreadful experience helped women around the world. By speaking out she helped women seek for help and eventually it helped women gain more power by seeking
Her first line reveals that the following emotional breakdown is a result of standing by as an opportunity comes and goes (Jones qtd. in Kimbrough). Jones wishes that she could go back and make a different decision, but it is too late. The speaker proceeds to lament the missed chance with a lover, her regret made evident in the repeated line, “ I don’t know why I didn’t come” (Jones qtd. in Kimbrough). Presented simultaneously with the text, the song strengthens the idea that failing to take action leads to sorrow.
First, the music video connects with teen girls by using lyrics that question staying in these harmful relationships. Shawn Mendes sings, “And you’re spending all your time in this wrong situation”, to motivate teen girls not to waste their time in those harmful relationships. These motivating lyrics help to encourage teenage girls to remove themselves from these relationships. When Shawn Mendes sings about how she should not waste her time in the wrong relationship, it encourages teen girls to get out of those bad relationships. Second, the music video relates to teen girls by using touching lyrics so that teenage girls realize the harmful relationships, they are in. Shawn Mendes sings the words, “But I can see it on your face when you say that he’s the one that you want”, as encouragement for teen girls to do what they want and leave a relationship if they feel unsafe or do not want to be part of it. Again, these compassionate lyrics inspire teen girls to disconnect harmful relationships, because that is what they should want. When Shawn Mendes sings about how it is obvious that the girl feels unhappy in the situation, it relates to other teen girl’s emotions and interests them to leave those situations. Through the use of concerning lyrics, of questioning and emotion the music video encourages teenage girls to leave their harmful relationships. Shawn Mendes’ “Treat
This other question that came to mind when dissecting this song was, why did the almost lover have to leave? If he never truly wanted to leave her. Looking a bit more into the other two facts that were covered earlier. One of which was that he was bilingual, and the other was that she can’t look at the ocean without thinking about him. When taking these into