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Analysis Of Grenade By Bruno Mars
The song “Grenade” by artist Bruno Mars was essentially a song about a girl not reciprocating the love that he shows for her. Instances of this point are in seen in lines such as “Easy come, easy go, that’s just how you live oh Take, take, take it all, but you never give. Should have known you were trouble from the first kiss. Had your eyes wide open, why were they open?” This line implies how his “lover” is always so quick to come into his life, yet her stay is so tentative. Also that all she does is take love from him, but she never returns that love. Her lack of feelings for him is made evident by the fact that her eyes were open while they were kissing for the first time. This illustrates how nonchalant she felt about the act, while it
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