Heartbreak

Themes from songs vary from love to breakups, from birth to death, and from selflessness to greed. Lyrics from songs differ tremendously, and all give out a different message to people. Specific lyrics connect to the listeners of the artist, and can connect them to times they are or were going through. Something that everyone has felt before is the feeling of losing someone that you love—knowing that the one person that matters to you the most, feels nothing towards you. As depressing and insensitive as it is, many songs touch the specific point of break downs of relationships.

One song that pinpoints the aspect of wanting someone but not being able to have them is the song “Grenade” by Bruno Mars. Clearly in his lyrics, he talks about, with full emotion, how he is in love with a woman who doesn’t feel the same way about him. “Yes, I would die for you, baby but you won't do the same” refers to the fact that he would do anything for this girl, even die,  but she clearly won’t do the same back.

Another song that explains the feelings of a man wanting a woman but who isn’t able to have her is “Terrible Things” by Mayday Parade. But, unlike “Grenade,” the woman wants him back, but is physically unable to due to cancer. The circumstances are much different between the two songs, but the message is still the same--They both want a woman, but don’t have the ability to have her. In the song “Terrible Things” they both fall deeply in love with each other but are unable to get married or live together due to the woman’s medical condition.

Lastly, the song “Unwinding” by NeverShoutNever! explains that the artist is in love with a woman who is, for one, out of his league, and also doesn’t desire him back. He tells in his meaningful lyrics that he apologizes for things he didn’t even do, just to be certain that she’s not mad at him. A twist at the end of the song surprises everyone when, the woman he wanted so desperately “tied knots with an acquaintance” and cheated on him. All three songs tie together with emotions of heartbreak and lust over a woman.

Although all songs are from different artists, the theme and relationship between many songs are the same, just like these three. Most songs are written to trigger certain emotions of the listeners, like the classic love, heartbreak, and break up songs. Even though songs like these can, and are generally made to, provoke specific emotions that aren’t generally the most peppy or delightful, without these songs, people might now know how to handle a breakup, or loving someone without getting the same feelings back. As sad as these songs are, if people didn’t have them to lean on, they might be in the dark about how to handle emotions of their own.