To gain a greater understanding of the song for my music video I have analysed the song lyrics for 'If I had a Heart'. This should give me a clearer picture of what context I should involve in my video and may inspire ideas. Below I have picked out pivotal lines from the song which sum up the context and identify the story.
"Someone had to pay for this with love"
- This implies that someone (from thus relationship) would have to feel bad or be punished by using the emotion of love. Maybe by making one person feel like their small mistakes are now the ones that ended their relationship.
"So forget the lies"
- This shows how the singer maybe wants to start fresh and forget things that have gone wrong. He goes on to say that "he told them out of spite". This highlights a mistake made in the relationship and he now wants to rectify it.
"Despite everything, I guess you're right"
- This line shows how the singer has conceded to his partner that she was right and that he made the mistakes. Later in the song he swaps the work 'guess' for 'know'. This shows how throughout the song he is more convinced that his partner was right.
"If I had a heart, I would have let you go"
- In this line he goes even furthur to concede that he doesn't have a heart and if he did have one he should have let his partner go for the good of that person.
"Was good to you"
- Not willing to concede that he had done everything wrong, he adds a short line of 'was good to you'.
"And you can't hold it all together, just to give it all away"
- He now goes on to explain how she should maybe give him another chance. If she can 'hold it together' then can salvage the best parts of their relationship.
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