Key: Lyrics are in black, analysis is in dark green.
Lyrics/song link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgBlvIGNtD0
Section 1 - Target audience
The age for the target audience is gonna be teenagers aged 15 and over as it is about relationships and love and abuse and isn't really for younger children.The reason I think there is no max age is that sort of relationship can happen to anyone. My theory is that the song was created to education listeners about abuse relationships, The gender is more women than men as it is about a woman story towards her horrible husband/boyfriend, The interests are relationship and not much else, the location is mostly the USA as that is where they are from. The main ethnicity is anyone but I think it leans towards black people as R & B is a popular genre for Black people. This appeals to more to women than men as this mainly can happen to them rather then males.
Section 2 - analyzing lyrics
I'm so confused
I don't know why I let you treat me like you do
Treat me like you do could mean that she does not like the way she gets treated which could mean that she gets abused, and she just wants to be treated a woman and not as an object.
We've got issues
I let you walk in and out of my life and that's not right
So much hurt
So much pain
I never thought that I could feel like this but I do
She talks about what she's gone through so far and even this can leave her feeling upset and lower than low.
Being in a relationship with you is like a roller coaster.
A roller coaster goes up and down in meaning good times an bad times.
(Chorus)
(and it all ends right there right there)
I let the rain fall down on me
This could mean pain as in like something falling down on her causing her pain.
I let you get away with everything (woooaahh)
'Get away with everything' could mean that he does stuff that is not to social standard
I let you slide
This means she let him get away with everything bad he did.
My tears are high
to cover up mistakes you made (ooohhh heyyyy)
I think that by mistakes she means the bruises that he could have given her.
I let the rain fall down on me (i let it fall)
Again this to be related to him abusing her
I let you get away with everything (woooaahh)
I let you slide
My tears are high
to cover up mistakes you made
'mistakes' could mean that he may have hit her and them the tears made her make up run and hid the bruises
(VERSE 2)
no more sleepless nights
She could be feeling less scared of him coming to beat her at night and now she can sleep a lot better.
Or waiting for you to unlock the door and come inside
This contines onto this line
I've gotta get a hold of myself
Cause I have too much pride
Pride means dignity and she doesn't want to lose any of this
(For you to think that you can do the things you do )
i know that you don't love me like you say you do
She says this show that she is smarter than he thinks
(i have to tell myself to just let go of you)
(spoken)
(Male)I'm sorry
the male voice is to be the bad boyfriend in the music video.
(band member)Apology not accepted
(CHORUS)
(and it all ends right there right there)
This could mean that she's standing up to him
I let the rain fall down on me (ooohh)
I let you get away with everything (yes i did)
I let you slide
My tears are high
to cover up mistakes you made(ohh the rain falls down yeaaahhh)
I let the rain fall down on me
I let you get away with everything (wooahhhh)
I let you slide
My tears are high (high)
to cover up mistakes you made
(BRIDGE)
Everything you did baby
I let you slide
she again says she let him get away with stuff.
Woaah
Everything you did baby
A third time she talks about letting him get away with things
I let you slide
woooaahhhh
(I ,I gotta let you go repeated to the end)
this could back up the point that had to repeatedly let him off
Never said anything to hurt you baby
(Let you goo)Yeaahhhh
ohhh
ohhhohhhhhhh
I Yeaahhhhh
(Let you goooo)
Woaahhhh
I'm sorry(male)
Let you goooooo
I'm sorry (male)
He kept apologizing
End of lyrics
Section 3 - analyzing music
The music starts off being just a guitar,after a little while what sounds like a some type of keyboard comes in then brings in a beat using bongos and keeps the song going, giving the song a beat and only uses a couple instruments which can be really cool as it is really simple.
Section 4 - analyzing tempo
The tempo is the same and simple and continuous, and this can be good as it can keep people interested. The pace of the song is pretty slow compared to others songs from the same genre.
Section 5 - how you would visually communicate this in a video?
This could help me to design a music video with this song and create a music video more appealing to the audience that will having the most convention ideas while being completing different by items that are linked to the conventional items.
The song will engage young people as the music video will have a lot of slightly hidden items that people of this age will think to them selves , i know/have that. this will be done when my singer holds up her iphone to change the song to the song i am using.
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