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Bruno Mars Grenade
Easy come, easy go
That's just how you live, oh
Take, take, take it all
But you never give
Should've known you was trouble
From the first kiss
Had your eyes wide open
Why were they open?
[Bridge]
Gave you all I had
And you tossed it in the trash
You tossed it in the trash, you did
To give me all your love
Is all I ever asked
Cause what you don't understand
Is
[Chorus]
I'd catch a grenade for ya (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Throw my hand on the blade for ya (yeah, yeah, yeah)
I'd jump in front of a train for ya (yeah, yeah, yeah)
You know I'd do anything for ya (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Oh ho,
I would go through all this pain
Take a bullet straight through my brain
Yes, I would die for you, baby
But you won't do the same
No, no, no, no
Black, black, black and blue
Beat me 'til I'm numb
Tell the devil I said "Hey" when you get back to where you're from
Bad woman, bad woman
That's just what you are
Yeah, you smile in my face then rip the brakes out my car
[Bridge]
Gave you all I had
And you tossed it in the trash
You tossed it in the trash, yes you did
To give me all your love
Is all I ever asked
Cause what you don't understand
Is

[Chorus]
I'd catch a grenade for ya (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Throw my hand on the blade for ya (yeah, yeah, yeah)
I'd jump in front of a train for ya (yeah, yeah, yeah)
You know I'd do anything for ya (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Oh ho,
I would go through all this pain
Take a bullet straight through my brain
Yes, I would die for you, baby
But you won't do the same
If my body was on fire
You'd watch me burn down in flames
You said you loved me, you're a liar
Cause you never ever ever did, baby
But darling, I'd still catch a grenade for ya
Throw my hand on the blade for ya
I'd jump in front of a train for ya
You know I'd do anything for ya
I would go through all this pain
Take a bullet straight through my brain
Yes I would die for ya baby
But you won't do the same
No, you won't do the same
Oh, you never do the same
No, you won't do the same
You wouldn't do the same
Ooh, you'd never do the same
Ohh, no no no

Bruno Mars - Grenade

Orientation:
"Grenade" is a song by American singer and songwriter Bruno Mars from his debut studio
album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010). A pop and R&B ballad, "Grenade" was written and produced
by The Smeezingtons (Mars, Phillip Lawrence, Ari Levine) with additional songwriting by Brody
Brown, Claude Kelly, and Andrew Wyatt. The song was developed from an unreleased track with
similar lyrical themes played by record producer Benny Blanco to Mars. "Grenade" was completely
rearranged and re-recorded two days before the album's release. The song's lyrics carry a message of
unrequited love and how Mars' heart was broken, despite his best efforts to show her his love. Initially
released as a promotional single on September 28, 2010, it was later announced as the album's second
single, released by Atlantic and Elektra Records.
Intepretative recount
"Grenade" is a pop and R&B ballad with an instrumentation that features piano, keyboards,
drums and bass. The song contains elements of Wilco's "I'll Fight".Mike Senior of Sound on Sound
said that the "piano riff sounded like Coldplay's 'Clocks'", adding the idea of a "powerful kick/bass
combination and good vocal intelligibility is audible when the chorus hits" and a "snare only added at
the start of the second verse". According to the The New York Times music reviewer, Jon Caramanica,
the song contains elements of 1980s pop and is accompanied by drums similar to those used by Kanye
West. It has been described by critics as "pure and clean vocals over a pounding drum beat".

According to Sony/ATV Music Publishing "Grenade" is set in the key of D minor and was published
in common time, with a moderate tempo of 108 beats per minute. Mars' vocals span from A3 to D5
and background vocals are heard throughout. The New Zealand Herald's Scott Kara described its
beats as "Shakira-esque". Both Roberto Mucciacciaro for MTV and Robert Copsey from Digital Spy
noticed the similarities with Michael Jackson's 'Dirty Diana'. The later describe it as an "haunting
piano melody and thunderous drum claps". Spencer Hawk from Little Village notice that the song
"doesn't rely on a hook, and its mostly Mars voice with a simple piano riff and a pulsing drum beat".
On the other hand, Aamir Yaqub of Soul Culture believes that the production of "Grenade" resembles
the one in "Just The Way You Are".
Lyrically, the song contains masochistic themes and tells the story of heartbreak caused by a failed
relationship: "Gave you all I had / And you tossed it in the trash". The chorus has Mars singing, "I'd
catch a grenade for ya," and speaks of unrequited love when the subject girl of his affections "won't
do the same". Tim Byron, writer for The Vine, "'Grenade' is about the feeling of withdrawal". The
critic added, "Mars knows she is bad for him, that's she's preventing him from thinking straight, that
he can't actually have her the way he wants, but he still nonetheless has crazy desires for that rush of
romantic cocaine that he gets from her." As Mars commented in an interview to Blues & Soul:
"'Grenade' represents the OTHER side of love where you're in love with a woman and you know for
a fact that she doesn't love you the way you love HER."
Evaluation
Bruno mars's voice is so great. It can touch our heart and shakes our soul. The Story of this
song is very good because it can describe what we feel when we are betrayed. The lyrics uses very
cool sentence like i will take a bullet straight to my brain, for you. The Video clip is so unique
because there is men that bring a very big piano to his girlfriends house just for entertain his
girfriend.
But, with all of goodness, this song has a bad side. There are to many character in the video clip that
not related to the story, so maybe the audients will confuse with that.
Evaluative Summation
This song is very great. It almost be complete song. The voice of the singer is very good, the
story is so alive, the lyrics is so cool, and the video clip is so unique. This song is very great