Bruno Mars 'Song When I Was Your Man'

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"Wanting you back”

Don’t we all love a tragic love story? In the song “When I Was Your Man” by Bruno Mars, you can feel his anguish by listening to the song its self and also by watching his music video. Bruno strays from his original upbeat songs and goes to the piano to play his mournful melody. This song of Bruno’s gives examples of how he wishes he would have treated a girl in the past better, so he could have her in the future. He also wishes her the best and tells her he hopes the next man can do all the things he should have done when he had the chance. Throughout the music video, Bruno uses many images that will rip your heart right out of your chest. For example, in the video it shows several different scenes where Bruno is screaming …show more content…

He wants to hand over the last bit of pride he has. He portrays himself as more grown up now as he realizes how he did her wrong. I feel as though this is his last attempt to get the girl he loves back before she falls in love with another man. Bruno Mars uses very choppy sentences throughout this song. He repeats over and over again all the little things he did wrong and also the extra things he should have done right. You can feel his sorrow through his words. In fact, in the middle of singing Bruno runs out of words to say and mourns “oooh oooh ooh oh oh”. This lets you know how wounded he truly is. This is the only type of slang Bruno uses throughout this song. But, in my opinion this is one of the most important features of this song because it really draws the viewers in to feel as if they were Bruno. If you pick apart Bruno Mars’ song and video, you will find one or two personifications. One of the famous lines in this particular song is “my heart breaks a little when I hear your name”. This is one personification that is easy to spot, because we all know a heart cannot physically break. To me this personification reveals regret of him not doing the right things to keep his girl. So much regret that it “breaks his

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