Saturday 12 June 2010

JLS - Beat Again... Emotional Blackmail or Romantic Declaration?

OK... So here's the thing, at my old job one of my colleges and I used to have mini arguments about the meaning of this particular song... I voted emotional blackmail and she voted romantic declaration of love. Bare in mind she thinks Edward Cullen is the ideal perfect man and that his sneaking into Bellas bedroom and watching her sleep without her knowledge or consent was romantic. Her opinion is skewed. Stalking is not romantic, it's creepy and worrying and a brilliant reason to get a restraining order.

So, for your judgement, these are the lyrics, though it pains me to post them here. What do you think?

Damn, the doctor's just finished telling me
There's no time, losing you could be the end of me
And that I should do the things that I wanna do
How could I without you, without you, oh

'Cause you're the only one I let in
Tell me how to stop this feeling spreading
I'm hoping somehow that you know, oh

Let's just get back together, we should've never broke up
They're telling me that my heart won't beat again
We should've stayed together, 'cause when you left me it stopped
They're telling me that my heart won't beat again

Won't beat again, it's killing me
Hey, hey, hey

If I died, yeah, would you come to my funeral?
Would you cry, would you feel some regret that we didn't try?
Or would you fall apart the same as I
I, I, I

Oh, and would it always haunt you, baby
That you missed your chance to save me?
'Cause you know it's not too late
Hey, hey, hey


Let's just get back together, we should've never broke up
They're telling me that my heart won't beat again
We should've stayed together, 'cause when you left me it stopped
They're telling me that my heart won't beat again

Won't beat again, it's killing me
That my heart won't beat again
Won't beat again it's killing me
Hey, I need you

Back in my arms, I need love CPR
'Cause it's getting so cold, oh
I need you back again or else I'll never mend
And girl, if I go, I go, I go, I go

Let's just get back together, we should've never broke up
They're telling me that my heart won't beat again
We should've stayed together, 'cause when you left me it stopped
They're telling me that my heart won't beat again

Won't beat again, it's killing me
That my heart won't beat again
Won't beat again
It's killing me, hey, come on

I'm beggin' , please, don't let me go
I'm beggin' , please, don't let me go
I'm beggin' , please, don't let me go
I'm beggin' , please, don't let me go

I have highlighted the chunk I find most creepy in bold... That to me is like walking up to someone and saying "If you don't stay with me I'll die and then you'll be sorry! You'll feel sooooooooo guilty! You killed me! It's your fault!" Actually, pretty much the whole song sounds like that to me. The desperate emotional blackmail of an unsound mind. Worrying. It's not so much "I love you so much I'd die without you." as "Bitch I'ma DIE and it's YOUR FAULT!!!! I hope you feel guilty and you NEVER get over it!!!!!"... A line crossed from romantic to batshit scrazy.

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