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Battle Scars. By: Guy Sebastian and Lupe Fiasco. Lyrics. Don't look like they're ever going away They ain't never gonna change These battle... Love. The wound heals but it never does That's cause you at war with ... love You at war with ... love These battle scars - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Battle ScarsBy: Guy Sebastian and Lupe Fiasco
LyricsThe wound heals but it
never does That's cause you at war
with ... love You at war with ... love These battle scars Don't look like they're
fading
Don't look like they're ever going away They ain't never gonna change These battle... Love...
Never let a woman ruin meBut I feel like ruins ruin me
Arrow holes that never close from cupid on a shooting spree
Feeling stupid cause I know it ain't no you and meBut when you're trying to beat the odds up
Been trying to keep your nods up and you know that you should know
And let her go but the fear of the unknownHolding another lover strong sends you back into the zone
With no Tom Hanks to bring you homeA lover not a fighter on the frontline with a poem
Trying to write yourself a rifleMaybe sharpen up a song
To fight the tanks and drones of you being alone
Lyrics
LyricsI wish I never looked, I wish I never touchedI wish that I could stop loving you so much
Cause I’m the only one that's trying to keep us together
When all of the signs say that I should forget herI wish you weren’t the best, the best I ever had
I wish that the good outweighed the badCause it’ll never be over, until you tell me it's over
These battle scars, don’t look like they’re fadingDon’t look like they’re ever going away
They ain't never gonna changeThese battle (x2)
Lyrics(And just leave then)
You shouldn't have but you said it(And I hope you never come back)
It shouldn't have happened but you let itNow you're down on the ground screaming medicThe only thing that comes is the post-traumatic
stressesShields, body armors and vests
Don't properly work, that's why you're in a locker full of hurt
The enemy within and all the fires from your friends
The best medicine is to probably just let her win
LyricsI wish I couldn't feel, I wish I couldn't love
I wish that I could stop cause it hurts so muchAnd I’m the only one that's trying to keep us
togetherWhen all of the signs say that I should forget herI wish you weren’t the best, the best I ever had
I wish that the good outweighed the badCause it’ll never be over, until you tell me it's over
These battle scars, don’t look like they’re fadingDon’t look like they’re ever going away
They ain't never gonna changeThese battle (x2)
LyricsCause you've set me on fireI’ve never felt so alive, yeah
Hoping wounds heal, but it never doesThat's because you're at war with love
And I’m at the point of breakingAnd it’s impossible to shake it
See, you hoped the wound heals, but it never doesThat's cause you're at war with love
Hope it heals, but it never doesThat's cause you're at war with love!
LyricsThese battle scars, don’t look like they’re
fadingDon’t look like they’re ever going away
They ain't never gonna changeThese battle (x4)
Speaker is...Since the song is
sang from a mans point of view and a woman is mentioned ("When all of the signs say that I should forget her") I believe that a man has been through a rough patch with his girlfriend. Whatever she did, it was wrong and clearly left an impact or battle scars on him.
InterpretationNever let a woman ruin meBut I feel like ruins ruin meArrow holes that never close from cupid on a shooting
spreeFeeling stupid cause I know it ain't no you and meBut when you're trying to beat the odds upBeen trying to keep your nods up and you know that you
should knowAnd let her go but the fear of the unknown
The fear of the unknown is the reason he continues to stay around. He has been hurt but it's all he really knows.
InterpretationHolding another lover strong sends you back into the zoneWith no Tom Hanks to bring you homeA lover not a fighter on the frontline with a poemTrying to write yourself a rifleMaybe sharpen up a songTo fight the tanks and drones of you being alone
The speaker also fears being alone. Even though he's broken over this situation he still technically has someone.
InterpretationI wish I never looked, I wish I never touchedI wish that I could stop loving you so muchCause I’m the only one that's trying to keep us
togetherWhen all of the signs say that I should forget herI wish you weren’t the best, the best I ever hadI wish that the good outweighed the badCause it’ll never be over, until you tell me it's over
The speaker regrets getting himself into this mess and for not listening to common sense. He also has a hard time of letting go.
InterpretationThese battle scars, don’t look like they’re fadingDon’t look like they’re ever going awayThey ain't never gonna changeThese battle
Whatever was done to this man it clearly left a serious impact on him. Such an impact, that he's not just going to forget about and move on from.
The whole song in itself is a metaphor because throughout the song it refers to a relationship as a battle. In a relationship, you don't actually go through a war and when something terrible happens you don't physically have a scar from it.
Metaphor
Repetition"I wish I never looked. I wish I never
touched. I wish that I could stop loving you so much."
"I wish..." is used multiple times during the song to stress how much the speaker wishes things were different. He wishes that the good outweighed the bad. I think he also wished that he could move on from whatever it was that happened between them.
Hyperbole"Could you set me on fire..."
The speaker uses exaggeration because he wants to emphasize how much hurt he has gone through and that being set on fire would be like putting him out of his misery. Using this hyperbole, it does an intense job of getting his point across.
Why I chose this song...Battle Scars can relate to so many different
issues in relationships. Whether it's infidelity, lying, abuse, falling out of love, or just opposites attracting; relationships are never easy.
This song expresses the hurt that one could feel from going through a tough situation. For example, if someone cheats on you you're not just going to forget about it. It'll stick with you.
Work Citedhttp://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/music/guy-sebastians-aria-number-one-song-battle-scars-with-lupe-fiasco-hits-73-on-the-us-billboard-hot-100/story-e6frf9hf-1226471957412
http://www.thelupendblog.com/2012/08/preview-guy-sebastian-x-lupe-fiasco.html
http://kse-online.com/our-expertise/litigation/fires-explosions
tbohiphop.net/lupe-fiasco-battle-scars-ft-guy-sebastian-web-1080p/01/