Just Give Me a Reason
Poetry Analysis
Pink
"Just Give Me a Reason" was written and recorded by American songwriter and recording artist, Pink featuring fun's lead singer Nate Ruess. The song became an international success and topped the charts in over 20 countries worldwide. "Just Give Me a Reason" has sold over than 4 million digital downloads in the United States alone and won the Billboard Mid-Year Award for Favorite Hot 100 No. Single.
Idioms
- You stole my heart.
- Your head is running wild again.
- We'll come clean.
Repetition
Just give me a reason. Just a little bit's enough. Just a second we're not broken just bent and we can learn to love again. It's been written in the stars, it's been written in the scars on our hearts that we're not broken just bent and we can learn to love again.
Metaphors
- You were a thief you stole my heart.
- And I your willing victim.
- ...the scars on our hearts.
Alliteration
We're not broken just bent and we can learn to love again.
Golden Lines
I let you see the parts of me that weren't all that pretty, and with every touch you fixed them.
Literal or Figurative?
The song is meant to be taken literally. It is about how she doesn't feel he is being honest with her and that she wants him to confirm that they are fine.
Meaning of Song Revealed by Literal Text:
Now you've been talking in your sleep, oh, oh
Things you never say to me, oh, oh
Just tell me that you've had enough
Of our love, our love