Why is it in fairy-tales, there always is a happy ending?
Never in a fairy-tale, do you hear of the heart breaking.
Just an everlasting love, the kind that is awoken with a kiss,
If they wrote a book on us, well baby it would go something like this.
Nearly made it, could've had it all.
Climbed a mountain, just to fall,
Who's to blame now? It's too close to call,
We were almost beautiful, we were almost beautiful.
Why is it that someone else gets to have that happy ending?
If I would be someone else, maybe I could stop pretending
Of an everlasting love, the kind of love I know that I would miss.
If they wrote a book, well baby it would go something like this.
Nearly made it, could've had it all.
Climbed a mountain, just to fall,
Who's to blame now? It's too close to call,
We were almost beautiful, we were almost beautiful.
We were almost beautiful, almost beautiful.
No happy ending after all. We climbed a mountain
Just to fall down, we went through so much,
Aint it cruel to be almost beautiful. To be almost beautiful.
Lyric Analysis
Target Audience
Age: 18-30
Gender: Female based on the song being about a man.
Interests: Acoustics, personal issues, love, poetry.
Location: United Kingdom
Ethnicity: White mainly
Analyzing Lyrics
My artist seems to be singing about an ex partner or almost partner from the past. The mood of the song is quite sad and depressing because it is about a problem(s) that faced her relationship with her partner leaving them brokenhearted. The artist repeatedly asks rhetorical questions in the song like, " Who's to blame now?", "Why is it that someone else gets to have that happy ending?" and "Why is it in fairy-tales, there always is a happy ending?" This show how her feelings have gradually overpowered her mind,so she is questioning everything that has happened. For example, she doesn't even know if there was anyone to blame due to what happened. Also, you can hint a sense of jealously in the artist because she asks "Why is it that someone else gets to have that happy ending?" So she is asking why someone else can happy ending but not her. So i feel that the artist is singing in spite or regret, guilt and jealously.
Analyzing Music
My artist's music is a ballad. It's slow, calming and changes during the chorus. This will be popular and well liked for indie, acoustic/folk lovers.
Analyzing Tempo
The start of the song is slow and the pace is slow and consistent. When the chorus comes in at the beginning the pace and beat picks up and becomes louder, then towards the end of the chorus, it goes back to being consistent and slow again. To emphasis the tempo of the song, Rachel spaces out each line of her song. This is quite effective because it's what makes the song emotional and successful.
How would I use this song in my music video
For my own music video, I would think about using a narrative/ illustrated styled one. I would start off with the performance of my actor singing in low light at the beginning. When the first chorus was to come up, I would then go to a story (narrative) of my actress being with her ex partner but this would be her reminiscing in her mind. So it would be 3 main scenes of my actress singing as performance, her reminiscing and smiling and then her memory of her and her ex together as a narrative. I would use this because this song is a ballad and you could put a picture of a love/drama scenario in your head. It would be relevant and understandable for my audience aswell.
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