Saturday, November 12, 2011

A Sarcastic Approach to Bruno Mars' song "Marry You"

I usually don't critique songs because I am not comfortable, as a poet and songwriter, comfortable with criticizing another artist's work. Still, the songs of today, as much potential as they may have, convey the messages of a depraved, broken society and must be addressed. This is what I hope to do with Bruno Mars' song "Marry You."

It's a beautiful night,
We're looking for something dumb to do.
Hey baby,
I think I wanna marry you.
(Wait a minute! You want to get married because it is dumb? It appears that you neither understand nor respect the sacred institution of marriage. It is very beautiful.)
Is it the look in your eyes,
Or is it this dancing juice?
(By "dancing juice", I suppose you mean alcohol)
Who cares baby,
I think I wanna marry you.
(Getting married while drunk or on a whim is not only dumb but reckless)
Well I know this little chapel on the boulevard we can go,
No one will know,
(If you want to keep this a secret, I guess you know that what you are doing is bogus)
Come on girl.
Who cares if we're trashed got a pocket full of cash we can blow,
(So you want to waste money? I guess you are not very responsible anyway. I though you wanted to be a billionaire "so freaking bad"?)
Shots of patron,
And it's on girl.

Don't say no, no, no, no-no;
(Maybe she is saying no because the "dancing juice" has not completely warped her head!)
Just say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah;
And we'll go, go, go, go-go.
If you're ready, like I'm ready.

Cause it's a beautiful night,
We're looking for something dumb to do.
Hey baby,
I think I wanna marry you.

Is it the look in your eyes,
Or is it this dancing juice?
Who cares baby,
I think I wanna marry you.

I'll go get a ring let the choir bells sing like oooh,
So whatcha wanna do?
Let's just run girl.

If we wake up and you wanna break up that's cool.
No, I won't blame you;
It was fun girl.
(It is so not cool! It only shows that you are not only disrespecting marriage but relationships in general. A relationship may start out fun, but it is supposed to get serious! Maybe if more people felt this way, there would be fewer divorces!)

Don't say no, no, no, no-no;
Just say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah;
And we'll go, go, go, go-go.
If you're ready, like I'm ready.

Cause it's a beautiful night,
We're looking for something dumb to do.
Hey baby,
I think I wanna marry you.

Is it the look in your eyes,
Or is it this dancing juice?
Who cares baby,
I think I wanna marry you.

Just say I do,
Tell me right now baby,
Tell me right now baby. [x2]

Cause it's a beautiful night,
We're looking for something dumb to do.
Hey baby,
I think I wanna marry you.

Is it the look in your eyes,
Or is it this dancing juice?
Who cares baby,
I think I wanna marry you.

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