Lyrics Analysis - Our Chosen Song

The song that our group will be making a music video to is 'Heartbreaker' by Pink. The lyrics to this video are as follows:

"I keep thinkin' bout that little sparkle in your eye
Is it a light from the angels, or your devil deep inside?
What about the way you say you love me all the time
Are you liftin' me up to heaven, just to drop me down the line?

There's a ring around my finger,
But will you change your mind?
And you tell me that I'm beautiful,
But that could be a lie

Are you a heartbreaker?
Maybe you want me for the ride
What if I'm fallin' for a heartbreaker?
And everything is just a lie
I won't be leavin' here alive
I won't be leavin' here alive, no

Temporary happiness is like waiting for the knife
Cause I'm always watchin' for someone to show their darker side
So maybe I'll sit back and just enjoy all this for now
Watch it all play out, see if you really stick around

But there's always this one question
That keeps me up at night
Are you my greatest love
Or disappointment in my life?

Are you a heartbreaker?
Maybe you want me for the ride
What if I'm fallin' for a heartbreaker?
And everything is just a lie
I won't be leavin' here alive
I might as well lay down and die

I'm holding on with both hands and both feet, oh
Promise that you won't pull the rug out from under me

Are you a heartbreaker?
Maybe you want me for the ride
I pray to god you're not a heartbreaker
This time around I won't survive
Cause if I'm fallin' for a heartbreaker
And everything is just a lie
I won't be leavin' here alive
I might as well lay down and die, oh
I won't be leavin' here alive"

The main message we got from this song was that it is about relationships and heartache. The female role in the song is clearly having doubt about a romantic relationship she's currently in. The lyrics to the song give a sense of meaning and passion. For example the lyric "There's a ring around my finger, But will you change your mind?" implies she is engaged to someone, but there's a possibility that person may end the relationship in some way.

We think that this song and the lyrics fits in well with Pink's 'Pop Rock' genre in general. A lot of Pink's lyrics to many of her songs consist of the idea of love, heartbreak and emotion.

There are a lot of rhetorical questions in the lyrics to this song. This gets the audience thinking and connecting with the song. An example of one of these questions is "Are you my greatest love or disappointment in my life?" The repetitiveness of the lyric "Are you a heartbreaker?" defines that this is the main message and meaning of the song.