Language and representation task

Adele - Someone like you
I heard that you're settled down
That you found a girl and you're married now.
I heard that your dreams came true.
Guess she gave you things I didn't give to you.
...
I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it.
I had hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be reminded
That for me it isn't over.

Never mind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you too
Don't forget me, I beg
I'll remember you said,
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead,
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead"

These lyrics present the picture that the text producer is deeply saddened that her ex partner has left her and consequently 'settled down' in a relationship and married. Straight away, it seems as though the text producer is resentful of his new wife, "Guess she gave you things I didn't give to you". This leaves questions in the minds of the implied reader (her ex partner) and the actual reader, as it is not made clear what she 'didn't give'. She also goes on to seem as if she is plotting some sort of revenge, further emphasising her appeared bitterness, 'for me it isn't over'. Although it seems that she is hoping her ex partner (the idealised reader) sees this and feels guilty, the lyrics 'I wish nothing but the best for you' show that she isn't actually 'angry' at all; it seems that the text producer is (in a way) content and civil. This links to the phrase 'don't forget me, I  beg' showing that the implied reader meant a lot to her, and the readers can then understand that, in the subtext, 'for me it isn't over' means that she will remember him for a long time. 'I hate to turn up out of the blue...I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it' suggests that although she knows the love between the text producer and implied reader is unrequited, she may have returned to where the pair used to live to see how he was coping or still cared about her; 'I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it' suggests that she still loves him but, against what was metaphorically fighting her, she couldn't resist returning.

Bruno Mars - Grenade

Easy come, easy go
That's just how you live, oh
Take, take, take it all
But you never give...
Gave you all I had
And you tossed it in the trash
You tossed it in the trash, you did
To give me all your love is all I ever asked
'Cause what you don't understand is...
I'd catch a grenade for you 
Throw my hand on a blade for you
I'd jump in front of a train for you 
You know I'd do anything for you 
Oh, I would go through all this pain
Take a bullet straight through my brain
Yes, I would die for you, baby
But you won't do the same...
If my body was on fire
Oh, you'd watch me burn down in flames
You said you loved me, you're a liar
'Cause you never, ever, ever did, baby

Alike Adele's lyrics, some lyrics in this song devote the text producer's love for the implied reader and seemingly ex partner, with multiple declaratives using extreme hyperbole, 'I'd catch a grenade for you', 'I'd jump in front of a train for you' etc. These incredibly exaggerated statements show how much the implied reader meant to the text producer, but could possibly seem as if the narrator is trying to make the person feel guilty, showing just how much this person cared compared to the implied reader, as the lyrics state that she is selfish, "take take take it all but you never give" and doesn't care about the text producer, showing levels of love for each other are at the extreme opposite ends of the 'love' spectrum, sparking the narrator to make these comments, "I gave you all I had and you tossed it in the trash". This figurative language brings out the emotions of anger and resent of the text producer, quite the opposite of Adele's lyrics of content and civility.