When I Was Your Man Lyrics Analysis

Same bed but it feels just a little bit bigger now	Experienced a break up – is now alone
Our song on the radio but it don't sound the same	Used to bring happiness as it was “their” song Now she’s gone it doesn’t hold the same meaning
When our friends talk about you, all it does is just tear me down Cause my heart breaks a little when I hear your name	Feelings of sadness when she’s mentioned
It all just sounds like oooooh. Hmmm... Too young, too dumb to realize	Lists his flaws – why she left him
That I should 've bought you flowers	Needed to buy her gifts
And held your hand	Needed to be more intimate/loving
Should 've gave you all my hours	Needed to use all his free time with her
When I had the chance	The chance is now gone – she’s gone
Take you to every party Cause all you wanted to do was dance	Do things she wanted to do, try his best to please her/make her happy
Now my baby's dancing	She’s finally able to go to parties
But she's dancing with another man	But now it’s with someone else
My pride, my ego, my needs, and my selfish ways	Lists his flaws
Caused a good strong woman like you to walk out my life	Such a good thing to happen to him has left him
Now I never, never get to clean up the mess I made, ooooooh	Doesn’t have a chance to make things better – get her back
And it haunts me every time I close my eyes	Thinks about it constantly  - regret
Although it hurts	Doesn’t like to admit it
I'll be the first to say that I was wrong	Admits the breakup was his fault
oh, I know I'm probably much too late To try and apologize for my mistakes	Too late to stop her from leaving
But I just want you to know
I hope he buys you flowers I hope he holds your hand	Accepts that she’s gone and that she deserves better than him
Gives you all his hours When he has the chance Take you to every party Cause I remember how much you loved to dance Do all the things I should 've done When I was your man	Repeats what he said he should’ve done but relates it to the new boyfriend. Saying he should treat her like she deserves to be treated.

Same bed but it feels just a little bit bigger now	Experienced a break up – is now alone
Our song on the radio but it don't sound the same	Used to bring happiness as it was “their” song Now she’s gone it doesn’t hold the same meaning
When our friends talk about you, all it does is just tear me down Cause my heart breaks a little when I hear your name	Feelings of sadness when she’s mentioned
It all just sounds like oooooh. Hmmm... Too young, too dumb to realize	Lists his flaws – why she left him
That I should 've bought you flowers	Needed to buy her gifts
And held your hand	Needed to be more intimate/loving
Should 've gave you all my hours	Needed to use all his free time with her
When I had the chance	The chance is now gone – she’s gone
Take you to every party Cause all you wanted to do was dance	Do things she wanted to do, try his best to please her/make her happy
Now my baby's dancing	She’s finally able to go to parties
But she's dancing with another man	But now it’s with someone else
My pride, my ego, my needs, and my selfish ways	Lists his flaws
Caused a good strong woman like you to walk out my life	Such a good thing to happen to him has left him
Now I never, never get to clean up the mess I made, ooooooh	Doesn’t have a chance to make things better – get her back
And it haunts me every time I close my eyes	Thinks about it constantly  - regret
Although it hurts	Doesn’t like to admit it
I'll be the first to say that I was wrong	Admits the breakup was his fault
oh, I know I'm probably much too late To try and apologize for my mistakes	Too late to stop her from leaving
But I just want you to know
I hope he buys you flowers I hope he holds your hand	Accepts that she’s gone and that she deserves better than him
Gives you all his hours When he has the chance Take you to every party Cause I remember how much you loved to dance Do all the things I should 've done When I was your man	Repeats what he said he should’ve done but relates it to the new boyfriend. Saying he should treat her like she deserves to be treated.

Bruno Mars -"When i was your man" Lyrics

Same bed but it feels just a little bit bigger now
Our song on the radio but it don't sound the same
When our friends talk about you, all it does is just tear me down
Cause my heart breaks a little when I hear your name

 

It all just sounds like oooooh.
Hmmm... Too young, too dumb to realize

 That I should 've bought you flowers
And held your hand
Should 've gave you all my hours
When I had the chance
Take you to every party
Cause all you wanted to do was dance
Now my baby's dancing
But she's dancing with another man

 

My pride, my ego, my needs, and my selfish ways
Caused a good strong woman like you to walk out my life
Now I never, never get to clean up the mess I made, ooooooh
And it haunts me every time I close my eyes

 

It all just sounds like oooooh
Hmmm.. too young, too dumb to realize

 That I should 've bought you flowers
And held your hand
Should 've gave you all my hours
When I had the chance
Take you to every party
Cause all you wanted to do was dance
Now my baby's dancing
But she's dancing with another man

 

Although it hurts
I'll be the first to say that I was wrong
oh, I know I'm probably much too late
To try and apologize for my mistakes
But I just want you to know

 

I hope he buys you flowers
I hope he holds your hand
Gives you all his hours
When he has the chance
Take you to every party
Cause I remember how much you loved to dance
Do all the things I should 've done
When I was your man
Do all the things I should 've done
When I was your man!

Digipak Research from Pieter Jollans

Final Concept for Coursework

Music Video - When i was your man

 I have decided for my final idea to create a music video to accompany Bruno Mars' song "When I Was Your Man".


This video will include performance and narrative elements as well as an electronic shaman. This will be conveyed by various shots of the artist singing the song whilst playing the music on an electronic keyboard as well as the narrative elements being demonstrated by cut-aways to footage of a couple breaking up. The electronic shaman will be included through the use of the artist being an omniscient narrator in which he will appear in the scenes which include his ex girlfriend with a new boyfriend, he will however be invisible to them but visible and audible to the audience. This also adds to the narrative element as the audience can then see how the situation is affecting him.


It will be filmed in a house using places such as the bedroom and living room for the sets for the various "scenes", this is to ensure that the product connects tot eh audience on a personal level and that they then will be able to connect with the song as it appears more realistic.

Concepts for coursework

Concept 1 – Music video (Boy band)

For this idea I would take a cover of any generic boy band as the audience is very easy to pinpoint as well as visual matches in the video. It would belong to the pop genre and be aimed mostly at preteen females. The song would contain lyrics indicating relationships and other likeminded content. The video would include all of the band members singing together as well as a dance routine performed during the chorus. This would appeal to my audience as it would share many other traits with other videos – see any one direction videos to understand these conventions (i.e looking into the camera, “messing” about, being with other girls, dancing and intimate looks/displayed emotions).

Concept 2 – Music video (World Cup)

I would use the cover of a popular world cup song as it’s quite topical seeing as the world cup is this year. In my video I would use several clips of people playing football, with the main footballer being the lead singer in my song. As the world cup is a symbol for diversity and the coming together of nations I may have several shots of people of varying nationalities playing football with each other. Cuts to the beat could be incorporated through when the ball is kicked. The song would most likely be of the pop genre as it should be enjoyed by everyone and pop songs are very mainstream orientated. Although my audience is practically everyone to infuse the spirit of the world cup within my song my narrower audience would be males aged 10+. This is because the majority viewers of football are males and a music video such as this would play alongside advertisements of the world cup. To reflect and cater for my audience the majority of the people in my video will be male. My audience will predominantly be middle class. Other texts like this include: Baddiel and Skinner – 3 lions and K'naan - Wavin' Flag.

Concept 3 – Short Film

The plot will revolve around a boy who discovers that he can use a video game controller to control other people. This is used as light-hearted comedy as he uses this ability to pull off simple pranks on people. However as he realises the severity of his power he starts to abuse it in order to cause harm to others. The climax of the film is when the boy starts getting chased by someone who is trying to cause him serious harm. It is then revealed that the person trying to kill him is being controlled by another child with a similar controller. The audience for this film would be predominantly male, given the concept of video games becoming blurred with real life. However unlike music videos this would prove to appear more “artsy” in that it challenges the ideas of influences on video games on children. For this reason I feel the demographic of the audience would be of a more middle-class background as it would offer the opportunity for debate and controversy.