"Give Me Love" Critical Analysis

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Ed Sheeran’s song, “Give Me Love,” is a touching, emotional story about one who is heartbroken and longs for love. The song features melancholy lyrics which describes the individual’s plea for the affection he once shared with another person in the past. Though his written work may initially seem as if it’s simply just the same average love song expressing one’s heartache after a breakup, Sheeran’s official music video contains a changed story line, thus giving his song a deeper meaning of love. This new message is conveyed through the main actress, a young girl obsessed with love and who blesses everyone she sees with instant romance during her struggle to find her own. Through the unique characters, the setting, and the video attributes, I was able to comprehend a more profound theme which directly applies to the lives of the audience: Love is powerful and only comes to those who wait; one cannot search for love, it can only be given to you. The video begins as a flashback where famous actress, Isabel Lucas, lays lifelessly on a blood-stained mattress in a dark, eerie room with an arrow piercing her neck. Emergency sirens are blaring in the background as an attractive officer walks into the room of the “murder scene” before the flashback ends and as the music begins. The smoothness of his walk, almost as if he’s walking in slow motion, emphasizes a possible importance for his appearance in the video. The lonely, bleach-blond haired girl, clothed in all white, instantly forces the audience to feel empathy towards her before the song even reaches the chorus. Sheeran’s tone as he sings the depressing lyrics and Isabel’s helpless appearance in the gloomy setting creates a dark mood for the audience for the remainder of the song. She reveals her sorrow through her facial expressions and posture such as staring towards the ground with her back slumped over and holding

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