Planning: Outline of narrative

The song that I would be using for my music video is Battle Scars by Lupe Fiasco ft Guy Sebastian.

[Intro: Lupe Fiasco]Hope the wound heals but it never does
That's cause you're at war with love
You're at war with love, yeah

[Hook: Guy Sebastian]
These battle scars don't look like they're fading
Don't look like they're ever going away
They ain't never gonna change
These battle...

[Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco]
Never let a wound ruin me
But I feel like ruin's wooing me
Arrow holes, they never close from Cupid on a shooting spree
Feeling stupid cause I know it ain't no you and me
But when you're trying to beat the odds up
Been trying to keep your nods up
And you know that you should know
And let her go
But the fear of the unknown
Hold another lover strong
Sends you back into the zone
With no Tom Hanks to bring you home
A lover not a fighter
On the front line with a poem
Trying to write yourself a rifle
Maybe sharpen up a stone
To fight the tanks and drones of you being alone

[Pre-hook: Guy Sebastian]
I wish I never looked, I wish I never touched
I wish that I could stop loving you so much
Cause I'm the only one that's trying to keep us together
When all of the signs say that I should forget her
I wish you weren't the best, the best I ever had
I wish that the good outweighed the bad
Cause it'll never be over (never be over) until you tell me it's over

[Hook: Guy Sebastian]
These battle scars don't look like they're fading
Don't look like they're ever going away
They ain't never gonna change
These battle scars don't look like they're fading
Don't look like they're ever going away
They ain't never gonna change
These battle...

[Verse 2: Lupe Fiasco]
(Then just leave then)
You shouldn't have but you said it
(And I hope you never come back)
It shouldn't have happened but you let it
Now you're down on the ground screaming medic
The only thing that comes is the post-traumatic stresses
Shields, body armors and vests don't properly work
That's why you're in a locker full of hurt
The enemy within and all the fires from your friends
The best medicine's to probably just let it win

[Pre-hook: Guy Sebastian]
I wish I couldn't feel, I wish I couldn't love
I wish that I could stop cause it hurts so much
And I'm the only one that's trying to keep us together
When all of the signs say that I should forget her
I wish you weren't the best, the best I ever had
I wish that the good outweighed the bad
Cause it'll never be over, until you tell me it's over

[Hook: Guy Sebastian]
These battle scars don't look like they're fading
Don't look like they're ever going away
They ain't never gonna change
These battle scars don't look like they're fading
Don't look like they're ever going away
They ain't never gonna change
These battle...

[Bridge: Guy Sebastian & Lupe Fiasco]
Cause you set me on fire
I've never felt so alive, yeah

No, hoping wounds heal, but it never does
That's because you're at war with love

And I'm at the point of breaking
And it's impossible to shake it (yeah)

See, you hoped the wound heals, but it never does
That's cause you're at war with love
Hope it heals, but it never does
That's cause you're at war with love!

[Hook: Guy Sebastian]
These battle scars don't look like they're fading
Don't look like they're ever going away
I ain't ever gonna change
These battle scars don't look like they're fading
Don't look like they're ever going away
They ain't never gonna change
These battle scars don't look like they're fading
Don't look like they're ever going away
I ain't never gonna change
These battle...

 

 

 

 

The general meaning of the lyrics is outling the negative experiences and the emotional hurt caused by love and rlationships. This could be from a male or female perspective as the lyrics do not determine whos viewpoint it is from which enables both genders to appeal to the lyrics. I would portray the lyrics by using a combination of both  narrative and performance based music video. The performance based aspect of the music video would consist of scenes such as both the artists Lupe Fiasco and Guy Sebastian as singing espcieally at the begining of the first verse as we would be able to see both their faces. The narrative aspect would be the female and male arguing together and them both being upset would be evident through their facial expressions and actions.

 

 

Hope the wound heals but it never does
That's cause you're at war with love
You're at war with love, yeah

 

This first verse would conssit of a close up on both the artists faces to imply and set the emotion that would be consistant through the music video.

 

 

You shouldn't have but you said it
(And I hope you never come back)
It shouldn't have happened but you let it
Now you're down on the ground screaming medic
The only thing that comes is the post-traumatic stresses

 

This verse would consist of the two characters arguing with each other. There would be iconography of broken glass and flowers being torn apart. This would convey the lyrics as having a negative and hurtful meaning to it.

 

 

These battle scars don't look like they're fading
Don't look like they're ever going away
I ain't ever gonna change
These battle scars don't look like they're fading
Don't look like they're ever going away
They ain't never gonna change
These battle scars don't look like they're fading
Don't look like they're ever going away
I ain't never gonna change
These battle...

 

This final verse would consist of both characters being in two seperate beds which would give the image of them being alone and lonely in their love. This would be a good way to end as the music start to get slow as this is the final hook.