![]() You tossed it in the trash, yes, you did Is Grenade a breakup song?Īfter all, that’s the question that many people ask, and the answer is: yes, Grenade is a breakup song. You’re so in love with this woman and you don’t understand, ‘What am I doing wrong? What am I not giving to you? I’ll go as far as putting a bullet in my brain for you, and why can’t I get that kind of love in return?’ It’s a heartbreaking, heartbreak song, and I think everyone can relate to that. Writing the lyrics for Grenade was a personal growth path for Bruno Mars: he succeeded in recognizing the remaining feelings he had for the girl, but he managed to convert them into awareness. ![]() The song honestly describes how she misbehaved with him and didn’t deserve his love. The pain of unrequited love becomes the peaceful awareness that she wasn’t the right girl for him: a mature step forward that we all need when coming to terms with a breakup.It’s April 1, 1945. Hideki, 14, stayed in Okinawa when his mother and younger brother evacuated to mainland Japan. He was 13 then, but near enough to 14 to feel he should stay and fight. The time has come-and it’s even worse than he had feared. The Japanese officer in charge of the middle school boy-soldiers has given them each two grenades. One is to kill as many American soldiers as possible, and the other is to be used to commit suicide. Meanwhile, 18-year-old Ray Majors is a freckle-faced Marine from Nebraska. His father beat him when he tried to sign up before he turned 18, but after that birthday, his father knew he couldn’t stop him. Now Ray is among the waves of men storming Okinawa’s beaches.Īlan Gratz has told a marvelous story that the publisher says is for 9- to 12-year-old readers but is actually a fine tale for anyone with an interest in Okinawa or what war is really like. ![]() Spoiler alert: Grenade isn’t going to encourage anyone to sign up. #Joseph fink twitter grenade bruno mars series.
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