Beautiful war

"Beautiful War"

Bite your tongue

Don't make a scene, dear

Everybody's been here 

least once before

We've been here more

Your heart breaks

Rolls down the window

I've seen it all go,

 come back around

And I've heard the sound

The tip of your tongue

The top of your lungs is doing my head in

I say, "Love, love don't mean nothing

Unless there's something worth fighting for."

It's a beautiful war

When I hold

The warmth of your body

There is nobody

 that I'd rather hold

Shattered and cold

The tip of your tongue

The top of your lungs is making me crazy

I say, "Love, love don't mean nothing

Unless there's something worth fighting for."

It's a beautiful war

I say, "Love, love – it don't mean nothing

Unless there's something worth fighting for."

It's a beautiful war

It's a beautiful war

It's a beautiful war

I say, "Love, love..."

I say, "Love, love don't mean nothing

Unless there's something worth fighting for."

I say, "Love, love don't mean nothing

Unless there's something worth fighting for."

It's a beautiful war

It's a beautiful war

It's a beautiful war

It's a beautiful war

I chose to use the song “Beautiful War” by Kings of Leon. This is one of my favorite songs and Kings of Leon is one of my favorite bands. All of the lines other than the chorus have a rhyme of ABBCC. I think that the transition from having a rhyme scheme to no rhyming helps to push the point of love being chaotic like war is. The song is talking about them breaking up and how he is trying to keep her calm. The most common repetition in this song is “it’s a beautiful war”. Other than the fact that it’s the title I think that this is used to emphasis the fact that love is messy and can be very complicated. I think that by having the ABBCC rhyme is kind of sets the tone for the next stanza and starts the next scene and the following lines are supporting it.