Analysis of chosen song - 'Same Ol' Mistakes' by Rihanna

'Same Ol' Mistakes' by Rihanna 

I can just hear them now

"How could you let us down?" 

But they don't know what I found 

Or see it from this way around 

Feeling it overtake 

All that i used to hate 

Worried 'bout every trait

All the signs I don't read 

two sides of me can't agree 

When I breath in too deep 

Going with what I've always longed for

Feel like a brand new person (but you make the same old mistakes)

I don't care i'm in love (stop before it's too late) 

Feel like a brand new person (but you make the same old mistakes)

I finally know what love is (you don't have what it takes) 

(stop before it's too late) 

(I know there's too much at stake) 

(making the same mistakes) 

And I still don't know why it's happening 

(Stop while it's not too late) and I still don't know  

Finally taking flight 

I know you don't think it's right 

I know that you think it's fake 

Maybe fake's what I like 

Point is i have the right 

I'm thinking in black and white 

Soon to be out of sight 

Knowing it all this time 

Going with what I've always longed for

Feel like a brand new person (but you make the same old mistakes) 

I don't care i'm in love (stop before it's too late) 

Feel like a brand new person (but you make the same old mistakes)

I finally know what love is (you don't have what it takes) 

(stop before it's too late) 

The song is originally 6 minutes 39 seconds long; however, I decided to do the first 3 minutes because at 3:00 exactly there is a music interval. As well as this, the music plays for a few seconds, though to some people it may feel like it has ended there. This music video is Rihanna talking about the mistakes she made, possibly in relation to a past relationship. The song could be about her moving on but something continues to stop her. 

I asked my peer feedback group what they thought of the song and here is what they said:  

• It doesn't sound like Rihanna. It seems like she is trying something new. 
• I like this song because it's different to her other music
• Repetitive, I don't like it. 
• I like the beat of the song but there is too much echo in it.
• Most of the song seems dark which fits in with the rest of her album, 'Anti'.