Othello- "Grenade"

Lyrics For Grenade by Bruno Mars
Should've known you were trouble
Oh take, take, take it all
Gave you all I had and you tossed it in the trash
You tossed it in the trash, you did
Black, black, black and blue
Beat me till I'm numb, tell the devil I said hey
When you get back to where you're from
You smile in my face then rip the breaks out my car

"Grenade" by Bruno mars sums up Iago's relationship to many characters in Othello, but primarily Othello, because Othello believed until seconds before his death that Iago was an honest, humble guy. This song illustrates betrayal by a loved one, and that's exactly what Iago was to Othello, a loved one. The word love is even thrown between them at least once per scene, which is quite unorthodox for our culture. This relationship could be seen as the relationship Bruno Mars had with his betrayer. In the song, her betrayal was often overlooked because of the love that he thought they shared. He would still give every thing for her even though she would sacrifice nothing for him. Othello gave away his whole life on the words of Iago, and if that love were not there, he might have been more skeptical and rational in deciding to kill his wife on the words of one man. One of the most relevant lines is "You smile in my face then rip the breaks out my car", because this is exactly what Iago did. While lying seamlessly, he did not even have to damage anything in Othello's life himself. He successfully convinced Othello to it for him.