Analysis of music video lyrics (Music promo)

Lyrics to 'Make You Feel My Love' by Adele

When the rain is blowing in your face
And the whole world is on your case
I could offer you a warm embrace
To make you feel my love

The lyrics begin showing a blue light over the room and the video is shot through a hand held camera,showing sadness, emotion and realism from these devices, with a point of view shot of the main female character texting someone on her mobile phone. The next line 'And the whole world is on your case', is shown in a medium close up of the female to show her expressions as she sings the line. We are then brought back to a point of view of her sending the first text shown at the start, as the line 'I could offer you a warm embrace' is sung, before showing a side perspective shot of a medium close up to show emotion, followed by a long shot of the back of the female as the finishes the last line.


When the evening shadows and the stars appear
And there is no one there to dry your tears
I could hold you for a million years
To make you feel my love

These lyrics begin through a medium shot of the female singing, with the hand held camera moving slowly closer as she sings. The blue lighting is still shown as sadness is the female's constant state of emotion in this scene. These features continue to be shown until the line 'I could hold you for a million years', where midway through the line, we are brought from a medium shot into a side perspective medium shot to show expression again, showing the hand held camera moving to show realism, before a long shot again of the female's back. This is an exact repetition of the first scene, as there are two verses before the third main stanza/chorus, so the director has decided to replicate them to represent this.

I know you haven't made your mind up yet
This line shows a close up of her mobile, followed by a slow plan through a close up and with a hand held camera of the female's face as she sings, showing her emotions and from the previous close up of the phone, suggesting she is thinking about the male, of whom she is texting.

But i would never do you wrong
This scene shows a wide shot of the building she is in, whilst slowly moving in with the camera as she sings.

I've known it from the moment that we met
No doubt in my mind where you belong
These lines firstly show a medium close up of the female with a hand held camera to express her emotions on her face as she sings the lines ,followed by a side view of her face through a close up to show expression, then showing the camera following her body down to show her hand placing the phone down on a table. This is possibly referencing the line 'No doubt in my mind where you belong' to show that by her putting the phone down next to her, that she believes that the male should also be beside her.

I'd go hungry i'd go black and blue
This line shows a medium close up to begin with to express her emotions in the line, before going again to a side shot through close up of her singing the words 'black and blue' as she rubs her arm, to give a literal meaning of what she is singing about, and to make her look vulnerable in this scene.

I'd go crawling down the avenue
This line begins with a medium close up, before the camera begins to rise slowly above her as she sings the line, to show her vulnerability as she is saying she would go into a dangerous place for him. We then finally see a side view of her in close up, again to express her emotions. This is a very tender moment in the video, as she is showing her vulnerability towards him, and showing the lengths she would go to to be with him to show how much he means to her.

No there's nothing that i wouldn't do
This line shows a close up of the female, showing her makeup is smudged and that she has been crying to outline her sadness, before the close up rises and moves over her head into a high angle shot to again show her vulnerability as she again rubs her arm, to show she is cold and alone, before being brought into a long shot behind her, to show her sat on her bed, giving emphasis on how alone she is. The environment in the room has blue lights, and she is wearing a blue top to give more representation on her feelings and emotions in the song.

To make you feel my love
This scene shows a medium close up as the female looks accross at something in the room. We are then shown what she is looking at with a point of view shot of the phone, suggesting she is thinking about the texts that were sent and the male character she misses, before being brought back to the medium close up of her as she gets up out of the shot.


The storms are raging on the rolling sea
This shows her through a close up as she looks out of her window. Her face is in a dark silhouette to show the loneliness and darkness she feels without the male, however the lighting still shows her eyes for emotion in the lyrics.

And on the highway of regret
This shows a pan around the back of the female to show the outside of the building, showing many bright lights and roads, refering to the lines 'and on the highway of regret'. We also see her in close up from this perspective pulling her cardigan over her body, something she was not wearing before. This expresses her coldness and loneliness without him again, giving her more vulnerability and empathy from the audience.

Though winds of change are blowing wild and free
You ain't seen nothing like me yet
These lines show the black silhouette once again, but keeping some light on her face to show her eyes and aspects of her face to show her emotions when singing the lyrics. This is the first time in the video that she sings with wider and more open facial expressions, giving a powerful impact on her feelings and the lyrics she is singing to the audience.


I could make you happy make your dreams come true,
This line shows firstly a long shot of the female's back, showing her stood up looking out of the window, followed by the black silhouette form again with the brief lighting on her face as she sings the last part of the line for expression. The camera is hand held for realism and goes slightly in and out of focus, representing how she sees life since she has parted with him.

Nothing that I wouldn't do
This line shows the female looking out of her window, showing blurry reflections of light over her face from the outside, with a dark background behind her to represent the isolation and loneliness she is feeling, also through a hand held camera. For the last few words; 'Nothing that I wouldn't do', we are brought back to the silhouette of her in extreme close up form showing her lips as she sings this, giving emphasis on the line as she is speaking it.

Go to the ends of the earth for you
To make you feel my love

To make you feel my love

For these last few lines, we are again shown the female looking out of the window with the outside lights reflected on her face, also showing how she is isolated by the black background. We often see a black shadow moving over the scene in this section, representing her figure that is looking into the window from our perspective. This is all a point of view shot of her looking at her reflection, as she is perhaps reflecting herself on what has happened, and how she can see that she is alone. This is all again with a hand held camera, before we are finally brought out into the same wide shot of the building as earlier on in the video, as the music quietens and is played softly whilst we hear ambient sound from within her flat. We can also hear a sound of her receiving a text, and she is shown very small through the window to be going to answer this. This leaves her at the end of the video still looking vulnerable, leaving the audience with the peacefulness at the end to reflect on what has happened, and to wonder what the future will hold for the female, and her relationship with the male character.