"so much of what i see reminds me of something i read in a book" (or in this particular quote's case - a movie), so it's not surprising that the songs i've been enjoying from bruno mars remind me of . . . william shakespeare and classical mythology.
random literary association #1: bright eyes
"Oh, her eyes, her eyes make the stars look like they're not shining." - "Just the Way You Are"
"Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven,
Having some business, do entreat her eyes
To twinkle in their spheres till they return." - Romeo & Juliet
(not to mention "She doth teach the torches to burn bright")
random literary association #2: rock vs. rock
Sisyphus eternally pushes a rock up a hill in Classical Mythology as punishment for his hubris.
Bruno Mars eternally pulls a piano around a city, to accompany lyrics about his willingness to suffer for someone else. While the self-centered ancient may have to push a rock, the self-sacrificing singer actually rocks.
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