Binary Thesis: Gravity & Black and Blue

Though both Sara Bareilles' "Gravity" and Ingrid Michaelson's "Black and Blue" display the image of an unhealthy relationship, Bareilles uses conflicted hyperbole and metaphor to show the speaker's struggle within herself to leave her love while Michaelson utilizes resentful imagery to portray the speaker's frustration with her partner to show how she is finished with the harmful relationship.