Grenade

Bruno Mars' song Grenade was release some months ago, and is about a man wronged by his lover. Although he is well aware that she doesn't care for him, he is still willing to:

Catch a grenade for [her]
Throw [his] hand on a blade for [her]
[He'd] jump in front of a train for [her]
[He'd] do anything for [her]
[He] would go through all this pain,
Take a bullet straight through [his] brain
Yes, he would die for [her]

When mainstream radio isn't babbling on about sex, drugs, or booze, they're singing about killing themselves off because as a wise man named Kingsley once said, "that's just so romantic."

Really?

People thrive off this stuff, and I admit that as long as the song melody sounds nice, I am willing to drown out the lyrics and listen. But this song was just too crazy pass up. Songs like this will landmark my generation's taste in music for years to come.

I believe that somewhere, someplace, this song set up false expecations for some girl. She'll expect a man to blow himself up for her, but not being slicing off his hand and mutilating himself through a train crash.