Composition Bleeding Love

bleeding love pop song r&b undertones set in key of f major. moves @ 104 bpm , set in 4/4 time. album version runs 4 minutes , twenty-two seconds , radio edit runs 4 minutes , 1 second. lewis vocal range extends c4-bb5. bleeding love constructed in common verse-chorus-bridge song pattern. employs church organ audible throughout song until bridge. synthesized strings prominent throughout song, intermittently integrates wood block percussion throughout track. heavy, distorted marching band-like drum loop backs song. song employs harmonic shift beginning @ bridge. harmonic shift or harmonic variety identifies song bridges. in bleeding love turn around common i, vi, iv, v (f, dm, bb, c) progression used exclusively bridge both verses , choruses shifts focus on relative minor: vi, iv, i/v, v (dm, bb, f/c, c).

mccartney wrote song longtime girlfriend, , said: kept thinking being in love hurts. away girlfriend 4 months @ time , wanted [quit] , fly home. in love painful. bleeding, cut me open. song refers in relationship extremely blinded love. regardless of numerous warnings friends , fact emotionally hurt lover, continues love him , accepts pain. metaphorically, represented in cutting open . however, can bleed love him.