Thursday, April 30, 2009
"Sorry" Buckcherry lyrics
Oh I had a lot to say, was thinking on my time awayI missed you and things weren't the same'Cause everything inside it never comes out rightAnd when I see you cry, it makes me want to die
I'm sorry, I'm bad, I'm sorry, I'm blueI'm sorry about all things I said to youAnd I know, I can't take it backI love how you kiss, I love all your soundsAnd baby, the way you make my world go roundAnd I just wanted to say, I'm sorry
This time I think, I'm to blameIt's harder to get through the daysYou get older and blame turns to shame'Cause everything inside it never comes out rightAnd when I see you cry, it makes me want to die
I'm sorry, I'm bad, I'm sorry, I'm blueI'm sorry about all things I said to youAnd I know, I can't take it backI love how you kiss, I love all your soundsAnd baby, the way you make my world go roundAnd I just wanted to say, I'm sorry
Every single day, I think about how we came all this wayThe sleepless nights and the tears you criedIt's never too late to make it rightOh yeah, sorry
I'm sorry, I'm bad, I'm sorry, I'm blueI'm sorry about all things I said to youAnd I know, I can't take it backI love how you kiss, I love all your soundsAnd baby, the way you make my world go roundAnd I just wanted to say, I'm sorry
I'm sorry, babyI'm sorry, babyI'm sorry
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Social and Political songs
Your empty walls, your empty wallsPretentious adventures, dismissive apprehensionDon't waste your time on coffins todayWhen we decline from the confines of our mindDon't waste your time on coffins today
Don't you see their bodies burning, desolate and full of yearningDying of anticipation, choking from intoxication?Don't you see their bodies burning, desolate and full of yearningDying of anticipation, choking from intoxication?
I want you to be left behind those empty wallsTold you to see from behind those empty wallsThose empty walls
When we decline from the confines of our mindDon't waste your time on coffins today
Don't you see their bodies burning, desolate and full of yearningDying of anticipation, choking from intoxication?Don't you see their bodies burning, desolate and full of yearningDying of anticipation, choking from intoxication?
I want you to be left behind those empty wallsTold you to see from behind those empty wallsWant you to be left behind those empty wallsI told you to see from behind those empty wallsFrom behind those empty wallsFrom behind those empty walls, the wallsFrom behind those empty walls
(I loved you yesterday)From behind those empty wallsFrom behind those empty walls, the walls(Before you killed my family)
Don't you see their bodies burning, desolate and full of yearningDying of anticipation, choking from intoxication?Don't you see their bodies burning, desolate and full of yearningDying of anticipation, choking from intoxication?
I want you to be left behind those empty wallsTold you to see from behind those empty walls(Desolate and full of yearning, dying of anticipation)(Choking from intoxication)I want you to be left behind those empty walls(Don't you see their bodies burning, desolate and full of yearning(Dying of anticipation, choking from intoxication?)I told you to see from behind those empty walls
From behind those empty wallsFrom behind those fucking wallsFrom behind those goddamn wallsThose walls, those walls
In this song the artist is talking about the war in Iraq. In the video of this song it illustrates major events in the war but using children and a childrens play place to illustrate what is happening. In the song he talks about the people that have died and who are dying for our country. This song is important because it grabs your attention to what is happening currently and makes you think about it. It makes your heart go out to everyone involved.
Hunger Strike- Temple of the Dog
I don't mind stealing bread
From the mouths of decadence
But I can't feed on the powerless
When my cup's already overfilled
But it's on the table
The fire is cooking
And they're farming babies
While the slaves are working
The blood is on the table
And their mouths are choking
But I'm growing hungry
In this song the band is talking about social inequality and how people will steal from those who they consider "lower." It shows how everyone is not equal and what they have to deal with. It also brings up the point that the people that work really hard in life are the ones that struggle while others do not. The relenvence of this song is to prove that people do have hard times and it is not fair.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Repetition Of Sounds
Am I loud and clear or am I breaking up?Am I still your charm or am I just bad luck?Are we getting closer, are we just getting more lost?I'll show you mine if you show me yours firstLet's compare scars I'll tell you whose is worseLet's unwrite these pages and replace them with our own words
[Chorus]We live on front porches and swing life awayWe get by just fine here on minimum wage If love is a labor I'll slave 'til the endI won't cross these streets until you hold my hand
I've been here so long; think that its time to moveThe winter's so cold summer's over too soonso let's pack our bags and settle down where palm trees growI've got some friends, some that I hardly knowBut we've had some times I wouldn't trade for the worldWe chase these days down with talks of the places that we will go
[Chorus]We live on front porches and swing life awayWe get by just fine here on minimum wage If love is a labor I'll slave 'til the endI won't cross these streets until you hold my hand, until you hold my hand
I'll show you mine if you show me yours firstLet's compare scars I'll tell you whose is worseLet's unwrite these pages and replace them with our own words
[Chorus]We live on front porches and swing life awayWe get by just fine here on minimum wage If love is a labor I'll slave 'til the endI won't cross these streets until you hold my hand
Am I loud and clear or am I breaking up?Am I still your charm or am I just bad luck?Are we getting closer, are we just getting more lost?I'll show you mine if you show me yours firstLet's compare scars I'll tell you whose is worseLet's unwrite these pages and replace them with our own words
[Chorus]We live on front porches and swing life awayWe get by just fine here on minimum wage If love is a labor I'll slave 'til the endI won't cross these streets until you hold my hand
swing life awayswing life awayswing life awayswing life away
This song is about how a passionate relationship is far more important than money.
Found Poem
I don't care about my guilty pleasure for you
So I hide
Hes so cynical
But he treats me like a ragdoll
I start to cry
What kinda fool is he takin me for
He says poor baby
Shut your mouth, please don't talk anymore
I've never been in love
I only know if someone wants me
Monday, March 30, 2009
Song Analysis 2
A heart of gold But it lost it's pride Beautiful veins And bloodshot eyes I see your face In another light
Why'd you have to go And let it die Why'd you have to go And let it die Why'd you have to go And let it die In too deep And out of time Why'd you have to go And let it die
A simple man And his blushing bride (Why'd you have to go And let it die) Intravenous Intertwined (Why'd you have to go And let it die) Hearts gone cold Your hands were tied (Why'd you have to go And let it die)
Why'd you have to go And let it die (Why'd you have to go And let it die) Why'd you have to go And let it die In too deep And out of time Why'd you have to go And let it die
Do you ever think of me You're so considerate Did you ever think of me Oh so considerate
In too deep And lost in time Why'd you have to go And let it die Beautiful veins And bloodshot eyes Why'd you have to go And let it die Hearts gone cold And hands are tied Why'd you have to go And let it die Why'd you have to go And let it die
Do you ever think of me You're so considerate Did you think of me Oh so considerate
In too deep And lost in time Why'd you have to go And let it die Beautiful veins And bloodshot eyes Why'd you have to go And let it die Hearts gone cold And hands are tied Why'd you have to go And let it die Why'd you have to go And let this die Why'd you have to go And let this die Why'd you have to go And let this die Why'd you have to go And let this die Why'd you have to go And let it die
Foo Fighters “Let It Die”
The Foo Fighters is a alternative/ post grunge band that was formed by Dave Grohl in 1995. The name Foo Fighters is taken from a World War two term for unidentified flying object. The current members of the band are Dave Grohl as the lead vocals and rhythm guitar(he plays much more instruments), Nate Mendel on bass guitar, Taylor Hawkins on the drums and the back up vocals, and Chris Shiflett as the lead guitar and back up vocals. When Kurt Cobain died Nirvana ended so Grohl moved on and started his own band(Foo Fighters). He was offered to be a drummer in many bands but he decided that he could do more with music himself so he started a one man band which formed into the band today. He had written many songs while with Nirvana but kept them to himself because he always viewed Cobain as a better person when it came to music. Thus, Foo Fighters was created.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Repetition
EPISTROPHE
She motioned to me That she wanted to leave And go somewhere warm Where we'd be alone I do not know, what's going on But I'm guessing it's an all night thing
If it's an all night thing Nobody is gonna make it end And if it don't begin Don't worry that I'll take offense And if it's an all night thing And we fall like a tear falling To the ground I'll never come around And you'll never hear a word from me If it's an all night thing
I walked along, feeling at ease And falling like rain Into her scheme She won't let on what that will be But I'm guessing It's an all night thing
If it's an all night thing Nobody is gonna make it end And if it don't begin Don't worry that I'll take offense And if it's an all night thing And we fall like a tear falling To the ground I'll never come around And you'll never hear a word from me If it's an all night thing
Jambi lyrics
ANAPHORA
Here from the king's mountain view Here from the wild dream come true Feast like a sultan I do On treasures and flesh, never few.
But I, I would wish it all away. If I thought I'd Lose you just one day.
The devil and his had me down, in love with the dark side I'd found. Dabble in all the way down up to my neck soon to drown.
But you changed that all for me. Lifted me up, turned me round. So I...I... I... I... I would I would I would Wish this all away
Prayed like a father dusk to dawn. Beg like a hooker all night long. Tempted the devil with my song. And got what I wanted all along.
But I, And I would, If I could, And I would, Wish it away, Wish it away, Wish it all away, Wanna wish it all away, No prize that could hold sway, Or justify my giving away, my center.
So if I could I'd wish it all away. If I thought tomorrow would take you away. You're my peace of mind, my home, my center. I'm just trying to hold on, One more day.
Dim my eyes...Dim my eyes...
Dim my eyes if they should compromise our fulcrum what you need divides me then I might as well be gone.
Shine on forever. Shine on benevolent son.
Shine down upon the broken. Shine until the two become one.
Shine on forever. Shine on benevolent son.
Shine on upon the severed. Shine until the two become one.
Divided I'm withering away.
Divide and I'm withering away.
Shine on upon the many, light our way Benevolent son.
Breathe in union. Breathe in union. Breathe in union. Breathe in union. Breathe in union. So as one survive. Another day and season.
Silence leech, and save your poison. Silence leech, and stay out of my way.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Metaphors
Rusty Cage lyrics
And hit me with a hand of broken nails You tied my lead and pulled my chain To watch my blood begin to boil
But I'm gonna break I'm gonna break my I'm gonna break my rusty cage and run
Too cold to start a fire I'm burning diesel burning dinosaur bones I'll take the river down to still water And ride a pack of dogs
I'm gonna break I'm gonna break my I'm gonna break my rusty cage and run
Hits like a Phillips head into my brain It's gonna be too dark to sleep again Cutting my teeth on bars and rusty chains I'm gonna break my rusty cage and run
When the forest burns along the road Like God's eyes in my headlights When the dogs are looking for their bones And it's raining icepicks on your steel shore
I'm gonna break I'm gonna break my I'm gonna break my rusty cage and run
The next song that i picked was "Runaway Train" by Soul Asylum. The song is about teenage runaways. Some of the people that the song is about did actually run away while others were taken and some of them never seen again. Some times people feel the need to runaway from their problems instead of facing them head on. These people chose that. One metaphor in the song is "I was a key that could use a little turning." This is saying that in life you can only be yourself and that some times you belive or in fact you do need to fix things about yourself. Sometimes there good things and sometimes there not but most of the time you have to face these things. Thats what the song means to me.
Runaway Train lyrics
Call you up in the middle of the night Like a firefly without a light You were there like a blowtorch burning I was a key that could use a little turning
So tired that I couldn't even sleep So many secrets I couldn't keep Promised myself I wouldn't weep One more promise I couldn't keep
It seems no one can help me now I'm in too deep there's no way out This time I have really led myself astray
Runaway train never going back Wrong way on a oneway track Seems like I should be getting somewhere Somehow I'm neither here nor there
Can you help me remember how to smile Make it somehow all seems worth while? How on earth did I get so jaded? Life's mystery seems so dated
I can go where no one else can go I know what no one else knows Here I am just drownin' in the rain With a ticket for a runaway train
Everything is cut and dry Day and night earth and sky Somehow I just don't believe it
Runaway train never going back Wrong way on a oneway track Seems like I should be getting somewhere Somehow I'm neither here nor there
Solo
Bought a ticket for a runaway train Like a madman laughin' at the rain A little out of touch little insane It's just easier than dealing with the pain
Runaway train never going back Wrong way on a oneway track Seems like I should be getting somewhere Somehow I'm neither here nor there
Runaway train never comin' back Runaway train tearin' up the track Runaway train burnin' in my veins Runawaybut it always seems the same
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Similes
Dead & Bloated lyrics
I am smellin' like the rosethat somebody gave me onmy birthday deathbedI am smellin' like the rosethat somebody gave me'cause I'm dead & bloated
I am smellin' like the rosethat somebody gave me onmy birthday deathbedI am smellin' like the rosethat somebody gave me'cause I'm dead & bloated
Ohh yeah, and she says it's naturalI feel I've come of ageWhen she peeks I start to runOhh yeah, and she says it's naturalI feel I've come of ageWhen she peeks I start to run
You can't swallow what I'm thinkin'You can't swallow what I'm thinkin'
I am trampled under sole ofanother man's shoesGuess I walked too softly
Ohh yeah, and she says it's naturalI feel I've come of ageWhen she peeks I start to runOhh yeah, and she says it's naturalI feel I've come of ageWhen she peeks I start to run
You can't swallow what I'm thinkin'You can't swallow what I'm thinkin'
I run through the world thinkin' 'bout tomorrow, thinkin' 'bout tomorrowI run through the world thinkin' 'bout tomorrow, thinkin' 'bout tomorrow
I am smellin' like the rosethat somebody gave me onmy birthday deathbedI am smellin' like the rosethat somebody gave me'cause I'm dead & bloated
I run through the world thinkin' 'bout tomorrow, thinkin' 'bout tomorrowI run through the world thinkin' 'bout tomorrow, thinkin' 'bout tomorrowI run through the world thinkin' 'bout tomorrow, thinkin' 'bout tomorrowI run through the world thinkin' 'bout tomorrow, thinkin' 'bout tomorrow
I am smellin' like the rosethat somebody gave me onmy birthday deathbedI am smellin' like the rosethat somebody gave me, somebody gave me,somebody gave me onmy birthday deathbed
The next song that has a simile is "Where The River Goes" by yet again Stone Temple Pilots. The whole song is about where life takes you and what you have to go through on your journey in life and what you may have to face. In the song when they say "I wanna be as big as a mountain, I wanna fly as high as the sun, I wanna know what the rent's like in heaven..." is a simile. I wanna be as big as a moutain is refuring to i want to be a bigger person in life and get over my fears. I wanna fly as high as the sun is stateing that i wanna be with the others that have died in my life. Same thing when they say I wanna know what the rent's like in heaven is saying that they want to go see their lost ones in heaven that have died. All of this causes angst on the person the song is about because they could become depressed because they miss the ones that they have lost in life and that they want to become a better person in life.
Where The River Goes lyrics
Yeah, I could hide in the calm of the eye of the stormAnd never blow awayWell, I'm a young man with a knife to my backSome things never seem to change
Nowhere to run to, nowhere to hideSing the song or keep it insideBought the farm, but the farmer done diedSing that song, sing that song inside
I wish I could live in the dreamthat I fly on the tarred & freathered wingsWell, I'm losing a game of realitydice where the dealer never ever pays
Nowhere to run to, nowhere to hideSing the song or keep it insideBought the farm, but the farmer done diedSing that song, sing that song inside
I wanna be as big as a mountainI wanna fly as high as the sunI wanna know what the rent's like in heavenI wanna know where the river goes
Yeah, I could hide in the calm of the eye of the stormAnd never blow awayWell, I'm a young man with a knife to my backSome things never seen to change
Nowhere to run to, nowhere to hideSing the song or keep it insideBought the farm, but the farmer done diedSing that song, sing that song inside
I wanna be as big as a mountainI wanna fly as high as the sunI wanna know what the rent's like in heavenI wanna know where the river goes
If I was strongerI could be a mountain rangeIf night was longerCould I escape the day?If I was strongerI could be a mountain rangeIf night was longerCould I escape the day?
Nowhere to run to, nowhere to hideSing the song or keep it insideBought the farm, but the farmer done diedSing that song, sing that song inside
I wanna be as big as a mountainI wanna fly as high as the sunI wanna know what the rent's like in heavenI wanna know where the river...I wanna be as big as a mountainI wanna fly as high as the sunI wanna know what the rent's like in heavenI wanna know where the river goesWhere the river goesWhere the river goesWhere the river, yeahWhere the riverWhere the riverWhere the riverWhere the riverWhere the river goesWhere the river goes
Friday, February 13, 2009
Song Analysis
Pearl Jam “Jeremy”
The song “Jeremy” is about a young boy who commits suicide. There are two true events of where the band came up with the idea. One of the events is when the lead singer Eddie Vedder read about it in a newspaper article. A fifteen year old name Jeremy Wade Delle shot himself in front of his English class in 1991. As the story goes he was told to go to get an admittance slip from his school’s office. Jeremy left his class and he returned with a .357 magnum revolver. He went to the front of the room and supposedly said “Miss, I got what I really went for” and sadly shot himself. His classmates described Jeremy as someone who was normally quiet and always seemed sad. The other event that caused Pearl Jam to write this song is when Eddie Vedder himself was some what involved in a shooting. A kid named Brian that went to his junior high school shot up an oceanography class and Eddie was in the halls when it happened. He used to pick on the kid and the two of them would get into many confutations. The song is about both of the two kids but mainly about Jeremy.
The whole song is about how some kids that get so depressed and sadly can not deal with it. Some people just get so sad and so stressed on everything in their life that they do not know what to do and they believe that this is the only way out. In the song it states “Daddy didn’t give attention, oh, to the fact that mommy didn’t care.” This illustrates how some kids either feel or are really being ignored at home and feel like no one cares about them and no one will help them with their troubles. It also shows that many people have problems at home that they never address then and they try to go on living their lives the “normal way”. Another part in the song it says “Jeremy spoke in class today”. This is referring to when Jeremy himself went in front of his class and shot himself. Jeremy going and doing that in class is basically showing us that he is trying to make a statement, and one of the statements was I dislike my life and now I need to end it. The next line in the song that is meaningful is when it says “clearly I remember pickin’ on the boy seemed a harmless little f*$#. Ooo, but we unleashed a lion.” This reflects on when Eddie Vedder and the kid Brian would get into fights in school. It also means that kids like to pick on kids, plain and simple. Some kids like to take it to a different level and actually make the other person feel bad and think that their cool just because they could make other kids laugh. The truth is people should never do that because you never know who your going to upset or whose feelings your going to hurt and what those people could do or will not do. The next important part in the song is “And he hit me with a surprise left.” This illustrates how when someone does hurt themselves the people that are around those people sometimes did not see it coming and do not know how to react to it. The last meaningful part in the song is when it states “Try to forget this…try to forget this…try to erase this…try to erase this…from the blackboard…” This can shows two things. One is the memory of the event of Jeremy going in front of the class and killing himself. It can also mean that when Jeremy killed himself and there was blood on the board and everyone in the class wanted to get ride of it and forget the whole thing even happened. Clearly, all teens have angst in their life and deal with it in different ways as presented in the song “Jeremy”.
“Jeremy” fits into my theme because the whole song is about stress/angst and how a person deals with it. All teens have stress and they all can not deal with an over load. There are many factors that can cause it. Some are school, family, friends, jobs, sports, ect. We all have a nervous breakdown sometime in our lives. The song illustrates how finally one day one kid could not take it anymore and decided to end his life just to maybe make himself feel better. It also fits in because “Jeremy” was revolutionary in the fact that it brought teen suicide into the light of music and known. Many people considered it taboo to talk about because it is personal but the fact of the matter is that teens should always talk about their problems so they can feel relieved and get all of it off of their chests.
There are many poetic devices in the song “Jeremy”. Some of them are the following. Throughout the whole song there is foreshadowing in the fact that you have to think of the worse possible thing that will happen when a kid does not like his life and people constantly put him down. The character of the song is Jeremy. He is also the protagonist. The next poetic device is mood. The mood in the song “Jeremy” is very sad and upsetting. The song wants the listener to put yourself in Jeremy’s position and think what is was like to go on day in and day out living what he had to live and seeing how you would deal with it. The song “Jeremy” is a narrative poem because it tells a story. When it states “try to forget this….try to forget this….try to erase this…try to erase this” it is an example of a caesura because when sung they take pauses when played. The climax of the song is when Jeremy decides to act on his thoughts and ideas and commit suicide. Another poetic device that is used is conflict. The conflict in the song “Jeremy” is when the kid is not getting the love and attention at home and when he is picked on in school. In this song the tone is what can happen with angst and stress it self and how people deal with it in different ways. The point of view of the song is put through the eyes of either Jeremy and what he went through and also the people that lived around him and how they were effected by him and his actions. When it says “ooo, but we unleashed a lion” it is referring to Jeremy and how he acted out. In the song the narrator is perceived as Eddie Vedder because he was the one that read about the kid Jeremy and went to school with Brian. Thus, this song is important because every person has demons and some people can not live with them but everyone has the ability to deal with them.
Jeremy lyrics
at home drawing pictures of mountain tops with him on top lemon yellow sun arms raised in a V dead lay in pools of maroon below
daddy didn't give attention to the fact that mommy didn't care king jeremy the wicked ruled his world
Jeremy spoke in class today Jeremy spoke in class today
clearly I remember pickin' on the boy seemed a harmless little f*$# but we unleashed a lion gnashed his teeth and bit the recessed lady's breast
how could I for get he hit me with a surprise left my jaw left hurt in dropped wide open just like the day like the day I heard
daddy didn't give affection and the boy was something that mommy wouldn't wear king Jeremy the wicked ruled his world
Jeremy spoke in class today Jeremy spoke in class today Jeremy spoke in class today
try to forget this (try to forget this) try to erase this (try to erase this)from the blackboard.
Jeremy spoke in class today Jeremy spoke in class today Jeremy spoke in, spoke in Jeremy spoke in, spoke in Jeremy spoke in class today
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Narrative
Verse 1- Load up on guns Bring your friends It's fun to lose and to pretend She's overborne and self-assured Oh no, I know a dirty word
Chorus- Hello, hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello ,hello With the Lights out it's less dangerous Here we are now entertain us I feel stupid and contagious Here we are now entertain us A mullato an albino A mosquito my libido yay
Verse 2- I'm worse at what I do best And for this gift I feel blessed Our little group has always been And always will until the end
Chorus- Hello, hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello, hello With the Lights out it's less dangerous Here we are now entertain us I feel stupid and contagious Here we are now entertain us A mullato an albino A mosquito my libido yay
Bridge-
Verse 3- And I forget just why I taste Oh yeah I guess it makes me smile I found it hard it's hard to find Oh well whatever nevermind
Chorus- Hello, hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello, hello With the Lights out it's less dangerous Here we are now entertain us I feel stupid and contagious Here we are now entertain us A mullato an albino A mosquito my libido A denial