Similes

In the song "Dead and Bloated" by Stone Temple Pilots there is a simile. When the song says "I am smellin' like the rose that somebody gave me on my birthday deathbed." When STP states this they are saying that they are feeling crummy and that when something so wonderful is given to them they don't really care for it and it doesn't help at all when you are feeling stressed out. The whole song is about feeling betrayed during a relationship. When it says "I am trampled under soles of another man's shoes because I walked to softly" it's meaning how people sometimes do not stand up for themselves in arguments and how people cause stress/angst on relationships. Another part is "And she says it's natural," this is usually the person in the relationship that everything comes easy to them and they never have to worry about anything.


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