1st person narrative: I Heart Question Mark by Taylor Swift
I chose this song because it was a perfect example of first person narrative becuase, in this song, Taylor tells about everything she had to do to recover from her break up. In this song Taylor says "Think about what I had to do, yah. Wake up, smell the break up, fix my heart, put on my make up, another mess I didn't plan." This is a good example because she is talking about herself by using the word "I."
2nd person narrative: Your Gonna Miss This by Trace Adkins
I chose this song because Trace uses the words you and your a lot. By saying this he makes the outside listeners feel as though they are the characters in the story being told. For example, in the song he says "your gonna miss this, your gonna want this back, your gonna wish this days hadnt gone by so fast."
3rd person: Oh My My My by Taylor Swift
In this song, Taylor is telling a story about her and a boy with out showing her feelings towards it. Instead, Taylor chose to show her and the boys parents feelings toward it. The song says "And our daddies used to joke about the two of us
Growing up and falling in love and our mamas smiled, And rolled their eyes and said oh my my my." This song shows that the dads want these two kids to grow up and fall in love but the moms simply feel as though it is to early to even be talking about this.
Multiple Person: Need You Now by Lady Antebellum
In this song, the artists go back and forth with their feelings. First, she talks about how she misses this boy and needs him. Next, she is telling about how she had told him earlier she would not call becuase she did not think he was needed in her life anymore. Third, she goes back to how she needs him again. "It's a quarter after one, I'm all alone and I need you now. Said I wouldn't call but I lost all control and I need you now. And I don't know how I can do without. I just need you now"
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Hyperbole
Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You
By: Kellie Pickler
I remember the way you made love to me
Like I was all you'd ever need
Did you change your mind
Well I didn't change mine
Now here I am trying to make sense of it all
We were best friends now we don't even talk
You broke my heart
Ripped my world apart
Didn't you know how much I loved you
Didn't you know how much I loved you, baby
I gave you everything, every part of me
Didn't you feel it when I touched you
Didn't I rock you when I loved you, baby
Baby, tell me
Didn't you know how much I loved you
I can't get you out of my head
I still feel you in this bed
Left me all alone
You couldn't be more gone
From falling apart to fighting mad
From wanting you back to not giving a damn
I've felt it all
I've been to the wall
Didn't you know how much I loved you
Didn't you know how much I loved you, baby
I gave you everything, every part of me
Didn't you feel it when I touched you
Didn't I rock you when I loved you, baby
Baby, tell me
Didn't you know how much I loved you
One day justice will come and find you
And I'll be right there in your memory to remind you
Didn't you know how much I loved you
Didn't you know how much I loved you, baby
I gave you everything, every part of me
Didn't you feel it when I touched you
Didn't I rock you when I loved you, baby
Baby, tell me
Didn't you know how much I loved you
Didn't you know how much I loved you, baby
I gave you everything, every part of me
Didn't you feel it when I touched you
Didn't I rock you when I loved you, baby
Baby, tell me
I gave you everything, every part of me
The hyperbole I found in this song is in the first stanza of the song. Kellie says "you broke my heart, you ripped my world apart." I think she is overly exaggerating saying that he ripped her world apart because, it is not possible.
By: Kellie Pickler
I remember the way you made love to me
Like I was all you'd ever need
Did you change your mind
Well I didn't change mine
Now here I am trying to make sense of it all
We were best friends now we don't even talk
You broke my heart
Ripped my world apart
Didn't you know how much I loved you
Didn't you know how much I loved you, baby
I gave you everything, every part of me
Didn't you feel it when I touched you
Didn't I rock you when I loved you, baby
Baby, tell me
Didn't you know how much I loved you
I can't get you out of my head
I still feel you in this bed
Left me all alone
You couldn't be more gone
From falling apart to fighting mad
From wanting you back to not giving a damn
I've felt it all
I've been to the wall
Didn't you know how much I loved you
Didn't you know how much I loved you, baby
I gave you everything, every part of me
Didn't you feel it when I touched you
Didn't I rock you when I loved you, baby
Baby, tell me
Didn't you know how much I loved you
One day justice will come and find you
And I'll be right there in your memory to remind you
Didn't you know how much I loved you
Didn't you know how much I loved you, baby
I gave you everything, every part of me
Didn't you feel it when I touched you
Didn't I rock you when I loved you, baby
Baby, tell me
Didn't you know how much I loved you
Didn't you know how much I loved you, baby
I gave you everything, every part of me
Didn't you feel it when I touched you
Didn't I rock you when I loved you, baby
Baby, tell me
I gave you everything, every part of me
The hyperbole I found in this song is in the first stanza of the song. Kellie says "you broke my heart, you ripped my world apart." I think she is overly exaggerating saying that he ripped her world apart because, it is not possible.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Alliteration
Tim McGraw
By: Taylor Swift
You said the way my blue eyes shined
Put those Georgia stars to shame that night
I said, "That's a lie"
Just a boy in a Chevy truck
That had a tendency of gettin' stuck
On backroads at night
And I was right there beside him
All summer long
And then the time we woke up to find
That summer'd gone
But when you think Tim McGraw
I hope you think my favorite song
The one we danced to all night long
The moon like a spotlight on the lake
When you think happiness
I hope you think that little black dress
Think of my head on your chest
And my old faded blue jeans
When you think Tim McGraw
I hope you think of me
September saw a month of tears
And thankin' God that you weren't here
To see me like that
But in a box beneath my bed
Is a letter that you never read
From three summers back
It's hard not to find it all
A little bitter sweet
And lookin' back on all of that
It's nice to believe
When you think Tim McGraw
I hope you think my favorite song
The one we danced to all night long
The moon like a spotlight on the lake
When you think happiness
I hope you think that little black dress
Think of my head on your chest
And my old faded blue jeans
When you think Tim McGraw
I hope you think of me
And I'm back for the first time since then
I'm standin' on your street
And there's a letter left on your doorstep
And the first thing that you'll read
Is when you think Tim McGraw
I hope you think my favorite song
Some day you'll turn your radio on
I hope it takes you back to that place
When you think happiness
I hope you think that little black dress
Think of my head on your chest
And my old faded blue jeans
When you think Tim McGraw
I hope you think of me
Oh, think of me, mmm
You said the way my blue eyes shined
Put those Georgia stars to shame that night
I said, "That's a lie"
Tim McGraw by Taylor Swift shows alliteration towards the begging of the song. For example in the third stanza, Taylor says "and then the time we woke up to find." In this line, there are two examples of alliteration consonance. The first one being then the time and the second one being we woke. Another example of alliteration found in this song is in the eighth stanza. The first line in this stanza immediately shows it, "But in a box beneath my bed." The words but, box, beneath, and bed all start with the letter B.
She Wouldn't Be Gone
By: Blake Shelton
Red roadside wild flower if I'd only picked you
Took you home set you on the counter
Oh, at least a time or two
Maybe she'd thought it through.
Yellow sunset slowly dipping down in the rear view
Oh, how she'd love to sit and watch you
I could have done that a whole lot more
If I hadn't been so stubborn, been so selfish
Thought about her more, thought about me less
Joked and maked her laugh, held her when she cried
A little more that.. maybe I...
Wouldn't be driving like hell flying like crazy down the highway
Calling everyone we know stopping any place she might be
Going any place she might go beating on the dash
Screaming out her name at the windshield tears soaking up my face
If I had loved her this much all along, maybe maybe, yeaa maybe...
She wouldn't be gone.. she wouldn't be gone..
She warned me it was coming said if I didn't change
She was leaving
I just didn't believe she would ever really walk out,
God, I believe her now
Called her mamma, cried like a baby to her best friend
If they've seen her, they ain't sayin, they ain't sayin...
Now, I'm cursing like a fool, praying it ain't too late
All I wanna do is fix my mistakes.
Find her beg her for one more try, until then damn it I"ll..
Be driving like hell flying like crazy down the highway
Calling everyone we know stopping any place she might be
Going any place she might go beating on the dash
Screaming out her name at the windshield tears soaking up my face
If I had loved her this much all along, maybe maybe, yeaa maybe...
She wouldn't be gone..
I wouldn't be beating on the dash
Screaming out her name at the windshield tears soaking up my face
If I had loved her this much all along, maybe maybe, yeaa maybe...
She wouldn't be gone..
Red roadside wild flower if I'd only picked you
Took you home set you on the counter, oh at least a time or two
Maybe she'd thought it through...
One example of alliteration found in this song is found in the first stanza where Blake says "red roadside." This is an example of alliteration consonance because, both words start with the letter R. Another example of alliteration in this song is,"thought it through." This is said in the last line of the first stanza. This is also an example of alliteration consonance.
Red High Heels
By: Kellie Pickler
Baby I’ve got plans tonight
You don’t know nothin’ about
I’ve been sitting around way too long
Trying to figure you out
But you say that you’ll call and you don’t
And I’m spinning my wheels
So I’m going out tonight
In my red high heels
I’m gonna call up that old boyfriend
You said still has it bad for me
I’m gonna take him into town
Flaunt him around for everyone to see
Well you said so yourself
You know the deal
Nobody holds a candle to me
In my red high heels
Well you can watch me walk if you want to, want to
I’ll bet you want me back now don’t you, don’t you
I’m about to show you just how missin’ me feels
In my red high heels
All those games you tried to play
Well they ain`t gonna work on me now
I put up a barbed wire fence
around my heart
Baby just to keep you out
Well you thought I’d wait around forever
But baby get real
I just kicked you to the curb
In my red high heels
Oh you can watch me walk if you want to, want to
I’ll bet you want me back now don’t you, don’t you
I’m about to show you just how missin’ me feels
In my red high heels
Oh you can watch me walk if you want to, want to
I’ll bet you want me back now don’t you, don’t you
I’m about to show you just how missin’ me feels
Oh you can watch me walk if you want to, want to
I’ll bet you want me back now don’t you, don’t you
I’m about to show you just how missin’ me feels
In my red high heels
Instrumental
Oh you can watch me walk if you want to, want to
I’ll bet you want me back now don’t you, don’t you
I’m about to show you just how missin’ me feels
In my red high heels
Oh you can watch me walk if you want to, want to
I’ll bet you want me back now don’t you, don’t you
I’m about to show you just how missin’ me feels
In my red high heels
In my red high heels
In my red high heels
This song constantly shows alliteration in the consonance form when Kelli says "high heels." Also, another place alliteration is found is in the fourth stanza when Kellie says "But baby." These two words show consonance becuase they both start with the letter B.
By: Taylor Swift
You said the way my blue eyes shined
Put those Georgia stars to shame that night
I said, "That's a lie"
Just a boy in a Chevy truck
That had a tendency of gettin' stuck
On backroads at night
And I was right there beside him
All summer long
And then the time we woke up to find
That summer'd gone
But when you think Tim McGraw
I hope you think my favorite song
The one we danced to all night long
The moon like a spotlight on the lake
When you think happiness
I hope you think that little black dress
Think of my head on your chest
And my old faded blue jeans
When you think Tim McGraw
I hope you think of me
September saw a month of tears
And thankin' God that you weren't here
To see me like that
But in a box beneath my bed
Is a letter that you never read
From three summers back
It's hard not to find it all
A little bitter sweet
And lookin' back on all of that
It's nice to believe
When you think Tim McGraw
I hope you think my favorite song
The one we danced to all night long
The moon like a spotlight on the lake
When you think happiness
I hope you think that little black dress
Think of my head on your chest
And my old faded blue jeans
When you think Tim McGraw
I hope you think of me
And I'm back for the first time since then
I'm standin' on your street
And there's a letter left on your doorstep
And the first thing that you'll read
Is when you think Tim McGraw
I hope you think my favorite song
Some day you'll turn your radio on
I hope it takes you back to that place
When you think happiness
I hope you think that little black dress
Think of my head on your chest
And my old faded blue jeans
When you think Tim McGraw
I hope you think of me
Oh, think of me, mmm
You said the way my blue eyes shined
Put those Georgia stars to shame that night
I said, "That's a lie"
Tim McGraw by Taylor Swift shows alliteration towards the begging of the song. For example in the third stanza, Taylor says "and then the time we woke up to find." In this line, there are two examples of alliteration consonance. The first one being then the time and the second one being we woke. Another example of alliteration found in this song is in the eighth stanza. The first line in this stanza immediately shows it, "But in a box beneath my bed." The words but, box, beneath, and bed all start with the letter B.
She Wouldn't Be Gone
By: Blake Shelton
Red roadside wild flower if I'd only picked you
Took you home set you on the counter
Oh, at least a time or two
Maybe she'd thought it through.
Yellow sunset slowly dipping down in the rear view
Oh, how she'd love to sit and watch you
I could have done that a whole lot more
If I hadn't been so stubborn, been so selfish
Thought about her more, thought about me less
Joked and maked her laugh, held her when she cried
A little more that.. maybe I...
Wouldn't be driving like hell flying like crazy down the highway
Calling everyone we know stopping any place she might be
Going any place she might go beating on the dash
Screaming out her name at the windshield tears soaking up my face
If I had loved her this much all along, maybe maybe, yeaa maybe...
She wouldn't be gone.. she wouldn't be gone..
She warned me it was coming said if I didn't change
She was leaving
I just didn't believe she would ever really walk out,
God, I believe her now
Called her mamma, cried like a baby to her best friend
If they've seen her, they ain't sayin, they ain't sayin...
Now, I'm cursing like a fool, praying it ain't too late
All I wanna do is fix my mistakes.
Find her beg her for one more try, until then damn it I"ll..
Be driving like hell flying like crazy down the highway
Calling everyone we know stopping any place she might be
Going any place she might go beating on the dash
Screaming out her name at the windshield tears soaking up my face
If I had loved her this much all along, maybe maybe, yeaa maybe...
She wouldn't be gone..
I wouldn't be beating on the dash
Screaming out her name at the windshield tears soaking up my face
If I had loved her this much all along, maybe maybe, yeaa maybe...
She wouldn't be gone..
Red roadside wild flower if I'd only picked you
Took you home set you on the counter, oh at least a time or two
Maybe she'd thought it through...
One example of alliteration found in this song is found in the first stanza where Blake says "red roadside." This is an example of alliteration consonance because, both words start with the letter R. Another example of alliteration in this song is,"thought it through." This is said in the last line of the first stanza. This is also an example of alliteration consonance.
Red High Heels
By: Kellie Pickler
Baby I’ve got plans tonight
You don’t know nothin’ about
I’ve been sitting around way too long
Trying to figure you out
But you say that you’ll call and you don’t
And I’m spinning my wheels
So I’m going out tonight
In my red high heels
I’m gonna call up that old boyfriend
You said still has it bad for me
I’m gonna take him into town
Flaunt him around for everyone to see
Well you said so yourself
You know the deal
Nobody holds a candle to me
In my red high heels
Well you can watch me walk if you want to, want to
I’ll bet you want me back now don’t you, don’t you
I’m about to show you just how missin’ me feels
In my red high heels
All those games you tried to play
Well they ain`t gonna work on me now
I put up a barbed wire fence
around my heart
Baby just to keep you out
Well you thought I’d wait around forever
But baby get real
I just kicked you to the curb
In my red high heels
Oh you can watch me walk if you want to, want to
I’ll bet you want me back now don’t you, don’t you
I’m about to show you just how missin’ me feels
In my red high heels
Oh you can watch me walk if you want to, want to
I’ll bet you want me back now don’t you, don’t you
I’m about to show you just how missin’ me feels
Oh you can watch me walk if you want to, want to
I’ll bet you want me back now don’t you, don’t you
I’m about to show you just how missin’ me feels
In my red high heels
Instrumental
Oh you can watch me walk if you want to, want to
I’ll bet you want me back now don’t you, don’t you
I’m about to show you just how missin’ me feels
In my red high heels
Oh you can watch me walk if you want to, want to
I’ll bet you want me back now don’t you, don’t you
I’m about to show you just how missin’ me feels
In my red high heels
In my red high heels
In my red high heels
This song constantly shows alliteration in the consonance form when Kelli says "high heels." Also, another place alliteration is found is in the fourth stanza when Kellie says "But baby." These two words show consonance becuase they both start with the letter B.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Imagery
You Belong With
by taylor Swift
You're on the phone with your girlfriend, she's upset
She's going off about something that you said
'Cause she doesn't get your humor like I do
I'm in the room, it's a typical
Tuesday nightI'm listening to the kind of music she doesn't like
And she'll never know your story like I do
But she wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts
She's Cheer Captain and I'm on the bleachers
Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find
That what you're looking for has been here the whole time
If you could see that I'm the one who understands you
Been here all along, so why can't you see?
You, you belong with me, you belong with me
Walking the streets with you and your worn-out jeans
I can't help thinking this is how it ought to be
Laughing on a park bench, thinking to myself
Hey, isn't this easy?
And you've got a smile that could light up this whole town
I haven't seen it in a while since she brought you down
You say you're fine, I know you better than that
Hey, what ya doing with a girl like that?
She wears high heels, I wear sneakers
She's Cheer Captain and I'm on the bleachers
Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find
That what you're looking for has been here the whole time
If you could see that I'm the one who understands you
Been here all along, so why can't you see?
You belong with me
Standing by and waiting at your back door
All this time how could you not know?Baby, you belong with me, you belong with me
Oh, I remember you driving to my house in the middle of the night
I'm the one who makes you laugh when you know you're 'bout to cry
And I know your favorite songs and you tell me 'bout your dreams
Think I know where you belong, think I know it's with me
Can't you see that I'm the one who understands you?
Been here all along, so why can't you see?
You belong with me
Standing by and waiting at your back door
All this time, how could you not know?
Baby, you belong with me, you belong with me
You belong with me
Have you ever thought just maybe
You belong with me?
You belong with me
One song I chose from my theme and genre that shows imagery is You Belong With Me by Taylor Swift. This song was written about a typical teenage girl who falls in love with someone who only likes her as a friend. In this song, Taylor describes how she has always been there for this boy and feels as though she knows him better than the girl he fell for ever will. To show this Taylor says, "She'll never know your story like I do." In this song, the first stanza automatically shows you imagery. "You're on the phone with your girlfriend, she's upset, she's going off about something that you said, 'cause she doesn't get your humor like I do." To me, this paints a picture in your head of a boy on the phone with his girlfriend who is complaining to him about one thing he said that was sarcastic or supposed to be funny, while he is trying to apologize to her but she just doesn't want to hear it. Another part of this song that shows imagery is the third stanza. Taylor sings, "But she wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts, she's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers, dreaming about the day when you wake up and find, that what your looking for has been here the whole time." While listening to this, I clearly see two totally different kind of girls in mind; i picture a girl in a short skirt and another in a T-shirt. I also see a girl out on the football field leading the cheer squad and another sitting on the bleachers cheering on the football team. Thus, You Belong With Me by Taylor Swift is a great song showing imagery in heartbreaks through country music.
Just A Dream
by: Carrie Underwood
It was two weeks after the day she turned 18
All dressed in white, goin? to the church that night
She had his box of letters in the passenger seat
Six pins in her shoe, somethin? borrowed, somethin? blue
And when the church doors opened up wide
She put her veil down, tryin? to hide the tears
Oh, she just couldn?t believe it
She heard the trumpets from the military band
And the flowers fell out of her hands
Baby, why'd you leave me? Why'd you have to go?
I was countin? on forever, now I'll never know
I can't even breathe
It's like I'm lookin? from a distance, standin? in the background
Everybody's sayin?, he's not comin? home now
This can't be happenin? to me, this is just a dream
The preacher man said, ?Let's bow our heads and pray
Lord, please lift his soul and heal this hurt"
Then the congregation all stood up and sang
The saddest song that she ever heard
And then they handed her a folded up flag
And she held on to all she had left of him
Oh, well, what could?ve been?
And then the guns rang one last shot
And it felt like a bullet in her heart
Baby, why'd you leave me? Why'd you have to go?
I was countin? on forever, now I'll never know
I can't even breathe
It's like I'm lookin? from a distance, standin? in the background
Everybody's sayin?, he's not comin? home now
This can't be happenin? to me, this is just a dream
Ooh, baby, why'd you leave me? Why'd you have to go?
I was countin? on forever, now I'll never know
Oh, I'll never know
It's like I'm lookin? from a distance, standin? in the background
Everybody's sayin?, he's not comin? home now
This can't be happenin? to me, this is just a dream
Oh, this is just a dream
It?s just a dream, yeah, yeah
Another song i chose that shows imagery is Just A Dream by Carrie Underwood. This song talks about a teenage girl who is getting married just two weeks after her eighteenth birthday. She married a man in the military who later in the song dies while fighting for his country. Imagery is found in the first stanza of the song. "It was two weeks after the day she turned eighteen, all dressed in white, going to the church that night." In this stanza I can picture a young girl dressed up in her beautiful white wedding dress on her way to her wedding. Another part of this song that shows imagery is "The preacher man said let us bow our heads and pray, lord please lift his soul and heal this hurt, then the congregation all stood up and sand the saddest song that she ever heard." While listening to Carrie sing this part i picture everyone in the congregation bowing their heads to pray and not long after, standing up to sing an extremely sad song, so sad that she never thought she could hear anything like it. In conclusion, Just A Dream by Carrie Underwood is a great song in heartbreak though country music that demonstrates imagery.
by taylor Swift
You're on the phone with your girlfriend, she's upset
She's going off about something that you said
'Cause she doesn't get your humor like I do
I'm in the room, it's a typical
Tuesday nightI'm listening to the kind of music she doesn't like
And she'll never know your story like I do
But she wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts
She's Cheer Captain and I'm on the bleachers
Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find
That what you're looking for has been here the whole time
If you could see that I'm the one who understands you
Been here all along, so why can't you see?
You, you belong with me, you belong with me
Walking the streets with you and your worn-out jeans
I can't help thinking this is how it ought to be
Laughing on a park bench, thinking to myself
Hey, isn't this easy?
And you've got a smile that could light up this whole town
I haven't seen it in a while since she brought you down
You say you're fine, I know you better than that
Hey, what ya doing with a girl like that?
She wears high heels, I wear sneakers
She's Cheer Captain and I'm on the bleachers
Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find
That what you're looking for has been here the whole time
If you could see that I'm the one who understands you
Been here all along, so why can't you see?
You belong with me
Standing by and waiting at your back door
All this time how could you not know?Baby, you belong with me, you belong with me
Oh, I remember you driving to my house in the middle of the night
I'm the one who makes you laugh when you know you're 'bout to cry
And I know your favorite songs and you tell me 'bout your dreams
Think I know where you belong, think I know it's with me
Can't you see that I'm the one who understands you?
Been here all along, so why can't you see?
You belong with me
Standing by and waiting at your back door
All this time, how could you not know?
Baby, you belong with me, you belong with me
You belong with me
Have you ever thought just maybe
You belong with me?
You belong with me
One song I chose from my theme and genre that shows imagery is You Belong With Me by Taylor Swift. This song was written about a typical teenage girl who falls in love with someone who only likes her as a friend. In this song, Taylor describes how she has always been there for this boy and feels as though she knows him better than the girl he fell for ever will. To show this Taylor says, "She'll never know your story like I do." In this song, the first stanza automatically shows you imagery. "You're on the phone with your girlfriend, she's upset, she's going off about something that you said, 'cause she doesn't get your humor like I do." To me, this paints a picture in your head of a boy on the phone with his girlfriend who is complaining to him about one thing he said that was sarcastic or supposed to be funny, while he is trying to apologize to her but she just doesn't want to hear it. Another part of this song that shows imagery is the third stanza. Taylor sings, "But she wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts, she's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers, dreaming about the day when you wake up and find, that what your looking for has been here the whole time." While listening to this, I clearly see two totally different kind of girls in mind; i picture a girl in a short skirt and another in a T-shirt. I also see a girl out on the football field leading the cheer squad and another sitting on the bleachers cheering on the football team. Thus, You Belong With Me by Taylor Swift is a great song showing imagery in heartbreaks through country music.
Just A Dream
by: Carrie Underwood
It was two weeks after the day she turned 18
All dressed in white, goin? to the church that night
She had his box of letters in the passenger seat
Six pins in her shoe, somethin? borrowed, somethin? blue
And when the church doors opened up wide
She put her veil down, tryin? to hide the tears
Oh, she just couldn?t believe it
She heard the trumpets from the military band
And the flowers fell out of her hands
Baby, why'd you leave me? Why'd you have to go?
I was countin? on forever, now I'll never know
I can't even breathe
It's like I'm lookin? from a distance, standin? in the background
Everybody's sayin?, he's not comin? home now
This can't be happenin? to me, this is just a dream
The preacher man said, ?Let's bow our heads and pray
Lord, please lift his soul and heal this hurt"
Then the congregation all stood up and sang
The saddest song that she ever heard
And then they handed her a folded up flag
And she held on to all she had left of him
Oh, well, what could?ve been?
And then the guns rang one last shot
And it felt like a bullet in her heart
Baby, why'd you leave me? Why'd you have to go?
I was countin? on forever, now I'll never know
I can't even breathe
It's like I'm lookin? from a distance, standin? in the background
Everybody's sayin?, he's not comin? home now
This can't be happenin? to me, this is just a dream
Ooh, baby, why'd you leave me? Why'd you have to go?
I was countin? on forever, now I'll never know
Oh, I'll never know
It's like I'm lookin? from a distance, standin? in the background
Everybody's sayin?, he's not comin? home now
This can't be happenin? to me, this is just a dream
Oh, this is just a dream
It?s just a dream, yeah, yeah
Another song i chose that shows imagery is Just A Dream by Carrie Underwood. This song talks about a teenage girl who is getting married just two weeks after her eighteenth birthday. She married a man in the military who later in the song dies while fighting for his country. Imagery is found in the first stanza of the song. "It was two weeks after the day she turned eighteen, all dressed in white, going to the church that night." In this stanza I can picture a young girl dressed up in her beautiful white wedding dress on her way to her wedding. Another part of this song that shows imagery is "The preacher man said let us bow our heads and pray, lord please lift his soul and heal this hurt, then the congregation all stood up and sand the saddest song that she ever heard." While listening to Carrie sing this part i picture everyone in the congregation bowing their heads to pray and not long after, standing up to sing an extremely sad song, so sad that she never thought she could hear anything like it. In conclusion, Just A Dream by Carrie Underwood is a great song in heartbreak though country music that demonstrates imagery.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Heartbreak Through Country Music
The genre and theme I chose is heartbreak through country music. There are many songs that inspired me to choose this. The song that mainly inspired me is Cold As You by Taylor Swift. In this song, Taylor talks about how she fell deeply in love with this boy who then crushed her. Taylor states "and now that I'm sitting here thinking it through, I've never been anywhere cold as you." By this, Taylor means that she has never felt pain the way he made her feel it. In this song Taylor also says "oh what a shame, what a rainy ending given to a perfect day." I think this is saying she was having such a great day and then her heart was broken. Also, in the song Taylor says "you put up walls and paint them all a shade of gray, and I stood there loving you and wished them all away." This is stating that after Taylor fell deeply in love with this boy, he "put up a wall" between the two of them as if to block Taylor out of his life but, nothing changed the way she felt, she still loved him and wished he didn't build up this wall between them.
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