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.