Jordan Seaberg - Song Lyrics Analysis

Song lyrics are like poems...in fact, they can be considered a type of “lyric poem.
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LYRIC POEM DEFINITION: “Lyric poems have a musical rhythm, and their topics
often explore romantic feelings or other strong emotions. You can usually identify
a lyric poem by its musicality: if you can imagine singing it, it's probably lyric. In
ancient Greece and Rome, lyric poems were in fact sung to the strums of an
accompanying lyre. It's the word lyre, in fact, that is at the root of lyric; the
Greek lyrikos means ‘singing to the lyre’” (Vocabulary.com).
DIRECTIONS: In this assignment, you will choose song lyrics to analyze and “dissect” for its
elements of poetic and literary devices (See Google Slides of Poetic & Literary Devices).
Below is a KEY to help you color-code the song lyrics of your choice on the next page:
POETIC or LITERARY DEVICE with COLORS to use for HIGHLIGHTING:
SIMILES IDIOMS
(comparison of two things using “like” or “as”) (an expression that doesn’t mean what words say)
METAPHORS END RHYME

(comparison of two things WITHOUT using “like” or “as”) (rhyming of words at ends of lines)
PERSONIFICATION SLANT RHYME

(giving human qualities to animals or objects) (close, but not exact, rhyme)
ALLITERATION REPETITION
(use of the same beginning consonant in a line) (using the same word, sound, or phrase over & over)
ONOMATOPOEIA ASSONANCE
(a word that imitates the sound it represents) (repetition of vowel sounds in middle of words)
DIRECTIONS: Insert the song lyrics of your choice (CLEAN lyrics only) into the table below and
color-code its poetic and literary devices using the chart on Page 1 of this document. Visit this
lyrics website or scroll to the bottom of this doc for examples to use.
TITLE of Song: Castle of Glass
ARTIST/BAND who sings it: Linkin Park
SONG LYRICS (CLEAN lyrics only): (COPY/PASTE song lyrics of your choice below…)
1. Take me down to the river bend

2. Take me down to the fighting end
3. Wash the poison from off my skin
4. Show me how to be whole again
5.
6. Fly me up on a silver wing
7. Past the black where the sirens sing
8. Warm me up in a nova's glow
9. And drop me down to the dream below
10.
11. 'Cause I'm only a crack in this castle of glass
12. Hardly anything there for you to see
13. For you to see
14.
15. Bring me home in a blinding dream,
16. Through the secrets that I have seen
17. Wash the sorrow from off my skin
18. And show me how to be whole again
19.
22. For you to see
23.
25. Hardly anything else I need to be
26.
29. For you to see
30. For you to see
DIRECTIONS: Answer the following questions in COMPLETE SENTENCES based on the song you
chose and highlighted above.
SINGER’s TONE I think that the singer is feeling lonely, sad

(THOUGHTS/FEELINGS):
Describe the singer’s
unimportant, and broken.
tone. How does
he/she feel, or what
is he/she thinking
about?
EVIDENCE of “'Cause I'm only a crack in this castle of glass

SINGER’s TONE
(FEELINGS):
Hardly anything there for you to see” (lines 11 & 12).
Copy/paste a
line/stanza from the “Show me how to be whole again” (line 4).
song as evidence.
“Wash the sorrow from off my skin” (line 17).

PURPOSE OF The singer repeated the chorus, “'Cause I'm only a
REPETITION:
What is the purpose
crack in this castle of glass, Hardly anything there
of the repetition (or for you to see, For you to see” (lines 11 - 13) to show
chorus) of the song?
Why did the
how he feels like he is starting to break, and how his
songwriter choose problems aren’t important to other people.
to repeat these
words?
SYMBOL: A symbol in the song could be the castle of glass,

What might be a
symbol in the song
which symbolizes that a single “break” can really
(an object with a affect a person.
deeper meaning)?
THEME: A theme that could be learned from this song could

What can we learn
about life from this
be to try to build up some small walls so you are less
song? What message fragile and defenseless and then people’s thoughts on
was the singer trying you or how you feel about your importance in the
to get across to the
listener?
world won’t break your mind.
CONNECTION to Text to Media: This song reminds me of the Beast

SELF/TEXT/MEDIA/
WORLD:
from Beauty and the Beast (2017) after Belle leaves
What does this song the Beast’s castle. He feels alone and is scared that
remind you of… Belle has left him forever and that no one will ever
Something in your
life? Something
love him.
you’ve read? Seen
on TV/movie? In the
news? In history?
IMAGE:
Copy and paste a
picture that you
think matches the
subject of this song
or relates to it in
some way.
EXPLAIN IMAGE: I chose this image because it shows an image of a

Why did you choose
the image above?
girl sitting by herself, which could make her feel
Explain how evidence lonely. In the song, the singer seems to be singing
in the image relates about being alone or feeling unimportant.
to the song’s subject.
FINAL THOUGHTS: I like this song because of the field of idioms and the
Why do you like or
dislike this song?
touch of a couple metaphors that it presents, letting
What else would you me think of what the songs meaning could be instead
like to say about it? of just stating the main point of it. Also, I enjoy the
What are your final
thoughts?
mood of this song because when I feel alone or
unimportant, I can listen to this song and then I no
longer feel as alone.
Example songs to choose from:

“Thunder” Just a young gun with a quick fuse
By: Imagine Dragons I was uptight, wanna let loose
I was dreaming of bigger things
And wanna leave my old life behind
Not a yes-sir, not a follower
Fit the box, fit the mold
Have a seat in the foyer, take a number
I was lightning before the thunder
Thunder, thunder
Thunder, thun-, thunder
Thun-thun-thunder, thunder, thunder
Thun-thun-thunder, thunder
Thunder, feel the thunder

Lightning then the thunder
Thunder, thunder
Thunder
Kids were laughing in my classes

While I was scheming for the masses
Who do you think you are?
Dreaming 'bout being a big star
They say you're basic, they say you're easy
You're always riding in the back seat
Now I'm smiling from the stage while
You were clapping in the nosebleeds
Thunder
Thun-thun-thunder, thunder, thunder

Thunder

Lightning then the thunder, thunder

(Never give up, never give up)
(Never give up on your dreams)
(Never give up, never give up)
(Never give up on your dreams)
Thunder, thunder, thun-, thunder

“Firework” Do you ever feel like a plastic bag

By: Katy Perry Drifting thought the wind
Wanting to start again
Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin

Like a house of cards
One blow from caving in
Do you ever feel already buried deep

Six feet under scream
But no one seems to hear a thing
Do you know that there's still a chance for you

'Cause there's a spark in you
You just gotta ignite the light

And let it shine
Just own the night
Like the Fourth of July
'Cause baby you're a firework

Come on show 'em what your worth
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y
Baby you're a firework

Come on let your colors burst
You're gonna leave 'em fallin' down down down
You don't have to feel like a waste of space

You're original, cannot be replaced
If you only knew what the future holds
After a hurricane comes a rainbow
Maybe a reason why all the doors are closed

So you can open one that leads you to the perfect road
Like a lightning bolt, your heart will glow
And when it's time, you'll know
You just gotta ignite the light
And let it shine
Just own the night
Like the Fourth of July


Boom, boom, boom

Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
It's always been inside of you, you, you
And now it's time to let it through


Boom, boom, boom
Boom, boom, boom
"Red" Loving him is like driving a new Maserati down a dead-end street
By: Taylor Swift Faster than the wind, passionate as sin ending so suddenly
Loving him is like trying to change your mind once you're already flying
through the free fall
Like the colors in autumn, so bright just before they lose it all
Losing him was blue like I'd never known

Missing him was dark grey all alone
Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody you never met
But loving him was red
Loving him was red
Touching him was like realizing all you ever wanted was right there in front
of you
Memorizing him was as easy as knowing all the words to your old favorite
song
Fighting with him was like trying to solve a crossword and realizing there's
no right answer
Regretting him was like wishing you never found out that love could be that
strong
Losing him was blue like I'd never known

Missing him was dark gray all alone
But loving him was red
Oh red
Burning red
Remembering him comes in flashbacks and echoes

Tell myself it's time now, gotta let go
But moving on from him is impossible
When I still see it all in my head
Burning red
Burning it was red
Oh losing him was blue like I'd never known

Missing him was dark gray all alone
'Cause loving him was red
Yeah, yeah red
We're burning red
And that's why he's spinning 'round in my head

Comes back to me, burning red
Yeah, yeah
His love was like driving a new Maserati down a dead-end street
"Can't Stop The I got this feeling inside my bones

Feeling!" It goes electric, wavy when I turn it on
All through my city, all through my home
By: Justin Timberlake We're flying up, no ceiling, when we're in our zone
I got that sunshine in my pocket

Got that good soul in my feet
I feel that hot blood in my body when it drops, ooh
I can't take my eyes up off it, moving so phenomenally
Room on lock the way we rock it, so don't stop
And under the lights when everything goes

Nowhere to hide when I'm getting you close
When we move, well, you already know
So just imagine, just imagine, just imagine
Nothing I can see but you when you dance, dance, dance
Feeling good, good, creeping up on you
So just dance, dance, dance, come on
All those things I shouldn't do
But you dance, dance, dance
And ain't nobody leaving soon, so keep dancing
I can't stop the feeling

So just dance, dance, dance
Ooh, it's something magical

It's in the air, it's in my blood, it's rushing on
Don't need no reason, don't need control
I fly so high, no ceiling, when I'm in my zone
'Cause I got that sunshine in my pocket

Got that good soul in my feet
I feel that hot blood in my body when it drops, ooh
I can't take my eyes up off it, moving so phenomenally
Room on lock the way we rock it, so don't stop
And under the lights when everything goes

Nowhere to hide when I'm getting you close
When we move, well, you already know
So just imagine, just imagine, just imagine

So keep dancing, come on
[Bridge:]
I can't stop the, I can't stop the
I can't stop the, I can't stop the
(I can't stop the feeling)
Everybody sing
Got this feeling in my body
Wanna see you move your body
Break it down
Can't stop the feeling
Got this feeling in my body, come on
“Part of Your Look at this stuff

World” (from The Isn't it neat?
Wouldn't you think my collection's complete?
Little Mermaid) Wouldn't you think I'm the girl
By: Jodi Benson The girl who has everything?
Look at this trove

Treasures untold
How many wonders can one cavern hold?
Looking around here you think
Sure, she's got everything
I've got gadgets and gizmos a-plenty

I've got whozits and whatzits galore
You want things of above?
I've got twenty!
But who cares?

No big deal
I want more
I wanna be where the people are

I wanna see, wanna see them dancing'
Walking around on those - what do you call 'em?
Oh - feet!
Flippin' your fins, you don't get too far

Legs are required for jumping, dancing
Strolling along down a - what's that word again?
Street
Up where they walk, up where they run

Up where they stay all day in the sun
Wanderin' free - wish I could be
Part of that world
What would I give if I could live out of these waters?

What would I pay to spend a day warm on the sand?
Bet'cha on land they understand
Bet they don't reprimand their daughters
Bright young women sick of swimming
Ready to stand
And ready to know what the people know

Ask 'em my questions and get some answers
What's a fire and why does it - what's the word?
Burn?
When's it my turn?
Wouldn't I love, love to explore that shore up above?
Out of the sea
Wish I could be
Part of that world....
Out of the sea

Wish I could be
Part of your world

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Song lyrics are like poems...in fact, they can be considered a type of “lyric poem.

POETIC or LITERARY DEVICE with COLORS to use for HIGHLIGHTING:

METAPHORS END RHYME

PERSONIFICATION SLANT RHYME

TITLE of Song: Castle of Glass

ARTIST/BAND who sings it: Linkin Park

1. Take me down to the river bend

SINGER’s TONE I think that the singer is feeling lonely, sad

EVIDENCE of “'Cause I'm only a crack in this castle of glass

“Wash the sorrow from off my skin” (line 17).

SYMBOL: A symbol in the song could be the castle of glass,

THEME: A theme that could be learned from this song could

CONNECTION to Text to Media: This song reminds me of the Beast

EXPLAIN IMAGE: I chose this image because it shows an image of a

Example songs to choose from:

Thunder, feel the thunder

Kids were laughing in my classes

Thunder, feel the thunder

Thunder, feel the thunder

Thunder, feel the thunder

Thunder, thunder, thun-, thunder

“Firework” Do you ever feel like a plastic bag

Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin

Do you ever feel already buried deep

Do you know that there's still a chance for you

You just gotta ignite the light

'Cause baby you're a firework

Baby you're a firework

You don't have to feel like a waste of space

Maybe a reason why all the doors are closed

'Cause baby you're a firework

Baby you're a firework

Boom, boom, boom

'Cause baby you're a firework

Baby you're a firework

Losing him was blue like I'd never known

Losing him was blue like I'd never known

Remembering him comes in flashbacks and echoes

Oh losing him was blue like I'd never known

And that's why he's spinning 'round in my head

"Can't Stop The I got this feeling inside my bones

I got that sunshine in my pocket

And under the lights when everything goes

I can't stop the feeling

Ooh, it's something magical

'Cause I got that sunshine in my pocket

And under the lights when everything goes

I can't stop the feeling

“Part of Your Look at this stuff

Look at this trove

I've got gadgets and gizmos a-plenty

But who cares?

I wanna be where the people are

Flippin' your fins, you don't get too far

Up where they walk, up where they run

What would I give if I could live out of these waters?

And ready to know what the people know

Out of the sea

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