Metaphor Analysis Two: John Mayer- Vultures

Vultures

Some of us,
We're hardly ever here
The rest of us, we're born to disappear
How do I stop myself from
Being just a number
How will I hold my head
To keep from going under

Down to the wire
I wanted water but
I'll walk through the fire
If this is what it takes
To take me even higher
Then I'll come through
Like I do
When the world keeps
Testing me, testing me,testing me

How did they find me here
What do they want from me
All of these vultures hiding
Right outside my door
I hear them whisperin
They're tryin to ride it out
They've never gone this long
Without a kill before

Down to the wire
I wanted water but
I'll walk through the fire
If this is what it takes
To take me even higher
Then I'll come through
Like I do
When the world keeps
Testing me, testing me, testing me

Wheels up
I got to leave this evening
Can't seem to shake these vultures
Off of my trail
Power is made, by power being taken
So I keep on running
To protect my situation

Down to the wire
I wanted water but
I'll walk through the fire
If this is what it takes
To take me even higher
Then I'll come through
Like I do
When the world keeps
Testing me, testing me

Oooooooooooo
Oooooooooooo
Oooooooooooo
Oooooooooooo

Whatcha gonna do about it
Whatcha gonna do about it
Whatcha gonna do about it

Don't give up give up
Don't give up give up give up
Don't give up give up
Don't give up give up give up

This song is an has many metaphors in it, all saying that their are vultures coming after him. This songs says things like "How did they find me here? What do they want from me? All of these vultures hiding right outside my door." This songs main meaning is that the press is coming after him and he can't seem to get away from him. He says that to he would "Walk through the fire, if this is what it take to take me even higher." meaning that he would do things that he doesn't want to or that could be harmful to him to get away from them. This relates to my theme of society because it shows how society is obsessed with famous people and the press wants to know everything about them. There is no privacy for them.

Metaphor Analysis One: The White Stripes-Little Acorns

Little Acorns

Take all your problems
And rip 'em apart

Carry them off
In a shopping cart

And another thing
You should've known from the start
The problems in hand
Are lighter than at heart

Be like the squirrel, girl
Be like the squirrel
Give it a whirl, girl
Be like the squirrel

And another thing
You have to know in this world
Cut up your hair
Straighten your curls

Well, your problems
Hide in your curls

This song is all an extended metaphor. The meaning of this song is that society tells you to take all your problems and everything unhappy that has happened to you in your life and to rip them up and forget about them. To just get over them. It also says that society tells you to just keep burrowing and to "keep collecting little acorns." When it says "well, your problems hide in your curls." This means that your problems are only the things that make you different, and to not have problems you have to not be different at all.

Simile Analysis Two: Goo Goo Dolls Iris

Iris Lyrics

And I'd give up forever to touch you,
Cause I know that you feel me somehow.
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be,
And I don't want to go home right now.

And all I can taste is this moment,
And all I can breathe is your life,
And sooner or later it's over,
I just don't want to miss you tonight

And I don't want the world to see me,
Cause I don't think that they'd understand.
When everything's made to be broken,
I just want you to know who I am.

And you cant fight the tears that ain't coming,
Or the moment of the truth in your lies.
When everything feels like the movies,
Yeah you bleed just to know you're alive.

And I don't want the world to see me,
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand.
When everything's made to be broken,
I just want you to know who I am.
And I don't want the world to see me,
Cause I don't think that they'd understand.
When everything's made to be broken,
I just want you to know who I am.

And I don't want the world to see me,
Cause I dont think that they'd understand.
When everything's made to be broken,
I just want you to know who I am.
I just want you to know who I am.
I just want you to know who I am.
I just want you to know who I am.


The simile in this song is in the line "When everything feels like the movies, yeah you bleed just to know your alive." What this simile means is that when everything and everyone around you feels fake and nothing feels real or right, you just need something to know that your real even if nothing else is. This relates to my theme of society because society can feel like there is nothing real about it and can swallow you whole till you don't even know if your real or not either. This song also relates when he says "And I don't wan the world to see me, cause I don't think that they'd understand." this means that he doesn't want to show himself to the world because he is afraid that that society will judge him and will not understand him.

Simile Analysis One: Anna Nalick- Breathe(2AM)

ANNA NALICK LYRICS Breathe (2 AM)

2 AM and she calls me 'cause I'm still awake,
Can you help me unravel my latest mistake,
I don't love him, winter just wasn't my season
Yeah we walk through the doors, so accusing their eyes
Like they have any right at all to criticize,
Hypocrites, you're all here for the very same reason

Cause you can't jump the track,we're like cars on a cable
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button girl,
So cradle your head in your hands
And breathe, just breathe,
Woah breathe, just breathe

May he turn 21 on the base at Fort Bliss
Just a day, he sat down to the flask in his fist,
Ain't been sober, since maybe October of last year.
Here in town you can tell he's been down for a while,
But my God it's so beautiful when the boy smiles,
Wanna hold him, maybe I'll just sing about it.

Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table.
No one can find the rewind button boys,
So cradle your head in your hands,
And breathe, just breathe,
Woah breathe, just breathe

There's a light at each end of this tunnel, you shout'
Cause you're just as far in as you'll ever be out
These mistakes you've made, you'll just make them again
If you only try turning around.

2 AM and I'm still awake, writing a song
If I get it all down on paper, its no longer
Inside of me, threatening the life it belongs to
And I feel like I'm naked in front of the crowd
Cause these words are my diary, screaming out loud
And I know that you'll use them, however you want to

Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button now
Sing it if you understand.

And breathe, just breathe
Woah breathe, just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe.

There are two similes in this song. The first one is when the singer says "Life's like an hourglass, glued to the table." This mean that life doesn't stop no matter what and no matter if you want it to or not. Time is always moving and it can feel like time is running out, like life is running out. The other simile in this song is "Cause you can't jump the track, were like cars on a cable." This is saying that, as if we were cars on a cable, we can't just drive off when ever we want to. We don't have a choice on when we get off. This relates to my theme because it talks about how they are being judged by society when she says "We walk through the doors, so accusing their eyes. Like they have any right at all to criticize, hypocrites you're all here for the very same reason." This to me says that they are doing something that society tells people to judge eachother about.

Narritive Song

Crash Test Dummies Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Lyrics

Once there was this kid who
Got into an accident and couldn't come to school
But when he finally came back
His hair had turned from black into bright white
He said that it was from when
The cars had smashed so hard
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
Once there was this girl who
Wouldn't go and change with the girls in the change room
But when they finally made her
They saw birthmarks all over her body
She couldn't quite explain it
They'd always just been there
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
But both girl and boy were glad
'Cause one kid had it worse than that '
Cause then there was this boy whose
Parents made him come directly home right after school
And when they went to their church
They shook and lurched all over the church floor
He couldn't quite explain it
They'd always just gone there
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm

The Song I chose as my narrative song is Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm by the Crash Test Dummies. It tells a story about three individuals who all have things about them that make them different. The first two verses are about a girl and a boy who have something physically different about them. The boy has white hair and the girl has birth marks everywhere. The third is about a boy whose parents are very religious and different. I believe the meaning of this song is that you may think that you have it bad because of something in your life that makes you different or makes you uncool, but their is always someone who has it just as bad or even worse. This connects to my theme of Society because it shows how people feel they need to hide things and be someone they are not because they do not exactly fit in with what society wants them to be.