Songs with Figurative Language
When we hang our lyric tapestry upon the breeze and sculpt the air into poetic phrasing, our laces are bound to get tangled in the winds of change. Wait, what was that? That was figuratively speaking, using poetic metaphors, similes, and expressions to bend the language to suit our message. These songs are almost always beautiful to the ears, even if they're daunting to the comprehension.
Truly, sometimes songwriters just wing it. there's dozens of interviews out there where the lyricist admits that they just jotted this song down in 15 minutes on the back of a bar napkin. Then they'll sheepishly admit that they have no idea, themselves, what a particular line means, but it sounded good at the time. Or as Don McLean answered once when asked what "American Pie" meant for the last time, "It means I never have to work again."
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Coldplay -
Christina Perri -
Selena Gomez -
Toto -
Bob SegerAgainst the wind
We were runnin' against the wind
We were young and strong, we were runnin'
against the wind -
Smash Mouth -
5 Seconds of Summer -
Maroon 5 -
Five Finger Death Punch -
Avenged Sevenfold -
Lewis Capaldi -
Imagine Dragons -
Elton John -
5 Seconds of Summer -
Notorious B.I.G. -
They Might Be GiantsBlue canary in the outlet by the light switch
Who watches over you
Make a little birdhouse in your soul -
Soundgarden -
Taylor Swift -
Weeknd, The -
Cardi B -
QueenCaught in a landslide
No escape from reality -
5 Seconds of Summer -
Elvis Presley -
Pierce the VeilI'll be the fire that'll catch you
What's so good about picking up the pieces?
None of the colors ever light up anymore in this hole -
Kansas -
Ben FoldsHer window was hung like a painting
She worried it might come to life
She stared for hours
So obsessed was I and self-absorbed that I
Didn't see that she was crying -
Fall Out Boy -
Sia -
Post Malone -
Eric Church"That was a cold one, I never will get back
Yeah she had to leave, did she have to leave me one beer short of a twelve pack?
She left me hanging high and dry in that hell high summer sun
Damn babe, that was a cold one" -
BeatlesHe bag production, he got walrus gumboot
He got Ono sideboard, he one spinal cracker
He got feet down below his knee
Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease -
Toad the Wet Sprocket"I sowed a field of rose and reaped a whipping rod
And everything i've held too tight inside
Could make a part of me die
And if my lips could only speak the name
The dam would break" -
Tones And I -
Imagine Dragons -
Eminem -
Melanie Martinez -
Train -
Bring Me the Horizon -
KansasAll my dreams, pass before my eyes, a curiosity
Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind.
Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea
All we do, crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see -
Poison"Every rose has its thorn
Just like every night has its dawn
Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song
Every rose has its thorn" -
Gary Allan"Every storm runs, runs out of rain, just like
Every dark night turns into day," -
XXXTENTACION -
Alan Walker -
Gorillaz -
Owl CityCause I get a thousand hugs
From ten thousand lightning bugs
As they try to teach me how to dance
A foxtrot above my head,
A sock hop beneath my bed,
A disco ball is just hanging by a thread -
One Direction -
Katy Perry"'Cause baby you're a firework
Come on, show 'em what you're worth
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y" -
Frank Sinatra -
5 Seconds of Summer -
Alicia Keys -
Drake -
Lil Pump -
Leonard Cohen -
Selena Gomez -
Ed Sheeran -
Troye Sivan -
Camila Cabello -
Nirvana"She eyes me like a pisces when I am weak
I've been locked inside your Heart Shaped box for a weeks
I've been drawn into your magnet tar pit trap
I wish I could eat your cancer when you turn black" -
Imogen Heap -
Shawn Mendes -
Dio -
Why Don't We -
Duran Duran -
Luke Combs -
Simon & GarfunkelI am an island
I’ve built walls,
A fortress deep and mighty,
That none may penetrate -
Savage Garden -
Shawn Mendes -
Nirvana -
Martina McBride -
One Direction -
Ariana Grande -
Pierce the Veil -
Charley PrideKiss an angel good morning
and let you know you think about her when you're gone
Kiss an angel good morning
and love her like the devil when you get back home -
Idina Menzel -
James Bay -
Prince -
EaglesThere were lines on the mirror, lines on her face
She pretended not to notice, she was caught up
in the race -
Tom CochraneLife's like a road that you travel on
When there's one day here and the next day gone
Sometimes you bend, sometimes you stand
Sometimes you turn your back to the wind -
Rascal FlattsLife's like a road that you travel on
When there's one day here and the next day gone
Sometimes you bend, sometimes you stand
Sometimes you turn your back to the wind -
Far*East Movement (FM)Sippin sizzurp in my ride, like Three 6
Now I'm feeling so fly like a G6 -
MadonnaWhen you call my name it’s like a little prayer
I’m down on my knees, I wanna take you there
In the midnight hour I can feel your power
Just like a prayer you know I’ll take you there -
Bob DylanHow does it feel
To be without a home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone ? -
Eminem -
Skillet -
Prince -
One Direction -
Taylor Swift -
Billie Eilish -
Shawn Mendes -
Twenty One Pilots -
Sheck Wes -
Killers, The -
Bob Dylan -
Twenty One Pilots -
Frank Sinatra -
Mike Will Made It -
Twenty One Pilots -
Simon & GarfunkelThe sounds of the city
Sifting through trees
Settle like dust
On the shoulders
Of the old friends -
Drake -
Ariana Grande -
Ed Sheeran -
Billy Joel -
Bastille -
Neighbourhood, The -
Imagine Dragons -
Slayer -
Taylor Swift -
Sage The Gemini -
Weeknd, The -
Elvis Presley -
Katy Perry -
Scorpions -
Adele -
Alice In Chains -
Toto -
A Great Big World -
Alessia Cara -
Ed Sheeran -
Tyler the Creator -
Barry Manilow -
Tyrone WellsKamikaze airplanes in the sky
Are we going down or will we fly?
This could be a shipwreck on the shore
Or we could sail away forevermore
This time it's sink or swim, sink or swim -
Billie Eilish -
Staind -
Carrie Underwood'Cause sometimes that mountain you've been climbing
is just a grain of sand ...
forever is in your hands -
Why Don't We -
Our Lady Peace -
Coldplay -
Led Zeppelin -
Shawn Mendes -
One DirectionWritten in these walls are the stories that I can't explain
I leave my heart open but it stays right here empty for days -
Twenty One Pilots -
Disturbed -
Maroon 5 -
One Direction -
Neighbourhood, The -
Hozier -
Coldplay -
Sleeping with SirensThese hands hold up nothing but scars underneath (scars underneath)
From swimming these oceans and learning to breathe (learning to breathe) -
Pierce the Veil -
Coldplay -
Imagine Dragons -
AC/DC -
Pink Floyd -
Alan Jackson -
Little Mix -
Paul McCartneyWe're so sorry, uncle albert,
But there's no one left at home
And i believe i'm gonna rain. -
Andy Mineo -
Buggles, TheAnd now we meet in an abandoned studio,
We hear the playback and it seems so long ago,
And you remember the jingles used to go?
Oh-a oh -
Darius RuckerSo rock me momma like a wagon wheel
Rock me momma any way you feel
Hey momma rock me
Rock me momma like the wind and the rain
Rock me momma like a south bound train -
DaughtryShe’s talking to angels, counting the stars
Making a wish on a passing car
She’s dancing with strangers, falling apart
Waiting for Superman to pick her up -
Rodney Atkins -
TLC -
Guns N' Roses -
One Direction -
Tesla -
Journey -
Barenaked LadiesLook straight in the mirror, watch it come clearer
I look like a painter, behind all the grease
But paintings creating, and I’m just erasing
A crystal-clear canvas is my masterpiece -
Bruno Mars -
Beatles -
ScorpionsTake me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
In the wind of change -
Selena Gomez -
Miley Cyrus -
Lauren Daigle
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