"Son Of A Gun" by Search The City

So let me get this story straight,
this was just a chance you had to take
Did I even cross your mind?
This will be the last time you cross mine
We were thick as thieves,
just like a thief you stole the best of me
White lies and what lies in between

Whoa, for Heaven's sake I see right through you,
whoa, I've got secrets too
You're the gun,
and I can be your bullet you bite down on
Take your best shot 'cause you only get one

Marionette,
are your strings tied tight for proper movement?
Take a deep, deep breath,
I'm dying just to wrap these strings around your neck
But I'll stitch my eyes wide open
'cause I don't want to miss the look on your face
when I drive away
You know you're sharp
but sharp just doesn't cut it anymore
I'll show you a side of me you've never seen before

Whoa, for Heaven's sake I see right through you,
whoa, I've got secrets too
You're the gun,
and I can be your bullet you bite down on
Take your best shot 'cause you only get one

Blame it all on bottoms up,
and all the boys that kept filling your cup
I love the way you say
you don't remember anything

Whoa, for Heaven's sake I see right through you,
whoa, I've got secrets too
You're the gun,
and I can be your bullet you bite down on
Take your best shot 'cause you only get one
[x2]
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Just like Angels & Airwaves, Search The City also has similes (Simile in this case) in there song. The song "Son Of A Gun" is about a girl who goes to a party and gets drunk, hence the lines "Blame it on the bottoms up/All the boys who kept filling your cup/I love the way you say/You don't remember anything" and ends up cheating on their significant other. The other doesn't believe them and is saying well they've done stuff too so ha!, "Whoa, for Heaven's sake I see right through you/Whoa I've got secrets too." This pretty sums up the whole song. The simile (There's only one sadly) are the lines "We were as thick as thieves/Just like a thief you stole the best of me." This simile is a simile because you can really steal a part of someone but sometimes it feels like something took something from you (ie: heart, soul, love ect.)

"Sirens" by Angels & Airwaves

There's a weakness in the window
I place my footprints in a dark room
There's lonely voices like a scarecrow
In the hallway like a lost ghost
In the bedroom I see a shadow
From the moon with light from a candle
On a bed frame lies a girl
Her reflection in the mirror

La dada, dadada, dadada, dadada dada
I'd like your eyes wide
La dada, dadada, dadada, dadada dada
I'm knocking at your back door
La dada, dadada, dadada, dadada dada
Nervous like a knife fight
La dada, dadada, dadada, dadada dada
Be careful what you ask for

I do this from time to time
Where I can never wake from a bad dream
I do this from time to time
Where I can never say the things I mean
I do this from time to time
Where I like to watch you as you sleep
I do this from time to time
Where I like to think of you with me

It's a dark night on the west coast
Then a soft breeze as the sun rose
Then the phone rang like a gunshot
Like a siren on the beach rock
There's a message at the river
A certain package here to deliver
When the day breaks after nightfall
I will be there, you know I will

La dada, dadada, dadada, dadada dada
I'd like your eyes wide
La dada, dadada, dadada, dadada dada
I'm knocking at your back door
La dada, dadada, dadada, dadada dada
Nervous like a knife fight
La dada, dadada, dadada, dadada dada
Be careful what you ask for

I do this from time to time
Where I can never wake from a bad dream
I do this from time to time
Where I can never say the things I mean
I do this from time to time
Where I like to watch you as you sleep
I do this from time to time
Where I like to think of you with me
From time to time

I can her you breathe
I'm feeling the shake and the sound of my heartbeat
Can let go
Do you know I’m feeling the pain of my first love
I let it go
Can’t let go

I do this from time to time
Where I can never wake from a bad dream
I do this from time to time
Where I can never say the things I mean
I do this from time to time
Where I like to watch you as you sleep
I do this from time to time
Where I want to taste you as you breathe
From time to time

I do this from time to time
Where I can never wake from a bad dream
I do this from time to time
Where I can never say the things I mean
I do this from time to time
Where I like to watch you as you sleep
I do this from time to time
Where I like to think of you with me
From time to time
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The song "Sirens" by Angels & Airwaves has many similes throughout it. To begin, this is a beautifully written song about two kids who are in love with each other and sneak off at night to an abandoned house to be alone with one another. Now for the similes (Which are all italicized in the lyrics). The first is the line "There's lonely voices, Like a scarecrow." This is a simile because as we all know scarecrows don't talk, but if you think about it they probably are really lonely because there stuck in those fields all day. So if they did talk they'd probably say there lonely. Second is the line below it "In the hallway like a lost ghost." This is talking about those lonely voices, this simile is talking about how (like the scarecrow) ghosts are also seen as lonely, just putting more meaning on how quiet the house they are in is. Next is the line from the chorus "Nervous like a knife fight." It is possible to be nervous at a knife fight, thinking about a knife fight, or seeing a knife fight but it's pretty hard to be nervous like a knife fight. That's why this is a simile because you can as nervous as a knife fight but not nervous like one. Next are the two lines "Then the phone rang, like a gunshot/Like sirens on a beach rock." These two are similes because a phone can be loud but it can't ring like a gunshot and also even though the phone may seem like it's pulling it towards him it can't mesmerize him like the Sirens of Homer's "Odyssey".

"Into Your Arms" by The Maine

Aron Blye
Poetry of Song
Ms. Malone
2-12-09
Song Analysis

“Into Your Arms” by The Maine

The band The Maine was started in 2007 while most of the members were still attending high school. The members are John O’Callaghan (Formerly of The Summer Set) for lead Singer, Garrett Nickelson on Bass, Pat Kirch on Drums, Kennedy Brock on Guitar and Back-up vocals, and Jared Monaco on Guitar. The Maine originally got their name from a Song by the band Ivory called “The Coast of Maine”. In late 2007 they were signed by Fearless Records and from their music careers really took off. Soon after being signed they released their debut EP called “The Way We Talk” and in 2008 released their album named “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop”. On this album is a song titled “Into Your Arms.” With its cute and comical lyrics, it makes a great love song.
The song “Into Your Arms” is about a girl who shows up in the singers life as seen in the lines “There was a new girl in town/She had it all figured out” and he instantly likes her seen in the line “I’ll state something rash/She had the most amazing…smile” (See? Humor) this is also seen in the first verse “With eyes like a sunset, baby/and legs that went on for miles”. The second verse “She made her way to the bar/I tried to talk to her but she seemed so far (she seemed so far)/ Out of my league/ I had to find a way to get her next to me/” shows how he tries to meet her, by talking to her at the bar but she doesn’t really seem into him. This is also shown in the third verse “Oh she’s slipping away/ I always freeze when I’m thinking of words to say/ Oh the things she does/ Make it seem like love/ If it’s just a game (Just a game)/ Then I like the way that we play”. He likes her but can’t really find the right thing to say to get him with her. The chorus “I’m falling apart/ But it’s falling apart/ I need to find away back to the start/ When we were in love things were better than they are/ Let me back into…/Into your arms/ Into your arms”. Shows that he did finally get her to fall in love with but now their having relationship problems or it’s not as good as what he thought it was going to be and he wants it to be like when they first met because it was better than what it is now. This song is almost set up like a story. The first verse shows when he met her, the second when he tried to get with her, the third he finally does and all throughout the chorus shows us the final product of him meeting and dating her.
There are many poetic devices in this song. As in all songs it needs to set a certain mood. The mood of this song is a theme of heartbreak but also a chance of hope since the singer doesn’t give a final outcome to the story. Also as stated before this song is a narrative song because it tells the story of: boy sees girl, boy likes girl, boy tries to get with girl, boy succeeds, relationship between isn’t as good as he’d hoped it would be. There are also similes in this song. One example would be the line “With eyes like a sunset, baby”. This is a metaphor because eyes can’t really be sunsets. Also the line “And legs that went on for days” because legs can’t really go on for days.
To conclude, this is a good love song with beautifully written lyrics and filled with poetic devices that is very relatable. Everyone has been in the situation where you like someone and finally get with them to find out that it’s not as good as you thought it was.

"Beauty In A Car Crash" by Flight 409

So we've become so cinematic
With every word you come unglued
So we'll let this settle, ferment and grow
'Til we're both completely out of control

How was I supposed to know?
Retrace my steps find my way home
How was I supposed to know?
Retrace these steps find our way home

So I'll push my seat back as far as it'll go
Hold on tight as your lungs collapse
I can't wait 'till the impact hits you in the face
You can finally see that we were made to be

How was I supposed to know?
Retrace my steps find my way home
How was I supposed to know?
Retrace these steps find our way home

With my lungs collapsing
I'm drowning in the backseat
Holding onto nothing
That's all that's left of me

These brakes are goin' out
I'm lookin' straight ahead
Before we both go out
I loved you half to death

These brakes are goin' out
I'm lookin' straight ahead
Before we both go out
I loved you half to death

How was I supposed to know?
Retrace my steps find my way home
How was I supposed to know?
Retrace these steps find out way home

There's beauty in a car crash
There's beauty in the payback
This is my big city shakedown
When there's beauty in the breakdown
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The name of this song pretty much says it all. It is about two kids in love as seen in the line "Before we both go out/I loved you half to death" who probably go out partying and get in a car accident as seen in the line "The brakes are goin' out/ I'm lookin' straight ahead". The driver wishes they could take it back which is seen in the chorus "How was I supposed to know?/ Retrace my steps find my way home/How was I supposed to know?/Retrace these steps find our way home" The fact that he wants to retrace his steps shows that if he could take it back and do it again he would. I believe that the artist (Flight 409) wrote this song because they most likely witnessed it happening to someone they know.