Song Lyrics
can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars, I could really use a wish right now, wish right now, wish right now
-Airplanes; B.o.B featuring Haley Williams
people believe that you can make a wish upon a shooting star; there's no shooting stars, so the planes in the sky moving like a star are what she is going to use to make a wish.
I'm a social vegan, I avoid meet
meet vs. meat.
Forlorn! the very word is like a bell
To toll me back from thee to my sole self!
-Ode to a Nightengale, John Keats
bell-toll
and I am going to miss you like a child misses their blanket, but I've got to get a move on with my life, it's time to be a big girl now and big girls don't cry, don't cry, don't cry, don't cry
-Big Girls Don't Cry, Fergie
little kids find comfort and security in their blankets; they feel lost without it and will get sad without it...comparing that with her feelings for how she will miss who she is singing about
what did the nut say when it was chasing the other nut?
I'm a cashew
cashew- catch you
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills,
-Daffodils, W.W. Worth
clouds are by themselves; he's by himself
I have died everyday waiting for you, darling don't be afraid I have loved you for a thousand years, I'll love you for a thousand more
-A Thousand Years, Christina Perri
she has waited a long time for the person she is singing about to give her attention/to love her, and she will keep waiting until they do
I heard diarrhea is hereditary; it runs in your jeans
jeans vs. genes
And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
-All The World Is A Stage; Shakespeare
snails move slowly; the boy is moving slowly
right from the start you were a theif, you stole my heart, and I your willing victim, I let you see the parts of me that weren't all that pretty
-Just Give Me a Reason, Pink
theives steal things and who they steal from are called victims. she said that who she is singing about 'stole' her heart (love) and she did so with permission.
What are the strongest days of the week?
Saturday and Sunday, the rest are weekdays
week vs. weak
Poised between going on and back, pulled
Both ways taut like a tight-rope walker,
-The Base Stealer, Robert Frost
comparing the baseball player being pulled into two different directions...the line between the bases is being compared the the tight rope and the baseball player is being compared to someone who would walk on it
'cause baby you're a firework, come on show them what you're worth, make them go 'oh, oh, oh', as you shoot across the sky
baby you're a firework, come on let your colors burst, make them go 'oh, oh, oh'
-Firework, Katy Perry
firework/colors burst=you have a lot to show off just like a firework, you are amazing like a firework
I wrote a song about a tortilla, actually, it's more of a wrap
wrap vs. rap
She sweeps with many-colored Brooms
And leaves the Shreds behind
Oh Housewife in the Evening West
Come back, and dust the Pond!
-She Sweeps With Many-Colored Brooms; Emily Dickinson
comparing a housewife sweeping to mother nature/the sunset fading away