Countless people around the world listen to various styles of music. Despite the genre, whether it be country or hip hop, these songs deliver a message onto it’s listeners daily. Same songs could have a different meaning to different people depending on the experiences that they go through or the tribulations that one is currently facing. Spotless Minds by Jhene Aiko offers a message about love and how although love could be a blessing, it can also act as a curse. This song should not be viewed as merely a song, but more like a lesson that is teached using only a few lyrics. The deeper the context, the more meaning the song will have on particular people. The art in the way these lyrics are carefully composed, when sung, conveys a bittersweet message that reminds listeners of the joys and miseries of love as well as the experiences that Jhene went through. The lyrics, the deeper meanings hidden behind stanzas, and the relatability of this song are reasons why Spotless Minds is an interesting yet harsh reality that love isn’t how people see it in the movies. This song carries in it a meaning of true love that yearns to be heard around the world. Whether heard by a married couple or a high school relationship that is still blossoming, this song speaks to all who are willing to listen.
To start off, the first stanza in her song represents a sense of how unavoidable change is and how the confusion of the bond combined with the stress of the blame game can lead to a doomed
Seeing this song touches the heart of audiences. This song depicts pain and suffering of Ilse, but at the same time it also indicates about the love of a beautiful girl towards her lover. She inspires her lover and does not hesitate in portraying pain and sufferings of her own life. Ilse has been portrayed in this song as very practical and bold girl who believes in making her present instead of crying unnecessarily about her past.
The next stanza goes on to tell the reader how the woman is going to
Octavia Butler’s novel Kindred is categorized as science fiction because of the existence of time travel. However, the novel does not center on the schematics of this type of journey. Instead, the novel deals with the relationships forged between a Los Angeles woman from the 20th century, and slaves from the 19th century. Therefore, the mechanism of time travel allows the author a sort of freedom when writing this "slavery narrative" apart from her counterparts. Butler is able to judge the slavery from the point of view of a truly "free" black woman, as opposed to an enslaved one describing memories.
This song depicts the events that unfold between Hester and the rest of the town. The lines “I know you've got the anger of a burning sun, Say hold up just a minute, don't burn me down” show her struggle in pleading with the panel at the beginning of the book, and further in the story to continue proving she deserves redemption. Specifically, Hester understands why the people have turned against her. The anger comes from Hester betraying God, and in doing so potentially bringing wrath upon the rest of them. Yet, she begs for mercy (not to be burned down.) Then we move into the lines “If you burn me down you'll never find your way, If you burn me down, it's true, a little drop of dreams.” The first part of that could be Hester telling the people that others could lose their way without her as an example of sin. The dreams could be referencing Pearl and all of the hopes placed upon her from birth to remind Hester of her sin and to grow up as a child of the Lord.
Within the first two verses of the song, this young woman presents an issue that is all too common for many people. She has big dreams and wants to make a name for herself, but to succumb to making that dream a reality, she would have to desert the loved ones that have made
When she realizes her imperfections are valuable, she has a whole new outlook on her life, which fills her with hope and motivates her to become a better version of herself. The tone in this song reflects a feeling of being content with one's self-image because she finally wonders "why [should she] waste a second not loving who [she is] (Bedingfield 10)? This realization is what brings her out of her depression, concerning what she looks like, to the decision of embracing her appearance because she is beautiful no matter what society
The first two stanzas of the lyric give the feeling that the lady is overpowered by parenthood and with all of the obligations that accompany being a mother and wife. Throughout her occupied day, a mother needs to
This is symbolizing her feeling trapped, between her husband controlling her life and her post-partum depression, she feels so restricted that she eventually loses her
She uses her own verse to express how she feels about one of the major issues that happens in a teen’s life. She uses her voice to show what is wrong with this situation because many teens can relate to this.
The first few lyrics imply that you are Orpheus, and you are descending to the place “where fire is born and dust returns to dust”; the underworld. You have a “belief that love prevails” and after losing “that girl so fair” to the wind; Eurydice has died and you must return her to Earth. Jenny puts you in the shoes of Orpheus, leads you into the underworld, makes a deal with Hades, but warns you of the rules of the devil. She tells you you’ve been tricked, and she makes you feel the loss Orpheus felt upon turning around to look at his wife. By forcing the listener to act as Orpheus, she also forces an emotional reaction that heightens the knowledge taken from the song. By almost feeling emotionally attached to Orpheus’ wife, you heed the warning Jenny provides in the chorus. You can’t look forward while you’re looking back. Jenny projects the emotions of Orpheus onto the listener, and teaches the limitations of dwelling on the past and not working to move forward in your life. From this lesson, we gain knowledge of the values of Jenny and values she believes we should hold in
The first verse proposes the song’s speakers, wants to know why she feels the way she do towards her significant other. Despite, the speaker still goes to say that, she can’t believe that her love is in her life, and she wants to know why he is the one for her, “Can’t believe your in my life, I want to know why you’re the one (5-6). As the speaker
Most people dream to have a great future, fall in love, get married, have a family, but most importantly have a wonderful life. What if your life had been planned out for you and the sole purpose of your existence was to donate your vital organs? Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel, Never Let Me Go is a tragic love story between two human clones that fall in love before they know what love truly is. The clones are raised until adulthood in Hailsham, a boarding school for clones, to later become organ donors. They are trained to become nurses or “carers” to take care of “donors” as they recover after organs have been removed. The clones are involuntary forced to donate all their vital organs until death or until they “complete.” Kathy H. and Tommy are two clones whose love journey began when they were children within the walls of Hailsham. The two friends became close and confided in each other about everything. In time their friendship became into something more; however, Kathy and Tommy would find themselves in a love triangle. Before they moved to the cottages, where they learned to live among normal humans, Ruth, who was Kathy and Tommy’s friend, dated Tommy, but Tommy and Kathy loved each other. Their love would face many obstacles, but their love always found its way back to each other. In the end, with hope to buy their love some time, they find Madame to obtain a deferral but are faced with the devastating truth and would be forced to face their fate.
The first line argues against individuals being selfish and living just for themselves – quite ironic in itself given that she never grows due to immortality. Whether she believes in what she says or says it to manipulate Adonis, desire clearly controls her actions. Previewing her thoughts in the next stanza, the next two lines explain the
The theme of this song is the obsession with the golden age of being young and beautiful. It confronts every women’s concern of growing old is the fear of not living your youthful period of life to the fullest. This song correlates to the movie the Great Gatsby where Daisy is highly sought after by two men when she was young: One, a poor boy going off to war, and another, full of riches an heir to a fortune. The song demonstrates her wealth at the beginning of the song, “I’ve seen the world, indicating that she is accustomed to a high dollar lifestyle. She foreshadows that she needs to be with someone of wealth in order to maintain the life she is acclimated to and for approval from her family. The
This very slow song, so in my opinion I think it reinforces a sense of bittersweet, because even though she mentions how she wants to be remembered for the good things that she did she also mentions death and regrets in her song.