Figurative language – i.e. the usage of similes, metaphors, allusions, personifications and hyperboles – is arguably the greatest tool at a songwriter’s disposal outside of words themselves. That’s because practically every song you hear, no...
The lyrics of Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise” are meant to illustrate the mental processes of a prototypical street gangsta. So as expected, many of words featured therein focus on the type of violent and criminal behavior...
Figurative language – i.e. the usage of similes, metaphors, allusions, personifications and hyperboles – is arguably the greatest tool at a songwriter’s disposal outside of words themselves. That’s because practically every song you hear, no...