Man On a Wire

66 APPENDIX 4.6: The Record of Figurative Language in the Song: Flares

6. Flares

1 Did you lose what wont return? 2 Did you love but never learn? 3 The fires out but still it burns 4 And no one cares, theres no one there 5 Did you find it hard to breathe? 6 Did you cry so much that you could barely see? 7 Youre in the darkness all alone 8 And no one cares, theres no one there Chorus: 9 But did you see the flares in the sky? 10 Were you blinded by the light? 11 Did you feel the smoke in your eyes? 12 Did you? Did you? 13 Did you see the sparks filled with hope? 14 You are not alone 15 Cause someones out there, sending out flares 16 Did you break but never mend? 17 Did it hurt so much you thought it was the end? 18 Lose your heart but dont know when 19 And no one cares, theres no one there Chorus Me Si H Mi IE RQ My Ir S P              Total 2 11 recurrent lines Abbreviations: Me : Metaphor IE : Idiomatic Expressions Ir : Irony Si : Simile RQ : Rhetorical Questions S : Sarcasm H : Hyperbole My : Metonymy P : Personification Mi : Meiosis 67 APPENDIX 4.7: The Record of Figurative Language in the Song: It’s not Right for You

7. It’s not Right for You

1 My head, my head is full of things that I shouldve done 2 My heart, my heart is heavy, and it sinks like a stone 3 She said, is this the life youve been dreaming of 4 Spending half the day away from the things you love 5 Its not too late, to do something new 6 She said, its hard enough trying to live your life 7 But not following your dreams makes you dead inside 8 If you dont love what you do Chorus: 9 Its not right, its not right for you 10 If you even have to think about it 11 Its not right, its not right for you 12 If you really have to think about it 13 You got one life to love what you do 14 My hands, my hands are scarred by things I shouldnt have done 15 My feet, my feet are weary from all the miles that Ive run 16 She said, open your mind take a look within 17 Are you happy with the world that youre living in 18 If not, you gotta change what you do 19 She said, and lately I dont see you smiling love 20 Are you happy here with me and the things weve got 21 If you cant say that its true Chorus 22 If we dont do something now then 23 Well never know 24 If we stay here too long then well, well never grow old 25 So before its too late and its killing you yeah 26 Weve only one life to live 27 So love what you do Chorus 28 In the end, in the end 29 Better hold „cause you‟re taking it all in 30 In the end, in the end 31 You got one life to love what you do Me Si H Mi IE RQ My Ir S P                 Total 1 7 1 4 3 recurrent lines Abbreviations: Me : Metaphor IE : Idiomatic Expressions Ir : Irony Si : Simile RQ : Rhetorical Questions S : Sarcasm H : Hyperbole My : Metonymy P : Personification Mi : Meiosis