No Good in Goodbye

65 APPENDIX 4.5: The Record of Figurative Language in the Song: Superheroes

5. Superheroes

1 All the life, she has seen 2 All the meaner side of me 3 They took away the prophets dream 4 For a profit on the street 5 Now she‟s stronger than you know 6 A heart of steel starts to grow 7 All his life, hes been told 8 He‟ll be nothing when he‟s old 9 All the kicks and all the blows 10 He will never let it show 11 Cause he‟s stronger than you know 12 A heart of steel starts to grow Chorus: 13 When youve been fighting for it all your life 14 Youve been struggling to make things right 15 That‟s how a superhero learns to fly Every day, every hour Turn the pain into power 16 When youve been fighting for it all your life 17 Youve been working every day and night 18 That‟s how a superhero learns to fly 19 All the hurt, all the lies 20 All the tears that they cry 21 When the moment is just right 22 Youll see fire in their eyes 23 Cause hes stronger than you know 24 A heart of steel starts to grow Chorus 25 Shes got lions in her heart 26 A fire in her soul 27 Hes a got a beast in his belly 28 Thats so hard to control 29 Cause theyve taken too much hits 30 Taking blow by blow 31 Now light a match, stand back, watch them explode Chorus Me Si H Mi IE RQ My Ir S P             Total 5 1 2 2 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 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