Friday, April 2, 2010

Lyrics analysis

Analyzing songs

Frank Sinatra

(summer wind)

The summer wind, came blowin' in from across the sea

It lingered there to touch your hair and walk with me

All summer long we sang a song and then we strolled that golden sand

Two sweethearts and the summer wind


Like painted kites, those days and nights, they went flyin' by

The world was new beneath a blue umbrella sky

Then softer than a piper man one day it called to you

I lost you, I lost you to the summer wind


The autumn wind and the winter winds, they have come and gone

And still the days, those lonely days, they go on and on

And guess who sighs his lullabies through nights that never end

My fickle friend, the summer wind


The summer wind

Warm summer wind

Mmm, the summer wind


Frank Sinatra


(That’s life)


That's life (that's life), that's what all the people say

You're ridin' high in April, shot down in May

But I know I'm gonna change that tune

When I'm back on top, back on top in June


I said that's life (that's life), and as funny as it may seem

Some people get their kicks stompin' on a dream

But I don't let it, let it get me down

'cause this fine old world, it keeps spinnin' around


I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king

I've been up and down and over and out and I know one thing

Each time I find myself flat on my face

I pick myself up and get back in the race


That's life (that's life), I tell you I can't deny it

I thought of quitting, baby, but my heart just ain't gonna buy it

And if I didn't think it was worth one single try

I'd jump right on a big bird and then I'd fly


I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king

I've been up and down and over and out and I know one thing

Each time I find myself layin' flat on my face

I just pick myself up and get back in the race


That's life (that's life), that's life and I can't deny it

Many times I thought of cuttin' out but my heart won't buy it

But if there's nothin' shakin' come this here July

I'm gonna roll myself up in a big ball a-and die


My, my


Frank Sinatra


(they cant take that away from me)


There are many many crazy things

That will keep me loving you

And with your permission

May I list a few


The way you wear your hat

The way you sip your tea

The memory of all that

No they can't take that away from me


The way your breath-taking smile just beams

The way you sing off key

The way you haunt my dreams

No they can't take that away from me


We may never never meet again, on that bumpy road to love

But I'll always, always keep the memory of


The way you hold your knife

The way we danced till three

The way you changed my life

No they can't take that away from me


Similies:

-Like painted kites, those days and nights, they went flyin' by

-Then softer than a piper man one day it called to you

Hyperbole:

-Each time I find myself layin' flat on my face

-I'm gonna roll myself up in a big ball a-and die

-The way your breathtaking smile just beams

-We may never never meet again, on that bumpy road to love Oxymorons:

The themes:

the theme of “Summer wind” is the story of a man who falls in love with a woman who disapears from the man’s life and who never returns.

For “That’s life”, the theme is perseverance and prooving that, even though some days get you down, you can’t always get back up and keep going and things wil get better.

The theme of “they cant take that away from me” is about the same as “Summer wind”. Someone is remembering the old memories of someone they loved but who has now disapeared from their lives.