Figurative Language in Song Lyrics

Thought you'll change the weather

Start a little storm, make a little rain

But I'm gonna do one better

Have the sun until you pray

I'm a tornado

Looking for a soul to take

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Answer explanation

Metaphor: States that one thing is something else.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

It's just those rainy days

Spend a lifetime tryin’ to wash away

Until the sun comes out and shines again

Smile for me, smile for me.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Answer explanation

Hyperbole: An exaggeration or an overstatement made for emphasis.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Can I have your daughter for the rest of my life?

Say yes, say yes 'cause I need to know

You say I'll never get your blessing 'til the day I die

Tough luck, my friend, but the answer is “No”

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Answer explanation

Hyperbole: An exaggeration or an overstatement made for emphasis.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I was told when I get older all my fears would shrink

But now I’m insecure and I care what people think.

My name’s ‘Blurryface’ and I care what you think

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Answer explanation

Hyperbole: An exaggeration or an overstatement made for emphasis.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Everybody here is watching you

'Cause you feel like home

You're like a dream come true.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Answer explanation

Simile: A comparison using like or as, it usually compares two unlike objects. 

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

I thought that I'd been hurt before

But no one's ever left me quite this sore

Your words cut deeper than a knife

Now I need someone to breathe me back to life.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Answer explanation

Personification: Giving human qualities, feelings, actions or characteristics to inanimate (not living) objects.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Gonna wake up every day like it's Christmas

Gonna celebrate this life I'm given

From now on (from now on)

Gonna tell my mother every day I love her

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Answer explanation

Simile: A comparison using like or as, it usually compares two unlike objects.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

She walks like a model

She grants my wishes

Like a genie in a bottle.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Answer explanation

Simile: A comparison using like or as, it usually compares two unlike objects.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

I might never be your knight in shining armor

I might never be the one you take home to mother.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Answer explanation

Metaphor: States that one thing is something else.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Oh, tears make kaleidoscopes in your eyes

And hurt, I know you're hurting, but so am I

And love, if your wings are broken

Borrow mine so yours can open too

'Cause I'm gonna stand by you.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Answer explanation

Metaphor: States that one thing is something else.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D