Imagery

The song “Seventy Times 7” by Brand New is a song describing the speaker’s reaction to heartbreak. There is intense imagery in this song illustrating how the speaker feels after having his heart broken and one is able to picture exactly how he feels based off of the imagery in his story alone. One example can be seen in the line, “Ignore the sun, the cover’s over my head. I wrote a message that says, “Jesse stay asleep in bed.” So don’t apologize. I hope you choke and die.” The listener is able to picture a depressed man staying in bed because he is so upset about what happened to him. Also, one is able to picture the anger the speaker contains when he says that he want the person who hurt him to die. There is another stanza that provides a morbid image, “Have another drink and drive yourself home. I hope there’s ice on all the road. And you can think of me when you forget your seatbelt, and again when your head goes through the windshield.” This provides a clear image of a car wreck on a snowy night. One is also able to see the anger the speaker has because they wish for death of another person in a dark way.

Another song that has a lot of imagery is “Issues” by Sick Puppies. In this song, the speaker is also angry about the factors in his life that made him into the person that he has become. One line that provides an image is, “I wanna slow down. I wanna be part of what is happening around me.” One can picture someone spinning out of control and desperately trying to hold on and stop. Another line that provides an image is when the speaker says, “I turn the page, to a chapter they thought was just a phase.” The image that is seen here is a book with all the pages turning and on each page is a scene from the speaker’s life.

Lacey, Jesse. Lyrics.“Seventy Times 7.” Your Favorite Weapon. Lp. Below Par Records. 2001.www.azlyrics.com. 2/4/2010.

Moore, Shimon. Lyrics. “Issues.” Dressed Up As a Life. Lp. Virgin. 2007. www.azlyrics.com.
2/4/2010.