Tuesday 29 December 2009

Lyric Analysis 1: Foo Fighters

We only chose one Foo Fighters song for our shortlist, and that song was "Times Like These"

This song was the second single released and the fourth track from the album "One by One" and was released on RCA Records

I am a one way motorway
I'm the one that drives away
Then follows you back home
I am a street light shining
I'm a wild light blinding bright
Burning off alone

It's times like these you learn to live again
It's times like these you give and give again
It's times like these you learn to love again
It's times like these time and time again

I am a new day rising
I'm a brand new sky
To hang the stars upon tonight
I am a little divided
Do I stay or run away
And leave it all behind?

It's times like these you learn to live again
It's times like these you give and give again
It's times like these you learn to love again
It's times like these time and time again

The feeling I get from these lyrics is one of independence, and perhaps lonliness. The singer appears to be asserting his pride of being an independent person, but at the same time, wishing he wasn't so.

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