Twenty One Pilots - Car Radio (Readers Response Essay)

To start off, the first stanza in her song represents a sense of how unavoidable change is and how the confusion of the bond combined with the stress of the blame game can lead to a doomed

He mentions the fight in the House of Representatives that broke out, in relation with the civil rights bill. He also about the equality between black and white people in the 1960’s. At this point this is being read the words “all is calm, all is bright” this completely contrast from the subject about racism but the song is representing a sense of tranquillity as if everything is okay when it is not.

The symbolism in this song is that life is hard for other members of the society. This song regards a man trying/ resolving to alter his ways before starting to change the world. This

This theme is brought through the song by showing multiple literary devices. Such as “I'm the one at sail, I’m the master of my sea”. This metaphor shows the realization and empowerment that oneself can give in a depressing situation. This simile “Falling like ashes to the ground, Hoping my feelings they would drown” compares his feeling of sadness and depression to ashes, and wanting them to drown and vanish, from his life. This line, “All the hate that you’ve heard has turned your spirit to a dove” explains how all of the hate that he has experienced and gone through has turned his feelings around, and decided to look on the bright side of things. Personally I think this is a great

This song implies that individual’s are violating the norms and values of society. They start the song with a verse that expresses

think he was trying to communicate what a family was going through at one point in life. They are in a sad

Within the first two verses of the song, this young woman presents an issue that is all too common for many people. She has big dreams and wants to make a name for herself, but to succumb to making that dream a reality, she would have to desert the loved ones that have made

Writing- Music in the Story Music plays a big role in many people’s lives. Often musicians put meaning into their lyrics that can bridge genders, language barriers, and racial differences. Although Their Eyes Were Watching God was written back in the 1930s, there are certain things that are relevant to the story today, music being one of these things. In Jessie J’s song, “Mamma Knows Best,” she says, “Mamma knows best when times get hard

This song, to me, strongly relates to slavery, especially in the lyric “I feel mistreated and I don’t mind dyin’.” It hits you hard to realize he would rather be happier off being dead than to be mistreated

This genre I chose was a song written by my friend Diego Lemos or his stage name as Tri-Limb who is a rapper and myself which is some normal dude who plays the guitar. I chose to write a short little song because we’re both musicians and writing is one of the things that we enjoy to do on our free time. First line, lyric was basically saying that it can be a really bad addiction died to the nicotine inside the tobacco and smoking it doesn’t make you cool. Second line means that smoking can make you less or even worse appealing to other people, because smoking can give you wrinkles, bad breathe, and your teeth can change colors and that don’t sound like someone you would want to go on a date with. Third line says you’re committing suicide,

As he continuously describes the events that have taken place verse after verse the years progress further until the year 1964 when he describes more common events instead of many smaller ones to the year 1989. By listing these events in single sentences he separates the events into the times they occurred. Putting the ideas together and in one large sentence makes it feel as though there were constant events happening and the world was packed full with crazy events and stuff was constantly being thrown at people just like the lyrics in the song. As the song progresses, he approaches the events with much more ferocity and seems to gather more and more anger towards the events happening. He is getting annoyed at an accusation that that group started a certain fire.

Do you ever wonder what is the meaning behind what you so proudly sing whenever you hear it? Music is an art form of culture which organizes sound with times It first came around in prehistoric times, however, as times passes, music is drastically changing. As a result, in the last decades music has experienced drastic changes in the themes they are talking about. These changes are due to the generations and what they are living, political and social actions of the time. For example, the decade of the 80s was the rise of hip-hop and rap music from a local phenomenon to a worldwide known genre of music. Previously, a crack cocaine epidemic had stroke major cities in the USA and it coincided with the rise of hip-hop in black communities as these

The first verse of the song shares the troubled relationship between the father and son, when it said, “he came to the world in the usual way, but there were planes to catch and bills to pay. He learned to walk while I was away.” This verse explained that he was away on some type of career to make money for the family, and provide for the son financially. However, he wasn’t able to spend quality time with him, and missed important milestones in his life, such as taking his first steps. His career obviously came before his son and family, and he made excuses for that. Then it finishes with the chorus, which says, “when you

Her first line reveals that the following emotional breakdown is a result of standing by as an opportunity comes and goes (Jones qtd. in Kimbrough). Jones wishes that she could go back and make a different decision, but it is too late. The speaker proceeds to lament the missed chance with a lover, her regret made evident in the repeated line, “ I don’t know why I didn’t come” (Jones qtd. in Kimbrough). Presented simultaneously with the text, the song strengthens the idea that failing to take action leads to sorrow.

I have heard this song many times and honestly never listened closely to the words until now. This song speaks to life in general on how we all stay busy and take life for granted. Being stressed will have you saying “I wish I could be a child again with no care in the world.” As an individual is being developed and children are growing up, they watch the adults closer than we realize. The lyric that mentioned “need to wake up and make money” shows children the value of a dollar. When I was a teenager my parents taught me what the value of a dollar meant. When I got old enough to work, I knew what it meant to wake up and need to make money. To have self-care, we have live life now and not stress about the inevitable. This is easier said than