lyrical analysis of birdy
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Lyrical Analysis
Come on skinny love just last the year,Pour a little salt we were never here,My my my, my my my, my-my my-my...Staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer.
The little love and happiness she has needs to last need a little longer. The use of the adjective ‘Skinny’ shows how its tiny what she actually wants.
The use of the imperative sentence in the song shows how she’s being commanding. Meaning that through this lyrical line she doesn’t want anyone to know that they were never there meaning perhaps she doesn’t want to be known but does because she wants love
The use of the determiner ‘my’ which is uttered 10 times its repeated because its needed to be to emphasized how its about hers.
Tell my love to wreck it all,Cut out all the ropes and let me fall,My my my, my my my, my-my my-my...Right in the moment this order's tall
The use of the next line is another imperative sentence which is commanding us an audience to do something negative. The use of the concrete noun ‘cut’ is used harshly to demonstrate what she wants us to do. Then the use of the dynamic verb ‘Fall’ shows how that’s what she feels like she’s doing.
The use of the determiner ‘My’ is repeated again to show how its important for the singer that its her love…
Talking to an indirect to love, showing she is unable to talk to love because she is clearly hurting. As well as the adjective ‘Wreck’ shows the emotions of negativity.
Meaning that its instant and everything is unplanned and the use of the adjective tall shows how it’s a large thing shes over-coming .
And I told you to be patient,And I told you to be fine,And I told you to be balanced,And I told you to be kind,And in the morning I'll be with you,But it will be a different kind,'Cause I'll be holding all the tickets,And you'll be owning all the fines.
This is representation of what she did to herself I believe.
Conations of suicidal thought s
Come on skinny love, what happened here?Suckle on the hope in light brassieres,My my my, my my my, my-my my-my...Sullen load is full, so slow on the split.
First line of the actual
song-linking
Rhetorical question
Hope-connotes does she
want hope?
Brassieres=Bras Equal sex denotations?
Repeat from the first verse
And I told you to be patient,And I told you to be fine,And I told you to be balanced,And I told you to be kind,And now all your love is wasted,Then who the hell was I?'Cause now I'm breaking at the britches,And at the end of all your lines.
Repeated to establish its point
wasted: gone, and it was used and that the whole thing was useless
Another rhetorical question Breaking:
Falling apart
Meaning at the end of this who will be left.
Who will love you?Who will fight?And who will fall far behind?
All are rhetorical questions.
The question feels aimed at the audience with the 2nd person pronoun ‘you;
Conations of violence but also romance within couples.
The use of the verb ‘fall’ shows the theme of break ups.
Come on skinny love,My my my, my my my, my-my my-my...My my my, my my my, my-my my-my.
Both these lyrics have been repeated already throughout
the song