Friday, April 20, 2012

Song Lyrics as Poetry

Death Can for Cuties--Follow You Into the Dark




Lyrics to I Will Follow You Into The Dark:


Love of mine some day you will die
But I'll be close behind
I'll follow you into the dark


No blinding light or tunnels to gates of white
Just our hands clasped so tight
Waiting for the hint of a spark
If heaven and hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the no's on their vacancy signs


If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark


In Catholic school as vicious as Roman rule
I got my knuckles brusied by a lady in black
And I held my toungue as she told me
"Son fear is the heart of love"
So I never went back


If heaven and hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the no's on their vacancy signs


If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark


You and me have seen everything to see
From Bangkok to Calgary
And the soles of your shoes are all worn down
The time for sleep is now
It's nothing to cry about
Cause we'll hold each other soon
The blackest of rooms


If heaven and hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the no's on their vacancy signs


If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark
Then I'll follow you into the dark


Follow You Into the Dark is full of symbols, similes, imagery, and allusion, and many other literary devices. The band, Death Cab for Cuties, uses ambiguity through out the song to describe love and death which is made clear with the lyric, "Love of mine some day you will die/But I'll be close behind/I'll follow you into the dark" The song is discussing suicide. Visual imagery is also used through out the song so that listeners can relate to it. 

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