Figurative Language in Popular Song Lyrics
Explore the art of figurative language through iconic song lyrics. Delve into the world of similes, metaphors, personification, hyperboles, alliterations, onomatopoeias, and more used in songs by artists like Sean Kingston, Taylor Swift, Owl City, and Nickelback.
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SONG LYRICS featuring FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
ALLITERATION This time, This place Misused, Mistakes Too long, Too late Far Away by Nickelback
SIMILE She s like a song played again and again Replay by Sean Kingston
PERSONIFICATION You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes Thriller by Michael Jackson
HYPERBOLE You would not believe your eyes If ten million fireflies Lit up the world as I fell asleep Fireflies by Owl City
ONOMATOPOEIA Tick! Tock! on the clock but the party don t stop Tik Tok by Ke$ha
SIMILE Steady as a preacher Free as a weed American Honey by Lady Antebellum
HYPERBOLE Cause you know I d walk A thousand miles If I could just see you Tonight A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton
ALLITERATION Can you imagine no first dance, freeze dried romance, five-hour phone conversation Drops of Jupiter by Train
SIMILE You make me smile like the sun Fall out of bed, sing like a bird Dizzy in my head, spin like a record Crazy on a Sunday night Smile by Uncle Kracker
ALLITERATION You see the hate that they servin on a platter So what we gonna have, dessert or disaster dessert or disaster? Knock You Down by Keri Hilson
METAPHOR That you were Romeo You were throwing pebbles And my daddy said Stay away from Juliet Love Story by Taylor Swift
SIMILE Smooth as a hickory wind That blows from Memphis Down to Apalachicola Southern Voice by Tim McGraw
ALLITERATION Imagine a dirt road full of potholes, with a creek bank and some cane poles catching channel cat A Little More Country Than That by Easton Corbin
SIMILE The truth comes out a little at a time And it spreads just like a fire Slips off of your tongue like turpentine White Liar by Miranda Lambert
ONOMATOPOEIA I got that boom, boom, boom That future boom, boom, boom Boom Boom Pow by The Black Eyed Peas
METAPHOR You are the thunder, and I am the lightning Naturally by Selena Gomez
HYPERBOLE I search around the world But I can t seem to find Somebody to love Somebody to Love by Leighton Meester
ALLITERATION I can t even fall for some other man Cause brother man You know how to get hip to my heart Hip to My Heart by The Band Perry
ONOMATOPOEIA When I met you girl, My heart went Knock! Knock! One Time by Justin Bieber
METAPHOR You could be a sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare Either way I don t want to wake up from you Sweet Dreams by Beyonce
SIMILE I ve been awake for a while now You got me feelin like a child now Bubbly by Colbie Caillat
PERSONIFICATION Our hearts are hungry for a food that won t come Live Like We re Dying by Kris Allen
HYPERBOLE A thousand times before I ve wondered if there s something more Something more Rain by Creed
PERSONIFICATION I just wanted to take this in, The moonlight dancin off your skin History in the Making by Darius Rucker
METAPHOR She s a Saturn with a sunroof With her brown hair a-blowing She s a soft place to land And a good feeling knowing She s a warm conversation That I wouldn t miss for nothing She s a fighter when she s mad And she s a lover when she s loving She s Everything by Brad Paisley
ALLITERATION Little darling, It's been a long cold lonely winter Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles
ONOMATOPOEIA Who let the dogs out? Woof, woof, woof, woof! Who Let the Dogs Out by The Baha Men
PERSONIFICATION I just saw Halley s Comet, she waved Said why are you always running in place? Second Chance by Shinedown
SIMILE I need you like a heart needs a beat Apologize by One Republic ft. Timbaland
METAPHOR I m fighting for this girl On a battlefield of love Down by Jay Sean
ONOMATOPOEIA Beep, beep, beep, beep! Who got the keys to the Jeep? Vrooooooom! Beep Beep by Timbaland & Magoo ft. Missy Elliot
ALLITERATION This one goes out to the man who mines for miracles We Weren t Born to Follow by Bon Jovi
METAPHOR . . .he s candy-coated misery, he s a devil in disguise, a snake with blue eyes Cowboy Casanova by Carrie Underwood
SIMILE The last time we talked The night that I walked Burns like an iron In the back of my mind Life After You by Daughtry
PERSONIFICATION One day justice will come and find you And I ll be right there in your memory to remind you Didn t You Know How Much I Loved You by Kellie Pickler
METAPHOR But you put on quite a show Really had me goin But now it's time to go Curtain's finally closin' That was quite a show Very entertainin' But it's over now Go on and take a bow Take a Bow by Rihanna
