I am a really big fan of musicals, and a lot of the songs use figurative language to get their points across creatively, below is a song from the musical, Next to Normal. It’s called, “You Don’t Know.” The main character is trying to explain to her husband how she feels every day of her life being depressed. It’s one of my favorite songs in the show, very deep.
Do you wake up in the morning and need help to lift your head?
Do you read obituaries and feel jealous of the dead?
It's like living on a cliff side not knowing when you'll dive. - Simile
Do you know, do you know what it's like to die alive? - Hyperbole
When the world that once had color fades to white and gray and black. - Hyperbole
When tomorrow terrifies you, but you'll die if you look back.
You don't know.
I know you don't know.
You say that you're hurting, it sure doesn't show.
You don't know.
You tell me let go.
And you may say so, but I say you don't know.
The sensation that you're screaming, but you never make a sound.
Or the feeling that you're falling, but you never hit the ground. - Metaphor
It just keeps on rushing at you day by day by day by day.
You don't know, you don't know what it's like to live that way.
Like a refugee, a fugitive, forever on the run. - Simile
If it gets me it will kill me, but I don't know what I've done. – Personification
Do you read obituaries and feel jealous of the dead?
It's like living on a cliff side not knowing when you'll dive. - Simile
Do you know, do you know what it's like to die alive? - Hyperbole
When the world that once had color fades to white and gray and black. - Hyperbole
When tomorrow terrifies you, but you'll die if you look back.
You don't know.
I know you don't know.
You say that you're hurting, it sure doesn't show.
You don't know.
You tell me let go.
And you may say so, but I say you don't know.
The sensation that you're screaming, but you never make a sound.
Or the feeling that you're falling, but you never hit the ground. - Metaphor
It just keeps on rushing at you day by day by day by day.
You don't know, you don't know what it's like to live that way.
Like a refugee, a fugitive, forever on the run. - Simile
If it gets me it will kill me, but I don't know what I've done. – Personification
Good writing like this really brings in the audience. Listening to this song, you cannot only hear the strain in her voice, but also in her words. It’s a very impactful part of the show and this is the first time you really see the pain she is suffering.
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