Song Meanings and Facts
Figurative language – i.e. the usage of similes, metaphors, allusions, personifications and hyperboles – is arguably the greatest tool at a songwriter’s disposal outside of words themselves. That’s because practically every song you hear, no...
The Piano Man may look like your average Joe, but he’s also one of the best-selling musicians in industry history. You have to believe that reality has attributed to his impressive dating history, which features the...
Relatively speaking, “A Matter of Trust” is very metaphorical in its approach. But what Billy seems to be getting at premise-wise is that it’s more or less inevitable that after the initial state of...
Although it is never actually specified in the lyrics that “Just the Way You Are” is a love song of the romantic variety, such is in fact the case. And in that regard it is...
Despite the title of this song potentially sounding sexist to some, quite to the contrary it is the Piano Man’s version of a feminist tune. Or stated differently analyzing this song hastily can easily lead to misinterpreting...
