Most easily explained, Daughtry’s “Cry for Help” advocates letting the tears flow and reaching out for “help” when the world becomes too much to bear. It can be said to be generally premised one...
This song does a good job of treading the metaphorical line of sounding both macrocosmic and personal at the same time. However, by the time all is said and done, it becomes clear that this...
To note, “Hunger Strike” was actually written by the late Chris Cornell, the former frontman of Soundgarden. Cornell was a songwriter who we’ve undoubtedly pointed out in the past as relying heavily on symbolic language. And...
Finally, we get to the title track of Dearly Beloved – a project that has proven relatively-challenging to interpret. The main obstacle faced in this endeavor has been trying to ascertain whether the primary addressee in respective...
This song is premised on a feeling of macrocosmic discontent, if you will. Indeed the titular “desperation” can be interpreted as being akin to a sensation where one simply doesn’t feel at peace in today’s...
We’re going to go out a bit on a limb here, as we’re compelled to do working on Daughtry tracks. And for starters, given the overall nature of Dearly Beloved, we would argue that the “lunatics”...
The full title of this song, as it reads in the chorus, is “we all need somebody”. And this is one of the tracks on the playlist of Dearly Beloved that we can confidently conclude is based...
This song can be considered a quintessential example of the artistry which defines the lyrical composition of Dearly Beloved. Getting through the first verse, it would be very simple to presume that the addressee is a...
Interpreting a Daughtry song requires a certain amount of speculation or assumption making on the part of the interpreter. And in the case of Lioness, one of the first presumptions we’ll make is that the addressee,...
It is becoming obvious early on in our analysis of Daughtry’s Dearly Beloved where understanding, i.e. reading in between the lyrics, may be more important than even interpreting them literally. For instance, in the case of...
