“Changes Are Coming” is a track that encourages personal perseverance, with the two verses taking slightly different approaches in getting this point across. The first is more along the lines of admonishing the addressee, who can...
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...
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...
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,...
The lack of specificity in the lyrics of “Call You Mine” makes them open to interpretation. For instance, it’s hard to ascertain whether or not the singer and addressee, who we would presume are romantic...
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...