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...
Sometimes, looking back to the past brings about an intense amount of heartache especially when you’ve lost the love of your life. “The One That Got Away” tells the story of someone in their...
This is a song that is both nostalgic and present-based at the same time. By design, “Teenage Dream” is meant to harp back to the feeling of falling in love for the first time, which...
Following a heart-breaking divorce in 2012, Perry was caught in a dark place and wanted her fourth album, “Prism” to be one where she “explores her darker side.” Unfortunately, or fortunately rather, the album became filled...
John Mayer has dated some of the most famous women in Hollywood, especially back in the days around his musical heyday. So fans have speculated that this song may be about one of such individuals, Jennifer Aniston or...
“Where We Started” is one of those we-can-take-on-the-world love songs, though it takes a different approach than other tracks that tend to fall into this category. Usually in these cases, the vocalist’s focus would...
Katy Perry’s “Firework” is a feel-good motivational song that is set to lift our hearts and souls, especially those who suffer from bullying and/or low self-esteem issues. Comparing one to “a plastic bag drifting...
The origin of this song (“All The Things She Said”) dates back to one of its co-writers, Elena Kiper, having a dream where she was kissing another woman. Being that Elena is not a lesbian,...
The lyrics of “Part of Me”, even though Katy Perry later stated they have more of a general applicability, were specifically about her relationship with a fellow singer, Travis McCoy, who she dated from 2007 to 2009. ...
Katy Perry’s “Electric” is a song of both inspiration and encouragement. It commences with the vocalist prodding an unfulfilled and seemingly-depressed addressee to make a power move out into the unknown. In other words, as argued,...
