“World on Fire” discusses hiding from personal demons and the hope of finding light in darkness. It encourages changing one’s perspective to positively alter one’s life experience. The chorus calls for empowerment and igniting...
As put forth in the intro, Aaron Carter’s romantic interest, i.e. the apple of his eye, is named “Candy”. But in the chorus, the word “candy” is not spelled with a capital C. Rather, as also...
These days, when it comes to following your heart in a romantic context, most songs which touch upon such a topic may express some caution or regret in terms of letting yourself go like...
The lyrics of Lewis Capaldi’s “Pointless” do a sound job of allowing the vocalist to delineate what it is he puts into his romance with the addressee, and what he likewise gets out of...
Ed Sheeran’s “Celestial” is another track that can be classified under the recent trend of songs created by popular musicians specifically for videogames which, at least on the surface, don’t actually read as if...
The narrator of “Call Your Friends” has reached a juncture in her relationship with the addressee where, as Hannah Reid has explained in her own words, she has become emotionally dependent on him. Or more...
Given the background of Kelly Clarkson’s “A Moment Like This” (being written as the winning song of American Idol Season 1), it is safe to assume that this isn’t a typical love song between...
London Grammar’s “Talking” is one of those songs that requires us to go out pretty far on a limb in the name of making comprehensive sense out of it. But maybe out there near the...
Sometimes it’s hard to imagine what the music industry would look like without British artists. The product of A list musicians from the UK tends to be this perfect hybrid of the commercial aspirations which...
Of course any song dropped in the year 2021 based on the concept of heroism is likely meant to serve as a shoutout to individuals who stepped up during the COVID-19 pandemic. And such is...
