Gonna put the the world away for a minute
Pretend I don't live in it
Sunshine gonna wash my blues away
Now I'm lost in the world trying to find me a better way
Got the blue sky breeze and it don't seem fair
Only worry in the world is the tide gonna reach my chair
Sunrise there's a fire in the sky
Never been so happy
Never felt so high And I think I might have found me my own kind of paradise
Wrote a note said be back in a minute
Bought a boat and I sailed off in it Don't think anybody gonna miss me anyway
The ocean is my only medication
Wishing my condition ain't ever gonna go away
Only worry in the world is the tide gonna reach my chair
Sunrise there's a fire in the sky
Never felt so high
And I think I might have found me my own kind of paradise
It's a sweet sweet life living by the salty sea
One day you could be as lost as me
Change you're geography
Maybe you might be Got the blue sky breeze blowing wind through my hair
Only worry in the world is the tide gonna reach my chair Sunrise there's a fire in the sky
Never been so happy
Never felt so high And I think I might have found me my own kind of paradise
Grab a backpack a lunch
You never know until you try
When you lose yourself You find the key to paradise
When I listened to this song I first noticed the 4/4 time. It is easy to ‘feel the beat’ and tap your foot to this song. When I found a copy of the lyrics and read them as I listened to the song. I realized each verse, or stanza, had three lines and for the most part the rhyme scheme for the verses was A A B. The second verse does not follow this pattern, but when it is sung the artist sings the final word very quickly as if to make it follow the same pattern. The song pattern follows a two verses, chorus, two verse, and chorus pattern.
In this song I think the speaker is speaking to anyone who is going through tough or stressful times who need to take a break. The lyrics are upbeat and positive. There are several examples of poetic language in this song. During the chorus there is talk about being knee deep in the ocean, with blue sky and a breeze blowing wind through hair. This gave me a good mental image, and I could really picture what it would be like there. There are also examples of alliteration in the chorus. Several words in the chorus start with the same letters. “…in the water some where” and “Blue sky breeze blowing…” By adding alliteration to the chorus it makes the song catchier. There are also a couple of examples of personification. In the first line of the first stanza the singer talks about putting the world away for a minute. You can’t actually put the world away for a minute but you can stop caring about your worries for a little while.
I wasn’t sure what song to pick for this blog entry, so I just started listening to my music until I found this one. While I was on the road for work in the summer this song would be on the radio a lot. Eventually it became one of my favourite songs. I like it because it is really laid back and relaxing. It talks about ignoring the problems of the world and just relaxing for a little while. I like the imagery of this song because I can imagine exactly what it looks like, being on a beach with a nice breeze. I also like how it talks about being on a vacation, and the ocean being the only medication. I felt like this when I first got to university, I wished it was summer and I was back biking in the mountains. No matter what my problems are, biking always makes me relax. I like how the song talks about being so relaxed that the only worry is if the tide will come in to where he is sitting.
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