Song Lyrics featuring Figurative Language

Terms in this set (36)

"This time, This place
Misused, Mistakes
Too long, Too late"

"Far Away"
by Nickelback

"She's like a song played again and again"

"Replay"
by Sean Kingston

Personification

"You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes"

"Thriller"
by Michael Jackson

"You would not believe your eyes
If ten million fireflies
Lit up the world as I fell asleep"

"Fireflies"
by Owl City

"Tick! Tock! on the clock
but the party don't stop"

"Tik Tok"
by Ke$sha

"Steady as a preacher
Free as a weed"

"American Honey"
by Lady Antebellum

"Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could just see you
Tonight"

"A Thousand Miles"
by Vanessa Carlton

"Can you imagine no first
dance, freeze dried
romance, five-hour phone
conversation"

"Drops of Jupiter"
by Train

" You make me smile like the sun
Fall out of bed, sing like a bird
Dizzy in my head, spin like a record
Crazy on a Sunday night"

"Simile"
by Uncle Kracker

"You see the hate
that they servin' on a platter
So what we gonna have,
dessert or disaster?"

"Knock You Down"
by Keri Hilson

"That you were Romeo
You were throwing pebbles
And my dad said
Stay away from Juliet"

"Love Story"
by Taylor Swift

"Smooth as a hickory wind
That blow from Memphis
Down to Apalachicola"

Southern Voice
by Tim McGraw

"Imagine a dirt road full of
potholes, with a creek bank
and some cane poles
catching channel cat"

"A Little More Country Than That"
by Easton Corbin

"The truth comes out a little at a time
And it spreads just like a fire
Slips off of your tongue
like turpentine"

"White Liar"
by Miranda Lambert

"I got that boom, boom, boom
That future boom, boom, boom"

"Boom Boom Pow"
by The Black Eyed Peas

"You are the thunder,
and I am the lighting"

"Naturally"
by Selena Gomez

"I search around the world
But I can't seem to find
Someone to love"

"Somebody to Love"
by Leighton Meester

"I can't even fall for some other man
Cause brother man
You know how to get hip to my heart"

"Hip to My Heart"
by The Band Perry

"When I met you girl,
My heart went
Knock! Knock!

"One Time"
by Justin Bieber

"You could be a sweet dream
or a beautiful nightmare
Either way I don't want to
wake up from you"

"Sweet Dreams"
by Beyonce

"I've been awake
for a while now
You got me feelin'
like a child now"

"Bubbly"
by Colbie Caillat

Personification

"Our hearts are hungry
for a food that won't come"

"Live Like We're Dying"
by Kris Allen

"A thousands times before
I've wondered if there's something more
Something more"

"Rain"
by Creed

Personification

"I just wanted to take this in,
The moonlight dancin' off your skin"

"History in the Making"
by Darius Ruckers

"She's a Saturn with a sunroof
With her brown hair a-blowing
She's a soft place to land
And a good feeling knowing
She's a warm conversation
That I wouldn't miss for nothing
She's a fighter when she's mad
And she's a lover when she's loving"

"She's Everything"
by Brad Paisley

"Little darling,
It's been a long cold lonely winter"

"Here Comes the Sun"
by The Beatles

"Who let the dogs out?
Woof, woof, woof, woof!"

"Who Let the Dogs Out"
by The Baha Men

Personification

"I just saw Halley's Comet,
she waved
Said why are you always
running in place?"

"Second Chance"
by Shinedown

"I need you like a
heart needs a beat"

"Apologize"
by One Republic ft. Timbaland

"I'm fighting for this girl
On a battlefield of love:

"Down"
by Jay Sean

"Beep, beep, beep, beep!
Who got the keys to the Jeep?
Vrooooooom!:

"Beep Beep"
by Timbaland & Magoo ft. Missy Elliot

"This one goes out to the
man who mines for miracles"

"We weren't Born to Follow"
by Bon Jovi

"...he's candy-coated
misery, he's a devil in disguise,
a snake with blue eyes"

"Cowboy Casanova"
by Carrie Underwood

"The last time we talked
The night that I walked
Burns like an iron
in the back of my mind"

"Life After You"
by Chris Daughtry

Personification

"One day Justice will come
and find you
And I'll be right there in your
memory to remind you"

"Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You"
by Kellie Pickler

"But you put on quite a show
Really had me goin'
But now it's time to go
Curtain's finally closin'
That was quite a show
Very entertainin'
But it's over now
Go on and take a bow"

"Take a Bow"
by Rihanna

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