Monday, February 17, 2014

"You Found Me"

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/fray/youfoundme.html

Well to start the first time I really listened to this song was on the way to New Orleans going over the last bridge. I can't really describe how it made me feel, because I can't really relate to part of it, but the other half I can relate to much more than I would think. First of all, the song is about God, and its not at all a song to praise God; more acknowledging his existence and expressing feeling about it. He says God is someone he stumbled upon on the corner of the street smoking a cigarette, and thats not exactly the traditional appearance of God.

"I found God
On the corner of First and Amistad
Where the west
Was all but won
All alone
Smoking his last cigarette
I said, "Where you been?"
He said, "Ask anything"."

Then he basically goes on to say that god has "some kind of nerve" for waiting to come find to him.
"Why'd you have to wait?
Where were you? Where were you?
Just a little late."

He uses a lot of anaphoras, as a bunch of songs do, to create emphasis and to sound good. Also talking about God and his friend that sounded like she died is apostrophe. It doesn't rhyme; and there is enjambment along with end-stopped line.
As for SOAPSTONE:
Speaker- Isaac Slade (assuming as the lead singer and writer of the song) It seems more personal than something a singer writes from another narrator in mind.
Occasion- He feels like he had a horrible time and now suddenly God decides to show up after its over
Audience- He's talking to God, but he knew in writing the song it would be for general hearing
Purpose- to express a disappointment in God but also an understanding that he exists
Subject- having that "ah-ha" moment when you find God or he finds you, and how the speaker feels God was late
Tone- disappointment, frustration

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