I’m a big fan of lyrics that deal with extended musical metaphors, so like “Hallelujah” by Leonard Cohen is (kind of) an example:
Now I’ve heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don’t really care for music, do you?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Or another favorite is “Shot in the Arm” by Wilco:
We fell in love
In the key of C
We walked along
Down by the sea
You followed me down
The neck to D
And fell again
Into the sea
Which gets extra points for making a pun (intentionally or not) on “Schenectady” Anyway, today I was listening to Beulah’s “Yoko” album and heard this one:
I run my hands down your neck
Across your back to another fret
I know you’re fragile
You’re bound to self-destruct
Also, there is a line later on in that song that goes: “You never mean it when you come to me/With your arms outstretched/Defenseless and alone” in which some online transcriptionist has seen fit to extend the metaphor even further by printing it as “With your arms outstretched/Defenseless and oblong…”
Are you as amused as I am? =) Also, I have the feeling there is a Bright Eyes song that I really like that has a metaphorical bent like this, but I can’t seem to remember it right now! Any ideas?
I mean, obviously there are _lots_ of Bright Eyes songs that are about music, the music business and etc., but I think there’s one with guitar or piano imagery in there. Argh…