Writer’s Craft in Song Lyrics Which technique do you see?

"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

" 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" "Smile" by Uncle Kracker

"That you were Romeo You were throwing pebbles And my dad said Stay away from Juliet" "Love Story" by Taylor Swift

"Little darling, It's been a long cold lonely winter" "Here Comes the Sun" by The Beatles

"I need you like a heart needs a beat" "Apologize" by One Republic ft "I need you like a heart needs a beat" "Apologize" by One Republic ft. Timbaland

"They paved paradise And put up a parking lot" “Big Yellow Taxi” Joni Mitchell

"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

"You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes" "Thriller" by Michael Jackson

"Steady as a preacher Free as a weed" "American Honey" by Lady Antebellum

So I wait and I try I confess like a child She's my kind of rain Like love in a drunken sky She's confetti falling Down all night She sits quietly there Like water in a jar Says, "Baby why are you Trembling like you are?" So I wait and I try I confess like a child “She’s My Kind of Rain” Tim McGraw

"Can you imagine no first dance, freeze dried romance, five-hour phone conversation" "Drops of Jupiter" by Train

"I search around the world But I can't seem to find Someone to love" "Somebody to Love" by Leighton Meester

But, baby, now Take me into your loving arms Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars Place your head on my beating heart Thinking out loud That maybe we found love right where we are “Thinking Out Loud” Ed Sheeran

"I just wanted to take this in, The moonlight dancin' off your skin" "History in the Making" by Darius Rucker

“...he's candy-coated misery, he's a devil in disguise, a snake with blue eyes" "Cowboy Casanova" by Carrie Underwood

“The Music of the Night” The Phantom of the Opera Nighttime sharpens, heightens each sensation. Darkness wakes and stir imagination. Silently the senses abandon their defenses, Helpless to resist the notes I write, For I compose the Music of the Night. Slowly, gently, night unfurls its splendor. Grasp it, sense it, tremulous and tender. Hearing is believing. Music is deceiving. Hard as lightening, soft as candlelight. Dare you trust the Music of the Night? “The Music of the Night” The Phantom of the Opera

I know I took the path that you would never want for me I know I let you down, didn't I? So many sleepless nights where you were waiting up on me Well I'm just a slave unto the night “I Bet My Life” Imagine Dragons

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag Drifting through the wind, wanting to start again? Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin Like a house of cards, one blow from caving in? Do you ever feel already buried deep six feet under? Screams but no one seems to hear a thing Do you know that there's still a chance for you 'Cause there's a spark in you? You just gotta ignite the light and let it shine Just own the night like the 4th of July 'Cause, baby, you're a firework Come on, show 'em what you're worth Make 'em go, "Aah, aah, aah" As you shoot across the sky-y-y “Firework” By Katy Perry

Satellite in my eyes Like a diamond in the sky How I wonder Satellite strung from the moon And the world your balloon Peeping Tom for the mother station Winter's cold spring erases And the calm away by the storm is chasing Everything good needs replacing Look up, look down all around, hey satellite “Satellite” Dave Matthews Band