Butterflies, Flowers and Lyrics

It’s Time-Glee( Original by Imagine Dragons)

So this is what you meant
When you said that you were spent
And now it's time to build from the bottom of the pit
Right to the top
Don't hold back
Packing my bags and giving the academy a rain check

I don't ever want to let you down
I don't ever want to leave this town
'Cause after all
This city never sleeps at night

It's time to begin, isn't it?
I get a little bit bigger, but then I'll admit
I'm just the same as I was
Now don't you understand
That I'm never changing who I am

So this is where you fell
And I am left to sell
The path to heaven runs through miles of clouded hell
Right to the top
Don't look back
Turning to rags and giving the commodities a rain check

I don't ever want to let you down
I don't ever want to leave this town
'Cause after all
This city never sleeps at night

It's time to begin, isn't it?
I get a little bit bigger, but then I'll admit
I'm just the same as I was
Now don't you understand
That I'm never changing who I am

It's time to begin, isn't it?
I get a little bit bigger, but then I'll admit
I'm just the same as I was
Now don't you understand

That I'm never changing who I am

This road never looked so lonely
This house doesn't burn down slowly
To ashes, to ashes

It's time to begin, isn't it?
I get a little bit bigger, but then I'll admit
I'm just the same as I was
Now don't you understand
That I'm never changing who I am

It's time to begin, isn't it?
I get a little bit bigger, but then I'll admit
I'm just the same as I was
Now don't you understand
That I'm never changing who I am

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArW6SvANU-0

 Most of today’s music, if not all, follows similar patterns and forms as poetry does. In today’s             blog post I’ll be talking about the poetic forms reflected in It’s Time by the Imagine Dragons. 

The song It’s Time is written in open form poetry. This means that the song has no set patterns of rhythm or rhyme. Also this poem has no set organization to its stanza length or size. This song also has no set meter.

 Song lyrics can also demonstrate the same stylistic elements as poetry.  For instance this poem has a confident tone; the “speaker” is not necessarily the artist of the poem but simply a man who wishes to convey to his partner that he will always be the same person, and always care for him/her, no matter what happens.

There are also many types of figurative language used in songs to help convey the message and make the lyrics flow better. One example of figurative language in this song is personification. This is used a few times throughout, but the example that stands out the most is “This road never looked so lonely”. This makes me think that the speaker is singing to someone who is moving away, and is telling him that the path ahead “looks lonely”, meaning he will miss him/her, but he will still love that person, and that won’t change while they are gone.

The song itself, to me, seems to be about a man telling his partner that no matter what happens, and no matter how far apart they become, that he will never change, and his love for his partner will never change either.  It also makes me think that the singer or “speaker” of the song is telling the listener that no matter what hardships must be faced in life, one must always remain true to oneself.

One of the main reasons I like It’s Time is because it was performed on Glee by one of my favorite characters on the show, and was used in a pivotal scene that celebrated the song’s underlying message. Music is often used to create powerful scenes in movies and television because of its inherent poetic value.