Song Meanings and Facts

Song Meanings and Facts

Tagged: Sia

Figurative language

Figurative Language in Songs

Figurative Language in Popular Songs

Figurative language – i.e. the usage of similes, metaphors, allusions, personifications and hyperboles – is arguably the greatest tool at a songwriter’s disposal outside of words themselves. That’s because practically every song you hear, no...

Unstoppable

Sia

Sia’s “Unstoppable” Lyrics Meaning

Sia’s “Unstoppable” has been defined by some as a female-empowerment song, even though the lyrics aren’t gender specific, though they can be easily interpreted as such.  In any event, what makes “Unstoppable” different from...

Pretty Hurts

Beyonce

Beyoncé’s “Pretty Hurts” Lyrics Meaning  

Queen Bee’s “Pretty Hurts” is designed to show the world the downside of trying to achieve society’s standards of beauty and furthermore. The track starts off with a very strong message with American actor,...

Broken Glass

Sia

“Broken Glass” by Sia 

This song speaks to a “young lovers’ romance” which the vocalist and addressee are in together. And the implied philosophy is that such romances are sometimes naturally marked by discontent, a reality which serves as...

Like Water

Alicia Keys

“Like Water” by Alicia Keys

Ultimately Alicia’s “Like Water” is a love song, with the title meaning to serve as an analogy of the relationship at hand. And apparently what the vocalist is speaking to is something like the...

Snowman by Sia

Sia

“Snowman” by Sia

Lyrically, Sis’s “Snowman” is somewhat reminiscent, perhaps even inspired by, a classic Christmas cartoon called Frosty the Snowman (1969). That is to say that both works of art center on a sentient Snowman in danger of melting. But...

Hey Boy by Sia

Sia

“Hey Boy” by Sia

Sia’s “Hey Boy” features the singer basically desiring a one-night stand with the addressee. That would be the titular “boy”. And as the rest of the title indicates, she is shouting him out. And the reason Sia...

Steps

Steps

“What the Future Holds” by Steps

As illustrated in its bridge, this is in fact a love song.  And with that, it appears that the narrator is caught in a dilemma whereas he is in love but afraid to take...

Space Between by Sia

Sia

“Space Between” by Sia

The “sapce between” which the narrator (Sia) is referring to in the title and chorus of this song actually alludes to a rift that exists between she and the addressee, i.e. her lover. That...