Her diamonds
Rob Thomas
Everything highlighted in blue is an example of a similie.
Oh what the heck she said
I just can't win for losing
And she lays back down
Man there's so many times
I don't know what I'm doing
Like I don't know now
By the light of the moon
She rubs her eyes
Says it's funny how the night
Can make you blind
I can just imagine
And I don't know what I'm supposed to do
But if she feels bad then i do too
So I let her be
And she says oh
I can't take no more
Her tears like diamonds
on the floor
(This example of a metaphor means that when she cries, her tears are precious to him.)
And her diamonds bring me down
Cause I can't help her now
She's down in it
She tried her best but now she can't win it Hard
to see them on the ground
Her diamonds falling down
She sits down and stares into the distance
And it takes all night
And i know i could break
her concentration
But it don't feel right
By the light of the moon
She rubs her eyes
Sits down on the bed and starts to cry
And there's something less about her
And I don't know what I'm supposed to do
So I sit down and I cry too
And don't let her see
And she says oh
I can't take no more
Her tears like diamonds on the floor
(This example of a metaphor means that when she cries, her tears are precious to him.)
And her diamonds bring me down
Cause I can't help her now
She's down in it
She tried her best but now she can't win it
Hard to see them on the ground
Her diamonds falling down
She shuts out the night
Tries to close her
eyes
If she can find daylight
She'll be alright
She'll be
alright
Just not tonight
And she says oh
I can't take no more
Her tears like diamonds on the floor
(This example of a metaphor means that when she cries, her tears are precious to him.)
And her diamonds bring me down
Cause I can't help her now
She's down in it
She tried her best but
now she can't win it
Hard to see them on the ground
Her diamonds falling
down
Everything highlighted in blue is an example of a similie.
Oh what the heck she said
I just can't win for losing
And she lays back down
Man there's so many times
I don't know what I'm doing
Like I don't know now
By the light of the moon
She rubs her eyes
Says it's funny how the night
Can make you blind
I can just imagine
And I don't know what I'm supposed to do
But if she feels bad then i do too
So I let her be
And she says oh
I can't take no more
Her tears like diamonds
on the floor
(This example of a metaphor means that when she cries, her tears are precious to him.)
And her diamonds bring me down
Cause I can't help her now
She's down in it
She tried her best but now she can't win it Hard
to see them on the ground
Her diamonds falling down
She sits down and stares into the distance
And it takes all night
And i know i could break
her concentration
But it don't feel right
By the light of the moon
She rubs her eyes
Sits down on the bed and starts to cry
And there's something less about her
And I don't know what I'm supposed to do
So I sit down and I cry too
And don't let her see
And she says oh
I can't take no more
Her tears like diamonds on the floor
(This example of a metaphor means that when she cries, her tears are precious to him.)
And her diamonds bring me down
Cause I can't help her now
She's down in it
She tried her best but now she can't win it
Hard to see them on the ground
Her diamonds falling down
She shuts out the night
Tries to close her
eyes
If she can find daylight
She'll be alright
She'll be
alright
Just not tonight
And she says oh
I can't take no more
Her tears like diamonds on the floor
(This example of a metaphor means that when she cries, her tears are precious to him.)
And her diamonds bring me down
Cause I can't help her now
She's down in it
She tried her best but
now she can't win it
Hard to see them on the ground
Her diamonds falling
down
The wind cries mary
Jimi Hendrix
Everything highlighted in red is an example of personification.
After all the jacks are in their boxes,
and the clowns have all gone to bed,
you can hear happiness staggering on down the street,
footprints dress in red.
(In this example of personification, he is implying that the toys are all put up you can hear happy people walking down the street.)
And the wind whispers Mary.
(This example means that the wind reminds him of Mary everytime he hears the wind.)
A broom is drearily sweeping
up the broken pieces of yesterday's life.
(This example means that yesterday is gone and some of the pieces were left behind that he has to them clean up.)
Somewhere a Queen is weeping,
somewhere a King has no wife.
And the wind it cries Mary.
This example means that the wind reminds him of Mary everytime he hears the wind.)
The traffic lights they turn blue tomorrow
And shine their emptiness down on my bed,
The tiny island sags downstream
'Cos the life that they lived is dead.
(This exampe means that to him everything is blue, dead and sad because he misses Mary.)
And the wind screams Mary.
This example means that the wind reminds him of Mary everytime he hears the wind.)
Will the wind ever remember
The names it has blown in the past,
And with this crutch, its old age and its wisdom
It whispers, "No, this will be the last."
(This means that he is asking if he can ever remember Mary but thewind "says" no.)
And The Wind Cries Mary.
Everything highlighted in red is an example of personification.
After all the jacks are in their boxes,
and the clowns have all gone to bed,
you can hear happiness staggering on down the street,
footprints dress in red.
(In this example of personification, he is implying that the toys are all put up you can hear happy people walking down the street.)
And the wind whispers Mary.
(This example means that the wind reminds him of Mary everytime he hears the wind.)
A broom is drearily sweeping
up the broken pieces of yesterday's life.
(This example means that yesterday is gone and some of the pieces were left behind that he has to them clean up.)
Somewhere a Queen is weeping,
somewhere a King has no wife.
And the wind it cries Mary.
This example means that the wind reminds him of Mary everytime he hears the wind.)
The traffic lights they turn blue tomorrow
And shine their emptiness down on my bed,
The tiny island sags downstream
'Cos the life that they lived is dead.
(This exampe means that to him everything is blue, dead and sad because he misses Mary.)
And the wind screams Mary.
This example means that the wind reminds him of Mary everytime he hears the wind.)
Will the wind ever remember
The names it has blown in the past,
And with this crutch, its old age and its wisdom
It whispers, "No, this will be the last."
(This means that he is asking if he can ever remember Mary but thewind "says" no.)
And The Wind Cries Mary.