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Half The World Away OASIS
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MEANING Half The World Away by OASIS is a song about someone that is stuck in the place that he currently resides in. He is also tired of dealing with the same situation over and over again so he yearns to leave the “old town” or the comfort zone in search of a new fresh life.
STRUCTURE [Intro] Yeah, we're on, haha [Verse 1] I would like to leave this city This old town don't smell too pretty and I can feel the warnin' signs Runnin' around my mind And when I leave this island I'll book myself into a soul asylum 'Cause I can feel the warnin' signs Runnin' around my mind [Chorus] So here I go I'm still scratching around in the same old hole My body feels young but my mind is very old So what do you say? You can't give me the dreams that are mine anyway [Post-Chorus] Half the world away I've been lost, I've been found but I don't feel down
[Verse 2] And when I leave this planet You know I'd stay but I just can't stand it and I can feel the warnin' signs Runnin' around my mind And if I could leave this spirit I'll find me a hole and I'll live in it and I can feel the warnin' signs Runnin' around my mind [Chorus] Here I go I'm still scratching around in the same old hole My body feels young but my mind is very old So what do you say? You can't give me the dreams that are mine anyway You're half the world away Half the world away [Post-Chorus] Half the world away I've been lost, I've been found but I don't feel down [Outro] No, I don't feel down No, I don't feel down I don't feel down I don't feel down Don't feel down
LANGUAGE FEATURES 1. The lyrics are written in first person point of view I've been lost, I've been found but I don't feel down 2. Using rhyme scheme I would like to leave this city This old town don’t smell too pretty I can feel the warnin' signs Runnin' around my mind 3. Using informal language/ slang ‘Cause I can feel the warnin' sign Runnin' around my mind
4. Using figure of speech - Metaphor I would like to leave this city This could be a reference to a literal move away from one’s hometown or metaphorically as a break in the safety of the comfort zone or aspirations to do more. I'll book myself into a soul asylum Soul asylum may alternatively or dually be a metaphor for a place in which the person will be isolated from all the worries.
And if I could leave this spirit "Spirit" is a metaphor for something that the writer or singer does regulary. For this song, the singer imagine about leaving his work and hiding somewhere quiet. - Hyperbole And when I leave this planet This lyrics is an exaggerated statements or claims and not meant to be taken literally. - Personification And I can feel the warnin' signs Runnin' around my mind "Warning sign" here means someone's intuition and is not literally taken as "running" as in human's ability. 5. Using figurative language (poetic device) This old town don't smell too pretty This lyric uses Olfactory Imagery because it describes a fragrance, but it also can be a metaphor for a place that is not support one to achieve more things.
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