Lesson 7

1. Lesson 7 Madison Savard

2. “swingin’ Party”Written by Paul Westerberg, Sung by Lorde “If being wrong’s a crime, I’m serving forever If being strong’s your kind, then I need help here with this feather If being afraid is a crime, we hang side by side” • About kids at a party • Afraid of the world, but feel okay about it because they’re not alone • Make decisions, but then realize it’s not a good idea • Realize that they are not prepared for the real world • The speaker could be afraid of other people’s opinions • That they’ve had a lot of struggles and need help dealing with things • They are all together, so it makes it okay to be afraid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDnr7aRPJps

3. “Big Parade”Written/Sung by the Lumineers “Diamonds cut, diamonds cut for the carrotsPlaster of Paris, the floats fill up the streetAnd the beauty queens, beauty queens with the white glovesAll sick from the night clubs, they wave with pageantry, pageantry” • A man talking to his girlfriend • Makes fun of materialistic things • How everything is fine on the outside • Nobody pays attention to the real problems • About a man blinded by love • Attending a presidential parade • Says how the president is protected, but not the citizens • People look okay on the outside, but nobody pays attention to how they really are http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YviR4Knw7I

4. “the silence”written/sung by bastille “Tell me a piece of your history that you're proud to call your ownSpeak in words you picked up as you walked through life alone.We used to swim in your stories and be pulled down by their tide,choking on the words and drowning with no air inside.” • People should be proud of who they are • It’s easy for someone to have an influence that they don’t realize • The person is not afraid to be themselves • Reminds me of lost friendships • About someone who is often shut out when they try to speak • Start observing instead of contributing • Someone notices and tries to get them to speak up • Still has a hard time talking and people understand it now http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00p2FW7ZLVo

5. “No scrubs”Written by KandiBuruss, sung by TLC “I don't want your number (no)I don't want to give you mine and (no)I don't want to meet you nowhere (no)I don't want none of your time and (no)” • Reminds me of the summer • Girls talking about who they don’t want to date • Complaining because the same guys keep going after them • Annoyed with the guys that don’t care about anything • Guys trying to get girls to date them • Girls think they’re better than the guys because they have more money • The guys don’t have cars, live with their moms • Wants the guys to change http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfS1ghM9mwY

6. “Ride”Written by Justin parker & lana del rey, sung by lana del rey “I hear the birds on the summer breeze, I drive fast, I am alone in the nightBeen tryin' hard not to get into trouble, but I, I've got a war in my mind So, I just ride” • Need to be able to focus on something • Joy riding, not really caring about anything • Feeling lost, looking for somewhere to belong • Living in the moment and not thinking about the future • About Lana and her life • Doing things to forget reality • Going with the flow, avoiding how she really feels • Letting go of her old life http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8eZL2v9Ml4

7. “Shake it Out”Written/sung by Florence and the machine “And I've been a fool and I've been blindI can never leave the past behindI can see no way, I can see no wayI'm always dragging that horse around” • Forgetting the bad things in life • Realizing it’s okay to let go of some things • Understanding that she can’t run away from her problems • It will always be a part of her • Written when she had a hangover • Felt like she was fighting off her bad thoughts by writing this song • Realized that she can’t drink her memories away • It will always be a part of her http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCWnVznnWcs

8. “Pompeii”written/sung by Bastille “But if you close your eyes, does it almost feel likenothing changed at all? And if you close your eyes,Does it almost feel like you've been here before?” • During a war • Adult talking to a child • Circumstances could seem better than they are • Realize they’ve experienced a similar situation • City of Pompeii, destroyed in 79AD • How life was before the disaster • Many didn’t want to believe it happened • Experienced bad times before, will get through it again http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avikdfBO9rw

9. “who are you, really?”Poem by Madisen Kuhn “You are your favorite books and the songs stuck in your headYou are your thoughts and what you eat for breakfast on Saturday morningsYou are a thousand things, but everyone choosesTo see the million things you are not” • Blindness of society • Important details • Aspects beneath the surface • How people only believe what meets the eye • Beauty from within • Hidden ways to boost someone’s confidence • Message to society to look past the outside • A way to convey the message to be real and true to yourself

10. “Today”Poem by Madisen Kuhn “The thing about feelings is that they change” • Caring about others • Feelings can change • Just because you felt one way before doesn’t mean you should still feel the same • No always believing the default answer of “I’m okay” • Aspects of her life • Struggles with an eating disorder • Struggles with depression and an unstable home • Caring about other people and understanding how they feel

11. Quote by John Green “Maybe our favorite quotations say more about us than the stories and people we’re quoting.” • Showing who someone really is • A realization of someone about themselves • Opening up to someone about who you are • Importance of words • Quote from one of his books • Character talking about himself • Realizing that he is obsessed with last words because it’s something to hold on to • Looked at himself in a new light