Song Analysis One, Amen by Edens Edge

         In the song Amen by Edens Edge, they use visual imagery, creative hyperbole, and frequent contrast, in order to show the many different points of views that are used to so the story of a woman hiding her feelings and in the end just wants it to be "the preachers son and the farmers daughter".
         Edens Edge uses second person point of view in order to produce the story that they want to get across. To help this to happen they use visual imagery to show you what the words mean and bring them to life. Edens Edge writes, "I heard Mary Jane at the powder puff beauty shop" (4). In that line a person can visualize a woman named Mary Jane either getting her hair done or she is the hair dresser talking about something. The main character hears what she is talking about and is really happy to hear it to. Also they write, "Saying that blonde in her tube top, She left our Jimmy for a boy in Illinois Someone give me an amen, Someone give me an amen"(5-7). This line helps you to depict that the boy that the main character is after just had his heart broken by the woman  he was with because he left her. All of these lines are easy to visualize in a persons head because of the way they are being portrayed. 
        Another thing that helps to tell the story of a woman who's love has been a secret until now is creative hyperbole's. The band writes, "You finally came out of that love coma, boy"(3).  They are saying that he finally realized that she was not the right one for him after she had left him. The "preachers son" is the apple of the main characters eye and is happy to see that he is not in love with the other girl anymore. Another creative line they use is, "You had your head so high in the clouds" (18). No one can really have their head high in the clouds because it is quite impossible. What they mean by that when they say that is he finally realized what was going on and now has cleared his head to understand whats going on. Each one of these lines helps to create an idea of how this young man comes to realize that the main character loves him.
       Lastly the band uses frequent contrast to show how sometimes things are not always easy. Such as the line, "you finally got rid of that girlfriend" (2) compared to "She left our Jimmy for a boy in Illinois"(6). In the first line they  say that he finally got ride of his girlfriend. Although they say that in the first line, when a person compares it to the second line where it says she left him then a person can not be quite sure. If someone does continue to listen to the song or read the lyrics. Another set of lines in which contrast is used are lines that are placed further down in the song. The band writes, "Yeah right, like I really could've said something" (16) in comparison to "For hiding my feelings, now I can finally spit it out". These lines have to different views on them in which they go against each other. First off in the line that comes first it is saying how she could not tell the young man about her feelings. Then in the second line it says how she can now finally tell him that she likes him. In the end of the song you do realize how she was unable to tell him because of the girlfriend but now can because she is out of the picture.
      In order to show the story that they wanted to portray Edens Edge used visual imagery, creative hyperbole, and frequent contrast. The visual imagery helps the person listening to the song to imagine what is going on. The listener can put the lyrics together and visualize in their head the woman talking about the man she is in love with. Then using creative imagery you can see how much she has fallen for the man and wants to show it in a bigger way then it is. She just wants it to be known how much she loves him and wants to be with him. The last poetic device to helps to ensure the reader will understand the song is frequent contrast. Contradiction may confuse the listener a little bit but it helps to show them that there are two sides to every story. Some rumors do tend to go around and if you do not go to the main source you may never find out which is true. Overall this song has so much meaning to it and understanding and the way its written makes it so much better and easier to relate to.
      

Amen by Edens Edge

I heard from a friend of a friend of a friend that

you finally got rid of that girlfriend

You finally came out of that love coma, boy

I heard Mary Jane at the powder puff beauty shop

Saying that blonde in her tube top

She left our Jimmy for a boy in Illinois

Someone give me an amen, Someone give me an amen

Chorus:

Can I get a thank god, hallelujah?

You finally saw what she was doing to you

Your mama called that she was right

Glad to see you saw the light

Whole town, Yeah we hooped and hollered

She drove away, nobody stopped her

Na na na na na na,I'll say it again

Someone give me an amen.

Yeah right, like I really could've said something

You wouldn't heard it if the train was coming

You had your head so high in the clouds

Oh I,I had a really good reason

For hiding my feelings, now I can finally spit it out

Someone give me an amen, someone give me an amen!

Chorus:

Can I get a thank god, hallelujah?

You finally saw what she was doing to you

Your mama called that she was right

Glad to see you saw the light

Whole town, Yeah we hooped and hollered

She drove away, nobody stopped her

Na na na na na na,I'll say it again

Someone give me an amen.

I'm standing right here in front of you

I think I love you too.

Can I get a thank god, hallelujah?

Baby, Do you believe it, do you?

Your mama called it she was right

Glad to see you saw the light

Whole town, Yeah we hooped and hollered

The preachers son and the farmers daughter

Na na na na na, I'll say it again

Someone give me an amen

Someone give me an amen

Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na

Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na