Funny the Way It Is Analysis

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similar. Matthew’s uses examples from things he sees in our world that we really cannot do anything about. It shows in his lyrics, “Lying in the park on a beautiful day Sunshine in the grass and the children play Sirens pass in fire engine red Someone's house is burning down on a day like this.”(Verse 1 – Funny The way it is) Matthews shows how in one person’s world they may be having a perfect day, while on the other hand another person’s world may be crumbling down. While you have this idea of the ironic situation you as well have the opposites of sunshine and fire. Sunshine brings happiness, life, and while fire brings sadness, death, and darkness. In the song there is another line "bomb blasts bring a building tumbling to the floor and laughter while the children play war."(Verse 3 - Funny The Way it is) is a good example of how kids can be laughing and joking at something like war when it's for real going on somewhere else. The song is full of contradictions that the most ...

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granted the air that we breathe and the houses that we live. His lyrics make you stop and think about the world we live in. He reveals many instances where society has, in a sense, changed over the years. He uses gives a good example,” Watch the sky, the jet planes, so far out of my reach is there someone up there looking down on me?” These lyrics show that the world is always moving at such a fast pace, that it never takes the time to stop and think what is there to come. Technology is increasing and connecting others easier than ever before. The world is always striving to make everything better, but when is the new thing going to be good enough.
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