Lyrics as Poetry

1. Alexi Murdoch’s “All of My Days”

Well I have been searching all of my days
All of my days
Many a road, you know
I’ve been walking on
All of my days
And I’ve been trying to find
What’s been in my mind
As the days keep turning into night

Well I have been quietly standing in the shade
All of my days
Watch the sky breaking on the promise that we made
All of this rain
And I’ve been trying to find
What’s been in my mind
As the days keep turning into night

Well many a night I found myself with no friends standing near
All of my days
I cried aloud
I shook my hands
What am I doing here
All of these days
For I look around me
And my eyes confound me
And it’s just too bright
As the days keep turning into night

Now I see clearly
It’s you I’m looking for
All of my days
Soon I’ll smile
I know I’ll feel this loneliness no more
All of my days
For I look around me
And it seems He found me
And it’s coming into sight
As the days keep turning into night
As the days keep turning into night
And even breathing feels all right
Yes, even breathing feels all right
Now even breathing feels all right
It’s even breathing
Feels all right

2. a. Watch the sky breaking on the promise that we made

b. And it seems He found me

c. Well many a night I found myself with no friends standing near

3. 1. The personification of the sky makes it seem like has the ability to break promises

2. The capitalization of “He” implies the importance of this person.

3. I liked the old style of talk he mixed into this line when he says “many a night…” It gives a rustic feel.

Kehinde Wiley

He conveys the message that all of mankind is equal, no matter their what skin color they have, not matter where they are from, what era they are from, what type of cloths they wear, ext. Wiley’s work is very expresional, and i like it a lot. The poses that these men are in, truely capture the Baroque and French Rococo imagery.

 

Banksy

BANKSY

I like all of Banksy’s pieces, despite their illegality. They are very artistic with a twist of satirical humor. Graffiti is a great form of art. It is a sketchy form of art, with many consequences if Banksy were to be caught. Tagging a building is also art, because it is like a signature. Tagging your work, and claiming your territory, is showing dominance in the underground tagging world. Banksy’s real name obviously isn’t Banksy, because then he would be telling the world who he is. Effectively turning himself in. Many graffiti artists do not tag in public areas, but rather in areas where other taggers have been. But showing your work to the public is essential for Banksy, because he has made a name for himself, and is well known now.

Palm Trees