Dave Matthews Band, a band of great inspiration in the rock genre of the present day. The band con sits of; Dave Matthews, Carter Beauford, Stefan Lessard, Boyd Tinsley, and the recently deceased LeRoi Moore. Two of their most well-known songs are "Satellite" and "The Dreaming Tree". Both of these songs are insperational in their own way, and the diction used with in them corresponds to the time period of which it was made (21st Century). Diction, is as definition of Mr. Kefor, a choosing of words by the writers own view. To go along with that genral idea, both of the songs "Satellite" and "The Dreaming Tree" have both of their own uses of diction.





The song "Satellite" is about a 'satellite' looking down from space, peering upon the Earth. Clearly has many uses of diction, to go along with the catchy, slow and relaxing music to go along with it. As found in lines 4-6, "Satellite strung from the moon, And the world your balloon. Peeping Tom for the mother station." & lines 7-10 "Winter's cold, Spring erases, And the calm away by the storm is chasen, Everything good needs replacing, Look up, look down all around, hey satellite." Those lines indicate the useage of 'imagery' and frequently jumps from scene to scene. The song also switches perspectives, in lines 11-16, "Satellite headlines read, Someone's secrets you've seen, Eyes and ears have been, Satellite dish in my yard, Tell me more, tell me more, Who's the king of your satellite castle?" The view switches from the Satellite's view(Satellite headlines read, Someone's secrets you've seen), to the singers view(Tell me more, tell me more), and back to the Satellite's(Who's the king of your Satellite castle? Lastly, the song also has uses hyperbole's, or extreme exaggerations. As seen in line 22, "Rest high above the clouds; no restriction," which of course is in reality impossible, due to its attraction to the Earth's atmosphere it does have restrictions.





Next, the song "The Dreaming Tree" by Dave Matthews Band, also has it's own distinct uses of diction. It has uses of imagery throughout the song, as seen in lines 21-25, "The air is growing thick, A fear he cannot hide, The dreaming tree has died." Also in lines 1-5, "Standing here, The old man said to me, Long before these crowded streets, Here stood my dreaming tree, Below it he would sit." It also has many uses of hyperbole(s), or extreme exaggerations. As seen in lines 8-9, "And now he's falling hard He feels the falling dark."

All-in-all Dave Matthews Band uses their own special ways of diction. Not only does it switch from song to song and from the differencies of beats, they always conquere their own work. Dave Matthews is truely a supurb band.