Song Analysis

Mixtape lyrics by Butch Walker!!! :D

You say hello, inside
I'm screaming I love you
You say goodnight, in my mind
I'm sleeping next to you
You drive away from my car crash of a heart
And I don't know
But you gave me the best mixtape I have
And even all the bad songs ain't so bad
I just wish there was so much more than that
About me and you
You talk to him, and it burns me like the sun
You talk to her, and you say that you feel like he's the one
I talk to me, but you can't hear the pain I feel
You don't know
Cause you gave me the best mixtape I have
And even all the sad songs ain't so sad
I only wish that there was more than that
About me and you

[Bridge]Oh, don't turn around and say bye again
Yeah it crushes my head when you call me
Your friend and I'm not the same person
From back in the day in the back of the class
That you thought was gay
No I can't find the words cause I lost them
The minute they fell out of my mouth
And it's love and I'm in it, so give me your lips
And just let me kiss 'em
And let's get messed up and listen to probably...
The best mixtape I have
And even all the bad songs ain't so bad
I just wish there was so much more than that
About me and you
About me and you
About me and you
About me and you
About me and you
About me and you

Butch and Avril.

Analysis

Along with some of the out coming artists, there is the phenomenal Butch Walker. Butfch not only writes and composes his own songs, but does so for other bands and artists, and he records other artists as well. He first started off as the lead singer of the rock band "Marvelous 3". After the breakup, in early 2000, Butch decieded to go on in the music buisness on his own. releasing the albums "Left of Self-Centered" in 2002 on Epic Records and the critically acclaimed "Letters" in 2004 on Sony Records. Several of his songs have been major hits for other artists, including Bowling for Soup's "Girl All the Bad Guys Want" and Avril Lavigne's "Don't Tell Me" and her #1 song "My Happy Ending." He has produced albums for such artists as Bowling for Soup, Avril Lavigne, The Donnas, Sevendust and 'SR-71', and has also toured with such acts as Lit and Avril Lavigne.


This song, one of his more popular songs, "Mixtape", shows many poetic uses throughout the entire song. One of the poetic devices used is imagery, as seen in lines 1-4 "You say hello, Inside I'm screaming I love you, You say goodnight, in my mind I'm sleeping next to you". It gives you the image of someone feeling so much for one person they feel as if they are screaming on the inside. Also, in line 11, "You talk to him, and it burns me like the sun", he shows his pain by comparing it to the sun scorching him. That also can be used as a sense of hyperbole, or an extreme exaggeration. Other hyperbole's are found in lines 20&21, "Yeah it crushes my head when you call me your friend". This is because it doesn't really crush his head, more of really erratas him. Lastly, the song also has many uses of point of view(s). For examples in lines 23&24, "That you though was gay, No I cant find the words cause im lost in the minute" it changes from his lovers point of view, to his own. Lastly, one other use of a poetic device is in the same lines of 23&24, Butch chose to say "cause" instead of "because" and this is an example of diction used throughout the song.

All in all, Butch Walker is a great example of a true talented artist. He not only writes and composes his own songs, but other artists as well. He has realeased over 4 of his own albums and help compose the following albums:

Butch Walker's Produced Records
Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin (2004)
Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing (2007)
Family Force 5 - Business Up Front/Party in the Back (2006)
Bowling for Soup - Drunk Enough to Dance (2002)
Pink - I'm Not Dead (2006)
Pink - Funhouse (2008)
Lindsay Lohan - A Little More Personal (Raw) (2005)
Simple Plan - Still Not Getting Any... (2004)
Sevendust - Seasons (2003)
Injected - Burn It Black (2002)
The Donnas - Gold Medal (2004)
Hot Hot Heat - Happiness Ltd. (2007)
American Hi-Fi - Hearts on Parade (2005)
Default - Elocation (2003)
Gob
Midtown - Forget What You Know (2004)
Pete Yorn - musicforthemorningafter (2001)
Pete Yorn - Day I Forgot (2003)
Pete Yorn - USNightcrawler (2006)
Quietdrive - When All That's Left Is You (2006)
All-American Rejects
SR-71 - Tomorrow (2002)
Rock Star Supernova - Self Tittled (2006)
The Academy Is... - Santi (2007)
The Automatic - This Is A Fix (2008)
Katy Perry - One of the Boys (2008)