Any Other Wolrd by Mika
In Any Other World
You Could Tell The Difference
And Let It All Unfurl
Into Broken Remenents
Smile Like You Mean It
And Let Yourself Let Go
Cause It's All In The Hands Of A Bitter, Bitter Man
Say Goodbye To The World You Thought You Lived In
Take A Bow, Play The Part Of A Lonely Lonely Heart
Say Goodbye To The World You Thought You Lived In
To The World You Thought You Lived In
I Tried To Live AloneBut Lonely Is Lonely, Alone
So Human As I Am
I Had To Give Up My Defences
So I Smiled And Tried To Mean It
To Let Myself Let Go
Cause It's All In The Hands Of A Bitter, Bitter Man
Say Goodbye To The World You Thought You Lived In
Take A Bow, Play The Part Of A Lonley Lonley Heart
Say Goodbye To The World You Thought You Lived In
To The World You Thought You Lived In
Cause It's All In The Hands Of A Bitter, Bitter Man
Say Goodbye To The World You Thought You Lived In
Take A Bow, Play The Part Of A ...Say Goodbye To The World You Thought You Lived In
To The World You Thought You Lived In
Say Goodbye To The World You Thought You Lived In [x2]
Say Goodbye
In Any Other World
You Could Tell The Difference
Mika, or as his birth certificate states “Michael Holbrook Penniman”, was born in Beirut, Lebanon on August 18, 1983. He was the third out of five children, his mother was Lebanonese however, his father was American. When Mika was only a year old his family was forced to move from Lebanon because of the war and moved out to Paris. Through out Mika’s life he loved music, and interestingly, after listening to “Heart-shaped Box” by Nirvana he wrote his first song called “Angry” which he looks back to now as an ‘awful’ piano instrumental. Soon after his family moved to London, here at the new school he attended called ‘Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle’he claims he was continuously harrassed and bullied because of his dyslexia. But later on in life he over came that and went on to Westminister School and the Royal College of Music, where he went to his first album was recorded at Casablanca Records. For his fame his name was altered to “Mica”, which he soon after switched the ‘c’ to a ‘k’ to get the one and only Mika! This particular song by Mika called “Any Other World”, on his album “Life in Cartoon Motion”, has to be the one song that stickes out from the others. While his other songs are upbeat, and the kind of songs you want to get up and dance to, “Any Other World” happens to be one of the songs that you would have to really listen openminded to get the full picture of what he is giving you. Although this song is sad, and less popular than his more energetic songs, I believe that it should be applauded for its several uses of poetic devices.
For example, lines 5&6 “Smile Like You Mean ItAnd Let Yourself Let Go”, is indeed a trite cliché, it makes the song more powerful by him asking the listener to just let everything go, and to take what you have and love it. Another poetic device continually shown through out this song is allusion, like in line 7 “Cause It's All In The Hands Of A Bitter, Bitter Man”, this is relating to a God or a power that everyone else is inferior to, but calling this power bitter also says that mika is either sad, disappointed, or just uses God as a scapegoat to his unfair life. Along with the others there includes imagery and local color, as shown in line 9 “Take A Bow, Play The Part Of A Lonely Lonely Heart”, this is both an imagery because he is telling you to do so, but also local color because everyone has felt lonely, and sad. One last poetic device in this song is an alussion, as seen in the forth to last line in the song “Say Goodbye To The World You Thought You Lived In”, although it is unsure if he is refurring to killing himself or just asking you to change your point of view it is none of the less and alussion to both.
All-in-all, Mika is life changing. He can relate to his listeners in a majority of his songs and even in this song it has a universal relevence to everyone’s sadness. So take Mika’s advice, change your view, and say good bye to the world you thought you lived in.
In Any Other World
You Could Tell The Difference
And Let It All Unfurl
Into Broken Remenents
Smile Like You Mean It
And Let Yourself Let Go
Cause It's All In The Hands Of A Bitter, Bitter Man
Say Goodbye To The World You Thought You Lived In
Take A Bow, Play The Part Of A Lonely Lonely Heart
Say Goodbye To The World You Thought You Lived In
To The World You Thought You Lived In
I Tried To Live AloneBut Lonely Is Lonely, Alone
So Human As I Am
I Had To Give Up My Defences
So I Smiled And Tried To Mean It
To Let Myself Let Go
Cause It's All In The Hands Of A Bitter, Bitter Man
Say Goodbye To The World You Thought You Lived In
Take A Bow, Play The Part Of A Lonley Lonley Heart
Say Goodbye To The World You Thought You Lived In
To The World You Thought You Lived In
Cause It's All In The Hands Of A Bitter, Bitter Man
Say Goodbye To The World You Thought You Lived In
Take A Bow, Play The Part Of A ...Say Goodbye To The World You Thought You Lived In
To The World You Thought You Lived In
Say Goodbye To The World You Thought You Lived In [x2]
Say Goodbye
In Any Other World
You Could Tell The Difference
Mika, or as his birth certificate states “Michael Holbrook Penniman”, was born in Beirut, Lebanon on August 18, 1983. He was the third out of five children, his mother was Lebanonese however, his father was American. When Mika was only a year old his family was forced to move from Lebanon because of the war and moved out to Paris. Through out Mika’s life he loved music, and interestingly, after listening to “Heart-shaped Box” by Nirvana he wrote his first song called “Angry” which he looks back to now as an ‘awful’ piano instrumental. Soon after his family moved to London, here at the new school he attended called ‘Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle’he claims he was continuously harrassed and bullied because of his dyslexia. But later on in life he over came that and went on to Westminister School and the Royal College of Music, where he went to his first album was recorded at Casablanca Records. For his fame his name was altered to “Mica”, which he soon after switched the ‘c’ to a ‘k’ to get the one and only Mika! This particular song by Mika called “Any Other World”, on his album “Life in Cartoon Motion”, has to be the one song that stickes out from the others. While his other songs are upbeat, and the kind of songs you want to get up and dance to, “Any Other World” happens to be one of the songs that you would have to really listen openminded to get the full picture of what he is giving you. Although this song is sad, and less popular than his more energetic songs, I believe that it should be applauded for its several uses of poetic devices.
For example, lines 5&6 “Smile Like You Mean ItAnd Let Yourself Let Go”, is indeed a trite cliché, it makes the song more powerful by him asking the listener to just let everything go, and to take what you have and love it. Another poetic device continually shown through out this song is allusion, like in line 7 “Cause It's All In The Hands Of A Bitter, Bitter Man”, this is relating to a God or a power that everyone else is inferior to, but calling this power bitter also says that mika is either sad, disappointed, or just uses God as a scapegoat to his unfair life. Along with the others there includes imagery and local color, as shown in line 9 “Take A Bow, Play The Part Of A Lonely Lonely Heart”, this is both an imagery because he is telling you to do so, but also local color because everyone has felt lonely, and sad. One last poetic device in this song is an alussion, as seen in the forth to last line in the song “Say Goodbye To The World You Thought You Lived In”, although it is unsure if he is refurring to killing himself or just asking you to change your point of view it is none of the less and alussion to both.
All-in-all, Mika is life changing. He can relate to his listeners in a majority of his songs and even in this song it has a universal relevence to everyone’s sadness. So take Mika’s advice, change your view, and say good bye to the world you thought you lived in.
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