Recently, I was introduced to the song "The Cave" by Mumford and Sons. I fell in love with it immediately.
The lyrics give a clear message: to not let what happened in the past effect your hopes for the future. It's a common thing for people to let past regrets effect what you do in the present or even what you want to do in the future.
Maybe you failed at trying something, The cave by Mumford and Sons uses lyrics like:
"The sun, it rises slowly as you walk
Away from all the fears
And all the faults you've left behind"
and:
And I'll find strength in pain
And I will change my ways
I'll know my name as it's called again
It gets across the message that things are looking up, don't let the fears of the past keep you from moving forward. It's a motivatinal message that I think more songs should use. More songs should incorporate messgages like this; the same old songs about lost loves and loving someone are great and all, but sometimes I think we really need more songs that are more than that.
Another message that's present in the song is to not let other people's thoughts and opinions effect you or change you:
So make your siren's call
And sing all you want
I will not hear what you have to say
Cause I need freedom now
And I need to know how
To live my life as it's meant to be
I think this song is a little different, well a lot different, than most the other songs on the top 40, but it also has a very different message than those. It tries to persuade people to be their own, to move on from mistakes instead of wondering what they should have done or wishing they could change what they did.
The song uses rhetoric to persuade the audience to take control of themselves and be their own judges.
