Examples of Figurative Language

I managed to find some examples of figurative language in several songs by one of my favorite artists. His name is Garrett Borns and he has some decently famous songs. One of them, called "Electric Love" has a phrase throughout the song that goes "baby you're like lightning in a bottle" which would be a simile. He has several of those throughout the song and I was mostly able to find only similes, but I find it interesting how music writers lean on figurative language because all we can hear are the words of what they are singing but we capture none of what they are imagining when they write those lyrics. So not only do they have to sing in a beautiful melody that makes us sing along with them, they also have to be able to inscribe some kind of imagery and that comes from the use of figurative language.

The ability for artists to place a message within a song is also something that has been prominent through the ages of music, especially nowadays. Music can serve as an opportunity for an artist to lay out their thoughts, opinions, or beliefs to the public without receiving too much backlash because only those who understand the lyrics well enough will be able to understand what they are trying to say. Songs created by Beyonce, such as "Lemonade," or by Cardi B, such as "Money," have some value behind their words and they resemble a story of sorts. They all use figurative language in someway to describe where they are coming from and what they mean by their lyrics so that we as an audience can understand them and create an image of what they are telling us through their voices. It's a pretty interesting way to use figurative language.