Signed to Republic Nashville in 2009, The Band Perry released yet another one of thier top hits "If I Die Young" in June of 2010. This single rose to fame becoming the top hit on the Hot Country Songs list, metomorphising to certified platnum promptly after its release date. "If I Die Young" is a connotation to the arrival and preparedness of death. Comparable to the threat of "[t]he sharp knife of a short life", the artist reveals her thoughs that"[she's] had just enough time", in her life. The lyrics are incorporated akin to a poem, with underlying meaning of her point of view in that "if [she] die[s]young", she will accept her death and brace her future in "[his] kingdom". Personification is efforately incorporated into the poem; "Lord make me a rainbow, I’ll shine down on my mother" in this verse the artists harmonizes her optomisim towards her death. She also adds "She'll know I’m safe with you when she stands under my colors", emenating the devotion of love she has towards her mothers safe keeping. The song is blanketed with allusions to heaven and the passing into another kingdom as the artist assumes that heaven is a well known conspet. This allusion is verbalized as Kimberly mentions that "[she]'ll be wearing white when [she] comes into your kingdom". Another use of a poetic devises is the cliche that "life ain't always what you think it ought to be",displaying the notion that the unexpectable usually
becomes the expectable. The audience is intranced with the use of imagery as she depits the picture of being burryed "on a bed of roses", delecate and beautiful all in one. With gracefully written songs and talent to top off their sucess The Band Perry has quickly risen to stardom. Their newest single "You Lie" was released Jaunuary 2011 and is a defenate achievement in thier list of accomplishments.
If I die young bury me in satin
Lay me down on a bed of roses
Sink me in the river at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song
uh oh uh oh
Lord make me a rainbow, I’ll shine down on my mother
She'll know I’m safe with you when she stands under my colors oh and
Life ain't always what you think it ought to be, no
ain't even grey, but she buries her baby
The sharp knife of a short life, well
I’ve had just enough time
If I die young bury me in satin
Lay me down on a bed of roses
Sink me in the river at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song
The sharp knife of a short life, well
I’ve had just enough time
And I’ll be wearing white when I come into your kingdom
I’m as green as the ring on my little cold finger
I’ve never known the lovin' of a man
But it sure felt nice when he was holding my hand
There’s a boy here in town says he’ll love me forever
Who would have thought forever could be severed by
The sharp knife of a short life, well
I’ve had just enough time
So put on your best boys and I’ll wear my pearls
What I never did is done
A penny for my thoughts, oh no I’ll sell them for a dollar
They're worth so much more after I’m a goner
And maybe then you’ll hear the words I've been singin’
Funny when you're dead how people start listenin’
If I die young bury me in satin
Lay me down on a bed of roses
Sink me in the river at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song
oh oh
The ballad of a dove
Go with peace and love
Gather up your tears; keep them in your pocket
Save them for a time when you're really gonna need them oh
The sharp knife of a short life, well
I’ve had just enough time
So put on your best boys and I’ll wear my pearls
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