Songs can be stupid

In recent years there has been this strange trend in pop songs of using horrendous simile's to talk about love and life, I personally think its ridiculous and have compiled a list of the worst offenders;

Charice - Pyramid

Pyramid, we built this on a solid rock
It feels just like it's heaven's touch
Together at the top, like a pyramid
And even when the wind is blowing
We'll never fall just keep on going
Forever we will stay, like a pyramid


How stupid is that, I dont really understand why the characteristics she is describing are so desirable? If one of the most important things is not falling when its windy then love is just like lamposts and trees and park benches. Romantic.

Jordin Sparks - Tattoo

 Don't look back at a new direction
I loved you once, needed protection
You're still a part of everything I do
You're on my heart just like a tattoo
(Just like a tattoo, I'll always have you
I'll always have you, I'll always have you)

This one I can understand to a degree, tattoos do last forever and I feel that that is what the song is trying to convey what frustrates me is all the other lyrics the song is just a stream of words and phrases that rhyme a bit but don't really mean anything, the verses imply that she's moving on but the chorus is about how she'll love you forever.

Jordin Sparks (again) - Battlefield

I never meant to start a war
You know, I never wanna hurt you
Don't even know we're fighting for
Why does love always feel like a battlefield, a battlefield, a battlefield
Why does love always feel like a battlefield, a battlefield, a battlefield
Why does love always feel like

Jordin Sparks is the worst repeat offender for stupid simile's,  the reason this one annoys me is that unlike Tattoo, which doesn't reference the simile enough, Battlefield is just all about the simile, it talks about white flags, and shields, and surrendering. Too far Jordin it just gets silly.


Katy Perry - Firework


'Cause baby you're a firework
Come on, show 'em what you're worth
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y
Baby, you're a firework
Come on, let your colours burst
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh"
You're gonna leave 'em all in "awe, awe, awe"


This doesn't really work as its not actually a simile but the lyrics are so stupid I just had to include it. Its just such lazy writing, just noises and elongated words. Let what colours burst? You need to be more detailed in your metaphore's Katy.


Jessie J - Laserlight


You're like a laserlight, burning up
Burning down, on me
You're like a laserlight, burning up
Burning down, on me
You make me feel good,
You make me feel safe,
You make me feel like I could live another day

This is the worst! Lights are not a good representation of love, 'burning down on me', that sounds awful, who wants that? If you did something wrong you would expect your managers stare of hatered to be burning down on you, and that does not make me feel safe.


Honourary mentions go to these songs aswel, Taio Cruz - Star, Rhianna - Umberella, Beyonce - Halo


All ridiculous.