"Called Out in the Dark" by Snow Patrol ((Song Analysis))

                                                             "Called Out In The Dark"

It's like we just can't help ourselves
'Cause we don't know how to back down
We were called out to the streets
We were called in to the towns

And how the heavens, they opened up
Like arms of dazzling gold
With our rain washed histories
Well they do not need to be told

Show me now, show me the arms aloft
Every eye trained on a different star
This magic
This drunken semaphore
And I

We are listening
And we're not blind
This is your life
This is your time

We are listening
And we're not blind
This is your life
This is your time

I was called out in the dark
By a choir of beautiful cheats
And as the kids took back the parks
You and I were left with the streets

Show me now, show me the arms aloft
Every eye trained on a different star
This magic
This drunken semaphore
And I

We are listening
And we're not blind
This is your life
This is your time

The song "Called Out in the Dark" has many poetic elements that I noticed, and therefore chose the very song to analyze. The lyrics above do not count as length, but I did want to show the readers what I outlined and highlighted and what I thought about each thing. 

 So first off, the pink-ish colour, which looks like this. The band used the phrase "We were called __" and followed with either "in" or "out.", which was shown in red. I noticed the pattern of "opposites" and decided it was somewhat important to the lyrics themselves. Next is the yellow colour. This indicates the rhymes in each stanza and in the refrain "This is your life, This is your time." In each stanza, a rhyme occurs with every other phrase. In the sixth stanza, however, the rhymes occur in each phrase, which I thought was interesting. In the orange colour, the lyrics repeat "show me" which again I thought was interesting. This phrase repeats twice throughout the song. The repetitive words add a little "something" to the song all together, and I think personally, things like that make the song interesting. I listen for patterns in songs, I know, it's weird, but oh well. The dark blue represents in the refrain, the phrases "This magic, this drunken semaphore" which I keep thinking rhymes with the previous phrase "Every eye trained on a different star." It seems to just "fit" like a puzzle piece to one another. It's one of those things that kind of just "works." Finally, the light blue represents the enjambment of "And I" and "We are listening" within the refrain of the song. Recently, I've been looking for different caesuras and enjambments throughout poems. Although this enjambment is not emphasized in the song, it is clearly emphasized through the way the lyrics are put together.