The Riddle
By Five For Fighting (Thomas Martinez)
Five For Fighting
Ondrasik born January 7, 1965 began his music career at a young age. John being born in to a musical family learned to play a variety of instruments ranging from the piano to the guitar. He found that his talent was not only in his instrumental use but in his vocal use as well. After graduating from UCLA he began to pursue a career in music releasing hit songs such as "superman" and "100 years". "Superman" would smash the billboards and be his number one song in 2000; carrying on to the acts of 9/11 this song would help people carry on. His song "100 years" would be his second number one on the billboards and help carry on his career till today.
figutative or literal
The song is to be taken in a more figurative way. The song was written to show his relationship with his five year old son or as other listeners interpret it as there relationship with god. Either way Mr. Ondrasik was writing this song for the answer to the riddle of life.
LIterary Devices
Metaphor
- who's heart ran out of summers
- you cant live in a castle far away
- catch a Dylan song or some eclipse of the moon
repitition
Here's a riddle for you
Find the Answer
There's a reason for the world
You and I...
(x3)
ryme
- Catch a Dylan song or some eclipse of the moon
Let an angel swing and make you swoon - Picked up my kid from school today
Did you learn anything cause in the world today
You can't live in a castle far away - Dad I'm big but we're smaller than small
In the scheme of things, well we're nothing at all - The batter swings and the summer flies
As I look into my angel's eyes
Golden lines
lines
- The batter swings and the summer flies
As I look into my angel's eyes - Dad I'm big but we're smaller than small
In the scheme of things, well we're nothing at all
Still every mother's child sings a lonely song - Whose heart ran out of summers
But before he died, I asked him
Wait, what's the sense in life