Chosen Article: Song Lyric

GOLD
Casey Lee Williams
(1)
Dream of anything;
I'll make it all come true.
Everything you need
Is all I'll have for you.
I'm forever
Always by your side.
Whenever you need a friend,
I'm never far behind.
(2)
If the stars all fall,
When there's no more light,
And the moon should crumble,
It will be alright.
(3)
Don't you worry about the dark,
I will light up the night with the love in my heart.
I will burn like the sun,
I will keep you safe and warm.
Like the smell of a rose on a summer's day,
I will be there to take all your fears away.
With a touch of my hand,
I will turn your life to gold.
With a touch of my hand,
I'll turn your life to gold.
(4)
Let's have everything,
Nothing we cannot do.
Every heart just beaming,
Every sky turns blue.
I'm so happy
Just to have you here.
Smiles bringing sunshine,
And worries disappear.
(5)
When the days turn dark,
And we start to fall,
I will pick you up and
We will fix it all.
(6)

Don't you worry about the dark,

I will light up the night with the love in my heart.
I will burn like the sun,
I will keep you safe and warm.
Like the smell of a rose on a summer's day,
I will be there to take all your fears away.
With a touch of my hand,
I will turn your life to gold...
Gold...
(7)
Don't worry, I've got you;
Nothing will ever harm you.
I'm close by, I'll stay here;
Through all things, I will be near.
(8)
Close your eyes,
Don't you cry.
Love's around you;
In time, you'll fly.
(9)
Don't you worry about the dark,
I will light up the night with the love in my heart.
I will burn like the sun,
I will keep you safe and warm.
Like the smell of a rose on a summer's day,
I will be there to take all your fears away.
With a touch of my hand,
I will turn your life to gold.
With a touch of my hand,
I'll turn your life to gold.

Summary of Song Lyric

This song is a song for a web series titled RWBY. This song is pretty direct in meaning except
for several lines that needed attention and have an underlying meaning.
This song highlights about two siblings, a girl and her younger sister. The girl takes the role of
the singer of the song. She is telling her younger sister that she will always be there with her no matter
what happens and she will make her life to be very treasurable.

Summary by Stanzas

The first stanza tells that the girl will realise whatever her sisters dream is and will give
everything she needs. She also told her sister that she will always and forever be there whenever she
needs a friend.
The second stanza tells that she promises that even if the world is in disaster or it is going to
end and there is no more hope, it is going to be alright.
The third stanza serves as the chorus of the song. In this stanza she told her sister that she
should not be worried about the dark night because she loves her and will be with her. She will also
keep her safe and warm. She also promises that she will keep her little sisters fear away like the smell
of a rose in a summers day; relieving. She also promises that she will turn her sisters life to gold;
into something precious, treasured and live-worthy.
In the fourth stanza she wants her sister to have everything she wanted and that there is
nothing they cannot do when they are together. She also said that she is very happy just to have her
sister with her and the day seem to agree with her and this adds to her happiness. She also said that
when she sees her sister smile, her worries disappears and it brings light to their life.
In the fifth stanza, she emphasises again that even if the days turn bad and they are failing in
whatever they are doing, she will be with her sister and start over again together.
Sixth stanza is same as the third stanza.
Near the end of sixth stanza to the seventh stanza, the tone is melancholy. This girl promises
that she will protect her little sister no matter what and that she will always be near.
In the eighth stanza, she asks her sister to close her eyes and forget the sadness that comes.
She calmed her little sister and reminds her that she is still surrounded by many people who loves her.
She promises that in time, her little sister will be able to move on from the sadness.
The tone in the ninth stanza resumes to a cheerful tone and she again promises the same thing
as in the third stanza.

Vocabulary Development and Recognizing the Meaning

There are no words or vocabulary that we did not understand because this song lyric uses
simple English words that can be understood right away.

List of Prefixes and Suffixes

There are no prefixes used in the song lyric.

In the table below are the words with suffix used in the song. Several of them were used more
than once but is listed only once in the table. All of them are inflectional suffixes or desinence;
suffixes that affects the word grammatically and does not change the word class.
No.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

Words
Beaming
Bringing
Summers
Dont
Lets
Smiles
Fears
Stars
Worries
Days
Things
Eyes

Suffixes
-ing
-ing
-s
-nt
-s
-s
-s
-s
-es
-s
-s
-s

Main Idea and Supporting Idea

In this song lyric there is no main idea or supporting idea but there is theme which will be
explained in the literary devices section. There is no main idea because it is a song lyric, a form of art
that is similar to poems.

Stated Idea and Implied Main Idea

Similar to main idea and supporting idea, there is no stated idea or implied main idea in the
song lyric.

Authors Purpose and Tone

Authors purpose for this song lyric is mainly to entertain people and tells deeper feelings of
the character in the web series in which the song was used. The tone is cheerful with a little touch of
melancholy in two of the stanzas.

Facts or Opinion
There are no facts in the song lyric or opinions integrated in. This is due to the nature of the
song lyric to entertain. This song also tells the feelings of a fictional character to her younger sister
and it cannot be categorised into facts or opinions because feelings are an abstract thing.

Pattern of Writing
It is difficult to determine the pattern of writing for this song lyric but we can conclude that
the author of the song lyric uses list pattern of writing; according to the theme of the song. The author
list out things that the girl from the song lyric wants to do such as her desire to make her younger
sisters dream comes true, she is going to accompany her younger sister forever and be there when
needed and many more.

Literary Devices
Theme
The theme of this song lyric is love and determination. Both of these are evident by the
repeated lines in the lyric that shows how much the singer loves her younger sister and is determine to
do anything for her.

Literary Devices Analysis by Stanza

Lyrics
(1)
Dream of anything;
I'll make it all come true.
Everything you need
Is all I'll have for you.
I'm forever
Always by your side.
Whenever you need a friend,
I'm never far behind.
(2)
If the stars all fall,
When there's no more light,
And the moon should crumble,
It will be alright.

Analysis

In the first stanza, the first four lines uses a-b-a-b

rhyme scheme. Meanwhile, the last four lines in
the first stanza uses a-b-c-c rhyme scheme.

Second stanza uses a-b-c-b rhyme scheme. The

first three lines in second stanza consist of
symbolisation of troubles, difficulties and losing
hope.

The first four lines in the third stanza uses

a-a-b-b rhyme scheme, next two lines uses a-a
(3)
Don't you worry about the dark,
I will light up the night with the love in my
heart.
I will burn like the sun,
I will keep you safe and warm.
Like the smell of a rose on a summer's day,
I will be there to take all your fears away.
With a touch of my hand,
I will turn your life to gold.
With a touch of my hand,
I'll turn your life to gold.

rhyming and the next four lines uses a-b-a-b

rhyme scheme. The stanza also uses simile in the
line I will burn like the sun and also in the lines
Like the smell of a rose in a summers day, I will
be there to take all your fears away
Like the smell of a rose in a summers
day symbolises soothing and calming feeling and
when connected to the line I will be there to take
all your fears away it gives meaning that, the girl
will accompany her younger sister going through
whatever she is afraid of and keep her calm.
The same line could also be an allegory to
their mother. In RWBY, the name of their deceased
mother is Summer Rose and this girl knows how
close her younger sister is with their mother. She
promises her younger sister that she will be just
like their mother and protect her younger sister
from her fears. She will not let her younger sister
be sad anymore after their mothers death.
In the next four lines, repetition is used.
This is to emphasise the importance and the
determination of this girl to make her younger
sister happy and to make her life be very precious.
Gold is something expensive and can be
considered as treasure. Gold in these lines
symbolises preciousness.
Fourth stanza uses a-b-a-b-a-b-a-b
rhyme scheme for all eight lines respectively.

(4)
Let's have everything,
Nothing we cannot do.
Every heart just beaming,
Every sky turns blue.
I'm so happy
Just to have you here.
Smiles bringing sunshine,

In the fourth stanza, the word beaming

from the line Every heart just beaming means
shining brightly or glowing. The root word is
beam. Beam means ray of light. A heart that is
glowing symbolises happiness. It is also not far

And worries disappear.

from if it were to mean smiling because in another

line it says Smiles bringing sunshine. Their heart
is glowing in happiness and smiling because of
happiness. This line also uses the metaphor device
because as we know, heart is something that cannot
gives out light.
There is also personification device in the
line, Smiles bringing sunshine from the word
bringing. Bringing is a human trait and smiles are
not an object but an expression. Sunshine in the

(5)
When the days turn dark,
And we start to fall,
I will pick you up and
We will fix it all.

same line symbolises a new day and happiness.

Fifth stanza uses a-b-a-b rhyme scheme.
Fall from the line And we start to fall does not
only mean fall in its literal meaning but also
symbolises failing. And the line When the days
turn dark is an allegory to losing hope and
difficulties.
The first four lines in the sixth stanza uses

(6)
Don't you worry about the dark,
I will light up the night with the love in my
heart.
I will burn like the sun,
I will keep you safe and warm.
Like the smell of a rose on a summer's day,
I will be there to take all your fears away.
With a touch of my hand,
I will turn your life to gold...
Gold...

a-a-b-b rhyme scheme, next two lines uses a-a

rhyming and the next four lines uses a-b-a-b
rhyme scheme. The stanza also uses simile in the
line I will burn like the sun and also in the lines
Like the smell of a rose in a summers day, I will
be there to take all your fears away
Like the smell of a rose in a summers
day symbolises soothing and calming feeling and
when connected to the line I will be there to take
all your fears away it gives meaning that, the girl
will accompany her younger sister going through
whatever she is afraid of and keep her calm.
The same line could also be an allegory to
their mother. In RWBY, the name of their deceased
mother is Summer Rose and this girl knows how
close her younger sister is with their mother. She
promises her younger sister that she will be just
like their mother and protect her younger sister

from her fears. She will not let her younger sister
be sad anymore after their mothers death.
The next two lines show the determination
of this girl to make her younger sister happy and to
make her life be very precious. Gold is something
expensive and can be considered as treasure. Gold
in these lines symbolises preciousness.

(7)
Don't worry, I've got you;
Nothing will ever harm you.
I'm close by, I'll stay here;
Through all things, I will be near.

Seventh stanza uses a-a-b-b rhyme

scheme. There is also a-b-a-b rhyming in the
middle of the lines.

(8)
Close your eyes,
Don't you cry.
Love's around you;
In time, you'll fly.

Eighth stanza uses a-b-c-b rhyme. Fly

from the line In time, youll fly symbolises
freedom. In this song lyric, it symbolises freedom
from sadness.
The first four lines in the third stanza uses
a-a-b-b rhyme scheme, next two lines uses a-a
rhyming and the next four lines uses a-b-a-b
rhyme scheme. The stanza also uses simile in the

(9)
Don't you worry about the dark,
I will light up the night with the love in my
heart.
I will burn like the sun,
I will keep you safe and warm.
Like the smell of a rose on a summer's day,
I will be there to take all your fears away.
With a touch of my hand,
I will turn your life to gold.
With a touch of my hand,
I'll turn your life to gold.

line I will burn like the sun and also in the lines
Like the smell of a rose in a summers day, I will
be there to take all your fears away
Like the smell of a rose in a summers
day symbolises soothing and calming feeling and
when connected to the line I will be there to take
all your fears away it gives meaning that, the girl
will accompany her younger sister going through
whatever she is afraid of and keep her calm.
The same line could also be an allegory to
their mother. In RWBY, the name of their deceased
mother is Summer Rose and this girl knows how
close her younger sister is with their mother. She
promises her younger sister that she will be just
like their mother and protect her younger sister

from her fears. She will not let her younger sister
be sad anymore after their mothers death.
In the next four lines, repetition is used.
This is to emphasise the importance and the
determination of this girl to make her younger
sister happy and to make her life be very precious.
Gold is something expensive and can be
considered as treasure. Gold in these lines
symbolises preciousness.