Superman - Five For Fighting Metaphor Analysis

The song, Superman by Five For Fighting, displays a multitude of metaphors. One of which is, "Even heroes have the right to bleed." This metaphor is significant because it describes heroes as pertaining to humanistic characteristics. This comparrison is a metaphor because "like" and/or "as" were not involved in the analogy.

Superman - Five For Fighting (Lyrics)

I can't stand to fly
I'm not that naive
I'm just out to find
The better part of me

I'm more than a bird...I'm more than a plane
More than some pretty face beside a train
It's not easy to be me

Wish that I could cry
Fall upon my knees
Find a way to lie
About a home I'll never see

It may sound absurd...but don't be naive
Even heroes have the right to bleed
I may be disturbed...but won't you concede
Even heroes have the right to dream
It's not easy to be me

Up, up and away...away from me
It's all right...you can all sleep sound tonight
I'm not crazy...or anything...I can't stand to fly

I'm not that naive
Men weren't meant to ride
With clouds between their knees

I'm only a man in a silly red sheet
Digging for kryptonite on this one way street
Only a man in a funny red sheet
Looking for special things inside of me
Inside of me
Inside me
Yeah, inside me
Inside of me

I'm only a man
In a funny red sheet
I'm only a man
Looking for a dream

I'm only a man
In a funny red sheet
And it's not easy, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm...
Its not easy to be me

Where Are You Going - Dave Matthews Band Metaphor Analysis

The song, Where Are You Going by the Dave Matthews Band, exemplifies several metaphors throughout its duration. The first metaphor states, "I am no Superman." This is a metaphor because it is comparing the narrator to Superman without the use of the words "like" or "as." The purpose of this comparrison is to show that the narrator has a limit to his competence in several aspects in life.

Where Are You Going - Dave Matthews Band (lyrics)

Where are you going?
With your long face
Pulling down
Don't hide away
Like an ocean
That you can't see but you can smell
And the sound of the waves crash down

I am no Superman
I have no reasons for you
I am no hero
Oh, that's for sure
But I do know one thing
Is where you are is where I belong
I do know where you go
Is where I want to be

Where are you going?
Where do you go?

Are you looking for answers
To questions under the stars?
Well, if along the way
You are grown weary
You can rest with me until
A brighter day and you're okay

I am no Superman
I have no answers for you
I am no hero
Oh, that's for sure
But I do know one thing
Is where you are is where
I belong I do know where you go
Is where I want to be

Where are you going?
Where do you go?

Where do you go?
Where are you going?

Where do you go?

I am no Superman
I have no answers for you
I am no hero
Oh, that's for sure
But I do know one thing
Is here you are is where I belong
I do know where you go
Is where I want to be

Where are you going?
Where do you go?
Tell me, where are you going?
Where? Well, let's go