I hope it’s gonna make you notice/
Someone like me…

In the strictest sense, “Someone Like Me” by Kings of Leon is an autobiographical song about a performer who is looking for love. More generally it is a song about an introvert who is initially attracted to an extrovert and wonders if she could be the missing piece in his life.

The narrator sees himself as a poet—you might think of him as a rockstar–but he thinks of himself as a boring guy who goes to bed early to maintain a touring schedule while trying to retain the energy to write new songs. He is lonely and looking for love.

Then he meets her. The eye-catching woman is seemingly everything he is not. She is adventurous, a partier and has countless lovers. He…goes to bed early. Apparently even Rockstar’s’ can have insecurities.

Sometimes our inner thoughts don’t pump us up, or necessarily align with reality. We see someone attractive, and we immediately think he or she is probably out of our league. But maybe…what if…she could be looking for someone like him?

The verse is strong, and the chorus is great. The song is driven by a solid rhythm and lead guitar that adds a sense of urgency to the song. The backing vocals are particularly well done—they blend well with the music and add a depth to an otherwise simple sounding rock song. The best part of the song is the end of the chorus. The pace slows and then accelerates into the great line: what if she could “notice…someone like me!?”

Use Somebody Lyrics

I’ve been roaming around,
Always looking down and all I see…
Painted faces fill the places I can’t reach.
You know that I could use somebody,
You know that I could use somebody.

Someone like you
And all you know and how you speak.
Countless lovers,
Undercover of the street.

You know that I could use somebody,
You know that I could use somebody,
Someone like you.

Off in the night while you live it up,
I’m off to sleep.
Waging wars to shake the poet and the beat.

I hope it’s gonna make you notice,
I hope it’s gonna make you notice

Someone like me.
Someone like me,
Someone like me, somebody

Go and let it out
Someone like you, somebody.
Someone like you, somebody.
Someone like you, somebody.

I’ve been roaming around,
Always looking down and all I see.

written by Kings of Leon

In the sea of lovers without ships/
And lovers without sight/
You’re the only way out of this.

In “Sea Of Lovers”, Christina Perri imagines the dating world to be a sea of captain-less ships aimlessly wandering in the dark water without sight or reason. They are guided by the dark wind (lust?). She is hoping to find a man to start a relationship with. As she sees it, he’s the only way out of this. Some might call that melodramatic, wrong, codependent, some will find that sentiment romantic. I am in a charitable mood.

The melody of the verses and the chorus of Perri’s “Sea of Lovers” is what makes the song special. They are recognizable and she sings them as if her life depended on her lover hearing the meaning of her message. It is a nice pop love song.

More from Christina Perri.

Sea of Lovers Lyrics

A certain type of wind has swept me up
But till it’s found each bone
I, I’m overcome
There is an icy breath that escapes my lips
And I am lost again
A certain type of darkness is stalling me
Under a quite mask of uncertainty
I wait for light like water from the sky
And I am lost again

In the sea of lovers without ships
And lovers without sign
You’re the only way out of this
Sea of lovers losing time
And lovers losing hope
Will you let me follow you
Wherever you go
Bring me home

A certain type of silence’s filled my voice
A scream beneath the water make no noise
All my prayers go quiet and never heard
And I am lost again

In the sea of lovers without ships
And lovers without sign
You’re the only way out of this
Sea of lovers losing time
And lovers losing hope
Will you let me follow you
Wherever you go
Bring me home

A certain type of wind has swept me up
But till it’s found each bone
I, I’m overcome
There is an icy breath that escapes my lips
And I am lost again

In the sea of lovers without ships
And lovers without sign
You’re the only way out of this
Sea of lovers losing time
And lovers losing hope
You’re the only way out of this
Sea of lovers without ships
And lovers without sign
You’re the only way out of this
Sea of lovers losing time
And lovers losing hope
Will you let me follow you
Wherever you go
Bring me home

Songwriters: James Eliot / Christina Perri

We’re falling apart,
And we’re coming together,
Again and again…

“Never Say Never” is a love song written and performed by The Fray. It is about a couple in love that seems to be going through the ups and downs of a loving relationship. There are things unsaid between them, at times they even fall in and out of love- even though they stay together. The woman has expressed something to the extent that it will “never” work out between them. The singer is more hopeful and imagines a forever with her. He asks her to envision it.

Will she be his queen? He makes promises to be her guardian.

The singer begins the song kind of distant from the subject—studying the relationship analytically. His tone is almost factual, ”you can never say never”. That is, “hey it could work out between us.” By the end of the song (and perhaps after thinking about what the relationship means to him) he is pleading to her, “don’t let me go.”

“Never Say Never” is a classic pop song that hits on many levels. Great title, great topic (love), simple structure and good production.

Never Say Never Lyrics

Some things we don’t talk about
Rather do without
And just hold a smile
Falling in and out of love
Ashamed and proud of
Together all the while

You can never say never while we don’t know it
Time and time again
Younger now than we were before
Don’t let me go, don’t let me go, don’t let me go
Don’t let me go, don’t let me go, don’t let me go

Picture you’re the queen of everything
Far as the eye can see
Under your command
I will be your guardian when all is crumbling
Steady your hand

You can never say never while we don’t know it
Time, time and time again
Younger now than we were before
Don’t let me go, don’t let me go, don’t let me go
Don’t let me go, don’t let me go, don’t let me go

We’re falling apart,
And we’re coming together,
Again and again
We’re crawling apart,
But we’re falling together,
Falling together
Together again

Don’t let me go, don’t let me go, don’t let me go
Don’t let me go, don’t let me go, don’t let me go
Don’t let me go, don’t let me go, don’t let me go
Don’t let me go, don’t let me go, don’t let me go

Songwriters: Joseph King / Isaac Slade / David Welsh