Analysis

This song by Mayday Parade is one of their best songs. It was written out of personal experiences and with great emotions, which is evident throughout the entire song, and their entire album for that matter. Mayday Parade uses many different poetic devices in their lyrics. The one that's evident the most in "Three Cheers For Five Years" is imagery. Hyperbole also gets used quite a few times.The first line, "to wash over Georgia and kill the hurt", exemplifies imagery. Hearing that line makes you picture snow and fireworks literally washing over Georgia, which is impossible. Also "kill the hurt" creates an image in your head. "I thought I could live in your arms" This is a symbol as well as imagery. He doesn't mean literally living in someone’s arms, but spending the rest of his life with them. "With my heart beside me in shattered pieces that may never be the replaced" is a hyperbole and imagery. The writer exaggerates by saying that his hard was "in shattered pieces", but this makes it also easy to understand how he is feeling. The fact that he claims his heart is besides him, stands for him being really confused about his loved one, and not knowing how to feel. This also makes it easy to picture in your head. "And moonlight will provide the spark and that I would stumble across the key or break down the door to your heart" creates three very vivid images. "And you'd help me out of the dark" is an ambiguity. The dark can in this case mean two different things. It can either literally mean the dark, or, which is more likely in this case, his misery. The heart is a symbol for love in the line "And I'd give my heart as an offering" It is also imagery because he won't literally give her his heart, but emotionally.This song is about a failed relationship, in which the girl cheated on the man. He is still very devoted to her and dreams about how things should be. While the girl is with the other man, the singer/writer's heart still aches for her as he sleeps alone.