Middle School's Song Analysis: The Final Countdown

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The Final Countdown The last week of the last year, three years in the making. It's the Final Countdown and I've chosen the song “Final Countdown” because it sums up my three years in middle school. I liked this song because it shows passion, hope, and the will to succeed. The three keys to success and the three keys that kept with me throughout my middle school years. My first reason for picking this song is because I think it shows a lot of passion and everyone needs passion at some point in their life. The lyrics “And things to be found” relates to passion because it gives the listener the sense that bigger and better things are yet to come. And that wherever they may go their passion will come with them. This quote can also

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