Song Analysis Of Most People Are Good By Luke Bryan

The song “Most People are Good” by Luke Bryan, describes a theme of hope and seizing the day. This song is clearly directed to an adult audience for it could not be relatable to a younger crowd. The song offers words of wisdom and a recollection of youthful times gone by. The song is told in the first person and portrayed by an ageing man or woman who is expressing their beliefs and personal morals through their experience of youth and forgiveness. The hopeful lyrics are informal but provide bright ideas expressed with a buoyant attitude.

The overall language in “Most People are Good” is street friendly. Since it is a country song, the words are slurred and slang is implied such as the line “And most mammas oughta qualify for sainthood” (8).

For example, the metaphor; “Every breaths a gift, the first one to the last” (28). The use of this metaphor is to treat every day and breathing moment of your life as a gift. Therefore, your life should not be taken for granted and it is precious. Another poetic device is this lyric, “I believe that days go slow and years go fast” (27), this line is a form of paradox. This form of poetry is used to explain how the long days contradict the fast years and to cherish them. Life goes by in the blink of an eye, and it could have been wasted by regret, not making amends with people once trusted (forgiveness), and holding resentment. In addition, assonance is used frequently, for example, “I believe most people are good” (7) uses o’s is to elongate the sentence and create a slurred, calm feeling when the chorus is sung. Euphony is used in the lyric; “I believe them streets of gold are worth the work” (14), which creates a harmonious tone. The similar words “worth and work” sound the same so the sentence flows better together creating harmony. Finally, there is rhyming in most of the verses’, one of the examples is; “I believe we gotta forgive and make amends” (3), with “ ‘Cause nobody gets a second chance to make new old friends” (4). The rhyming of “amends and friends” aide the verse to become catchy which helps listeners enjoy the

Luke Bryan is portraying that message due to the lack of positivity and joy in our world. The world is full of hatred and resentment with all the government problems, and to become a powerful leader. Luke Bryan realizes the irresponsible government and is portraying his disagreement with the people in power. He sings “I believe if you just go by the nightly news” (18), followed by, “Your faith in all mankind would be the first thing you lose” (19). This statement is alluding to the recent election of Donald Trump and the Republicans in the United States of America. He sees fault in the system and does not agree with the work of the new President as he is only creating chaos in the world. Donald Trump agrees with segregation since he wants to build a wall between Mexico and USA, an attempt to make America safe, he is creating conflict between neighbouring countries. “I believe this world ain't half as bad as it looks” (12). Bryan reassures listeners that most people on the earth are good and to have faith and optimism, this message is written throughout the