Adira's song lyrics assignment

The songs Lullaby and Mockingbird both explain that when a person is going through a hard time, there is always going to be someone there. The message is that whether it’s a parent or God, whether everyone is aware of it or not, someone is always present.

In Lullaby, he sings that everyone has been in a difficult position. He knows how that feels. The message is they know the difficulty, hence the beginning of the song, "I know the feeling of finding yourself stuck out on a ledge." This song is a lullaby, for everyone who needs it and for all of us who know someone who needs it.   The term 'lullaby" simply refers to a soothing song. But it is more from the standpoint of a person  with more life experience, talking to someone who is much younger. This song sounds like a desperate plea from the older/more experienced person to the younger person saying not to give up, that there are better times coming. Life will get better.

In the song Mockingbird, the message is to a loved one. He feels that he doesn’t spend enough time with this person, and he is not always there for them when they need him to be there. He wants to give them the life he never had: “I know you miss your dad when I'm gone…I can see you're sad…I can see it in your eyes, deep inside you want to cry…Daddy's with you in your prayers…no more tears… Daddy's here, no more nightmares. We gonna pull together through it”

He’s saying that he’s always looking out for his family even when he’s not physically there.

In Lullaby it says “Just give it one more try, and turn this up on the radio.  If you can hear me now I'm reaching out to let you know that you're not alone…So just close your eyes.” The song is addressed to someone he is not able to reach but still loves. He would do anything to be able to speak to that person. In Mockingbird the person can be reached, but the speaker doesn’t reach out to them. In both of these songs the speaker wants those he loves to know that even though they can’t be there physically he is always going to be there and looking out for them.