Post #4: The Pop Sonnets

Original Song Lyrics:
"Immortals" by Fall Out Boy

They say we are what we are,

But we don't have to be,

I'm bad behavior but I do it in the best way,

I'll be the watcher (watcher) of the eternal flame,

I'll be the guard dog of all your favorite dreams,

(Ooh)

I am the sand in the bottom half of the hourglass (glass, glass)

(Ooh)

I try to picture me without you but I can't

'Cause we could be immortals, immortals

Just not for long, for long,

And live with me forever now,

You pull the blackout curtains down,

Just not for long, for long,

We could be immor- immortals,

Immor- immortals,

Immor- immortals,

Immor- immortals,

Sometimes the only pay off for having any faith,

Is when it's tested again and again everyday,

I'm still comparing your past to my future,

It might be your wound but they're my sutures,

(Ooh)

I am the sand in the bottom half of the hourglass (glass, glass)

(Ooh)

I try to picture me without you but I can't

'Cause we could be immortals, immortals

Just not for long, for long,

And live with me forever now,

You pull the blackout curtains down,

Just not for long, for long,

We could be immor- immortals,

Immor- immortals,

(Immortals)

And live with me forever now,

And pull the blackout curtains down,

We could be immortals, immortals

Just not for long, for long,

We could be immor- immortals,

Immor- immortals

Immor- immortals

Immor- immortals

(Immortals)

My Annotated Pop Sonnet:
[Key: Figurative Language; Content (message); Petrarchan Conceit; Petrarchan Conventions(mistress)]

Everyone says that we are what we are,

they tell us we can’t change anything.

We don't have to be, we can be king;

It's your turn now to become the star.

I know that my wound left you with a scar;

Can't picture me without you living.

Because I know you’re always watching;

I'll be here forever now, thus far.

Because we are immortals together,

As long as we make our memories last,

But realize that they won’t last for long,

Because nothing ever lasts forever.

I hope my future will become your past,

Because your sand in my hourglass belongs.