The title of the song itself displays some form of irony. The world was created by God and everything was placed in it by Him. No man has the power to determine his destiny or faith. Metaphorically, to be let off the world can be to cease your existence. The world does not have to stop or change its course for someone to be a nonexistent element. Even though you may want to fall off the face of the earth, life goes on and sooner or later you are forgotten. It is like death, once you are dead, your memory live on and people grieve over you, but as time goes on, you are but a distant memory.
This song displays a clear theme which is unrequited love or despondency. This theme helps to convey the true meaning and it can also be related to the society of today. Sometimes people become so entwined in love or what they think is love and they lose themselves. They forget how it is to be independent. They become selfless and solely committed to that one person. They allow themselves to become weak. In this song, this man has lost all sense of belonging. It has affected him to point at which he no longer wants to live on planet earth. He has experienced a hurt of none other. No one can feel what he feels. The only cure would be for his lost love to accept him back.
This song has many figurative languages. For example, the metaphor, “My dream world tumbled to the ground.” This sentence explains how what he once cherished and held close to his heart is now gone. His picture of a perfect world is now crushed. Another example of the metaphor is, “I played the game of love and lost.” He describes love as a game. In a game you either win or lose. His is extremely pessimistic and knows that no matter what he does, he will never win back the love of his life. His chances of hope are gone and in this particular love game, he took a gamble and in that gamble, he lost everything; his dignity, his faith and his love. This use of figurative language is very effective because it helps us to understand where this man is coming from. It puts us in his shoes and we can have a greater appreciation of his struggle.
Another example is diction or choice of words/phrases. For example, “My heart is shattered.” When something is shattered, it is broken up into a million pieces. It cannot be reconstructed. Even if an attempt is made, it will never be the same. We can look at this phrase like a glass window; you can fix it if it's broken, but you can still see the crack in the reflection. His heart was torn inside out and nothing can repair it. The damage is too deep.
This song also has a rhyming pattern. For example, “Stop all this burning up inside
I know her love for me has died.” This is very effective because its gives the audience a better way to understand the true meaning. It is also entertaining and can attract many different reading groups. The rhyming of each verse is critical to understanding the theme of heartbreak.
In conclusion, we can see how Bahamian music have changed the viewpoint of many people and impacted their lives, giving them an open-minded look on issues that face our society. This song shows us that when you lose a companion, you lose yourself. In my analysis of this song, I discovered techniques such as figurative language, repetition, diction, theme and irony that help to convey the true meaning of the song.
