Don't Stop Believin- Journey
The song 'Don't Stop Believin' was wrote and sang by a band named Journey. They were on American band that sang rock n roll.'Don't Stop Believin' was released on October 6 1981 on the label "Columbia". To this day, it still is a very interesting and popular song.
I believe the meaning of the song it two people leaving their home town to pursuit their future career. The two people are a boy and a girl, later on in the song they meet up again and become friends. The song says they are from "South Detroit". Knowing how Detroit is, I think this couple has been exposed to drugs, sex, and rock n roll. But the reason the song is called "Don;t Stop Believin" is because no matter how tough or hard life gets,always push through, see the positive in the negative, and to always follow your dreams.
This song has a meaning to me and I can relate to some of the song. While I lost my grandma a few years ago, I went through a very hard depression. Hearing this song no reminds you of how things get better and just to keep moving forward in life, no matter what happens. A part of the song that I really like and is repeated " Don't stop believing, hold onto your dreams". I like this song and it has meaning because it is like words of encouragement. Hearing words like that in a song makes you want to keep going and never give up!
Hayley Woods
"Don't Stop Believin'"
Just a small town girl
Livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train
Goin' anywhere
Just a city boy
Born and raised in South Detroit
He took the midnight train
Goin' anywhere
A singer in a smokey room
The smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on and on and on
Strangers waiting
Up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searching
In the night
Streetlight people
Livin' just to find emotion
Hidin' somewhere in the night
Workin' hard to get my fill
Everybody wants a thrill
Payin' anything to roll the dice
Just one more time
Some will win
Some will lose
Some were born to sing the blues
Oh, the movie never ends
It goes on and on and on and on
Strangers waiting
Up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searching
In the night
Streetlight people
Livin' just to find emotion
Hidin' somewhere in the night
[Instrumental interlude]
Don't stop believin'
Hold on to that feelin'
Streetlight people
Don't stop believin'
Hold on
Streetlight people
Don't stop believin'
Hold on to that feelin'
Streetlight people
Livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train
Goin' anywhere
Just a city boy
Born and raised in South Detroit
He took the midnight train
Goin' anywhere
A singer in a smokey room
The smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on and on and on
Strangers waiting
Up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searching
In the night
Streetlight people
Livin' just to find emotion
Hidin' somewhere in the night
Workin' hard to get my fill
Everybody wants a thrill
Payin' anything to roll the dice
Just one more time
Some will win
Some will lose
Some were born to sing the blues
Oh, the movie never ends
It goes on and on and on and on
Strangers waiting
Up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searching
In the night
Streetlight people
Livin' just to find emotion
Hidin' somewhere in the night
[Instrumental interlude]
Don't stop believin'
Hold on to that feelin'
Streetlight people
Don't stop believin'
Hold on
Streetlight people
Don't stop believin'
Hold on to that feelin'
Streetlight people
A good link to your own meaning in boosting you during a tough time, but from an analysis perspective, digging in a little deeper would be the key improvement. You need to try and find those specific elements that make the song appealing or rich and dig in to those, pulling out the associations that made it work for so many other people. Level 3
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