Everybody Hurts

When the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone,
When you're sure you've had enough of this life, well hang on
Don't let yourself go, 'cause everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimes

Sometimes everything is wrong. Now it's time to sing along
When your day is night alone, (hold on, hold on)
If you feel like letting go, (hold on)
When you think you've had too much of this life, well hang on

'Cause everybody hurts. Take comfort in your friends
Everybody hurts. Don't throw your hand. Oh, no. Don't throw your hand
If you feel like you're alone, no, no, no, you are not alone

If you're on your own in this life, the days and nights are long,
When you think you've had too much of this life to hang on

Well, everybody hurts sometimes,
Everybody cries. And everybody hurts sometimes
And everybody hurts sometimes. So, hold on, hold on
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
Everybody hurts. You are not alone

~“Everybody Hurts”, R.E.M.

The literal meaning of the song poem is that whenever you are feeling lonely or sad, you can always count on your friends to help you out. They are always there to count on. The theme of the song is friendship and counting on others around to help you out. It explicitly stated theme. A metaphor in the song is “the night is yours alone” An image that I find is in the first line, “when the day is long and the night.” Both lines portray how the day can go on and you can still be alone. The speaker of the poem can be someone telling you advice. It could also be a higher power telling you or a friend. There are not any hyperboles in the poem.  However, it can address a person who could or could not be around the narrator. The language of the poem is pretty concrete. It is easy to understand and the message behind the song is clear. The song does not contradict itself at any point in the song. The word placement is pretty fluid. The song flows and there is not anything that is particularly out of place. The song is still relevant today because there are still people who can get lonely and need to lean on their friends for support. People should know that they have the option all the time look to their friends for support. It is a great song and the message behind it is a very important one that anyone can relate to.