(allusion), (hyperbole), (personification), dilatory, equivocate, falter, fluctuate, oscillate, plight, predicament, quagmire, quandary, temporize, vacillate, [Tears for Fears]
There's a room where the light won't find you
Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
When they do I'll be right behind you
So glad we've almost made it
So sad they had to fade it
Everybody wants to rule the world
I can't stand this indecision
Married with a lack of vision
Everybody wants to rule the world
VOCABULARY
- The noun indecision can express a change in mind or opinion, hesitation, doubt, or a dilemma.
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LITERARY TERMS
- The concept that everybody wants to rule the world is hyperbolic because not everyone has this aspiration.
- The name "Tears for Fears" is an allusion. It refers to a psychological treatment known as "primal therapy" that encourages patients to re-experience emotional pain from earlier periods in their lives.
- "There's a room where the light won't find you" is an example of personification, as light does not intentionally seek people out.
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THE SONG
- "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is featured on the soundtrack for Romy and Michele's High School Reunion and was played during the opening credits of Dennis Miller Live.
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