Inaudible Melodies..(7)

Jack Johnson coolly vocalizes the many lyrics in his song “Inaudible Melodies”. The song is filled with stylistic devices. The title in itself is an oxymoron. Inaudible means that you cannot hear something while a melody is a tune you hear. Therefore the title implies you cannot hear the melody.
Brushfire fairytales, Itsy Bitsy Diamond wells, Big fat hurricanes, Yellow bellied given names, Well shortcuts can slow you down, And in the end we’re bound, to rebound off of we. For starters this verse uses at least two devices. I saw anthimeria, which applied to yellow which described the given names and brushfire which are the types of fairytales. To end the verse with to rebound off of we, Jack Johnson choose to use an anastrophe. Well shortcuts can slow you down to me, implies that you may try to take the easy way out of things by using the shortcuts present but in the end it will take longer because you tried to take the easy way out instead of just going in feet first.
Solar powered plastic plants is an alliteration, as well as pretty pictures. “In the long run, we have found, silent films are full of sound, inaudibly free” is a large oxymoron. It says with time silent films which have no sound turn out to be full of sound. Confusing, yes, but it means that you learn from watching people and how they react. After all don’t actions speak louder than words?
Slow down everyone, you’re moving too fast; Frames can’t catch you when you’re moving like that is appealing to everyone’s emotions. Jack Johnson, our speaker, wants the people to stop rushing and enjoy our days. He is trying to convey that we rush along and the camera known as life cannot capture us because we never stop.
Once again, inaudible melodies are an oxymoron. I believe Jack uses many oxymoron’s to show how we are wasting time. He uses unobtrusive tones as well. The fourth verse also uses perpharsis by saying Frame-lines tell me what to see, chopping like an axe and maybe Eisenstein should just relax. One could draw that Jack believes today we rely too heavily upon the media rather than our own judgment. Our Einstein’s or medical and other geniuses of the world should slow down.
Overall the one thing Jack Johnson wants to convey to listeners would be to slow down. We move too fast and neglect relaxation in turn becoming those we despise.