Marlow And Taylor Dye Analysis

College students always have a thought in the back of their head saying they will not make it. It is a feeling of not being good enough. Madison Marlow and Taylor Dye (Maddie & Tae) portray these feelings in the song “Fly” as an inspiration to keep going farther. The lyrics begin by picturing a blue eyed girl staring out into a rainy world praying to find a way to continue. The chorus reminds to “keep on climbing” throughout the song (Madison Marlow/Taylor Dye line 7). In the next stanza, we are searching for a light at midnight but it burns out. Then the chorus is repeated once again. The last line of the chorus, “you can learn to fly on your way down” lead into the next to last stanza (lines 29-30). The next to last stanza lifts up the listeners to remember where they came from when they do learn to fly. Madison Marlow and Taylor Dye have written an appealing song that touches on a subject close to any heart, faith to try. …show more content…
Marlow and Dye illuminate “baby blue[s] staring in the window pane / just counting drops of rain / wondering if she's got the guts to take it” but it conveys a message of a struggle that is very difficult and depressing (lines 1-3). The writer uses imagery of dull dreary rain running down a window to portray how the girl feels, unimportant. In this next half of the stanza the mood moves to a more optimistic feel, she's “running down her dreams in a dirty dress / . . . her heart's a mess / praying she'll find a way to make it” (lines 4-6). They create an image of a girl who is torn apart from her inability to be proper. The feeling portrayed is hope but with a heavy heart. She realizes that praying to God is the only chance she