White Lightning Figurative Language

When hearing the title of the song "White Lightning" it can refer to along the lines of a storm, something fast or moonshine. The two words, White Lightning, actually has a colossal meaning. Jaren Johnston, the songwriter, smashed the words, how fast a man can fall in love with a women, into the words of white lightning. Jaren Johnston used lots of metaphors to describe how fast a man fell in love. In particular the metaphor "she stole my heart," in deeper meaning he's referring to; he can't feel the same love for another person. When continuing listening to the song he wrote "faster than a walnut rolls off a hen house," meaning his love for her keeps going and doesn't stop. The song writer can clearly get his point of the song down into the lyrics. When listening to the song a bit longer he states the words "faster than a tree dies in the dessert" and "Alabama moonshine intoxicating this old heart.” The first lyrics he explains how a tree in the dessert doesn’t last very long just like white lightning.On the other hand “Alabama moonshine intoxicating this old heart,” goes with the reference to the memory of the first time he saw her keeps overflowing his heart. While going back into the song he implies the lyrics, …show more content…
the song writer mentions Elvis Presley and number three who is Dale Earnhardt. When he sings, "Faster than Elvis could shake rattle 'nd roll," Jaren Johnston goes back to date when Elvis Presley wrote that song. Elvis Presley actually combined one song with another to get a faster pace song. When he did that he made a hit song "Shake Rattle 'nd Roll." "Faster than number three breaking every record" refers to Dale Earnhardt. Dale won seven Winston cups and had seventy-six career wins by the time he died. Dale Earnhardt was a very talented and fast Nascar driver and that's why Jaren used Dale as a