- "They see the stars inside his eyes, the tears they run as ocean tides;"
Assonance:
- "I just know what I don't know, and there is no way to reach you so;"
- "If you go home, and that thought was on your mind, don't go home now"
Consonance:
- "We just live what’s left behind";
- "So I can call her on the telephone";
Metaphor:
- "They see the stars inside his eyes, the tears they run as ocean tides;"
- "So I can be the sea you swim inside;"
- "But he's just like a child waiting to be found"
Personification:
- "So let me hold you down and play your melody"
Simile:
- "I could live, I could die on this feeling;"
Hyperbole:
- "I'd trade today for any other day, just so I can say 'I can breathe again...'"
- "If you go home, and that thought was on your mind, don't go home now"
Symbolism:
- The stars in his eyes symbolize hope, while the tears running as ocean tides represent the pain he is going through.
- The sea represents the vastness of his love for her and his desire to be completely immersed in it.
- The child waiting to be found symbolizes his vulnerability and his need for her.
Onomatopoeia:
- "If I could call your name out into the universe"