- Metaphor: "When the train goes round and round." This compares the train to a circle or a loop, suggesting that the journey is repetitive and never-ending.
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." This compares the state of humanity to being in a gutter, but some people have a more optimistic outlook and look towards the stars.
- Simile: "The river's flowin', never slowin', like time on a mission." This compares the flow of the river to the passage of time, suggesting that both are relentless and unstoppable.
"Like a bottle rocket, bound to pop anytime." This compares the speaker's feelings to a bottle rocket that is about to explode, suggesting that they are on the verge of losing control.
- Personification: "The wind picks up, and the air turns cold, and the moon is rising high." This gives human-like qualities to the wind, air, and moon, suggesting that they are alive and have intentions.
"The stars, the moon, they have all been blown out." This suggests that the stars and moon are like candles that have been extinguished.
- Allusion: "Like the ripples on a pond, you made me laugh until I cried." This alludes to the famous quote from the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, who said, "The unexamined life is not worth living."
- Hyperbole: "You made me feel so alive, and now you're gone, and I feel like dying." This exaggerates the speaker's feelings of loss and grief, suggesting that they are so intense that they would rather be dead than live without the person they have lost.