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Are there any songs with figurtive language?

Alliteration:

* "The ants are always angry, angry ants are ants" - "Ants Marching" by Dave Matthews Band

* "She had me at hello, hello, hello" - "Hello" by Adele

Metaphor:

* "I'm on a highway to hell" - "Highway to Hell" by AC/DC

* "Love is a battlefield" - "Battlefield of Love" by Pat Benatar

Simile:

* "You are the apple of my eye" - "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" by Stevie Wonder

* "My love is like a red, red rose" - "My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose" by Robert Burns

Personification:

* "The wind is a whisper" - "Blowin' in the Wind" by Bob Dylan

* "The stars are twinkling in the sky" - "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" by Jane Taylor

Hyperbole:

* "I love you more than words can say" - "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston

* "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse" - "I Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton

Irony:

* "Ironic" - "Ironic" by Alanis Morissette

Pun:

* "You can tune a piano, but you can't tuna fish" - "You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish" by Roger Miller

Oxymoron:

* "I feel a bittersweet kind of pain" - "Bittersweet Symphony" by The Verve

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