Here is my analysis on my song of choice
“Untraveled Road”
Hold on for a second, if words can be weapons
Then what I say can effect it, they’re not just words on a record
And I can choose to respect it, or choose to infect it
But once it hits the water, it’s too late to be selective
‘Cause one voice is enough to make sleeping giants wake up
To make armies put their hands up and watch whole nations stand up
It’s one belief, one spark, one faith and one restart
And we can reboot the whole chart before it all falls apart
So stand up, shout it out, and put ‘em in the air if you like it loud
We only got one shot, so let’s make it count, it’s a take down, nobody can stop us now
Stand up, shout it out, sing it loud, so the world can’t drown us out
And before we depart, let’s leave a mark ‘cause light shines brighter in the dark
When we scream, our lips don’t make a sound
We march, with feet on solid ground
We walk, where no one wants to go, on this untraveled road
So hold on for a moment, if we’re not scared of opponents
Then with what we have we can own it, we’ll just plant the seed and keep growin’ it
And when that light shines in the mornin’, they’ll still be waken’ up yawning
But we’ll be smilin’ like we expected, with sweet victory one method
‘Cause one voice is enough to make sleeping giants wake up
To make armies put their hands up and watch whole nations stand up
It’s one belief, one spark, one faith and one restart
And we can reboot the whole chart before it all falls apart
So stand up, shout it out, and put ‘em in the air if you like it loud
We only got one shot, so let’s make it count, it’s a take down, nobody can stop us now
Stand up, shout it out, sing it loud, so the world can’t drown us out
Before we depart, let’s leave a mark ‘cause light shines brighter in the dark
When we scream, our lips don’t make a sound
We march, with feet on solid ground
We walk, where no one wants to go, on this untraveled road
When we scream, our lips don’t make a sound
We march, with feet on solid ground
We walk, where no one wants to go, on this untraveled road
And I can choose to respect it, or choose to infect it
But once it hits the water, it’s too late to be selective
‘Cause one voice is enough to make sleeping giants wake up
To make armies put their hands up and watch whole nations stand up
It’s one belief, one spark, one faith and one restart
And we can reboot the whole chart before it all falls apart
When we scream, our lips don’t make a sound
We march, with feet on solid ground
We walk, where no one wants to go, on this untraveled road
When we scream, our lips don’t make a sound
We march with feet on soild ground
We walk, where no one wants to go, on this untraveled road
On this untraveled road
On this untraveled road
Analyzing Untraveled Road
“When we scream, Our lips don’t make a sound. We march with feet on solid ground. We walk, where no one wants to go, On this untraveled road.” This is the chorus to one of my favourite songs, Untraveled Road by Thousand Foot Krutch. Untraveled Road lacks figurative language, it avoids the use of hard to pronounce words in exchange for meaningful words. This is the kind of song that has more to it than meats the eye. I think that the writer of this song is trying to tell us the listeners, to believe in ourself and follow our dreams. We can do great things, however, if you allow the discouraging words of people to influence you, the weight of them may be to much. Like falling off a horse, you need to get back on or you will always be scared to try again. So get back on and stand up for your dreams, even if it seems like no one is listening to you, never give up hope because you are making a difference; “So stand up, shout it out. We can put ’em in the air if you like it loud. We only got one shot, so let’s make it count. It’s a take down, nobody can stop us now. Stand up, shout it out. Sing it loud, so the world can’t drown us out. And before we depart let’s leave a mark. ‘Cuz light shines brighter in the dark.”