I Will Follow You Into The Dark - Death Cab for Cutie (alternative)
Death Cab for Cutie, in their song “I Will Follow You Into The Dark”, use devices such as simile, hyperbole, and euphemism to convey the speaker’s loyalty to someone even through something as powerful as death. In the first verse, he indicates this idea through the use of figurative language that is also used in the title when he says “I’ll follow you into the dark.” He uses imagery to describe what he thinks death will be like, writing “No blinding light or tunnels to gates of white / Just our hands clasped so tight.” In the chorus, not only does the speaker allude to Heaven and Hell, but he also personifies them, saying “that they are both satisfied.” Another example of personification appears in the chorus in the following line: “When your soul embarks / Then I will follow you into the dark.” In the second verse, he uses a simile to reminisce about his negative experience at “Catholic school as vicious as Roman rule.” He uses imagery to describe a “lady in black” who beat his knuckles when he did something wrong. In the third verse, the speaker talks about all the things he and this girl have done in their lives and his acceptance of the fact that it’s their time. By saying “You and me have seen everything to see,” he uses a hyperbole to show that they have accomplished the goals they wanted to in their lives. He makes an allusion to “Bangkok” and “Cavalry” to expand on the previous idea that they have done a lot in their lives. When he writes “the soles of your shoes are all worn down,” he is implying that she is mentally or emotionally exhausted, but not necessarily physically tired. He refers to death through a euphemism by calling it “sleep,” and he uses imagery to describe what he imagines their death will be like. The speaker uses all of these devices to convey the theme that death is inevitable and we should just accept it instead of worrying about it.
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