Essay About Ghost Song

Howie Day – Ghost
Bonnie Raitt – I Can't Make You Love Me
Coldplay – The Scientist
Avril Lavigne – Why
Kelly Clarkson – Behind These Hazel Eyes

The five aforementioned songs are meaningful in telling us something important about the American experience; however, they are certainly not your traditional blues songs. They are songs that many people have heard recently on the radio, and would probably be considered mainstream pop music. Regardless of genre, they can be considered be blues songs because they are relatively slow, sad songs in which the artist displays some sort of despair. You can almost feel their pain while listening to their lyrics which reflect their feeling of unhappiness and low spirits. All of these songs tell a story
Both Clarkson's and Lavigne's songs show this heavy dependency upon their mates and the despair that they feel of being alone, as if they were no longer a complete person. Another aspect of the American relationship is the tendency to remain in a relationship even though they are void of love and emotion, for simply the sake of being in a relationship. Both Lavigne and Raitt sing about the emptiness of their relationship, however, while Lavigne contests that she needs that person regardless of the void, Raitt recognizes that she can not be in a relationship where there is no love, and chooses to end it. Also, when people enter relationships they tend to assume that the relationship is going to last forever. Clarkson's and Day's songs both represent this notion. They both assumed that relationship was everlasting, and that is what made the ending of the relationship even harder for them. Songs such as these are helpful to those who have experienced the pain of heartbreak, and they can often find themselves relating to the singers. It can prove to be helpful for them to know that other people have had similar experiences and can provide them with