2. Lyrics
You say you know love, but you are just reflecting words you hear.
No iron in your veins to give you any sense of pain or fear.
It's just another lie, it's just another calculation.
And when the power's out, we're just another old sensation.
This blood keeps me alive, but what is it that runs through you?
Electricity and wires, dictating everything you do.
You tell me that you hear me and all your memories are real,
But how do I know you don't just feel what you've been told to feel?
We run around the rules, We run around the rules,
We run around the rules, Round and round, two by two, we run around the rules.
There's water in your eyes and I know I'm the reason that it's there.
But still I don't feel bad because I know it's you are more a spare.
And just behind your eyes are switches that can turn back on.
To clear away today 'til all your memories are gone.
We run around the rules,We run around the rules,
We run around the rules, Round and round, two by two, we run around the rules.
We run around the rules,
We run around the rules,We run around the rules,
We run around the rules,Round and round, two by two, we run around the rules.
4. End Rhyme
You say you know love, but you are just reflecting words you hear.
No iron in your veins to give you any sense of pain or fear.
Fear and hear rhyme with the “ear” sound.
5. Chorus
We run around the rules,
We run around the rules,
We run around the rules,
Round and round, two by two, we run around the rules.
These four lines are repeated 3 times throughout the song.
6. Repetition
We run around the rules,
We run around the rules,
We run around the rules,
In these lines, the line “We run around the rules” is repeated 3 times.
7. Alliteration
We run around the rules,
We run around the rules,
We run around the rules,
The letter “r” is repeated throughout these lines.
9. Metaphor
And just behind your eyes are switches that can turn back on.
This compares what is behind your eyes to switches that can be turned on
and off.
10. Personification
Electricity and wires, dictating everything you do.
Electricity and wires can’t really tell you what to do because they can’t
talk.
11. Idiom
You say you know love, but you are just reflecting words you hear.
This is an idiom because she doesn’t really mean that he can reflect
words.
13. Sight Imagery
There's water in your eyes and I know I'm the reason that it's there.
This paints a picture in your mind of someone crying.
14. Sight Imagery
Electricity and wires, dictating everything you do.
When you read this, you might imagine a robot or a robot telling someone
what to do.
15. Sight Imagery
And just behind your eyes are switches that can turn back on.
This is imagery because you can imagine switches in someone’s mind.