2. Lyrics
I've been all around the world
I've been a new sensation
But it doesn't really matter
In this ge-generation
The sophomore slump is an uphill battle
And someone said it ain't my scene
'Cause they need a new song
Like a new religion
Music for the television
I can't do the long division
Someone do the math
For the record label puts me on the shelf up in the freezer
Got to find another way to live the life of leisure
So I drop my top, mix and I mingle
Is everybody ready for the single and it goes
3. Ah, la, la, la, la-listen closer to the verse I lay
Ah, la, la, la, la It's all about the wordplay
Ah, la, la, la, love
The wonderful thing it does Because, because
I am the wizard of ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's and
The Mister A-Z
They say I'm all about the wordplay
When it's time to get I’ll I got your remedy for those who don't remember me
Well, let me introduce you to my style
I try to keep a jumble in the lyrics
Never mumble
When the music's making people tongue-tied
You want a new song Like a new religion
Music for the television
I can't do the long division Someone do the math
For the people write me off like I'm a one-hit wonder
Got to find another way to keep from going under
Pull out the stops- got your attention
4. I guess it's time again for me to mention the wordplay
Ah, la, la, la, la-listen closer to the verse I lay
Ah, la, la, la, la
It’s all about the wordplay
Ah, la, la, la, love
The wonderful thing it does Because, because
I am the wizard of ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's and
The Mister A-Z
They say I'm all about the wordplay
I built a bridge across the stream of consciousness
It always seems to be a flowing
But I don't know which way my brain is going
Oh, the rhyming and the timing
Keeps the melodies inside me
And they're climbing
Till I'm running out of air
Are you prepared to take a dive into the deep end of my head
5. Are you listening to a single word I've said
Ah, la, la, la, la-Listen closely to the words I say
Ah, la, la, la, la
I'm sticking to the wordplay
Ah, la, la, la, love
The wonderful thing it does Because, because
I am the wizard of ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's
Yeah, the Mister A-Z
They say I'm all about the wordplay
Ah, la, la, la, la
I'm all about the wordplay
Ah, la, la, la, la
Stickin' with the wordplay
Ah, la, la, la, love
I love the wonderful thing it does Because, because
The ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's are back in love
For the Mister A-Z, they say
Is all about the wordplay
7. Simile
'Cause they need a new song
Music for the television
I can't do the long division
Someone do the math
When it says “Like a new religion” it shows how society is
always changing and needing new things to occupy
themselves with.
8. Metaphor
Got to find another way to live the life of leisure
So I drop my top, mix and I mingle
Is everybody ready for the single and it goes
shows the record label and thus society no longer values
him as a good artist.
9. Metaphor
In this ge-generation
And someone said it ain't my scene
'The sophomore slump is an uphill battle' -
metaphor showing his slump in popularity is a
tough battle he has to fight in order to remake
his image in fan base and success.
10. Metaphor
They say I'm all about the wordplay
When it's time to get I’ll I got your remedy for those who
don't remember me
"I am the wizard of ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's" - metaphor
indicating he is now the 'wizard' or expert at words (ie
ooh's, ah's, fa-la-la's) and further claiming himself as "The
Mr. A to Z", the master of the alphabet (A-Z).
11. Hyperbole
I try to keep a jumble in the lyrics
Never mumble
You want a new song Like a new religion
Music for the television
"When the music's makin' people tongue-tied" - Hyperbole
showing how music can confuse people so Mraz has chosen
to make this more clear through his lyrical 'wordplay' or
poetic technique.
13. End Rhyme
Music for the televis
I can't do the long divis
In these two lines the ends of the end words rhyme
therefore they are an end rhyme .
14. Repetition
-listen closer to the verse I lay
It's all about the wordplay
love
Ah, la, la, la, la repeats over and over during a three
line part of the song
15. Alliteration
But it doesn't really matter
In this ge-generation
For the record label puts me on the shelf up in the freezer
So I drop my top,
Is everybody ready for the single and it goes
alliteration - "sophomore slump", "live the life of leisure" "mix and mingle"
16. Imaginary
Visual- For the record label puts me on the shelf up in
the freezer
Hearing- Music for the television
Smell- When the music's making people tongue-tied
Touch- And they're climbing
17. That’s all for now hope you had
fun watchin it...... It was not all
that hard so keep your
intentions high
