Point Of View Through Loss Through Country Music

Stealing Cinderella By Chuck Wicks (1st stanza and chorus)

I came to see her daddy for sit down man to man
It wasn't any secret i'd be asking for her hand
I guess that's why he left me waiting in the living room by myself
with at least a dozen pictures of her sitting on a shelf

She was playing Cinderella
She was riding her first bike
Bouncing on the bed and looking for a pillow fight
Running through the sprinkler with a big popsicle grin
Dancing with her dad, looking up at him
In her eyes i'm Prince Charming
But to him i'm just some fella
riding in and stealing Cinderella


It shows 1st person narrative mode when it says, "I came to see her daddy for sit down man to man" in the first stanza. It also shows 3rd person narrative in the chorus where it says, "She was playing Cinderella."

You'll Think Of Me by Keith Urban (chorus)

Take your records, take your freedom
Take your memories, I don't need 'em
Take your space and take your reasons
But you'll think of me
And take your cat and leave my sweater
'Cause we have nothin' left to weather
In fact I'll feel a whole lot better
But you'll think of me.

It shows 1st person narrative when it says, "I don't need 'em" in the chorus. It also shows the 2nd person narrative when it says, "You'll think of me" in the last line of the chorus. The chorus also shows a stream of consciousness because when he is saying these words, it shows he's thinking of all the things to give back to her.


Concrete Angel by Martina McBride (whole song)

She walks to school with the lunch she packed
Nobody knows what she's holdin' back
Wearin' the same dress she wore yesterday
She hides the bruises with linen and lace, oh

The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask
It's hard to see the pain behind the mask
Bearing the burden of a secret storm
Sometimes she wishes she was never born

Through the wind and the rain
She stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place where she's loved
Concrete angel

Somebody cries in the middle of the night
The neighbors hear, but they turn out the lights
A fragile soul, caught in the hands of fate
When morning comes it'll be too late

Through the wind and the rain
She stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place where she's loved
Concrete angel

A statue stands in a shaded place
An angel girl with an upturned face
A name is written on a polished rock
A broken heart that the world forgot

Through the wind and the rain
She stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place where she's loved
Concrete angel

Throughout the whole song it uses "she" which is put under 2nd person narrative. Unlike most songs, this one also shows omniscience which is throughout the whole entire song.

My Give A Damn's Busted by Jo Dee Messina (first stanza)

Well, you filled up my head
With so many lies
Twisted my heart
Till something snapped inside
I'd like to give it one more try
But my give a damn's busted

1st person narrative is shown in the second to last line where it says, "I'd like to give it one more try." It also shows 2nd person narrative where it says "Well, you filled up my head," in the very first line of the stanza.