Throw a dog a bone I'll take it if I have toGo real fast like there's somewhere we can get to
Whats the use in standin' right there on the edge
if there ain't nowhere to fall
whats the use in hangin on tight to the phone if nobody might call
Desperation
There's danger in frustration
complicated words slippin' off of your tongue and ain't one of them the truth
I'm still desperate for you.
Tell it like a lie live it like a movie
Give a heart away like it don't me nothin' to me
whats the use in makin' all the plans that we made
if you weren't gonna go
whats the use in slappin on a smile for a face
if your eyes don't wanna show
Desperation
There's danger in frustration
complicated words slippin' off of your tongue and ain't one of them the truth
I'm still desperate for you.
Well it's too damn bad you didn't have a chance
to make me your best friend
you were too caught up in givin' too much up
and not doin' what you should have been
Desperation
There's danger in frustration
complicated words slippin' off of your tongue and ain't one of them the truth
I'm still desperate for you.
Miranda Lambert was born in Lindale, Texas and began to show an interest in country music after going to a Garth Brooks concert. At age sixteen Lambert performed at Johnny High County Music Review, which is the same show that helped launch LeAnn Rimes career. She ultimately gained her fame from becoming a finalist on the 2003 season of Nashville Star. Lambert is only the third country music singer ever to have three records debut at #1 on Billboard Country Albums.
Desperation is a song about a girl who feels like she has lost the love of her life, but doesn't feel like she can give up on him just yet. Lambert uses hyperboles and similes to express her underlying feelings for who she believes; is still the man of her dreams. She uses many hyperboles to get her point across that she still loves him, and would do anything in her power to have him back. "Whats the use in standin' right there on the edge if there ain't nowhere to fall," means she feels like theres no hope of expressing her feelings when he doesn't feel the same way anymore. She feels asthough she has no one to fall back on. "Live it like a movie," is an example of a simile. She feels as though her story resembles the tragedy of love that is often displayed in movies. Lambert uses repetition of "I'm still desperate for you," to get her point across that no matter how horrible he is treating her, she still believes hes the right one for her.
Lambert's underlying message of this song "Desperation," is that deep down she knows he isn't good for her, but she can't help what her heart wants, and her heart wants him. Using hyperboles was a more drastic way of getting this message across, exaggeration makes her listeners feel what shes going through at this point in time.
