Somewhere Over The Rainbow

In the song Somewhere Over The Rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwo Ole', Israel is talking about how he is imaging a better world on the other side of the rainbow.  He repeats several times how it would be a “wonderful world.”  Isreal uses lots of repetition by singing the chorus over and over again in his song, which I particularly like!  Rainbows have always been associated with happy things and so I think that Israel is saying he see a better world ahead and he wants to dream on.  In the song he is talking about dreams and how dreams will set you free.  A metaphor that he uses is “Where trouble melts like lemon drops” and in that metaphor I see that he is talking about how he wants happiness. 

Another thing that Israel does in the song is that he talks about colors a lot.  With him singing about the colors of the rainbow, red roses, trees of green, blue birds, clouds of white, and skies of blue you can see that he is trying to give you lots of visuals and represent things.  I think that this song is inspiring and I really like listening to it! 

video-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2SWP1I

lyrics-

http://www.stlyrics.com/songs/i/israelkamakawiwoole6157/somewhereovertherainbow239745.html