Amazed-Lonestar

Lonestar is a talented band, whose members are all from Texas. From 1993 to 1994, Lonestar played about 500 gigs while traveling in a Jeep Cherokee and a trailer that carried all of their equipment. They promoted themselves with a six song live CD. In 1995, the band was offered a record contract by BNA Records. Their self titled debut album featured a Top Ten hit, entitled “Tequila Talkin’.” Their second single, "No News," hit number one in 1996 and remained there for three weeks. The Academy of Country Music named Lonestar its top new group of the year for 1995. "Runnin' Away With My Heart," co-written by Michael Britt, made the Top 10. Billboard, Music Row and Country Weekly all gave year-end awards to the band. Their self-titled debut became a gold record. In 1998, Lonestar had its first ballad single, called “Say When.” Also in 1998, the singer, John Rich, left the band to pursue a solo career. The band’s third album, entitled “Lonely Grill”, had a chart topping single, “Amazed”, that stayed there for eight weeks in 1999. This broke records and made the band a crossover sensation. “Amazed” hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Lonely Grill was certified multiplatinum in 2000.
The song “Amazed” by Lonestar has many different poetic devices that work together as a whole to make a wonderful love song. For example, the line “This feeling inside me, is almost more than I can take” is an example of a cliché. It is an overused expression that shows how the man’s love for his girlfriend is overpowering to the point where it almost hurts, which can also be a hyperbole. The line “I can hear your thoughts. I can see your dreams” is an example of a hyperbole, because his cannot really hear her thoughts or see her dreams. The line “I’m so in love with you” is another example of a cliché, because that term is overused when people explain their love for others. There is imagery in the lines “the smell of your skin, the taste of your kiss, the way you whisper in the dark, your hair all around me,” because you can picture all of these things in your head. There is an example of hyperbole in the lines “your hair all around me, baby you surround me. You touch everyplace in my heart.” This is a hyperbole because her hair is not really all around him, she doesn’t surround him, and she cannot physically touch his heart. There is another cliché in the line “I wanna spend the rest of my life with you by my side.” This is again another overused expression. Although all these clichés may take away from the song a bit, it all fits together to form a ballad about a man whose love for his girlfriend grows stronger every day, and using clichés shows his growing love for her through time.