Song or Poem - Pickup Truck

Pickup Truck - Kings of Leon

I walk you home to see
Where you're living around
And I know this place
Pour yourself on me
And you know I'm the one
That you won't forget

And in your denim eyes
I see something's awry
And I see you're weak
When he comes around
I see you're fixing to shine
And my face won't speak

Hate to be so emotional
I didn't mean to get physical
But when he pulled in and revved it up
I said, "You call that a pickup truck?"

And in the moonlight I throwed him down
A kicking, screaming and rolling around
A little piece of a bloody tooth
Just so you know I was thinking of you
Just so you know, oh

Trembling misery and it's cold as a hole
Hug your bones and skin
Crackling wood's gone white
And my eyes swelled up now
I can see the light

Hate to be so emotional
I didn't mean to get physical
But when he pulled in and revved it up
I said, "You call that a pickup truck?"

And in the moonlight I throwed him down
A kicking, screaming and rolling around
A little piece of a bloody tooth
Just so you know I was thinking of you
Just so you know, oh
Just so you know, oh
Just so you know, oh

I hate to be so emotional
I didn't mean to get physical
But when he pulled in and revved it up
I said, "You call that a pickup truck?"

And in the moonlight I throwed him down
A kicking, screaming and rolling around
A little piece of a bloody tooth
Just so you know I was thinking of you
Just so you know I was thinking of you
Just so you know, oh
Just so you know, oh

The song Pickup Truck by Kings of Leon is about a man who visits his ex-lover, and realizes that she is in an abusive relationship with her new boyfriend. The man then sees the new boyfriend and thinks that he deserves to be beaten up, so he can know what it feels like to be on the receiving end. An allusion is used at the beginning of the song in the lines "Where your living around; And I know this place." This shows that the man has been over before, and that he knows the girl well.   The song uses a simile in the lyrics "Trembling misery and it's cold as a hole." This line also shows that misery is comparable to being stuck in a hole. Personification is used in the sentence "Hug your bones and skin." In the previous sentence it states that it's cold out, and this shows that the cold is wrapping around their bodies and it is impossible to warm up. It is also ironic when the man talks about beating the ex-boyfriend up and he says there's "A little piece of a bloody tooth. Just so you know I was thinking of you." He acts as if fighting the ex-boyfriend is a good thing to do, so that the ex-girlfriend will know that he still cares. Effective imagery is also used in the lines "And in the moonlight I throwed him down; A kicking, screaming and rolling around." Pickup Truck by Kings of Leon tells a story of a man who does what he believes is right.