"And all those things I didn't say / Wrecking balls inside my brain."

— Platten, Rachel (b. 1981)


Date
2015 [debuted June 27, 2014, released as a single in February 19, 2015]
Metaphor
"And all those things I didn't say / Wrecking balls inside my brain."
Metaphor in Context
And all those things I didn't say
Wrecking balls inside my brain

I will scream them loud tonight
Can you hear my voice this time?
Provenance
Watching the DNC National Convention
Citation
Rachel Platten, "Fight Song" from the album, Wildfire (2016).
Date of Entry
07/27/2016

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.