“Something In The Orange” is a love/relationships-themed song that makes great use of A.I.D.E. principle components in its first verse to heighten the narrative’s impact.

Action

• Line 3: “But when you place your head between my collar and jaw” is a past, present or future action depending on the listener’s interpretation of the story.
• Line 6: “‘Cause if I say I miss you, I know that you won’t” is a possible future action.

Imagery

• Line 1 features implied imagery in the lyric, “it’ll be fine by dusk light.” While it’s not invoking a specific image, it is still likely conjuring one up in the listener’s mind (i.e., an orange sunset).
• Line 3 features the image of his love interest placing their head between his collar and jaw. This is a more interesting and poetic way of saying “when you lean your head on my shoulder and nestle it against my neck.”
• Lines 7 and 8: Here there is the straight-up image of the main character seeing the sun in the morning, which is then followed by the more poetic lyric, “somethin’ in the orange tells me we’re not done.” This use of the song title brings the section to a conclusion on an intriguing and impactful note.

Detail Devices

• Line 1 features the notable descriptor, “dusk light,” which is a more interesting and poetic way of saying that everything will be fine by “the end of the day.”
• Line 2 features the “eat at your bones” idiom, which is a more interesting and powerful way of saying that something is greatly waring on you.
• Line 4: “No weight at all,” when taken in conjunction with line 3’s “when you place your head between my collar and jaw,” is a more interesting way of saying that all feels right when he’s with this person.
• Line 5 features the commonplace idiom, “I’m damned if I do and I’m damned if I don’t,” which basically mean that whether or not he says “I miss you” in the following line, he’s screwed either way.
• Line 8: “Something in the orange” is a more captivating and intriguing way of describing the sun and the main character’s hope that the new day brings a reconciliation in the relationship.

Emotion

Every line in the section features direct or implied emotion.

Clever/Common Lyricism

All lines feature some degree of clever lyricism save for lines 6 and 7, which enables the listener to more easily grasp what’s going on in the story.

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