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love being like the weather ("love walked out [...] into a storm"). As you'd expect, some fabulous rhymes and great economy of words, but still makes good use of the Literal/Figurative technique.
Jazz
"Cheek to Cheek" by Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald has some lovely Literal/Figurative language in a slightly different structure of the Map applied to an AABA song form. V1 starts with two lines of figurative (heaven), coming to the literal by the end of the Verse (dancing cheek to cheek). Same format for V2. The B section launches into more figurative, liking dancing cheek to cheek more than climbing a mountain or going fishing. An extended B section then returns to the literal ("I want my arms about you"). Enchanting.
Exercise
If you have a copy of the Song Maps Workbook, this would be a good time to complete Exercise #8 - Literal/figurative.
Summary
In this chapter, we've looked at seven universal Song Maps, what they look like and how to use them. We've seen examples of using each Map to create a writable idea and a draft lyric. We've also talked about variations and seen the many and varied uses of each Map across all genres of lyric-driven songs in commercial songwriting.
The next chapter is important. I'll show you where to find more Maps for yourself, how to combine two or more Song Maps in one lyric and how to apply them to other song forms before talking about some advanced Song Mapping techniques.