Analyzing Morgan Wallen's Song 'Silverado For Sale'

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Giving up something important for love can give others something better. In “Silverado for Sale” Morgan Wallen sings about his Silverado and how he has to give it up for someone he loves. In the song, Morgan Wallen talks about how much he loves this girl and how there is a ring just down the street he wants to buy. Morgan Wallen can not afford the ring so he wants to sell his Silverado truck to buy one. He has a very special connection to the truck so when he sells it he talks about everything the truck will give someone else if they buy it. Morgan Wallen got a lot out of the truck and wants a kid to feel the same way when he buys his truck. In “Silverado for Sale,” Morgan Wallen uses symbolism and repetition to show that letting things go will help people get through what they love the most. …show more content…

Morgan Wallen´s Silverado represents his own wants and needs, but he is willing to give all that up for the girl he loves. Morgan Wallen writes, "Never thought I'd be calling you up today / Taking out an ad for this Chevrolet / But there's a ring in the window just down the street / I wanna marry her, she wants to marry me" (Wallen 1-4). This quote shows the theme because Morgan Wallen really loves his Silverado, but he is willing to give it up for something he loves even more. This is a symbol because he loves the girl and will do anything for her, the Silverado is what he is willing to give for something greater or better for him. Morgan Wallen included this symbol because he wanted to write a song about something important to him like his girl, who is more important than some truck. This truck symbolically represents Morgan Wallen's selfishness or his own wants, the truck is what he is giving up for someone else's wants and desires. All this shows how Morgan Wallen is willing to give up his own needs for a ring for the girl he

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