Bless The Broken Road

Rascal Flatts

By: Leslie Mercado

Lyrics

I set out on a narrow way many years ago

Hoping I would find true love along the broken road

But I got lost a time or two

Wiped my brow and kept pushing through

I couldn’t see how every sign pointed straight to you

(Chorus)

Every long lost dream led to where you are

Others who broke my heart they were like Northern stars

Pointing me on my way into your loving arms

This much I know is true

That God blessed the broken road

That led straight to you

I think about the years I spent just passing through

I’d like to have the time I lost and give it back to you

But you just smile and take my hand

You’ve been there you understand

It’s all part of a grander plan that is coming true

(chorus)

Now I’m just rolling home

Into my lover’s arms

This much I know is true

That God blessed the broken road\That led straight to you

Musical

Devices

End Rhyme

• But I got lost a time or two

• Wiped my brow and kept pushing through

• I couldn’t see how every sign pointed straight to you

They’re end rhymes because two, through, andyou rhyme. The both make the “oo” sound.

Refrain/chorus

• That God blessed the broken road.

• That led me straight to you.

This is a refrain because these two sentences repeat.

Internal Rhyme

• Every long lost dream led me to where youare.

• Others who broke my heart they were like Northern Stars.

These words are internal because they both rhyme and are inside the line.

Alliteration Rhyme

• Every long lost dream led to where you are

This is alliteration because “l” is repeated three times in the line.

Assonance Rhyme

• Hoping I would find true love along the broken road.

This an assonance because the “o” is repeated six times and is makes a long “o” sound and alow “o” sound.

Figurative

Language

Simile

• Others who broke my they were like Northern stars

This is a simile because it as likewhich is comparingbroken heart to Northern stars.

Personification

• Others who broke my heart they

were like Northern stars

This is a personification because

you can’t break your heart.

Hyperbole

• Now I’m just rolling home

This is a hyperbole because when it say rollinghome they don’t mean it they mean driving home.

Imagery

Visual

• Into my lover’s arms

This is visual because you can picture two people hugging each other.

Touch

• But you just you just smile and take my hand

This is touch because you can touch somebody’s hand.