Lyric Analysis

Foundations
Kate Nash lyrics in foundations are used to relate to the audience and this will help build up a relationship between the artist and the audience. Also I believe Kate Nash goes along with Richard dyers theory because even though she is a big star in the spotlight her lyrics are refreshingly ordinary and this again helps the audience build up a relationship with Kate Nash because they think Kate Nash is one of them a regular working class girl one example that showed this was ‘’ then u will call me a bitch then everyone will be embarrassed and I won’t give a sh*t. The normal class can relate to this because they argue with their partners and because it is in a cockney voice and there are swear words in it shows it would even be the lower working class that have lower standards to the higher class that would not sound or use this type of language this is why so many of the public liked this song because it united the star and the audience not distanced them. It also shows us that she is very open about her emotions and life with the audience she is showing what she is like she s using her life experiences and putting them into her lyrics and music.
Thursday night, everything's fine, except you've got that look in your eye
when I'm tellin' a story and you find it boring,
you're thinking of something to say.
You'll go along with it then drop it and humiliate me in front of our friends.

Then I'll use that voice that you find annoyin' and say something like
"yeah, intelligent input, darlin', why don't you just have another beer then?"

Then you'll call me a bitch
and everyone we're with will be embarrassed,
and I wont give a shit.

My fingertips are holding onto the cracks in our foundation,
and I know that I should let go,
but I can't.
And every time we fight I know it's not right,
every time that you're upset and I smile.
I know I should forget, but I can't.

You said I must eat so many lemons
'cause I am so bitter.
I said
"I'd rather be with your friends mate 'cause they are much fitter."

Yes, it was childish and you got aggressive,
and I must admit that I was a bit scared,
but it gives me thrills to wind you up.

My fingertips are holding on to the cracks in our foundation,
and I know that I should let go,
but I can't.
And every time we fight I know it's not right,
every time that you're upset and I smile.
I know I should forget, but I can't.

Your face is pasty 'cause you've gone and got so wasted, what a surprise.
Don't want to look at your face 'cause it's makin' me sick.
You've gone and got sick on my trainers,
I only got these yesterday.
Oh, my gosh, I cannot be bothered with this.

Well, I'll leave you there 'till the mornin',
and I purposely wont turn the heating on
and dear God, I hope I'm not stuck with this one.

My fingertips are holding onto the cracks in our foundation,
and I know that I should let go,
but I can't.
And every time we fight I know it's not right,
every time that you're upset and I smile.
I know I should forget, but I can't.

And every time we fight I know it's not right,
every time that you're upset and I smile.
I know I should forget, but I can't.

The nicest thing
In this song is it targeted at females because it has a lot of emotion in the words and what is said and this is generally and stereotypically associated with females rather than male but we know it is targeted at females to share the same emotion or viewpoint is because of the lyric ‘’ I wish I was your favourite girl I wish you thought i was the reason you are in the world’’ the lyrics are spoken to a boy and girls can relate to this. The age group that would really understand where she is coming from is 14-26 because that is where girls are most active in relationships and because this is the case this has to be the age group again it shows that Kate Nash puts her own life and own experiences into her music she shares things with her audience this is why she is so popular.
All I know is that you're so nice,
You're the nicest thing I've seen.
I wish that we could give it a go,
See if we could be something.

I wish I was your favourite girl,
I wish you thought I was the reason you are in the world.
I wish my smile was your favourite kind of smile,
I wish the way I dressed was your favourite kind of style.

I wish you couldn't figure me out,
But you always wanna know what I was about.
I wish you'd hold my hand when I was upset,
I wish you'd never forget the look on my face when we first met.

I wish you had a favourite beauty spot that you loved secretly,
'Cos it was on a hidden bit that nobody else could see.
Basically, I wish that you loved me,
I wish that you needed me,
I wish that you knew when I said two sugars, actually I meant three.

I wish that without me your heart would break,
Yeah, I wish that without me you'd be spending the rest of your nights awake.
I wish that without me you couldn't eat,
Yeah, I wish I was the last thing on your mind before you went to sleep.

But, all i know is that you're the nicest thing I've ever seen;
And I wish that we could see if we could be something
Yeah, I wish we could see if we could be something