Sum 41 — Lyric Analysis
LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 115 songs across 8 albums by Sum 41. They use 1,835 unique words out of 11,000 (lexical richness MATTR 0.72), with an average of 96 content words per song. Emotional tone: 33% of songs positive, 2% neutral, 65% negative.
Most used words by Sum 41
- know (236)
- time (198)
- say (148)
- take (126)
- believe (121)
- see (107)
- one (106)
- want (96)
- end (89)
- way (85)
- make (84)
- need (77)
- tell (77)
- back (77)
- find (76)
- away (74)
- nothing (74)
- mind (72)
- feel (71)
- hard (71)
Signature phrases
- “dead end” (18)
- “time say” (12)
- “find way” (12)
- “think make” (11)
- “place belong” (11)
- “take look around” (10)
- “one thing” (10)
- “another day” (10)
- “know want” (10)
- “nothings change” (10)
Colors in the lyrics
- black (27)
- red (5)
- blue (5)
- white (4)
- green (1)
- silver (1)
Albums analyzed
- All Killer No Filler (2001)
- Does This Look Infected? (2002)
- Chuck (2004)
- Underclass Hero (2007)
- Screaming Bloody Murder (2011)
- 13 Voices (2016)
- Order in Decline (2019)
- Heaven :x: Hell (2024)