Taking songs literally

[LunchBreaker]

There is, of course, nothing wrong with a little poetic license. But some songs have strange meanings when taken literally. Example:

Western Wall on Friday night
His first time ever there
Strapped into his knapsack
With his long and curly hair

I don't think that's how you do the straps on a knapsack...

[virtuosointraining]

I get very annoyed when I hear things like that, but I try to be forgiving.

[Cranberry]

So throw away your hammer, there's nothing left to do,
Go on home and find the gift, it's waiting there for you.

Why spend hundreds of dollars a year replacing your hammer on a weekly basis?

[LunchBreaker]

I get very annoyed when I hear things like that, but I try to be forgiving.

Just to clarify in case I came across as mocking, this topic is intended to be humorous, and having a funny literal interpretation doesn't mean there is anything wrong with a song or phrase.

[Yankel The Goat]

So throw away your hammer, there's nothing left to do,
Go on home and find the gift, it's waiting there for you.

Why spend hundreds of dollars a year replacing your hammer on a weekly basis?

Not to mention smashing the floor.

[blank]

So throw away your hammer, there's nothing left to do,
Go on home and find the gift, it's waiting there for you.

Why spend hundreds of dollars a year replacing your hammer on a weekly basis?

Not to mention smashing the floor.

I'd think he was throwing it outside or in a garbage can, not on the floor.