Songs in Sign

So it's that time of year where my sign language class does songs. We have to pick a song with lyrics that actually mean something, then gloss them and put it in ASL word order. This is the hardest part with signing songs because you don't just sign the words, you have to sign the meaning of the song. When you gloss a song, that means that you take the lines of the songs and break it down into words that are in the ASL dictionary and sign what it means. Because sign language is very literal, signing songs is hard. Now that we are looking at music in a different way and taking the lines piece by piece, I see how meaningful some songs are and how much bullshit other songwriters come up with. Before we do our individual song, we are practicing glossing with the class with Every Day by Rascal Flatts. That song has a lot of meaning and it's really fun to sign. (: