Kidnapping, theft, murder, carjacking, car problems, poisoned food, accidental food poisoning, heart attack, time traveling, being attacked by a monster, a pregnant woman giving birth, injury, anything getting on fire (house, car, restaurant, etc.), someone getting scared if they go to the movies, the movies characters coming alive if they go to a movie, bomb, bio weapon released at their location, receiving special powers, tornado, flooding, tsunami, thunderstorm, hurricane, they could be living in space, or one of them could be a secret monster.
Onomatopoeia: ( I suggest if you can, choose another song, onomatopoeia is normally characterized by sounds of things for example if he said Grenades go BOOM that would be onomatopoeia)
Similie: same thing, look for song that use comparative language such as like or as in their metaphors because that's what really makes a simile
They could be scared of the end result of dismissing their work. well depending on what work that is but assuming schoolwork i’ll say they’re afraid of the bad grades and how it’ll affect their future.