They had been introduced as 'the hottest band in the world', which, as a literal description, was fair enough.

As a literal description of the product though, that's excellent.

The lyrics are fairly straightforward, giving a literal description of the turmoil encountered by the narrator during a series of dreams.

Uninterested in literal descriptions, picturesque conventions or scientific inquiries, the artist aims to capture his feelings about the darkness instead.

These, he says, should be interpreted as literal descriptions which have changed during the passage of time and become more obscure.