The Plain White T's employs procatalepsis multiple times throughout the song in order to strengthen the theme of the song Hey There Delilah in saying that there is nothing that can get in between the love present. At the beginning of the song, the singer proclaims, "Don't you worry about the distance/ I'm right there if you get lonely/ Give this song another listen / Close your eyes/ Listen to my voice, it's my disguise/ I'm by your side." The singer brings up the problem of distance and then immediately explains of one way to overcome this potential problem. Later in the song, the singer states, "I know times are getting hard/ But just believe me, girl/ Someday I'll pay the bills with this guitar/ We'll have it good/ We'll have the life we knew we would/ My word is good." The conflict of money is brought up, yet it is put down right away with the idea of making money through playing the guitar. He is sure that they will be able to live the life they want to even through the hard times. Finally, the singer once again brings up the argument that the distance between them could separate them as well as the problem of what other people will think of them when he exclaims, "A thousand miles seems pretty far/ But they've got planes and trains and cars/ I'd walk to you if I had no other way/ Our friends would all make fun of us/ and we'll just laugh along because we know/ That none of them have felt this way/ Delilah I can promise you." After bringing up both critical points, he denounces both by saying that he will do anything he has to to come to her and that what other people think does not matter because their love is stronger than that. The Plain White T's repeatedly use procatalepsis in order to support the theme of the strength of the love described.
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