Here's a recent video me and some friends made. You should probably check it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu_HnIAx0lk
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
This Song is Called by The Devil Wears Prada
I am the speaker but what is responsibility?
This I beg of you, build me brick upon brick
High tides; waves of hypocrisy
I didn't think the clock struck more than twelve times
I decided to name her insomnia
Her teeth (show) like white seeds in a scarlet fruit
This I must tell you, old friend: fear beauty
This is meager, this is feeble
She was only a fiction and my creation.
1st line- I am in charge of my life, why not do what I wish?
2nd line- Deliver me, Lord, help me to escape this and to grow in faith.
3rd line- I say to myself and others that I know what is right, yet I do the opposite.
4th line- I had no idea how much time I had wasted in this struggle.
5th line- I have lost sleep over this, this clouds my judgement.
6th line- They are beautiful, but this is misleading...I know they are evil.
7th line- Save yourself, my friend. Beauty is a powerful thing. Flee from temptation while you still have the chance.
8th line- This is and was nothing. I can overcome this.
9th line- This wasn't as great as I thought it was after all. I realize now that evil had blinded with me it's false appeal.
The most powerful and chilling song on Plagues. I didn't really know how to post on this song other than by just breaking it down, line by line, like this. Very interesting lyrics...I have no idea of the true meaning of this song, but I'm assuming this is what they're about. Someone abandoned their morals for selfish desires, whatever that may be, and in the process had to realize their mistake and overcome the whole ordeal. This song also seems to apply to Adam and Eve to an extent (scarlet fruit), in that it was this sort of desire and temptation that caused them to fall into sin. This song is the incarnation of The Devil Wears Prada's name- evil isn't going to make it apparent that it is evil. It's going to make itself look good and appealing, so beware.
This I beg of you, build me brick upon brick
High tides; waves of hypocrisy
I didn't think the clock struck more than twelve times
I decided to name her insomnia
Her teeth (show) like white seeds in a scarlet fruit
This I must tell you, old friend: fear beauty
This is meager, this is feeble
She was only a fiction and my creation.
1st line- I am in charge of my life, why not do what I wish?
2nd line- Deliver me, Lord, help me to escape this and to grow in faith.
3rd line- I say to myself and others that I know what is right, yet I do the opposite.
4th line- I had no idea how much time I had wasted in this struggle.
5th line- I have lost sleep over this, this clouds my judgement.
6th line- They are beautiful, but this is misleading...I know they are evil.
7th line- Save yourself, my friend. Beauty is a powerful thing. Flee from temptation while you still have the chance.
8th line- This is and was nothing. I can overcome this.
9th line- This wasn't as great as I thought it was after all. I realize now that evil had blinded with me it's false appeal.
The most powerful and chilling song on Plagues. I didn't really know how to post on this song other than by just breaking it down, line by line, like this. Very interesting lyrics...I have no idea of the true meaning of this song, but I'm assuming this is what they're about. Someone abandoned their morals for selfish desires, whatever that may be, and in the process had to realize their mistake and overcome the whole ordeal. This song also seems to apply to Adam and Eve to an extent (scarlet fruit), in that it was this sort of desire and temptation that caused them to fall into sin. This song is the incarnation of The Devil Wears Prada's name- evil isn't going to make it apparent that it is evil. It's going to make itself look good and appealing, so beware.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Open Water by Thrice
Ten thousand men sleep down with Davy Jones;
with stolen treasure they tithe.
The open water
chills me to my bones,
but it's the only place that I feel alive.
The ocean floor begins to disappear;
I sense that terrible depth.
The open water is my only fear,
but I'll sail as long as I still have breath in me.
I'm starting to believe the ocean's
much like you,
because it gives
and it takes away.
Between the devil and the deep blue sea,
I stare into the abyss.
The open water is an awful thing,
But I'm anxious till the anchor is aweigh.
I'm starting to believe the ocean's
much like you,
because it gives
and it takes away.
I'm starting to believe the ocean's
much like you,
because it gives
and it takes away.
I'm starting to believe the ocean's
much like you,
because it gives
and it takes away.
If one song sums up the water disc, it's gotta be this one. The song's spacey and haunting atmosphere just describes the open ocean so well. I always picture someone floating in the water at night, with nothing to look at but water as far as the eye can see in all directions, possibly after their ship sank. The speaker reflects on how terrible the water is and all the lives the ocean has taken (ten thousand men sleep down with Davy Jones). But in spite of this, they want to keep sailing in it. I've always thought this song also compares water to God during the chorus. Both are free to give and take as they see fit. I think water was perfectly captured in this song...
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9cC5QCP4u8
with stolen treasure they tithe.
The open water
chills me to my bones,
but it's the only place that I feel alive.
The ocean floor begins to disappear;
I sense that terrible depth.
The open water is my only fear,
but I'll sail as long as I still have breath in me.
I'm starting to believe the ocean's
much like you,
because it gives
and it takes away.
Between the devil and the deep blue sea,
I stare into the abyss.
The open water is an awful thing,
But I'm anxious till the anchor is aweigh.
I'm starting to believe the ocean's
much like you,
because it gives
and it takes away.
I'm starting to believe the ocean's
much like you,
because it gives
and it takes away.
I'm starting to believe the ocean's
much like you,
because it gives
and it takes away.
If one song sums up the water disc, it's gotta be this one. The song's spacey and haunting atmosphere just describes the open ocean so well. I always picture someone floating in the water at night, with nothing to look at but water as far as the eye can see in all directions, possibly after their ship sank. The speaker reflects on how terrible the water is and all the lives the ocean has taken (ten thousand men sleep down with Davy Jones). But in spite of this, they want to keep sailing in it. I've always thought this song also compares water to God during the chorus. Both are free to give and take as they see fit. I think water was perfectly captured in this song...
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9cC5QCP4u8
Friday, August 29, 2008
The Element Sonnets
These are the last tracks on each element's disc from The Alchemy Index by Thrice. These four songs are fire, water, air, and earth, personified- all ending with an original sonnet that sums up what that element is trying to tell mankind.
The Flame Deluge - Fire
Kings Upon the Main - Water
Silver Wings - Air
Child of Dust - Earth
The Flame Deluge
I feel that I was meant for something more,
My curse, this awful power to unmake.
And ever since you found your taste for war,
You've forced me onto those whose lives you'd take.
While Guernica in peaceful valley lay,
And Dresden dreamed of anything but death,
The day was turned to night, and night to day;
You let me loose upon their fragile flesh.
And so I hid among the smallest things;
You found me there and ferried me above.
The flame deluge is waiting in the wings;
The smallest thread holds back the second flood.
And who will stand to greet the blinding light;
it's lonely when there's no one left to fight.
Kings Upon the Main
This lesson you'd do well not to forget.
Your life could be the one its wisdom saves
At sea, when you're beleaguered and beset,
On every side by strife of wind and waves.
Despite the best of maps and bravest men,
For all their mighty names and massive forms,
There'll never be and there has never been
A ship or fleet secure against the storms.
When kings upon the main have clung to pride,
And held themselves as masters of the sea,
I've held them down beneath the crushing tide
Till they have learned that no one masters me.
But grace can still be found within the gales;
with fear and reverence, raise your ragged sail.
Silver Wings
From tender years you took me for granted
(But still I deigned to wander through your lungs)
While You were sleeping soundly in your bed
(Your drapes were silver wings, your shutter's flung)
I Drew the poison from the summer's sting
(And eased the fire out of your fevered skin)
I Moved in you and stirred your soul to sing
(And if you'd let me I would move again)
I've danced 'tween sunlit stands of lover's hair
(Helped formed the final words before you death)
I pitied you and piled your sails with air
(Gave blessing when you rose upon my breath)
And after all of this, I am amazed;
that I am cursed far more than I am praised.
Child of Dust
Dear prodigal, you are my son and I
Supplied you not your spirit, but your shape.
All Eden's wealth arrayed before your eyes;
I fathomed not you wanted to escape.
And though I only ever gave you love, like every child you’ve chosen to rebel;
uprooted flowers and filled the holes with blood;
ask for not whom they toll the solemn bells.
A child of dust to mother now return;
for every seed must die before it grows.
and though above the world may toil and turn,
no prying spade will find you here below.
Now safe beneath their wisdom and their feet;
here I will teach you truly how to sleep.
Here's what each is about:
Fire is ashamed of the way man has used it for destruction through war and violence. It tried to hide, but we found it again and used it against it's will. Deluge is another word for flood. "The Flame Flood". This is referring to nuclear weapons. "The blinding light" from the sonnet is probably hinting at the flash of light atomic bombs emit before exploding. It's like fire is telling man: sure, you won, you have gotten what you wanted. You have destroyed your enemy...now then. What's next? Who will you fight now? Now how do you go about satisfying your hunger for war? It's lonely when there's no one left to fight.
Water is teaching prideful people that no matter how prepared you think you are, you can never tame the awesome power of the ocean. In spite of all of our ships, technology, brave crews, and navigation, ultimately the sea is the higher power. The Titanic is a prime example of this concept. The ship that could not be sank, in fact, sank. Through catastrophe, water humbles man and teaches them a valuable lesson. But afterwards, in the final part, water challenges them to get back up and try again, but this time, with respect. With fear and reverence, raise your ragged sail.
Air is in disbelief at our utter unappreciation towards it. Air does so much for us, as mentioned in the song, but we deem it unimportant. Air has been disregarded from the beginning of time, yet it still feels compelled to do all it can for us. Sail our ships, allow us to live. May sound ridiculous, but if you think about it, what is more taken for granted than the very air we breathe? Nothing. This, like the other elements, can be interpreted as God as well. Many people take God for granted and all He does for us. Air finally says in the final line, after all I have done for you, this is the thanks I get? I am amazed by this.
Earth is disappointed in man's harmful ways towards the planet. Earth is basically saying that as powerful as we may think we are, death is inevitable. Very comparable to water's sonnet. Earth supplied us all we ever needed, Eden's wealth, and we wanted out. Earth tells man that it has done so much for us and yet we want more, destroy nature, and explore space as if we aren't satisfied with what we have already been given. We have uprooted flowers and replaced them with blood through reckless action. In the end, we are all just made of dust, and like the Bible says: from dust we begun, and to dust we can return. That's what I think Earth is trying to tell us in the song.
YouTube:
The Flame Deluge- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHEKGImcowk&feature=related
Kings Upon the Main- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3gTEf-bZfk&feature=related
Silver Wings- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKNdSIyfsJY&feature=related
Child of Dust- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_l59yZmqvs&feature=related
Four sonnets together- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-ZQw7GwhH0
The Flame Deluge - Fire
Kings Upon the Main - Water
Silver Wings - Air
Child of Dust - Earth
The Flame Deluge
I feel that I was meant for something more,
My curse, this awful power to unmake.
And ever since you found your taste for war,
You've forced me onto those whose lives you'd take.
While Guernica in peaceful valley lay,
And Dresden dreamed of anything but death,
The day was turned to night, and night to day;
You let me loose upon their fragile flesh.
And so I hid among the smallest things;
You found me there and ferried me above.
The flame deluge is waiting in the wings;
The smallest thread holds back the second flood.
And who will stand to greet the blinding light;
it's lonely when there's no one left to fight.
Kings Upon the Main
This lesson you'd do well not to forget.
Your life could be the one its wisdom saves
At sea, when you're beleaguered and beset,
On every side by strife of wind and waves.
Despite the best of maps and bravest men,
For all their mighty names and massive forms,
There'll never be and there has never been
A ship or fleet secure against the storms.
When kings upon the main have clung to pride,
And held themselves as masters of the sea,
I've held them down beneath the crushing tide
Till they have learned that no one masters me.
But grace can still be found within the gales;
with fear and reverence, raise your ragged sail.
Silver Wings
From tender years you took me for granted
(But still I deigned to wander through your lungs)
While You were sleeping soundly in your bed
(Your drapes were silver wings, your shutter's flung)
I Drew the poison from the summer's sting
(And eased the fire out of your fevered skin)
I Moved in you and stirred your soul to sing
(And if you'd let me I would move again)
I've danced 'tween sunlit stands of lover's hair
(Helped formed the final words before you death)
I pitied you and piled your sails with air
(Gave blessing when you rose upon my breath)
And after all of this, I am amazed;
that I am cursed far more than I am praised.
Child of Dust
Dear prodigal, you are my son and I
Supplied you not your spirit, but your shape.
All Eden's wealth arrayed before your eyes;
I fathomed not you wanted to escape.
And though I only ever gave you love, like every child you’ve chosen to rebel;
uprooted flowers and filled the holes with blood;
ask for not whom they toll the solemn bells.
A child of dust to mother now return;
for every seed must die before it grows.
and though above the world may toil and turn,
no prying spade will find you here below.
Now safe beneath their wisdom and their feet;
here I will teach you truly how to sleep.
Here's what each is about:
Fire is ashamed of the way man has used it for destruction through war and violence. It tried to hide, but we found it again and used it against it's will. Deluge is another word for flood. "The Flame Flood". This is referring to nuclear weapons. "The blinding light" from the sonnet is probably hinting at the flash of light atomic bombs emit before exploding. It's like fire is telling man: sure, you won, you have gotten what you wanted. You have destroyed your enemy...now then. What's next? Who will you fight now? Now how do you go about satisfying your hunger for war? It's lonely when there's no one left to fight.
Water is teaching prideful people that no matter how prepared you think you are, you can never tame the awesome power of the ocean. In spite of all of our ships, technology, brave crews, and navigation, ultimately the sea is the higher power. The Titanic is a prime example of this concept. The ship that could not be sank, in fact, sank. Through catastrophe, water humbles man and teaches them a valuable lesson. But afterwards, in the final part, water challenges them to get back up and try again, but this time, with respect. With fear and reverence, raise your ragged sail.
Air is in disbelief at our utter unappreciation towards it. Air does so much for us, as mentioned in the song, but we deem it unimportant. Air has been disregarded from the beginning of time, yet it still feels compelled to do all it can for us. Sail our ships, allow us to live. May sound ridiculous, but if you think about it, what is more taken for granted than the very air we breathe? Nothing. This, like the other elements, can be interpreted as God as well. Many people take God for granted and all He does for us. Air finally says in the final line, after all I have done for you, this is the thanks I get? I am amazed by this.
Earth is disappointed in man's harmful ways towards the planet. Earth is basically saying that as powerful as we may think we are, death is inevitable. Very comparable to water's sonnet. Earth supplied us all we ever needed, Eden's wealth, and we wanted out. Earth tells man that it has done so much for us and yet we want more, destroy nature, and explore space as if we aren't satisfied with what we have already been given. We have uprooted flowers and replaced them with blood through reckless action. In the end, we are all just made of dust, and like the Bible says: from dust we begun, and to dust we can return. That's what I think Earth is trying to tell us in the song.
YouTube:
The Flame Deluge- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHEKGImcowk&feature=related
Kings Upon the Main- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3gTEf-bZfk&feature=related
Silver Wings- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKNdSIyfsJY&feature=related
Child of Dust- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_l59yZmqvs&feature=related
Four sonnets together- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-ZQw7GwhH0
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Top Ten Thrice Songs?
So here I am...trying to do this. I'm actually going to try and make a list of the top ten songs. By Thrice. Who knows when I'll get it done...I'd put something up tonight, but I don't want to rush it. Right now I'm just really thinking hard and writing nominees down. This might take a bit, but if anybody reading this gives a rip, I'll try to have my list up ASAP.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
HTML Rulez D00d by The Devil Wears Prada
And yet, I've been cleansed with the water.
A purity no mind can grasp; A purity so cool upon my fingertips.
The vision I have seen: This is the action that spawns from the end.
For the longest time, I've been watching the world breathe against (spider-webs).
What lies here are mountains composed of tombstones.
Examine these beautiful faces and keep singing.
Keep singing.
Will we push bedlam noise to the state of blissfullness?
Display her beauty to the people.
A purity no mind can grasp...
This song is about baptism, I've always thought. "I've been cleansed with the water." It's pretty obvious. The Devil Wears Prada is a Christian metal band...pretty unusual, but awesome. Anyway, this song basically just deals with the purity of baptism and how it cleanses you and gives you a new start.
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHamo5Aavbs
A purity no mind can grasp; A purity so cool upon my fingertips.
The vision I have seen: This is the action that spawns from the end.
For the longest time, I've been watching the world breathe against (spider-webs).
What lies here are mountains composed of tombstones.
Examine these beautiful faces and keep singing.
Keep singing.
Will we push bedlam noise to the state of blissfullness?
Display her beauty to the people.
A purity no mind can grasp...
This song is about baptism, I've always thought. "I've been cleansed with the water." It's pretty obvious. The Devil Wears Prada is a Christian metal band...pretty unusual, but awesome. Anyway, this song basically just deals with the purity of baptism and how it cleanses you and gives you a new start.
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHamo5Aavbs
Silhouette by Thrice
Your eyes, followed me here.
Your eyes, seamless and sure.
They leave me broken and, in need of a cure.
Your eyes, followed me here.
Your eyes, sifting my soul.
They leave me broken hands, those diamonds from the coal.
They lace me along,
Giving synapse of white lines.
Then chasing the dawn,
Story book syntax.
Your eyes slit the throat, of all I know.
About myself and this life.
Silhouette lies.
And your eyes, speaking in tongues.
Vigilant still, filling my lungs.
Testing my will.
They leave me broken and, bruised and bleeding.
Your eyes, resting in flame, Leaven me breathless again.
Like hydrogen spread on fault lines.
Or dead, kissing me with exposure to radon.
Your eyes slit the throat, of all I know.
About myself and this life.
Silhouette lies.
Your eyes, Your eyes.
Speaking in tongues.
Vigilant still, lead our way.
Filling my lungs.
Testing my will.
You slit the throat, of I know.
About myself and this life.
Silhouette Lies.
You slit my throat.
Because I know,
That this life, is a lie.
So slit my throat.
This one of Thrice's heaviest songs, and I believe it's about temptation. In this case the "eyes" are temptation, and they "slit the throat" of everything known about what is right and wrong. In the moment, it seems like falling into temptation is the way to go, when it's actually not. Resisting it is so difficult that it can leave you "broken and bruised and bleeding"...not literally of course, but you understand my point. It just really can test your will...as this song Silhouette says. Awesome song from Artist in the Ambulance...check it out if you like heavier stuff...
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg3qg_R9GGE
Your eyes, seamless and sure.
They leave me broken and, in need of a cure.
Your eyes, followed me here.
Your eyes, sifting my soul.
They leave me broken hands, those diamonds from the coal.
They lace me along,
Giving synapse of white lines.
Then chasing the dawn,
Story book syntax.
Your eyes slit the throat, of all I know.
About myself and this life.
Silhouette lies.
And your eyes, speaking in tongues.
Vigilant still, filling my lungs.
Testing my will.
They leave me broken and, bruised and bleeding.
Your eyes, resting in flame, Leaven me breathless again.
Like hydrogen spread on fault lines.
Or dead, kissing me with exposure to radon.
Your eyes slit the throat, of all I know.
About myself and this life.
Silhouette lies.
Your eyes, Your eyes.
Speaking in tongues.
Vigilant still, lead our way.
Filling my lungs.
Testing my will.
You slit the throat, of I know.
About myself and this life.
Silhouette Lies.
You slit my throat.
Because I know,
That this life, is a lie.
So slit my throat.
This one of Thrice's heaviest songs, and I believe it's about temptation. In this case the "eyes" are temptation, and they "slit the throat" of everything known about what is right and wrong. In the moment, it seems like falling into temptation is the way to go, when it's actually not. Resisting it is so difficult that it can leave you "broken and bruised and bleeding"...not literally of course, but you understand my point. It just really can test your will...as this song Silhouette says. Awesome song from Artist in the Ambulance...check it out if you like heavier stuff...
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg3qg_R9GGE
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