I heard this song on my Pandora not long ago and it immediately became one of my current favorites. I particularly like the shift from minor to major chords throughout the piece. I believe this song can be tied to the script in many ways. It is about abandoning simple emotions and making active choices "Love, love is a verb." It makes me want to explore the motives behind why the characters do what they do, and how their feelings lead them to act. Also, the lines "black flowers blossom" remind me of how death is not necessarily an end of life, but perhaps a new form of life. Is there a stationary heaven? Can beautiful things come from death? All we know for certain is that death is a fact of life, and that life is too short to fixate on death instead of living. The imagery of teardrops falling into the fire of confession is a beautiful metaphor. The teardrops symbolize truth in our heart that gets twisted in our head, and so water meets the fire and instead of building the fire of truth, it sizzles out and leaves everyone stumbling in the dark - searching for the truth. Why does Jean lie so much? Is she putting out the fire of truth and confession? Is it so bad to stumble in the dark as long as you're happy with the lie?
Monday, September 10, 2012
Massive Attack -- "Teardrop"
I heard this song on my Pandora not long ago and it immediately became one of my current favorites. I particularly like the shift from minor to major chords throughout the piece. I believe this song can be tied to the script in many ways. It is about abandoning simple emotions and making active choices "Love, love is a verb." It makes me want to explore the motives behind why the characters do what they do, and how their feelings lead them to act. Also, the lines "black flowers blossom" remind me of how death is not necessarily an end of life, but perhaps a new form of life. Is there a stationary heaven? Can beautiful things come from death? All we know for certain is that death is a fact of life, and that life is too short to fixate on death instead of living. The imagery of teardrops falling into the fire of confession is a beautiful metaphor. The teardrops symbolize truth in our heart that gets twisted in our head, and so water meets the fire and instead of building the fire of truth, it sizzles out and leaves everyone stumbling in the dark - searching for the truth. Why does Jean lie so much? Is she putting out the fire of truth and confession? Is it so bad to stumble in the dark as long as you're happy with the lie?
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