| Pierce the Veil – Disasterology Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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The song takes alot from the movie Donnie Darko, especially a few specific parts. First they talk about a short story called "The Destructors" by Graham Greene which Donnie, in class, comments on the main theme of the book, "They say right when they flood the house and they tear it to shreds that... destruction is a form of creation," so the fact that they burn the money is ironic. They just want to see what happens when they tear the world apart. They want to change things." The song title seems to be taken as a derivative of the title of this book, also the line, "Can we create something beautiful and destroy it?" seems to be taken from this theme of the movie as well. Secondly the line in the song, "If every living thing dies alone. What am I doing here?", seems to be taken directly from what Roberta Sparrow whispers in Donnies ear. She says "Every living thing on earth dies alone." This troubles Donnie greatly in the movie and the "what am i doing here?" seems to be what PTV imagines what is going through Donnies head as he ponders the message. Several other lines allude to the movie including, "If you come over tonight, we can travel through time." Time travel is a huge part of the movie. One more, "If it's the end of the world, You and me should spend the rest of it in love", the end of the world comes after Halloween when Donnie can travel back in time to save the life of Gretchen by letting his own be taken. There are probably even more references in the song but honestly im tired of typing. My interpretation is that PTV is documenting their interpretation of Donnies thoughts through the movie. I hope this gives some people some ideas, thanks for reading. |
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