| The Birthday Massacre – In The Dark Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I absolutely love the birthday massacre and their odd videos! At first from just listening to the lyrics I thought it was about love, and how it can be a dangerous thing. After watching the music video I think the song has a much deeper meaning. In the video, Chibi pulls "herself" out of the mirror. I think it is a representation of her bottled up emotions and unsolved problems. She wants to let them all out and confront them at first. This is why she has the key, the key that locks her heart, and tries unlocking it. But after hiding them for so long and possibly even denying the feelings to herself, she doesn't feel relieved, but instead finds this mass ocean of suppressed emotions that begin bleeding out. She gets scared and tries to lock them back up but the bandages prevent her from doing so. The scene under the covers show how everything is in disarray and she is confused. Then we come to my favorite part of the video, and possibly the "creepiest". Chibi decides to ignore the emotions all over again, but she can't hide them anymore, or more accurately, she can not run from them. We see the figure of "herself" on television, drawing nearer. Then the "emotion self" pulls her back down, trapping her. She can't hide from them but she can't confront and resolve her emotions and problems either. She is trapped. "In the dark..." All these broken pieces left unglued (unsolved problems, suppressed emotions...) Should never find their way into the hands of someone like you(Should never have happened to someone like her. Someone who bottles things up....) I'm in the dark (She's confused. Trapped.) I'm alone around you I've never been here before (She's never tried facing her emotions...never been trapped like this) Nobody here to get me through (No one has ever tried helping...nor is there to help now...) Oh, I'm in the dark Every minute shared is never mine (She has a fake personality. Hiding certain feelings. It isnt her.) Frozen in this fog and hiding every second in time (Trapped in this ocean of emotions) I'm losing my faith in every way (Im confused. Lost...) That points to you, Oh (its her own fault) The more weak the day (the harder the day...) The less I behave as if (the harder it is to act....) Everything black can wash away (as though everythings fine. And all her problems will go away...) Oh, Can't I just trade a dream for a way To peel back the shade behind the grey? (Isn't there some simple beautiful way, to make it all go away...) |
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