| Katatonia – A Darkness Coming Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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Making a synthesis of what the lyrics express, you get that someone is perceiving a situation that brings up a heavy feeling and from some unknown source a phenomenon starts to produce a dark atmosphere. Noone but the subject that perceived the upcoming scenery the knows the causes of the consequences related to the sequence of events in that lapse of time. Though, the passive subject that observes the development of facts stays still and just accept the circumstances as they are intended to be. This is exactly how things seem to run at Donnie Darko's movie. If you watched the movie (or not) you must remember (or be now introduced) to the very idea of the plot in which "On October 2, 1988, in the small town of Middlesex, Virginia, troubled teenager Donnie Darko sleepwalks outside led by a mysterious voice. Once outside, he meets a figure in a monstrous rabbit costume who introduces himself as Frank and tells Donnie that the world will end in 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds." (more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Darko) The scenery that lyrics *may* describe seems to fit exactly to the moment when Donnie stops beside his car that is in front of his house, puts his left hand at his stomach and sees a dark cloud formation above his house - exactly above his room, where the airplane's turbine will fall). That could be a true interpretation of the lyrics if the movie would have been released previously than Katatonia's Tonight's Decision album. While Tonight's Decision it's said to be released at August 31st, 1999 (see https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Katatonia/Tonight%27s_Decision/390), the Donnie Darko movie was released only almost two years after the releasement of the music album (January 19, 2001 (Sundance) October 26, 2001 (United States) - see https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246578/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_ql_dt_2). |
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| Helloween – The Game Is On Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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This track talks about video games, especifically about NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) consoles and the joy may proportionate while one plays it, assuring that these consoles were financially acquirable by anyone. In a first moment, it makes reference to the ones that you connect to a TV, not exactly referring to Game Boy - that has its own small screen - but to a NES/Famicon family system. Though, during the song many Game Boy effects are used, such Mario and Baseball games and even Nintendo title sound - that appears and may be heard when you turn a Game Boy on. The sequence kinda reveals the experience of gaming, while entering rooms, destructing walls and objects with so many effects of magic and thing you don't find easily in our 'outworld'. It may also refer to the alienation process that people who play too much may contract, degrading the perception of their round while focused on the game at the point of not perceiving that their house is burning. The track also mentions the symptoms one may incur by playing for extended hours, such as headaches and dizziness, like anything in excess. Ultimately, the refrain speaks something that may sound deep when you're a gamer or enthusiast of the subject. It says that when the game wins (what we use to call computer or cpu) all you hear is what it says: You Lose/Game Over. First, you may have the opportunity of losing some times, or not. Losing all the lifes, continues, you will deal with the ultimate loss: Game Over. Though, if you clear all the phases, kill all the bosses, makes everything you may do to clear the game, the game will be over, and sometimes, the CPU tells that to you while you watch an ending movie/CG or reveals a password to you, thanking you for playing, etc. That said, we may consider that this state of happiness or finality hardly searched has an end that will necessarily happen: doesn't matter if you win or lose, the game will be over. |
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