| Genesis – Follow You Follow Me Lyrics | 7 years ago |
| The first time I heard this song, my immediate though was: "Facebook etiquette." I was about 10 at the time. Just thought I'd share. | |
| John Mayer – Heartbreak Warfare Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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@[MattSRamirez:26980] I'm pretty sure the "game" line refers to the girl-or boy-friend's callous indifference in the endgame of a relationship; they brush all the feelings off as petty, so the narrator is sarcastically replying that they treated the 'ship as nothing more than a game. I'm pretty sure the "name" line just leads into the chorus. Correct me if I'm wrong. |
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| John Mayer – Heartbreak Warfare Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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It might just be because I've recently read the book, but this song reminds me of the story of Frankenstein. Lightning strike Inside, my chest to keep me up at night Self-explanatory, obviously. This next bit: Dream of ways To make you understand my pain To anyone who has read the book, this is one of the most immediately recognizable themes. The monster wants to make Victor understand its pain of existence. The chorus: Clouds of sulfur in the air Bombs are falling everywhere It's heartbreak warfare Once you want it to begin, No one really ever wins In heartbreak warfare This kind of displays the main relationship between the two characters, Victor and the monster. Once the monster starts killing, it doesn't want to stop, and both of them just enter a downward spiral of maliciousness and depression. Now, this next part I imagine Victor talking to the monster: If you want more love, Why don't you say so? If you want more love, Why don't you say so? Victor, I imagine, is heartbroken and outraged, and this screams at the monster; presumably, his next lines would concern why the monster killed in the first place, instead of talking. Maybe this transpires in the cottage on the mountain where the two first converse. Now this next bit, I imagine a quick cut between the two of them. First, Victor: Drop his name Push it in and twist the knife again I imagine the name to be that of William, his poor brother, or maybe Clerval. And now we cut to the monster: Watch my face As I pretend to feel no pain, pain, pain We learn in the end of the book that the monster only pretended to relish killing; in truth, it was ten times as heartbreaking to him as it was to Victor. Thusly, when he speaks with Victor, or leers at him from the window, it's all a facade; the monster is only pretending not to feel pain. *The chorus again* How come the only way to know how high you get me Is to see how far I fall This part I imagine is something of a flashback moment; Victor had everything up until he created the monster; he got very high up in the ranks of scientists, but didn't know it until everything started falling apart around him. Obviously, this is Victor speaking. God only knows how much I'd love you if you let me But I can't break through at all. I think this is the monster talking. He just wants to get through to Victor, and share a love for all of humankind, but Victor is so set on destroying his creation that the monster "can't get through it all." I don't care if we don't sleep at all tonight Let's just fix this whole thing now I swear to God we're gonna get it right If you lay your weapon down I tend to think this is when Victor is in his laboratory on the Ozark cliffs, or wherever that was, creating a bride for the monster. Obviously, this would be before he smashed his work, but he described the toll that working so much was taking on his health. Red wine and Ambien You're talking shit again, it's heartbreak warfare No explanation for the first line, unfortunately; maybe the monster and Victor were having wine while they talked in the cottage? But the second one definitely works; this is when either the monster or Victor gets incensed about the other not creating a bride or killing people, respectively. This is the only section that has a discrepancy; I hope we can overlook it. Good to know it's all a game Disappointment has a name, it's heartbreak, heartbreak This, I imagine, is the end of the book, where Frankenstein just breaks down and chases the monster across the globe, while the monster leaves insulting notes for him. I can imagine Victor looking at one of these notes, a particularly spiteful one, and saying these lines. A fitting end for such a gloomy story. Or, y'know, it could be a generic song about a breakup. |
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