I agree with Glassinthetreesx, this has got to be "part 2" of Vanus Empty. Part of the reason I feel Dead Poetic has such an impact is the raw candor they have in presenting the harshest realities we face everyday. Vanity's new gun went off, and while one victim is dead, it's not enough, "Hollywood/The World" is never satiated. The personification of Vanity shows a person that is addicted to the endless pursuit of empty ambitions and trying to "fit in" and will stop at nothing to continue to run in that circle, regardless of how many get hurt along the way. I think it's interesting, and maybe un-related, that the next song on the album is "In Coma". I feel they are trying to say the only defense we have to this backstabbing "Hollywood/Vanity" addiction which leaves so many people irreparably damaged is to stay dead to the world. Reminds me of the verse "Be in the world, but not of the world".
I agree with Glassinthetreesx, this has got to be "part 2" of Vanus Empty. Part of the reason I feel Dead Poetic has such an impact is the raw candor they have in presenting the harshest realities we face everyday. Vanity's new gun went off, and while one victim is dead, it's not enough, "Hollywood/The World" is never satiated. The personification of Vanity shows a person that is addicted to the endless pursuit of empty ambitions and trying to "fit in" and will stop at nothing to continue to run in that circle, regardless of how many get hurt along the way. I think it's interesting, and maybe un-related, that the next song on the album is "In Coma". I feel they are trying to say the only defense we have to this backstabbing "Hollywood/Vanity" addiction which leaves so many people irreparably damaged is to stay dead to the world. Reminds me of the verse "Be in the world, but not of the world".