Metric fans, I beg to differ with your concerns! You should rejoice in this song!!
It isn't simplistic; it's just beautifully simple. It’s all too easy to write pretentiously impenetrable lyrics, but a real skill to write straightforwardly with panache.
And what's more, you now own the definitive Twilight song! Just as Stephenie Meyer has delighted her fans with a complex story simply told, so too has your band conjured clarity from a whirl of emotions — and the opening verse alone contains enough literary technique to signal genuine lyrical ability.
But most importantly, this song will lead people to the delights of Metric. I knew nothing of them until I encountered this Eclipse flag-bearer. I also happened to catch the video, which prefaces the core song with a vignette of Emily toying with her pad and pen as she refines the lyrics — a giveaway that whilst the band is up for a bit of vampire fun, it’s still (un)deadly serious about what it says.
As a result I took a risk and, more in hope than expectation, I bought Fantasies. After about three plays, my life was enriched and Metric had itself another admirer! And in the context of ‘Gimme Sympathy’ and ‘Sick Muse’, this song sits very comfortably in the evolving Metric canon.
So let's just laud this song for what it is: an unfussy, quality companion to a modern-day classic novel.
Metric fans, I beg to differ with your concerns! You should rejoice in this song!!
It isn't simplistic; it's just beautifully simple. It’s all too easy to write pretentiously impenetrable lyrics, but a real skill to write straightforwardly with panache.
And what's more, you now own the definitive Twilight song! Just as Stephenie Meyer has delighted her fans with a complex story simply told, so too has your band conjured clarity from a whirl of emotions — and the opening verse alone contains enough literary technique to signal genuine lyrical ability.
But most importantly, this song will lead people to the delights of Metric. I knew nothing of them until I encountered this Eclipse flag-bearer. I also happened to catch the video, which prefaces the core song with a vignette of Emily toying with her pad and pen as she refines the lyrics — a giveaway that whilst the band is up for a bit of vampire fun, it’s still (un)deadly serious about what it says.
As a result I took a risk and, more in hope than expectation, I bought Fantasies. After about three plays, my life was enriched and Metric had itself another admirer! And in the context of ‘Gimme Sympathy’ and ‘Sick Muse’, this song sits very comfortably in the evolving Metric canon.
So let's just laud this song for what it is: an unfussy, quality companion to a modern-day classic novel.