I first heard this song on my iPod Shuffle when I was coming back from a vacation to South Carolina. I was going through a rough breakup with a girl back home that I had been dating for two years. We were no longer dating, but trying to work things out and this vacation to visit my brother for a week was supposed to be my chance to get away from everything and clear my head and my girlfriend strongly encouraged this. I got off of my flight from South Carolina to Detroit for a layover and grabbed some food. I immediately tried getting a hold of my woman when I got off the flight, as I was extremely homesick by this point and missing her even more. This same day, an acquaintance I had gone to high school with was on a one week leave from his Army station in Hawaii. He was having a welcome back party, and his sister was one of my ex's good friends. I guess she ended up attending this party/barbecue while I was en route back home and after two hours of ignored phone calls, I caught wind that she had taken an extreme interest in this guy. I was devastated and heartbroken and wanted to break down right there in the airport. I sucked it up and tried playing it calm for the next few hours of my trip and began the walk to the terminal for my flight that was about to board. I put my earphones in and put my iPod on shuffle. While walking on a moving walkway just before the terminal, this song came on. I had listened to some of BSS's music, as I had preloaded it with a ton of new music that I wanted to check out while I was on vacation. This, however, was the first time I had heard "Sweetest Kill." As if cued perfectly in a movie, this song came on. I can't say that the meaning I took from it was what Kevin Drew was feeling, but I can say that the song summed up how I was feeling perfectly, in the form of a beautiful, beautiful song. The song actually made me feel better just as I thought nothing in the world could do anything to make me feel better. I don't believe in God or predetermination or anything like that, but this song coming on exactly when it did gave me the feeling that maybe there is a such thing as fate. Every time I hear this song, memories of that day and all of the bad feelings come to mind, but the feelings of hope and not being alone in my problems also comes to mind. I guess my experience goes to prove that no matter what the songwriter intended the lyrics to mean, people will have their own personal and sentimental interpretations of a song. I made a point to go see BSS less than a month later at Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, out of gratitude, amazement and awe. Thank you for this, Kevin Drew.
I was moved just by your response and interpretation of the song. I too related the song to an ex of mine. I love this song! Though I wouldn't recommend the video. It's a little too literal for me.
I was moved just by your response and interpretation of the song. I too related the song to an ex of mine. I love this song! Though I wouldn't recommend the video. It's a little too literal for me.
I first heard this song on my iPod Shuffle when I was coming back from a vacation to South Carolina. I was going through a rough breakup with a girl back home that I had been dating for two years. We were no longer dating, but trying to work things out and this vacation to visit my brother for a week was supposed to be my chance to get away from everything and clear my head and my girlfriend strongly encouraged this. I got off of my flight from South Carolina to Detroit for a layover and grabbed some food. I immediately tried getting a hold of my woman when I got off the flight, as I was extremely homesick by this point and missing her even more. This same day, an acquaintance I had gone to high school with was on a one week leave from his Army station in Hawaii. He was having a welcome back party, and his sister was one of my ex's good friends. I guess she ended up attending this party/barbecue while I was en route back home and after two hours of ignored phone calls, I caught wind that she had taken an extreme interest in this guy. I was devastated and heartbroken and wanted to break down right there in the airport. I sucked it up and tried playing it calm for the next few hours of my trip and began the walk to the terminal for my flight that was about to board. I put my earphones in and put my iPod on shuffle. While walking on a moving walkway just before the terminal, this song came on. I had listened to some of BSS's music, as I had preloaded it with a ton of new music that I wanted to check out while I was on vacation. This, however, was the first time I had heard "Sweetest Kill." As if cued perfectly in a movie, this song came on. I can't say that the meaning I took from it was what Kevin Drew was feeling, but I can say that the song summed up how I was feeling perfectly, in the form of a beautiful, beautiful song. The song actually made me feel better just as I thought nothing in the world could do anything to make me feel better. I don't believe in God or predetermination or anything like that, but this song coming on exactly when it did gave me the feeling that maybe there is a such thing as fate. Every time I hear this song, memories of that day and all of the bad feelings come to mind, but the feelings of hope and not being alone in my problems also comes to mind. I guess my experience goes to prove that no matter what the songwriter intended the lyrics to mean, people will have their own personal and sentimental interpretations of a song. I made a point to go see BSS less than a month later at Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, out of gratitude, amazement and awe. Thank you for this, Kevin Drew.
I was moved just by your response and interpretation of the song. I too related the song to an ex of mine. I love this song! Though I wouldn't recommend the video. It's a little too literal for me.
I was moved just by your response and interpretation of the song. I too related the song to an ex of mine. I love this song! Though I wouldn't recommend the video. It's a little too literal for me.