The start shows the remaining of a massacre. It’s the remaining of a war. The survivors are the ones appearing in the video including BTS. All of these events that will occur are symbolism of what occurred in BTS’ minds and lives for the last 7 years. It’s basically their mental state and struggles. It’s their journey towards success.
Generally, a dead body is a sign of depression. Remember that it is a body without life and can denote lack of motivation or loss of enthusiasm for a certain aspect of life. The video do not show a good memory but people who are tired, depressed, willing to leave it all and seem to have lost a big battle against themselves and the public.
Jin appears first looking at how even animals didn’t survive. The white pigeon is dead. It usually symbolizes peace, love and honor. But BTS at that time got none. It got slayed all.
Some people say when you find a dead bird the meaning is someone you loved passed away. Their past selves are dead and they will never be the same. This dead bird marks the end to their search and struggle. A new beginning is just around the corner. More specifically, it symbolizes the end of something and the start of something else.
We have next Jungkook running away from a prison. A prison represents feelings of confinement or restriction. You can’t do what you want or feel held back. You may feel forced to do something or to give up something. Feeling trapped in a situation you can’t get out of. Feeling repressed. “Don’t say this. Don’t do that. Don’t date. Don’t talk this way. Don’t look like this. Don’t and don’t and don’t”. Isn’t idols told more not to do than what to do? BTS have had enough, so they decide to run away from a public that is not forgiving and that will not be pleased no matter the price paid with their blood, sweat and tears.
Jimin is the third to appear and there are many drums behind him. Drums are symbols of the rhythm of life. Their beat can be equated to the beating of a heart. Since the heart is central to our survival, its beating indicates that we are alive and once it stops, we die. So many drums but no one is touching them. BTS’ life become dull. They are as good as dead. Just bodies movies like a puppet worked by strings.
Namjoon is standing in front of a boat with various animals. It’s the story of Noah. Noah was an obedient servant of God in the Old Testament who found favor with God amidst a sinful world. He is most well-known for building an ark that preserved himself and his family, as well as representatives of every land animal, from a great flood that God unleashed in judgement upon the earth. RM is the leader of BTS. It’s well known that he carried more burden than anyone from many years and a very young age. All for the goal to protect BTS against the sinful world that represents hate, prejudice, failure and more. But what at which price? They survived but their world is dead.
The sinful world is represented by how in that world BTS lived. Trees had no leaves and people had no compassion. If you fall, it’s so competitive they will feed of your flesh (The bird trying to eat Jungkook). Leafless tree with broken branches represents depression. And many members if not all were from sad to very depressed. Some didn’t just consider ending this career but their lives.
They say in the middle of agonies and ends there is still hope. Suga is in a religious place. Even if their world seems to be in an apocalyptic state and everyone’s clothes are torn. People here stand in unison holding candles and keeping fate. The people here might be the fans. The candles symbolize light in the darkness of life especially in an individual life. BTS always said taht ARMY were their smiles in days full of tears.
When BTS thought there was no hope left and there was no way they could survive this non-forgiving industry. A miracle occurred. At least that’s how it’s described here. The dove that was dead and that Jin brought back…moved. It’s alive. It survived. Or it was brought back to life. The prayers of the ones mentioned above (the hard work of the fans) made a change. The dove represents peace of the deepest kind. It soothes and quiets our worried or troubled thoughts, enabling us to find renewal in the silence of the mind. The dove’s roles as spirit messenger, maternal symbol and liaison impart an inner peace that helps us to go about our lives calmly and with purpose
The drums that were just kept there in piles started making sounds too. It might be faint because it was only one boy playing the drums. But that was enough to start a new life. Their dying hearts danced a new beat in hope for better days.
The girl who was not allowed to see. She wasn’t born blind but the piece of cloth made her so. She could have taken it off herself. But ignorance can make you blind and you will never see a human saying he is ignorant himself. Changing ideas and perspective ain’t easy. The girl is given back her sight by a BTS member V. It symbolizes how the boys bring to light many social issues and important subjects. It’s also the proof that they changed many people’s point of view about what a group of a small company can do, of what seven Asian guys from a small country can achieve and so on. It also can be portrayed by how Taehyung kept the girl blindfolded not looking at the atrocities of BTS’ world until it became safe. The girl is the young ARMY when the fandom wasn’t as big? Also, eyes are probably the most important symbolic sensory organ. They can represent clairvoyance, omniscience, and/or a gateway into the soul. Other qualities that eyes are commonly associated with are: intelligence, light, vigilance, moral conscience, and truth.
Something else happens in this scene, the huge wall opens up and becomes a door to a new horizon. People who were given back their sight will become key in changing the destiny of the boys. They are new allies.
The survivors will all come in front of the opened wall. It can be seen as how only very few idols and artists that debut make it in the show business industry. BTS are after all the only active group to this day that debuted in 2013 in Korea.
Jin frees the dove and it flies. Releasing a dove means peace. The war against themselves and everyone is finally over. They accepted their shadows and won people over.
Jungkook who was nowhere to be seen, is elsewhere blowing on a conch shell. Thorns that were on his wrists tying him up became this shell once submerged in water (Water symbolizes The most obvious are life, being born, purity, cleansing, or the washing away of sins). In the Mahabharata, Arjuna uses a conch shell to call his troops into battle. The shell is therefore associated with courage, power and sovereignty. According to mainstream Buddhism and Hinduism, the conch shell is also associated with truthful speech and strength.
The next scene will show a volcano eruption. This is an ancient Greek explanation of volcanic activity: a volcanic eruption represents the thwarted efforts of a divine being. The meaning of a volcano while it may indicate deep emotions coming out after being suppressed, volcanoes might also indicate an important new knowledge that is becoming clear, or developing profound new depths of self-awareness.
BTS are seen after these events in a gathering carrying the conch. This object is the most ancient musical instrument known to man. … In Buddhism the conch shell’s call is meant to awaken one from ignorance, and is a sign of victory over suffering. In Chinese Buddhism, the conch shell signifies a prosperous journey.
The earth (their world) that had nothing will start to change…
and trees will grow beyond the wall. It will become a paradise.
The survivors will stand in front of the wall looking but not moving. Just because there is an open door, doesn’t mean that people will walk through it. No one knows what is beyond there. And fear is a human vice and uncertainty is a whisperer to the mind. (Jungkook is amongst them now)
RM gives the signal to march towards this new land. He believes that outside the wall is somewhere that can be reached and life is better there.
But only 7 individuals get to go beyond that wall. They are teh chosen ones or may I say The brave ones. Because they believed in a dream where that new land will bring better life to them. That somehow that will make them reach a common dream.
Jungkook who seemed like a prisoner to this world. A slave in a prison with no light, is now smiling and moving forward. He is running again but this time, he is not running away. he is running towards a dream.
The video will end showing how BTS ere close to the peak of the mountain. But even that is no more the limit. Because the sky is vast and heavens might be nearer than many think.
The irony of how they started with a song called “No More Dream” that showed how this generation lost hope and stopped dreaming of achieving big things…
Just so they will be the chosen seven to reach incredible places all because of a one common dream. The video ends with the words “No more dream”. The “No more” fades and “Dream” is left. It’s their way of saying “We survived hell. There is a way out from the non ending darkness to heaven” or more simply, it’s their way of spreading hope and becoming an example to the people who believe in them.
If you research the meaning of the number seven, there is something endearing and harmonious about the vibration of the number 7, which is characteristic for someone feeling the urge to inspect the profoundness of some things in life. This is a perfectionist who is very exigent, someone with an inclination to analyze any situation and who sometimes may appear distant and hesitant. The goal behind the energy of number 7 is to encounter spiritual growth and enrich the lives of others with the results.
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