#brilliantsong

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This is one of the songs I will be performing on Monday! Between the minds by Jack savoretti. Practising on my new piano. #yamaha #yamahap45 #gorgeous #excited #jacksavoretti #betweentheminds #brilliantsong #gonnasoundepic

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A Brilliant Song

This song may initially seem like another catchy Top - 40 destined to be forgotten in less than two years but it is instead brilliant.  I agree that it is in fact catchy however who doesn’t like a catchy song to begin with, something to hook you in and sing along with until the meaning of the words dawn on you.  This is where this song stands out.  For those interested in the backstory, Jack Antonoff, the lead singer of Bleachers lost his sister at the age of 18 and then a cousin a year later and proceeded to go on a self-discovery that turned into self-destruction.  His conversation with his mom when he felt that he finally had lost his mind on acid is what set his mind on the right course. The repeated “I wanna get better, better, better” is more than just lyrics, it is an anthem, a mantra to help cope and prove the struggle there is in trying to find the light again. And really, for those who have had bad days, standing on an interstate screaming at yourself is all that is really left to do.  But as the song shows, there is still time to pick yourself up and just get better, better, better.

[feny-barack]

Angel of small death and the codeine scene

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"If i can't have you, why won't you let me go? If you don't want me, say it on the radio!"

- The Wanted.

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"Skinny Love" By Bon Iver

Listen to the song here, you need to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrMmr1oMPGA

"Skinny Love" By Bon Iver is one of my absolute favourites at the moment. I've listened to this song over and over trying to figure the meaning, and it could be about anything. For me, I think it maybe about a relationship that's not fair. That it's all take and not enough give and that causes the girl, (Skinny Love), to try and commit suicide, "Staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer". The man is mad at her for doing this, it seems like a co-dependent relationship, but it could also be because he loves her so much that he's angry that she's not happy about being with him. He fights with her, and she does the same, "Pour a little salt we where never here", like he wanted to pretend that the fights never happened, but in the end it's just too much, and with the line "I'll be holding all the tickets and you'll be owning all the fines" it's like he's saying "You won't get anywhere by doing this to yourself". The song is all a metaphor. The song also says "And now all your love was wasted? Then who the hell was I? and now I'm breaking at the britches and at the end of all your lines" She says that her love was wasted on nothing, and he is feeling offended that he was nothing to her all along. "Who will love you? Who will fight? And who will fall far behind?" He wants to know if she will fight for their love as much as he is. 

In the end, the Man loves this woman and he can't go on without her, he needs the reassurance that their love will go on, and he didn't get an answer because he left the song on question, like he's saying "I've given you everything, all that I am, now can you do the same?"

-A