To give me a better understanding on the meaning of my chosen song I found the lyrics of Biblical online. I copied them into a Word document and analysed them without the accompanying music. By doing this, I got a feel for the mood of the song, without being influenced by the music. This will benefit me when I create my own music video, as I now know what message the artist is trying to convey in the song. Here is what I found when researching the lyrics:
The interpretation I found, is that the singer has recently experienced a break up in a relationship. The song starts with the lyrics 'Baby if you could would you go back to the start?'. This suggests to me that Simon Neil, the lead singer of Biffy Clyro, is experiencing regret. The next line, 'Take any fresh steps of watch it all fall apart again' shows that something has failed, which I think is a relationship.
The last line in the 2nd verse says 'All that glitters ain't gold'. In my opinion, this supports the point that something hasn't gone as planned. It suggests that although the relationship looked like it would work, it hasn't.
The first line in the chorus is 'You gave me Magical, I gave you Wonderful'. This shows that once, the relationship was working well, and that both of the couple cared for each other. However, the next line, 'Cut the Invisible Cord', suggests that they have now broken up. I think that the 'invisible cord' is the connection they had as a couple, and that it has now been 'cut'.
Later on in the song, a line says 'Instead we might not make it to the end'. This supports my point that the relationship never worked out. It implies that there was a plan for the couple, but it didn't reach the end.
Near the end of the song, the line 'Baby how can you walk away?' is repeated 8 times. This implies that the female has ended the relationship, and has 'walked away'. The fact that it is repeated 8 times exaggerated how hurt the singer is by this.
The final two lines are repeats of the two lines that opened the song. To me, this suggests that the lead singer is reminiscing on past events, most likely to do with the relationship. Overall, the lyric analysis shows that the song is quite negative, as the song is based around the feelings after a break-up.
I then used a website called WordItOut to create a word map of the lyrics to Biblical. This showed me what the most frequently used words in the song were. From the word map, you can see that the two most frequently used words are 'Wonderful' and 'Magical'. This suggests that the song is cheerful and based around happy emotions. However, the word 'fall apart' feature quite often, which implies a completely contrasting meaning. I think this will be good for creating a music video, as you can have two contrasting sets of shots. For example, one could feature fast editing and bright colours, while the other will be dark and slow, with not much camera movement.
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