song 99

 Song 99

Well here we are the last song before I hit 100! I just want to say, thank you to everyone who reads these. Everyone who has read these over the years, thank you for supporting me. There have so many times when I wanted to give this up, or quit. Because there have been times when I thought I wasn't good enough, I thought I would never make it as a writer. But somehow I kept going, writing is a huge way I express myself. As an autistic person, I have a hard time communicating with people verbally. So writing has really been my way to share how I feel, especially when it comes to music. I started this blog two years ago, and I never thought I would get here. I wanted a place to share my thoughts and feelings on songs, hoping to encourage other people to expand their music knowledge. Here I am, 99 songs in and I don't plan on stopping. A special thank you to my parents for encouraging me to keep going, and for their compliments and comments on my posts. And a special thank you to my friend Dawn, and my person, for liking my posts when they are uploaded. I appreciate it so much. Thank you to my person for sending me songs you think I'd love, it's not only romantic to me. But I also get to review them for this blog. I love you so much <3 With all of this said, let's get into the review. 

For this song, I wanted to support a new and upcoming band. I know they are going to be the next big thing, in metalcore music. The song is called Circles by Dark Divine. They released their debut album in 2022, and just recently released a full length album this year. This song however is off their debut alum: Halloweentown. I believe this band was inspired by motionless in white, because it has that kind of vibe to it. I'm gonna start with verse 1:"(Dig) bury my heart and my soul, (Strip) all of the flesh from the bone. Take everything that you thought that you knew about living a lie, and then make it your own. I thought getting older would be easier, but now I need someone to tell me when to breathe. And for what? Nothing I do is enough, they wanted metal so I gave them rust." So far I think they are really good song writers, just from this first section. I think what they're talking about, is breaking someone's spirit. At least that's what I got from this. The chorus: "I won't believe, that this was meant to be. Endlessly, running circles in a freaking dream!" Talking about being trapped, and feel like you're not going anywhere. Deep stuff. Second verse: "(I) see through all the lies that you promised me, (Why) am I always in a battle with reality? Getting a grip is only making it harder to breathe, everything is so much worse than it's supposed to be! I survived, only by the lessons that I taught myself. A life, online. You care about the likes more than fixing yourself!" I like how they brought in a modern problem with this part, it does seem like people nowadays only care about likes, and followers. Meanwhile, the more you focus on that. The more you lose yourself. Hence why they said that "fixing yourself" part. Next is kind of the pre-bridge: Can't breathe, I can never breathe now. Can't breathe, I can never freaking breathe now. Can't breathe, I can never breathe now. Can't breathe, I can never freaking breathe." Instrumental part. Then it's the actual bridge: "I imagine that right now, you're feeling. I bet right now missing, tumbling down right before you." Then the chorus repeats, and at the end it says "I won't believe that this was meant to freaking be!" Almost like a last message to himself. All of this mixed with crazy instrumental arrangements, plus awesome vocals/screaming. Makes for a very cool song, that also makes you think about life. 

I hope I have convinced you to listen to this song, and please give some love to Dark Divine. 

I will see you all in my 100th review! :)