song 71

 Song 71

Hello everyone, welcome back to music reviews! Today's song is Barely Breathing by From Ashes To New! Never heard of this band before, but I really love this song and think it's really good. So let's get into it! Not much of an intro with this song, we kind of jump straight into verse 1: "Now you're leaving, I'm the one who's bleeding. Cut out a piece of me, and now I'm barely breathing. It was all a game to you, and I'm the one that played the fool. I let you feed me to your demons, and nothing that I say or do, will ever be enough for you. So F my feelings, I don't need them." Honestly I picked a perfect song to how I'm feeling, just this first verse was enough to put things into perspective. When I can't find the words, music always knows just what to say for me. Moving on to the pre-chorus: "(Yeah) you were my heroin, you used to get me high. But all you cared about was selling me a lie. You always used to lift me up, you always used to pick me up. But now you wanna give me up, and bury me alive." This part here, kind of makes me think the story is about attachment issues. Which I personally have, or maybe they're just scared of losing someone. I also can relate. Then we have the chorus: "Now you're leaving, I'm the one who's bleeding. Cut out a piece of me, and now I'm barely breathing. Give me a reason, you're silent when I'm screaming. You took a piece of me, and now I'm barely breathing." I feel like this line, is about intense heartbreak. Because it does feel like you can't breathe, and I'm always scared of people leaving. (I did not realize how relatable this song was) Verse 2: "I wish I would've known the truth, cause I'd have run away from you. You sold a lie, and I believed it. And everything you put me through, is gonna come back to you. And if it kills you, then we're even." Whoa that last line was pretty revenge core, but I get what they're saying. If the other person ends up getting hurt as well, then it makes the other person feel better. At least for a little while. Then the pre-chorus changes in the second round: "You were my world, buy my head was in the stars. But then you burned me out and left me in the dark, you used to lift me up. You always used to pick me up, but now you wanna give me up, it's tearing me apart." Now I'm getting a rejection vibe from these lyrics. I can't imagine someone wanting to give another person up, or give up on that person. Even if it doesn't work out, you don't give up on those you love. Then the chorus repeats, and there's a little instrumental part before the bridge. Then we have the bridge: "Take me back to what we had, just take me back, cause I'm barely breathing. Take me back to what we had, just take me back (to what we had)" Grieving a relationship is really hard on the soul, mind, and body. This person is begging for time to rewind, to be with them again. As much as we would like to, we can't change the past. The best thing we can do is move forward, and try our hardest to stay positive. Not much of an outro on this song, it just ends with lyrics. Which is ok, I like these endings. Now that I have analyzed the lyrics, I move on to the music part. I really like the vocals on this song, one of the people has a gravelly voice. Where they can go from soft to kind of hardcore. There's for sure drums on this track, can't really hear much guitar. I think there's technology involved with this track, kind of drowning out the other instruments. There's also some rapping style vocals on this as well. But not the type of rapping you're thinking of, it's clear and fits with the song really well. I like the beat, it's a great one to take out your anger on. Music is one of the ways I express myself, when words aren't enough. There's also like a pause in the music, before it drops again. I always love that in songs, especially when you're lip synching. It adds more of a dramatic flair. 

That's it for this one, I hope you check it out. Thanks for the views on these, and I will see you in the next one. 

Song 70

 Song 70

Hello everyone! Well here I am at 70 reviews! :) Let's get into it shall we? The song I've chosen to review/analyze today is Down Below by Creeper! I can't believe I never reviewed this song before, but better late than never. This song doesn't really have an intro, it jumps right into verse 1: "I once saw a girl who had a heart so blue, and she smoked and drank about as much as you. And I was hoping baby, we'd get out soon. While the night's still young under this waning moon." (little side note: Creeper is another UK based band :) So far not really sure what this song is about, other than he met a girl who seemed to be heart broken. Next we have the pre-chorus: "When I can't think about the way we once were, I can think about his fingers running through your hair. What goes on in my room when I'm not there?" ok, now we have a little bit more of the story. It seems like the girl moved on with someone that wasn't him, and now he doesn't want to think about someone else having her. Then we have the chorus: "Down below, I'll meet you in the river down below." Now there's a new twist in the story, but I'll leave the down below part up for interpretation. Because that could mean so many different things. Ok, verse 2: "I once saw a girl who looked a lot like you, hair was storm-cloud black, her eyes were rain drop blue. And all I wanted baby, is to hold you. Before the stranger comes under this waning moon." ok, this part to me sounds very romantic, there's just something about moonlight that does it for me. Then the chorus repeats, but there's more to it this time: "Cause down below, he'll meet you in the river down below. Down below, he'll meet you in the river down below. Oh, let me take you down." Next is the bridge: "And he'll come to see you in the window of your home, to take you to the river down below. When he'll come to see you, in the window of your home. To take you to the river down below." Then it repeats a second time. This is a very cool bridge, because the melody slows down to almost a spooky sounding vibe. Along with the vocals going to a loud whisper on one part. The instruments on this track is mostly guitar and drums, I don't think I hear others. But very catchy melody, I especially love the way it's put together. I like their sound, kind of sounds like someone else but I can't think of who. I just know it sounds familiar. Oh wait, just before the bridge there's a little bit of piano. Then to wrap it up, the chorus repeats one final time, and the last note at the end with the singing is really good. But there really isn't much of an instrumental outro. 

Please check out this song, and other stuff from Creeper I think their really cool, and sound good! :) I will see you in the next one, bye! 

Song 69

 Song 69

Hello! Today's song is Creatures by LostAlone! Let's get right into it! Now I have never heard of this band before, so completely new to me. There isn't much of an intro with this song, it just jumps right into verse one: "I'm just happy that it's over, this is what it's like when it's all done and over." Actually the way this song is laid out, the structure is kind of all over the place. It's almost like there's no separate sections of the song, it's all one big track. Very unique, I don't think I've seen a song with this type of layout before! The melody and everything is still there though, at the beginning we have drums going at a steady pace. Along with some really nice vocals by one of the band members. I really like their sound! Then we are hit with the backing vocals, adding more depth to the song. So since there really isn't separate sections for me to analyze, I guess I'll have to pick some lyrics and go from there. Picking up back at the first lyrics I wrote here, this is more of that. "I clothed myself in the sentiment of trust, I was losing I was out of control. I'm just happy that it's over." That's mostly the lyrics throughout the song. I think it's about a relationship that was better off ending, at least that's what I'm getting from this. One part of the lyrics that I find very deep, is "And the creature you are is all that you own." I think that means you are what you are. Or the fact that you own your demons. Either way very deep and something to think about. "I'm still breathing without reason, in time I will recover feeling." I really like that, even though something is over doesn't mean it's gone. We all heal in time, I can definitely relate to this part of the song. More instruments are added into the track, as the "chorus" hits because like I said everything is kind of pushed together. I can hear the guitar in there. Yeah all I can hear is guitar and drums. Again there's not much of an outro either, because of how close together the aspects are. But it ends with "I'm just happy that it's over." I always feel like songs that end with last lyrics like this, opens a world of interpretation for the listener. I imagine on the last lyrics, the singer hangs their head and remembers what he had. Or now what he had lost. And maybe there's like rain coming down or something. A solid ten out of ten song for me, not just for the meaningful lyrics but for the uniqueness of it as well. 

I hope you consider checking this little number out, it is so worth the listen! See you next time :) 

Song 68

 Song 68

Hello my fellow music nerds! Welcome back to the blog, I hope you all had a wonderful Pride Month! And happy disability pride month to everyone! I can't believe I'm almost at 70 reviews, at the this rate I might make it to 100 by the end of the year! I did make a review for song 67, but I realized that it was too personal to post and took it down. So for this song, I'm not gonna make it so personal. The song I have for you today is DarkSide by Bring Me The Horizon! This is my first BMTH song review, I never really listened to them before. But this song and another one I actually liked, so here we go! Starting off with the intro, it sounds like a lot of the newer songs that have that electric pop sound. But still really cool. Then we have verse 1: "Sinking under, think my angel's fallen. Safe place, plundered. B******** kicked the doors in, picked the stitches and now I can't stop bleeding. Three in the morning, I haven't slept all weekend. Six feet in the dirt, and the dead's still breathing. Don't give a F**** if my heart stops beating." There's some deep stuff in that first verse, I can feel the anguish. Next we move on to the chorus, (no pre-chorus in this one) "Hey, I'm begging you to stay, my darkside won today. My heart keeps breaking, over and over. Hey, don't let me out your sight. Can't trust myself tonight, my heart keeps breaking, can you talk me off the ledge again?" With the chorus, we really get more of sense of what this song is about. The title Darkside, meaning that he's at a dark point in his life. All of this is paired together really nicely with the melody. It has this kind of spooky element to it, while also still having the sick as heck rock element. That ties it together so well. Next is verse 2: "Something haunts me, footsteps in the basement. Out of body, but there's so escaping." (I just realized that this song does have a pre-chorus, my bad) The second verse is talking about, the bad thoughts in his head. At least that's how I see it, they're trying to convince him to end it all. This is actually a pretty sad and dark song, but I also see the beauty in it as well. There's also some really freaking awesome screaming on this track, always appreciate that. Then we have the bridge: "Something's in the way, don't know what I can say. Memories are haunting me, a sickness taking over. So bury me alive, there's nowhere left to hide, and say goodbye. Cause maybe I, maybe I will miss me when I'm gone." That's actually heartbreaking :( the pain in these lyrics, is just so raw. There isn't really an outro on this track, at the end part of the chorus repeats three times, then ends with "Can you talk me off the ledge again?" Which is a way for the listener, to interpret what might have happened to the person in the story. 

And that wraps this review up! :) see you in the next one! 

Song 67

 Song 67

Hello my fellow music nerds welcome back to the blog, today's song that I will be reviewing is Comatose by Skillet. I chose this song for a specific reason, I won't say why because I'm gonna let the song do the talking. Let's just say it describes how I feel about a certain person. Okay on with the song. Skillet is a band you wouldn't expect me to listen to, since they are a Christian rock band, and I'm a pantheist. But I still love them, their lead singer has a killer voice and I really love the lyrics of this song. So the intro has some string instruments, perhaps a violin or something along that line. Then we're hit with the drums, followed by the guitar. You hear those big base drums working, all of these blend so well together. Then we have the first verse: "I hate feeling like this, I'm so tired of trying to fight this. I'm asleep and all I dream of is waking up to you. Tell me that you will listen, your touch is what I'm missing. And the I hide, I realize I'm slowly losing you." Yeah that pretty much explains what's inside my heart. I like the way he sings this first part, starts of kind of low and romantic. First the prechorus: "Comatose, I'll never wake up without an overdose of you." Then you're hit with the chorus, where he gets more into it. Let's his emotions out: I don't wanna live, I don't wanna breathe. Just to feel you next to me, you take the pain I feel. Waking up to you never felt so real, I don't wanna sleep, I don't wanna dream. Cause my dreams don't comfort me. The way you make me feel, waking up to you never felt so real." Sometimes our dreams try to tell us things, and other times they don't comfort us at all. But at the same time, you wanna believe it can happen. Then the second verse: "I hate living without you, dead wrong to ever doubt you. But my demons lay in waiting. Tempting me away, oh how I adore you, oh how I thirst for you, oh how I need you." That first line there, that really hit me. I did have to live without them for awhile, and it was so hard. But that's in the past now. Then we have the bridge, which isn't really a full a bridge: Breathing life, waking up, my eyes, open up, Comatose." It's simple, yet so much is said through those few short phrases. There's also a faint piano sound, I think it's in there. It's very subtle if it is, but I hear something that sounds like a piano. I have always been interested in the process of how songs are put together, I find it so cool how they splice different sounds, and instruments together to form such amazing work. This song is also fun to lip synch too hehe, I also like to sing this one. Because I have a connection with this song, and it makes me feel like I'm singing it to someone special. 

That is it for this review, I hope you consider giving it a listen. And until next time, keep rocking out, and stay safe :) 

Song 66

 Song 66

Hello! Welcome back to the blog, last song review of the month! I know there wasn't a lot this month, like I've said I have a hard time picking songs to review. Because I have so many that I want to do! But today I found a song that is perfect, so here we go! Today's song is Artifact by I Fight Dragons! The intro for this is very well done, it has a nice hook. I like the beat, and the melody. I just think it's very catchy, but it also has this little bit of electric pop in it. This band always has some form  of electric pop sounds in their songs, they combine rock with that sound. I think it really adds something unique to the track. My main reason for picking this song, is because of what they're saying. Here's some of the lyrics: "Break all the guitars, and burn them, rock is dead they held a funeral. Once upon a time, they made it, now the DJs just replay it." This song is about how much music has changed, and a lot of artists have seemed to forgotten classic instruments in their songs. Everyone's using techno, or something else along those lines. The song is called Artifact, because they're saying how rock is considered "ancient" now. This song really spoke to me, and says all the things I have been thinking about when it comes to how music used to be. Now I may have been a little kid in the early 2000s, but I have been listening to a lot of the music from the era for the last 2 years. And I wish music was like that again. Back when it made you feel something, and when the bass drops you know it's going to be a good song. Now I'm not saying all the new stuff is bad, because Escape the Fate has some some stuff that sounds awesome, even with the electric poppy stuff. But it would be nice for artists to remember to use their actual instruments again. So this song is not only great because of the fact that it's catchy, it also makes you think. There's another part of this song, that also refers to old music being a relic. "Maybe one day, all the kids will go: "guitar, bass, and drums so retro!" I hope like heck it does not come to that, we need to keep this genre alive people! I encourage all of you to please check this out, not just because it's a great track, but because you might learn something from it. 

I will see you all in July, and I hope I get more of these next month! I have a bunch more to do, so be on the lookout for that! And as always, thank you so much for reading these! :) <3 

Song 65

Song 65

Hello my fellow music nerds! Happy Pride Month! You all should be so proud to be who you are, and love whoever you want! And if you're not ready to come out yet, whatever the circumstances, that's ok too! There's always going to be people who will love you and accept you :) ok on with today's review, today I will be reviewing We Don't Sleep At Night by Cash Cash ft. BIM, Nightcore version! This is my first time reviewing a nightcore song, and I'm very excited to review this for you all! For those of you that are new to the genre, like myself I only started listening to it like a few weeks ago. Nightcore is basically a song that already exists, only it's sped up. Which means the melody and the vocals are all faster, kind of like how a chipmunk would song. It's also very tech sounding. I really enjoy this particular nightcore song, because of the sound and the lyrics a very fun and a little naughty lol. So right off the bat we have, this electric sounding bass. It's just really upbeat and fun to dance to as well. Here's some of the lyrics "When the sun goes down, all our sins collide, when the moon comes out I'm a devil inside. Gonna go all night, cause you know we arrange it right, we don't sleep at night." Hehe fun right? So the singing is also sped up, which isn't that bad honestly. "Turning you on when the lights go off." Is also heard throughout the song, hehehe. Like I said it's a bit naughty, but I mostly just like the melody and the uniqueness of this song. "Doctor says, I got a problem, cause I think sleep is for the weak. I wanna bite him like a vampire, cause I'm a kinky little freak." Lol, I'm more of a werewolf, though so I would bite like a werewolf instead. I just think werewolves are cooler than vampires. Anyway, it's a really neat song, I like the tech and upbeat sound that it has, a great song to dance to and to just have fun with. 

Well that wraps up this review, I hope everyone is having a safe and wonderful pride month! I will see you all in the next one! :) <3