“We scan the empty sky – Always without successWe’re lighting signal fires – And spelling SOSWe stare at broken clocks – The truth comes twice a dayWhile every second just slips away…“ In times like these, where the words “trying times” are heard to no end and have now settled down as a new normal, […]
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“Fourth of July” – Carrie & Lowell
Carrie & Lowell, named after Sufjan’s mother and stepfather can be described as a painful confrontation, or a cathartic confession of a troubled childhood, or maybe a nostalgic love letter to a deceased mother from her child with whom she had a complicated relationship. Carrie suffered from depression, schizophrenia, and alcoholism. Feeling unequipped to raise […]
“Tragedy + Time” – Rise against
Emotions are the lines of life that keep us anchored to our souls. To put it in a nutshell, we all feed upon our emotions. Positive, negative, or whatever emotion it may be, every human being that inhabits the earth, lives on these phenomena. However, as humans are mere slaves of desires and relationships, they […]
“One More Light” – Linkin Park
“One More Light”, a piece from the seventh studio album of Linkin Park stands as an effective portrayal of the significant turning points of life: loss and death. The two aspects are continuously linked together throughout the piece by bringing out the distress of an onlooker who may be a friend or family and the […]
“Comfortably Numb” – Pink Floyd
Call me old school, but I was not a fan of Rock Music until I came across the masterpiece, “Comfortably Numb” by Pink Floyd. I always hated the moody bass parts of Rock Music and considered the heavy music as a headache. Just like a 100 years old grandma, I did embrace the soft melodies […]