The Killer's Song Mr. Brightside

This quote from the song shows how she just ran away with her boyfriend

In line 7 (“He isn’t an enemy now”) the speaker is telling herself that she should not be dwelling on the past because her ex can’t hurt her anymore. The “bitch” seems to be doing fine in controlling her emotions until line 9 when her ex-lover asks her: ““How are the children? They must be growing up.” An immediate change of tone occurs here. There is an internal struggle going on between her heart and her mind. The speaker’s mind is telling her to be polite to her ex, forget the past and move on. The bitch’s heart, on the other hand, is keeping her from moving on and causing her to struggle with feelings of desire. This is clear, for example, in lines 10-13: “At a kind word from him... Down, girl! Keep your distance.” The speaker knows that if she accidentally gets to close to this ex-lover by having feelings again, she will only end up getting hurt. Kind words and gestures can often be deceiving and I have learned that unfortunately charming people are dangerous. I have been hurt numerous times by such personalities by only looking at their kind side and ignoring other flaws. The bitch is warning herself to not get caught up in this trap of feelings again.

In this song, the author puts heavy emphasis on the pathos of his claims. A notable example is found in the beginning when the author says “on the other side of a street a knew/Stood a girl that looked like you” this is an effective use of pathos because it lets the audience know that the author has had this woman on his mind for so long that he begins the way see her everywhere. This in a way contributes to his ethos because it shows that he is being sincere. This effectively reaches “us” as the audience because it appeals to the emotional side of the argument by letting us know that he does care about this

He sings of being cheated in the past and being cheated out of love again. He

However, the listener is brought back to reality after understanding the portrayal of the character’s confusion, from the lyrics “Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?”. Then, the character’s emotion changes to being nonchalant, with the lyrics “Because I’m easy come, easy go, Little high, little low, Any way the wind blows doesn’t really matter to me, to me”. The emotion next changes to realization, as the character registers what they have done (“Mama just killed a man, Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he’s dead”). After the character’s realization, the listener can perceive that the character is then washed over with regret and guilt for what they have committed. This is shown through the lyrics “Mama, life had just begun, But now I’ve gone and thrown it all away”. The incredible guitar solo that occurs afterward only further emphasizes the character’s remorse, for the sounds of the guitar resembles that of someone who is

The anger and frustration in the vocals shows that the singer feels strongly about the subject. The filling your mouth metaphor pertains to the CEOs taking all they can get and being gluttonous with their money.  The tone of “Psychosocial” is anger and frustration, anger in that the singer refers to the oil barons digging their own graves, seemingly a sort of threat on the barons lives. Frustration in that people do not even realize how greedy most rich people are and what they had to do to get there was not for the good of any person other than themselves as shown when he says “We could start over just look me in the eyes and say I'm wrong.” stating that people very often overlook how much better it would be to just start

It is easy to get caught up in one’s own world when life picks up the pace and everything seems hectic; along the way decisions are made unconsciously to let go of people who were once held dear. It is easy to be torn between what appears to be important and what is trivial. Amidst the mess that is life, various things contend for one’s attention, and what really matters might not be so clear. In “The Last Rung on the Ladder” the guilt that consumes the narrator over his sister’s suicide becomes an essential part of his identity even as he tries to adjust to her loss. In “Sanctuary” Jim Hammer is in the very first stages of realizing he is guilty of his friend’s death, and the responsibility has not yet taken its toll on him. The history and experiences of one’s identity affect the way an individual reacts to guilt, if one has never understood the impact that relationships have upon past and present selves then it is difficult to fully digest the impact of his/her actions.

Kevin Young’s “I am Trying to Break Your Heart” examines the dark and chaotic nature of trying to heal from emotional damage. Addressing a lover, the speaker uses twisted and macabre diction to describe the dark feelings that brew within him. These sinister desires to harm the lover shine through in the terse language and erratic structure, as well as. The 2008 poem alludes to a Wilco song of the same name, wherein the speaker describes his heartache after leaving his lover and facing regret concerning the situation. This is alluded to in stanzas 12 and 13 when Young writes “... I assassin / down the avenue,” (22-23) the second line of the song. Without taking note of this allusion, the poem would seem as if Young is portraying himself as a manipulator seeking to gain power over his lover. But through referencing the 2002 song “I am Trying to Break Your Heart” by Jeff Tweedy, Young clarifies his intent. The poem is meant to illustrate the chaotic and destructive nature of healing from emotional damage, showing how a love lost can leave an individual scarred and vengeful.

It became a way of self-expression; his own movement within himself. He related to the way he felt the music move him, was the way the heroin flowed through his veins and set him free. Free of the confinements of the city that trapped his youth, and free of the bars that held him hostage to break his habit of addiction. Even though he had hurt his family, he was able to relate his pain and struggles through music. With his own emotional struggles after the death of his child, the narrator reunites with his brother years later.

Your first thought is the love between the couple is toxic and lethal yet, he cannot resist his partner. But, really it is a reference to Cocaine. Cocaine is given a female voice. He uses personification by bringing the drug to life, where it can communicate with him and become part of his life. He knows that this “girl” meaning, Cocaine is going to be the death of him. While in use of Cocaine he gets numb. “But at least we’ll both be beautiful and stay forever young/ This I know, (yeah) this I know” (3-4). You say again, that he is singing about how the love is so very satisfying. But he is actually meaning that his desire for this young and beautiful woman makes him feel good. He feels as if he is invincible when he has her. Even though he seems to be aware of the consequences that come with feeling young and beautiful; with the use of Cocaine. “She told me, ‘Don’t worry about it.’/ She told me, ‘Don’t worry no more.’/ We both knew we can’t go without it/ She told me you’ll

Music is an integral part of our identity, and an instrumental tool to free one’s mind of heartache. Connie’s love for “hard, fast, shrieking” music is reflected in her personality. She offers readers clues to why she is susceptible to a predator like Arnold Friend. Connie’s self-obsession makes her hesitant to keep her distance from the attention Arnold glorifies her with. The ‘Con’ in ‘Connie’ suggests self-deception and hints to the demise Arnold seeks.

This weariness with life is a symbol of schizoid suicide, which leads into withdrawal into death, into a ghostly world. In the unconscious, the narrator believes that the corruption of relationships through sexual contact brings nothingness. This again indicates the presence of a schizoid element in his mind. A person with a schizoid mind seeks isolation. Union with a woman will not take him into the path of separateness, so he buries the woman. Now he can be free. He is alone but alive. In the process, he is denouncing the "inferior" half of himself, the woman in him, the part that he fears may corrupt and make him diseased. He expresses the intolerable perplexity of woman as a focus of appearance and reality.

Throughout the song, Staples creates a mood of fear and anger caused by the feeling of oppression and discrimination towards people of colour, which is developed by the writer’s choice to use words that carry negative connotations. He uses the word “frantic” to describe the police’s actions, as this emphasises their decision to use their weapons in situations that may not require them to be used, especially the use of guns - the weapon that is responsible for many deaths in situations where police brutality was involved. In the following line, Staples urges people of colour to not “panic” as they see the flashing lights of police cars. This is something that has the power to create fear in black people, as it is more likely that they will be questioned and searched than white people, due to the racial stereotype that black people are more likely to be guilty of committing a crime than someone who is white. This presents the power held by police officers and the fear felt by black people towards people who are employed to protect their community. He also uses the word “oppressed” to explain the way that laws and authority can make him feel, showing that although he is trying to fight against this abuse and violence, he also feels saddened that there is even a need for him to fight against such harsh and unjust behaviour towards people of his race. Staples refers to police officers as “pigs”, a term he uses to describe police officers that actively abuse the authority they have, to show the lack of respect he has for those officers. The selection of these words helps the listener to understand the way that

The lyrics, “situation, aggravation everybody allegation… bang, bang, shot dead, everybody gone bad” refers to the amount of violence that is occurring and how everyone is making decisions that are controlled

This theme is brought through the song by showing multiple literary devices. Such as “I'm the one at sail, I’m the master of my sea”. This metaphor shows the realization and empowerment that oneself can give in a depressing situation. This simile “Falling like ashes to the ground, Hoping my feelings they would drown” compares his feeling of sadness and depression to ashes, and wanting them to drown and vanish, from his life. This line, “All the hate that you’ve heard has turned your spirit to a dove” explains how all of the hate that he has experienced and gone through has turned his feelings around, and decided to look on the bright side of things. Personally I think this is a great