Monty Cantsin
28th November 2003, 08:12
We often talk about our fav songs or bands so on, but we never go much farther then that. So this is my interpretation on Special K by Placebo which is about the relationship between public holidays and suicide rates
The first two lines of the song go, coming up beyond belief on this coronary thief, more than just a leitmotif more chaotic no relief
I think coming up beyond belief is the holiday approaching or the inevitability of their circumstances, meaning depression. Coronary is used to describe the veins that carry oxygen through out your body, so the coronary thief is death approaching or hovering.
More then just a leitmotif well a leitmotif is a musical theme attached a particular character or situation in this case Christmas or Valentines Day.
Another line in the songs is Or are you just my seventh seal? I think this means the thing that pushes the person over the edge its also a movie from the 1950s about depression and death which shows the grim reaper hovering over a duke trying to push him towards death. That example of referencing is another technique used to show more about something then can be fifteen on two or three lines.
So I feel that the connection is people can be very depressed when they are alone especially on public holidays because Everone Is with there family and if you dont have one you become even more lonely and therefore the chances of someone committing suicide on a public holiday increases and that is the relationship between public holidays and suicide rates.
So thats my interpretation on Special K does anyone have any other ideas on that song or any other song that you would like to examine the meaning and massage of.
The first two lines of the song go, coming up beyond belief on this coronary thief, more than just a leitmotif more chaotic no relief
I think coming up beyond belief is the holiday approaching or the inevitability of their circumstances, meaning depression. Coronary is used to describe the veins that carry oxygen through out your body, so the coronary thief is death approaching or hovering.
More then just a leitmotif well a leitmotif is a musical theme attached a particular character or situation in this case Christmas or Valentines Day.
Another line in the songs is Or are you just my seventh seal? I think this means the thing that pushes the person over the edge its also a movie from the 1950s about depression and death which shows the grim reaper hovering over a duke trying to push him towards death. That example of referencing is another technique used to show more about something then can be fifteen on two or three lines.
So I feel that the connection is people can be very depressed when they are alone especially on public holidays because Everone Is with there family and if you dont have one you become even more lonely and therefore the chances of someone committing suicide on a public holiday increases and that is the relationship between public holidays and suicide rates.
So thats my interpretation on Special K does anyone have any other ideas on that song or any other song that you would like to examine the meaning and massage of.