Inktober Day 5 - Build
Song of the day : Mother by Pink Floyd
Song of the day : Mother by Pink Floyd
From Pink Floyd's rock Opera, The Wall which chronicles the life of Pink, a jaded rockstar whose eventual self-imposed isolation from society is symbolized metaphorically with a wall. In this particular song, we follow a dialogue between Pink's widowed Mother and him. Throughout the song she fills Pink's head with her jaded thoughts and paranoia and it is her overprotective nature that serves as one of the major factors in Pink's mental breakdown in his later life.
Inktober Day 10 : Pattern
Song of the Day : Pattern Against User by At the Drive-In
Song of the Day : Pattern Against User by At the Drive-In
Throughout the course of this particular song, the singer talks about developing a drug habit and describes it as a "pattern against user". Throughout the song the lyrics use ideas that are conflicting to one another such as calling a high as entering the "gates of heaven" while following that imagery with being stuck in a limbo, thus highlighting how difficult it is to break a habit.
Inktober Day 12 : Dragon
Song of the Day : Gold Dust woman by Fleetwood Mac
Song of the Day : Gold Dust woman by Fleetwood Mac
The closing track on the Rumours record, Gold Dust Woman talks about the rampant cocaine abuse of the band at the time of the album's recording. Within the narrative of the song, Stevie Nick's chases the image of this Gold Dust Woman(cocaine) who shall ultimately destroy her like a black widow. The pale shadow of a dragon refers to Nick's rising rage amidst band situations and her inability to overcome her cocaine dependency.
Inktober Day 14 : Overgrown
Song of the Day : The Place I Love by The Jam
Song of the Day : The Place I Love by The Jam
In this song, the singer finds himself reminiscing about his old countryside home and now that he is moved away, the only occupants in the house are overgrown thickets with no one to tend to them anymore.
Inktober Day 20 : Tread
Song of the Day : Don't Tread on Me by Metallica
Song of the Day : Don't Tread on Me by Metallica
The words “Don’t tread on me” comes from The Gadsden flag, a historical American flag. a yellow field depicting a timber rattlesnake coiled and ready to strike. Positioned below the rattlesnake are the words "DON'T TREAD ON ME". It was used by the Continental Marines as an early motto flag, during the American revolution. The lyrics reference American Revolutionary Patrick Henry's quote "give me liberty or give me death" with the line "liberty or death, what we so proudly hail". Hence, I drew Libertas holding her torch and Death with the scythe.
Inktober Day 24 : Dizzy
Song of the Day : Gravity by A Perfect Circle
Song of the Day : Gravity by A Perfect Circle
From their concept album, Thirteenth Step, the final track describes the final step in the Twelve Step Addiction Recovery program, the statement being - "Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs." The narrator is choosing to live, the higher forces he is surrendering is the will of (metaphorical) “gravity and the unknown”.
Inktober Day 25 : Tasty
Song of the Day : Body and Blood by clipping
A macabre experimental hip-hop song that follows a woman who lures men, luring them with charm and sexuality only to murder and devour them later. The song functions similar to the ancient tales of Sirens who lured sailors at sea, but it replaces the mysticism to modern day industrial and macabre imagery..
Song of the Day : Body and Blood by clipping
A macabre experimental hip-hop song that follows a woman who lures men, luring them with charm and sexuality only to murder and devour them later. The song functions similar to the ancient tales of Sirens who lured sailors at sea, but it replaces the mysticism to modern day industrial and macabre imagery..
Inktober Day 26 : Dark
Song of the Day : Dark Horse by Converge
Song of the Day : Dark Horse by Converge
A "dark horse" as a term refers to a lesser known person who rises to prominence in a situation.
Reading this as an uplifting song, The "Dark Horse" within the song could refer to the savior who shall rise from the ranks of the downtrodden folk to save them from their woes. Metaphorically speaking, the song could be talking about how your pain and suffering will eventually lead to your victory
Reading this as an uplifting song, The "Dark Horse" within the song could refer to the savior who shall rise from the ranks of the downtrodden folk to save them from their woes. Metaphorically speaking, the song could be talking about how your pain and suffering will eventually lead to your victory
