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| My Turn - I'll Decorate This City In Ribbons of Blood | |
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Willis 01:29 am UTC 10/27/07 |
| Just cause he requested it. Well, and cause I like to. I’m in no way competent to give lyrical suggestions to Jim Steinman, but any made is more of a “what I would do”. And trust me, I rarely do anything right. I will decorate this city With Ribbons Of Blood I will find the endless tears Soon to be a flood I will conjure up the magic Far beyond your sight I’ll illuminate this city With the ascension of the light Okay, Hook is waging a personal war on the city. A city of people “lesser” than him. I love the line “I will find the endless tears soon to be a flood” Maybe do: It rains with endless tears Soon to be a flood The ascension of the light kind of confuses me. Unless hook sees what he’s doing as being the right thing. Ascension of the night would fit too, but then again I don’t know the context of the character. Eternal terrors hold us down Keep us plodding in the mud I WILL DECORATE THIS CITY IN RIBBONS OF BLOOD. They’re trapped on an island I’m getting. Maybe eternal storms surround the island, hence the always muddy ground. “External terrors hold us down, keep us plodding in the mud” another great line that works on different levels. Broken hearts Are the Devil’s Playground Shattered dreams Disillusioned youth And all of man Is the Devil’s Playground Shameless lies And Shameful truth The more I read this, the better it is. “Broken hearts are the devil’s playground” a great stand alone lyric. I’m not sure if he’s talking about his crew or the boys. Seems like its Hook rationalizing his life style. “And all of man” sounds strange. Repeat broken? In Broken hearts Lay the Devil’s Playground Shattered dreams Disillusioned youth In the broken man Is the Devil’s Playground Shameless lies And Shameful truth Although Lay sounds strange too. We’ll all succumb! And some time when The Dark exults and moons arise In the blink of an eye The Devil’s Playground Is Born Again! The Devil’s Playground Is Alive Again! So Come On Down To the Devil’s Playground! Come On Down Before It Disappears In the blink of an eye You see the Devil’s playground Now it all seems dead But it used to be here…Once! (Once it was here) Once! Before it disappeared! Now I get a picture of Hook standing outside of a carnival tent or something, luring people in to join him on his slaughter. A little remembering of happier times of slaughter in the past? I also notice The Dark is capped, could be a character or whatever has been holding Hook back. One idea: We’ll all succumb! And some time when The moons arise and The Dark repents Trembling hands Are the Devil’s Playground Empty plans And hollow hopes ETERNAL TERRORS HOLD US DOWN AND WE’LL ALL BE DROWNING IN THE MUD! I will decorate this city With ribbons of blood……………… Can’t wait to hear this! In the blink of an eye All is lost The storms they rumble And the winds are tossed In the blink of an eye You’re a sad old man Trying to remember Whatever you can In the blink of an eye Death will clutch you No respect For fortune or Fame In the blink of an eye It all awaits you Thousand of tombstones Waiting for the names Just waiting for the names In the blink of an eye…… By far my favorite part of the song. I actually feel a little sad for the villain. He’s getting older, knowing the end is soon. “No respect for fortune or fame” is a humbling line, especially for a pirate. All he did doesn’t matter, cause everybody dies. This verse also explains his motivations for war against the Lost Boys. Either straight jealousy, or finding why they stay young. Just guessing. No matter How tragic the loss No matter How heavy the cost To this very day I can stand tall and say: I fought for Paradise But Paradise lost I fought for Paradise And Paradise lost. It wasn’t your fault or mine Wasn’t this it wasn’t that But Paradise lost In the final at bat Paradise lost In the last at bat At first I thought Jim was using “No Matter What”, but, no. So I see this as an apology. Hooks apology. I’m pretty sure the song is directed to Hooks crew. Looks like it’s going to be sung soft at the end, that works real good. The Paradise Lost bit is great, I think it should be used again, maybe in a different song or a song on it’s own. Can’t you imagine Hook slowly hissing “In …the…last…at…battttt.” You can tell it was written at the speed of thought. Which is not a bad thing. The devils playground is started and then dropped, then In the blink of an eye is brought in. I think this’ll make for an interesting song. Most of the stuff I write is quickly scrawled out, and I usually keep most of it. The song thus far, I like it! | |
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