Idols and Upsets - Chasing Tigers

 

 

For two hours I thought you’d never say

You shot my heart this way

I’m not asking to make you mine

You left me crying, hurting inside

 

*MUSIC*

 

I’ll never stop loving you until I die

You got it wrong we said goodbye

So I can’t be who you want so much

The person with the golden touch

Don’t give up on me now

Keep fighting for our love

Don’t give up on me now

You pick me up

You put me down

You pick me up

 

You put me down

You pick me up (me up)

You put me down (me down)

You pick me up

YOU PUT ME DOWN

*MUSIC*

I’m lying awake making for you

Please tell me it’s not true

We can’t change to make it right

Don’t give up without a fight

Don’t give up on me now

Keep fighting for our love

Don’t give up on me now

You pick me up

You put me down

You pick me up

You put me down

You pick me up (me up)

You put me down (me down)

You pick me up

YOU PUT ME DOWN

*MUSIC*

You put me down

You pick me up (me up)

You put me down (me down)

You pick me up

YOU PUT ME DOWN

You put me down

You pick me up (me up)

You put me down (me down)

You pick me up

YOU PUT ME DOWN

Like The Dawn

Lyrics

I was sleeping in the garden when I saw you first
he'd put me deep, deep under so that he could work
and like the dawn you broke the dark and my whole earth shook
I was sleeping in the garden when I saw you

at last, at last
bones of my bones and flesh of my flesh, at last

you were the brightest shade of sun I had ever seen
your skin was gilded with the gold of the richest kings
and like the dawn you woke the world inside of me
you were the brightest shade of sun when I saw you

and you will surely be the death of me
but how could I have known?

Nickelback - Lullaby NOT COMPLETED.

Music Videos are a marketing technique for the artist to sell their music to a wider audience. The music video should represent the artist in their image and style of music.




Nickelback has produced a music video about a struggling man who has to come to terms with the loss of his wife due to the birth of his son. After the torment of his loss and the idea of giving his son up for adoption, the young man decides to keep his child resulting in a happy ending. It is not uncommon for the artist to have a narrative music video to market their song, as it can attract a wide audience in the same way as a film. The main difference between films and narrative music videos being in a film, the sound supports what is happening on screen, where as in a music video what is happening on screen is to represent the song.

Nickelback's video has taking a non-circular, linear plot, with a straight forward storyline. It could be argued that there is a sense of enigma is the young man will keep his child or give him up for adoption, however it is very limited. I feel it is not needed, the story is not supposed to be cryptic or thrilling, but delicate and heart warming. Relating to the lyrics. "You're not sure, you can take this anymore"; coping with the death. "I'm reaching out, to let you know that you're not alone"; Nickelback is giving the words of comfort.

In the video

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