Better Off Dead Analysis

“Better off Dead” by Sleeping with Sirens is a song about a girl who feels alone, depressed and wanting to commit suicide. The girl feels that she doesn't belong anywhere and believes that suicide would finally end the voices and her depression. I also believe that the song represents the people of today about how they feel with their depression and suicidal thoughts. For example, the lyrics, “And the demons that she has are all she knows” and “If I was would it finally be enough To shut out all those voices in my head?”. To me make me believe that the voices in her head make her depression worst and make her want to commit suicide. The voices tell her to commit suicide and also makes her believe all the negative things people say about her. When it says, “And the demons that she has are all she knows” makes me believe that she thinks she’s …show more content…
Makes me believe that she was trying to fight off her depression and suicidal thoughts but it was hard and she was struggling. In the music video when these lyrics are being said, it shows the girl is getting deeper and deeper into depression, It also shows in the video, the girl was dragged into the basement. I believe this is a metaphor, as the basement is her depression and when she was dragged into the basement she was dragged by her demons, and she was lost to her depression. People today who are depressed feel like they don't have a voice or that nobody understands them. I also believe that when the lyrics, “How come no one heard her when she said Maybe I'm better off dead” are being said it's telling that the girl is hesitant to commit suicide, but the girl wants relief from the voices and pain. Like the lyrics say, “If I was would it finally be enough To shut out all those voices in my head?”. She wants the voices gone. For example, by the end of the song, it shows her running up the stairs fighting her depression and suicidal