Summary
“Shelter” by Porter Robinson and Madeon, is a narrative song that accompanies an animation, and focuses on rhythm and sound. The song’s narrative is difficult to notice without the animation, but it can be seen in the first line of verse one when it hints of someone, a father in this case, struggling to tell someone, his daughter, a message which is generally the whole song. The last two lines then tell of the daughter leaving the, “home that you made me” which is evidently her realizing that she is in a virtual world that her father made for her and her holding onto the memories that they made together. With most of the narrative being found in the first verse, it lets the rest of the song emphasize on mood and tone that build up on
“Shelter” by Porter Robinson and Madeon, is a narrative song that accompanies an animation, and focuses on rhythm and sound. The song’s narrative is difficult to notice without the animation, but it can be seen in the first line of verse one when it hints of someone, a father in this case, struggling to tell someone, his daughter, a message which is generally the whole song. The last two lines then tell of the daughter leaving the, “home that you made me” which is evidently her realizing that she is in a virtual world that her father made for her and her holding onto the memories that they made together. With most of the narrative being found in the first verse, it lets the rest of the song emphasize on mood and tone that build up on