Going Through Changes Analysis

Introduction
Drug abuse has always been a big issue in the world of music. I have selected two songs that both discuss about this controversial issue. The first song that I chose for this topic is “Going through Changes” by Eminem on his album Recovery which was released in the year 2010. Amazing by Aerosmith which was released in 1993 of their album Get a Grip also deals with the same issue. In the song “Going through Changes” Eminem in his lyrics discusses his addiction with pill and how it became almost fatal. In “Amazing” Steven Tyler talks about living with drug abuse after Aerosmith’s initial split. “You can’t stop with these pills and you’ve fallen off with your skill” in “Going through Changes” is talking about how this addiction affected …show more content…
"Wake up in the hospital, full of tubes, but somehow I 'm pulling through.” This line explains the severity of the addiction as he tells how he was close to dying in a hospital. This is not a metaphor as he is describing something he experienced as a result of his drug abuse. The addiction he had been suffering from lead to an overdose that nearly took his life. It speaks to the people in the audience that have been in near death situations or have had someone they knew in that situation. As they can relate to Eminem and this horrific ordeal he had been …show more content…
In the line “I’m debating on leaving this world this evening” sets the tone of the song of an emotional and depressing feel. The emotion this song is meant to being out is sadness as there really is no other that is being emphasized throughout the course of this song. Throughout the song you can hear someone singing “I’m going through changes” in ghostly like voice as if in the back of Eminem’s mind there is always a reminder of what he went through. The song sets a tempo of a slower and somber mood, giving off a feeling of time to