The song “Coming Down” by Five Finger Death Punch, off of the album American Capitalist, is an exemplary song that provides a provocative message when coupled with an intense visual stimulus. This song provides the listener with a seemingly dismal soundscape that appears hopeless, as it seems that the performer is alone, depressed, and agitated. Along with this, the music video for this song depects two individuals who are both experiencing emotional abuse and spend the video engaging in self-harm, drug abuse, and suicide. When coupled together, these two pieces create a clear image of what Five Finger Death Punch meant by releasing this song. Along with this, the viewer is presented with a clear message that it is imperative to be kind
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The song presents a dismal environment where the listener feels trapped in a situation that appears hopeless. During the refrain, the song states that “I could never be what you wanted me to be,” which can be perceived by the listener as that the person performing the song was unable to attain perfection in someone’s mind who is important to them. During the bridge of the piece, the performer screams the phrase “does anyone care enough,” which implies that the performer feels hopeless, in the sense that they feel alone. Although these are only two lines from this verbose piece, these two lines illustrate the general mood of the piece. Furthermore, a frequent utterance in the song is “you pulled me under just to save yourself,” which implies that someone brought the listener down in order to make themselves feel more …show more content…
A prime example of this is the how the song can be taken as an explanation of longing and hopelessness, when coupled with the video, it becomes clear that the song makes specific references to suicide. The bullying that both individuals in the video endured flows in tandem with the lyrics of the piece, especially with the reference that the bullies pulled the man and the woman under just to make themselves feel better. The line from the song stating that the performer was “pulled under just to save” someone else fits cohesively with this
The song presents a dismal environment where the listener feels trapped in a situation that appears hopeless. During the refrain, the song states that “I could never be what you wanted me to be,” which can be perceived by the listener as that the person performing the song was unable to attain perfection in someone’s mind who is important to them. During the bridge of the piece, the performer screams the phrase “does anyone care enough,” which implies that the performer feels hopeless, in the sense that they feel alone. Although these are only two lines from this verbose piece, these two lines illustrate the general mood of the piece. Furthermore, a frequent utterance in the song is “you pulled me under just to save yourself,” which implies that someone brought the listener down in order to make themselves feel more …show more content…
A prime example of this is the how the song can be taken as an explanation of longing and hopelessness, when coupled with the video, it becomes clear that the song makes specific references to suicide. The bullying that both individuals in the video endured flows in tandem with the lyrics of the piece, especially with the reference that the bullies pulled the man and the woman under just to make themselves feel better. The line from the song stating that the performer was “pulled under just to save” someone else fits cohesively with this