The Long Lost Mixtape - MINI: Not That Bad

If I had one wish for these posts it would be for people to listen to music with a stronger sensitivity to lyrics and how they mesh with music. The songs listed in these blurbs achieve success not only by conquering on both fronts but marrying the two together creating a complete feeling that grows into one multidementional emotion. But not all songs are wonderful for their lyrics. In many instances a song has wonderful music but terrible lyrics. Some only have a line or two worthy of note. In these mini episodes, I'm going to highlight a few lines or bars to show that flecks of genius can pop up anywhere.

The song is  Pompeii by Bastille.

The lyric is: "But if you close your eyes, does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?"

Please know that I love this song, and have many fond memories associated with it. So why this one?

The song itself is very well done, even lyrically. However this one line, from the chorus, far outshines  everything else.

In a post-pokemon-go world, We, the millennial generation is struggling with growing up. Our generation cringes at a history that fails to meet our standards of political correctness all the while obsessing in remakes of media we adored as children. Likewise, we don't know whether to achieve our dreams, just like our elementary school teachers told us to, or climb back into the metaphorical whom of our parents basements and wait out the storm of life to pass. Life is tough.

But Bastille takes a moment to slow down. Encourages us to close our eyes and really feel life. Ponder it over and drink it in. Are things that bad? Has the world turned upside-down? No. No it
hasn't. Life flows along and things are alright.

Good luck out there. Thanks for reading.