So I had to write about this music video because it's in my opinion one of the most creative ones I've seen in a while. The stop motion technique was very well implemented and told the story word by word, hence being effective. The song can be interpreted in one of two ways (well, a million really, but for the sake of the argument) either that the girl is a dreamer that spends all her time dreaming and nothing is real hence the "as she goes, nobody knows"
OR one could say that she is battling a sickness of some sort. This is seen by the repetition of "and she fights for her life" as seen in the chorus:
"And she fights for her life
as she puts on her coat
And she fights for her life on the train
She looks at the rain
as it pours
And she fights for her life
as she goes in a store"
An interesting idea is combining the two ideas: Maybe she is battling a sickness that makes her sleep a lot?
Perhaps she's depressed?
"Sun been down for days
A pretty flower in a vase
A slipper by the fireplace
A cello lying in its case"
The first line shows that its night time, this could be taken figuratively or realistically. Maybe she feels like its always night and dark and gloomy, or maybe she's aways just sleeping. The next three lines exemplify her uselessness, what good is a cello lying in it's case, if it's not being played?
Either way either idea could be debatable, the fact that the entire music video takes place in her bed supports both ideas. The fact that the man with her has his eyes open and the girl doesn't throughout the whole video further explains the theories. Also I thought it was interesting how she's wearing white and he is wearing black and there is a point in the video where they kind of intertwine looking like yin and yang.
It's remarkable how well done the video is and how effective it tells the story, in order to prove such assumptions, I also watched the video without music and sound and it indeed reflected the same emotions and provoked the same thoughts therefore making this an amazingly effective music video!
