3. Lyrics of the song
As long as you gonna sex for
me
Behind my awkward smile
I've never listened, I've
never listened your type
Stop singing that verse,
stop feelings like that
Stop singing that song
You stand on this, you
stand till this world dies
Can't find my head
No music, no sex, no
immediate out just for my
health
I'm still nervous, I'm still
nervous, I'm drunk
This cold feeling, nervous,
my feelings spread out
I feel like that
Still nerve endings
Still nerve endings won't
die
Come find that out
Come find that out
No one, nowhere
Nowhere, no one
Come find that out
Nowhere, nowhere
Come find that out
Nowhere, nowhere
Come find that out
I could never have a
problem with a feeling
All behind, just like that
I'm still lonely, I'm still
lonely in my head
I'm still feeling nervous,
these feelings go worse
I stay trying
My nerve endings
My nerve endings won't die
Come find that out
Come find that out
No one, nowhere
Nowhere, no one
Come find that out
Nowhere, nowhere
Come find that out
Nowhere, nowhere
Come find that out
It's no original sin, can't see
while I go through my heart
My nerve endings
My nerve endings won't die
I'm hearing about this drug,
can't hear nothing else
My feelings cry
My nerve endings
My nerve endings won't die
Come find that out
Come find that out
Come find that out
Come find that out
Come find that out
Come find that out
Come find that out
Come find that out
Come find that out
4. Meaning of the song and its
relation to the video
The video’s visual imagery is a disjuncture from the lyrics ,
however the video does have a metaphor and can has
relation to the concept of the song.
• The song is about anxiety, as George Mitchell (the bands
vocalist) found out that he was suffering from severe
anxiety.
• The song is about understanding anxiety and how to get rid
conquer it which is quite contradictory as Mitchell is still
suffering from it.
• Overall the music video is a metaphor for getting rid of
anxiety from your brain.
• The band also stated “we thought about a brain
decomposing but then as they decompose, they bring life
again with the maggots, so we thought it’d be a good idea
to let a brain rot”.
5. The band
The band is an English post-punk band from Leed,
England. The band consists of Henry Ruddel
(drums), Mark Goldsworthy (guitar), Liam
Matthews (guitar), George Mitchell (vocals), and
Tom Kelly (bass).
The band is not yet well know however they are
receiving sustained press attention from NME,
Load and Quiet, Vice, The Guardian, etc.
6. How does this relate to there
genre?
The post punk genre is a type of rock music that emerged
from punk rock, it gathers elements from punk
including ideology, music energy, DIY approach, and
also provocation
• Although this music video is a disjuncture you can tell
by the dark, rebellious nature of this video that it is in
the punk rock genre.
• The video is quite fast paced in terms of the editing of
the overlay
• The colours used in this video is harsh creating and
uncomfortable feeling.
• In the part of the lip sync the lips and face tends to
change colour which almost looks like makeup which is
commonly used by punk artists.
7. Editing
Throughout the video
used a pig brain and
filmed it in time-lapse
of it slowly rotting in
there basement, this
footage was played
through out the music
video
8. Editing
As the clip of the
decomposing brain was
playing there was the use
of an overlay of the band
performing, this
performance was distorted
This is image o the Mitchell
lip syncing to the lyrics, the
different saturations of
colour on this clip helped
improve the lack of lighting
There were also vague faces of
the band shown, this overlay is
almost like a separate clip that
has been placed on top of the
decomposing brain
9. Camerawork
The camerawork is
simple, through out the
video there is the use
of over the head shot of
the brain
On the overlay footages, the
images are quite vague.
However you can point out
the there was the use of
close ups of instruments
being played and also lip
syncing.
10. Mise En Scene
The use of mise en scene is also simple, as this was a
low budget film
• The main prop used here is pig’s brain
• The brain was filmed in the band’s basement
• The use of lighting is dark, throughout the music
video however the editing made the video see bright
• The clothing worn by the band is difficult to tell as it
was quite vague, but from the video it looks likes like
they are wearing dark clothing while one is wearing a
polo shirt
• There is also the use of instruments such as drums
and guitars.
11. Why this video interested me?
The reason this video interested me is because of the
extended metaphor of getting rid of anxiety. As well as
this, the decomposing brain gave the band an identity and
recognition as it would be the sort thing that would make
people share this video due to morbid curiosity. It is also a
video the would help me remember the band regardless if
there faces were now shown or not in this video.
Similar to this video, I plan on using a motif such as this. For
my own music video my character will have a heart
condition so therefore the heart organ will contribute to
my use of mise en scene. However I will not be using a
real heart but rather a realistic prop heart or a prop that
implies and conveys the message of a heart condition
similarly to how this band conveyed the message of
anxiety.
