2. December nineteen, nearly Christmas day,
The demon inside you, decided to come out and play,
And as you'd expect, we feared the worst,
But the doctors managed, to ease all the hurt,
The chemo would come, and the steroids too,
But for now, we had Christmas,
Our family, and we had you.
And I don't mind
What anyone else has to say
We might be 'fine’
But we won't ever be the same
I don't mind
What anyone else has to say
We might be 'fine’
But we'd be better if you could stay
The next year came, so did the pain and the blues,
Still tinged with this hope, that it would all be over so soon,
But then they said 'it's terminal', and cancer got so personal,
No way this could be worse at all, I can't stand, I only fall,
Scream so loud, and strike a wall...
But I don't mind
What anyone else has to say
We might be 'fine’
But we won't ever be the same
I don't mind
What anyone else has to say
We might be 'fine’
But we'd be better if you could stay
And now you're bed bound, often with friends and family round...
And I think I'm being selfish, because I can't bring myself, to visit you
now,
I just want to remember you as the uncle I always knew,
So I'm sorry.
But I swear, I don't mind
What anyone else has to say
We might be 'fine’
But we won't ever, ever, be the same
AndIi don't mind
What anyone else has to say
We might be 'fine’
But we'd be better if you could have stayed.
Because, February seventeenth, just after Valentine's day,
That demon inside you, decided, to take you away.
Lyrics of Louise Champion,
Kieron
3. CHRISTMAS V/S DEMON – Contrast as
Christmas is a time where family come
together to celebrate the birth of Jesus, but
this family have currently received news
about a family member getting cancer.
Demon is a completely different word used
to describe Christmas as it’s a very scary and
unpleasant.
Analysis of the first verse of
Kieron
Christmas reference – music video
may have a Christmas tree?
Presents? Other objects connected
to Christmas?
Saturation goes down to add to the
spookiness of the word Demon
Rhyming couplets of AABBCC
December nineteen, nearly Christmas day,
The demon inside you, decided to come out
and play,
And as you'd expect, we feared the worst,
But the doctors managed, to ease all the hurt,
The chemo would come, and the steroids too,
But for now, we had Christmas,
Our family, and we had you.
Personification=
personifying the
Cancer to say that it is
a person
(devil/demon)
Time
reference
Family reference - oxymoron, a
bittersweet feeling.
Semantic field of cancer?
4. Looking towards
other people?
Repetition
Irregular/eye rhyme – they do
not completely rhyme ABABCDCD
And I don't mind
What anyone else has to say
We might be 'fine’
But we won't ever be the same
I don't mind
What anyone else has to say
We might be 'fine’
But we'd be better if you could stay
Direct eye contact to the
camera.
Flicking through old
family photos.
Quotations on
the word fine
to show that
it is someone
else's opinion
and the their
own.
5. Time Reference
Black and white
flashback of new
years countdown?
The next year came, so did the pain and the
blues,
Still tinged with this hope, that it would all be
over so soon,
But then they said 'it's terminal', and cancer
got so personal,
No way this could be worse at all, I can't stand,
Slow motion falling
I only fall,
Scream so loud, and strike a wall...
Loss of
hope?
Everything
moving
really
slowly.
Slient screams
Rhyme couplets - AABBCCC
6. Hospital scene shown,
camera moving slowly.
Alliteration
And now you're bed bound, often with friends
and family round...
And I think I'm being selfish, because I can't
Stood outside the hospital
bring myself, to visit you now,
room, watching
I just want to remember you as the uncle I
always knew,
Going through old photos
So I'm sorry.
Direct eye contact
towards the camera
Rhyming couplet AAABB
7. Valentines Day
reference – happy
couples shown?
Time reference
Because, February seventeenth, just after
Valentine's day,
That demon inside you, decided, to take you
away
Personification –
personifying
cancer.
Rhyming
Camera fading to black
