This document provides a lyrical breakdown and analysis of the song "Basement" by Covet. The lyrics describe a woman with blonde hair and a hopeful smile, but whose positive outward appearance contrasts with the singer's desire for something different. He describes wanting a "fatal disease" or drastic change from her good natured and pleasing personality. The analysis suggests the song expresses the singer's dissatisfaction in a relationship and desire for the woman to change fundamentally. It explores whether his words should be taken literally or metaphorically to understand his mindset. Brief commentary is also included about how to capture these themes visually in a music video for the song through its cinematography and focus on the singer and woman.

1. Lyrics Breakdown
Covet - Basement
(0:00) When I'm with you, (0:04)
(0:05) I don't want to be with you. (0:11)
(0:43) White hair, (0:46)
(0:47) And a hopeful smile. (0:49)
(0:50) Your inside, (0:53)
(0:54) Is on your outside. (0:56)
(0:57) I need, (1:00)
(1:01) A pleasant surprise. (1:08)
(1:11) Good heart and desire to please. (1:17)
(1:18) I want a fatal disease. (1:24)
(1:24) When I'm with you, (1:34)
(1:36) I don't want to be with you. (1:48)
(2:06) You are, everything. (2:12)
(2:13) My most, demanding dream. (2:19)
(2:20) Good heart and desire to please. (2:26)
(2:27) I want a fatal disease. (2:33)
(2:33) When I'm with you, (2:36)
(2:37) I don't want to be with you. (2:43)
(2:45) When I'm with you, (2:50)
(2:51) I don't want to be with you. (2:57)
(2:59) When I'm with you, (3:04)
(3:05) I don't want to be with you. (3:10)
(3:13) When I'm with you, (3:17)
(3:18) I don't want to be with you. (3:24)

2. The lyrics for this song seem to talk about the person in
question as if they are the only pleasant thing in their life,
they describe the person
as blonde (white hair)
with a hopeful smile,
their insides on their
outsides which could
show all their positive
and radiant feelings are
always expressed with
ease. He wants the
opposite of this and says
that it would be to him a
‘pleasant surprise’ with the imagery that this uses we build
stereotypically a blonde female figure that is always positive
and attractive, which is not what he truly wants from the
obvious lyrics of “when I’m with you, I don’t want to be with
you” which is repeated throughout the song to maintain the
feeling that this is not a positive love song about him loving
her but more about him being in a situation where he
doesn’t love her or wants her to change drastically for him.
He then again describes her with a ‘good heart’ and ‘desire
to please’ however states straight after with ‘I want a fatal
disease’ and this could have two meanings, either its literal
and he actually wants a fatal disease which adds a
masochistic and depressed feel to the song or he wants her
to change drastically so that she is the opposite of what she
is now and can be referred to as one, Which adds a more
greedy but less emotional feel to the song. It depends on
how the listener takes these specific lyrics.
It then takes a turn as he describes her as ‘everything’ and
his ‘most demanding dream’, which shows a softer side that
he does genuinely care for this girl and is the first and only
time we think of any positive emotion from him and gives
him some relatability to the listener and targeted audience.

3. As far as our video goes, we shall go for the idea of primarily
focusing on one male and one female character in the video,
which should go well with this video due to its lyrics
including no one but the mentioning of the singer and the
girl in question. Also we shall maintain the feeling of desire
for change and sickness, we shall reinforce this with dark
and gloomy shots.