Song Ideas

Architects 'Were All Alone'
The song 'Were All Alone' is by the Brighton metalcore/mathcore band, Architects. The track is a fast paced song full of great beats and riffs as well as punchy vocals by the frontman Sam Carter. It's an exellent choice for our music video as so much energy is created through the speed and harshness of the track. This is one of the most important aspects of a music video in this genre. It has to be lively and seriously energetic so the viewer is engaged throughout, wanting to headbang along to the track. When listening to this song it achieves all I have just mentioned without a music video and so here we have an opportunity to build further upon this with our project and create a video which is largely performance based.



The lyrics certainly lend themsleves for a chance to do a narrative within the video aswell:

"I am your hero
Still I sleep alone at night
In years you'll thank me
For getting everything right
I am the sun
Still I sit alone in a red sky
Keeping my eyes on you
Were all alone

In time you'll find that
Were all on our own (all on our own)
Were all on our own , chasing nothing
My dreams have fallen , I'm wearing thin
I need something to fill this void I'm constantly in
And I can't do this

I am your hero
I just don't care tonight
In years you'll forget me
I got everything right
I am the sun
I didn't rise today
I left you in darkness

And I just don't care anymore about you
You can sit and suffer alone without me

I am your hero
Save your "thank you"'s

In times to come ill rise above this
But for now I can't ill just sit here
My dreams have fallen once again
My dreams have fallen once again

I need something to fill this void I'm in."

The lyrics can be interpreted in many ways and could be about a range of themes which give the group a lot to go with when stringing a simple but effective narrative together. My opinion on the lyrics is that the song is about a one-sided relationship. The guy gets treated badly throughout and even though he did everything right, the girl still doesnt love him. He knows one day she'll realise the mistake she made but for the guy it's small consolation in the present.