Early grave analysis

Video

And finally, the video to "Early grave" The video starts with a man wearing a suit with bandages on his face on sitting on a bench that looks like it is on the side of a marina. The man is shown walking around outside some sort of urban structure. He is then seen inside of a bathroom looking in a mirror putting a "persons face" mask on. We see the man asleep on a set of metal stairs beside the building he was just inside. He is then sat in an armchair watching some sort of film, we see the flashing light from the TV set shining on him and see him tapping his fingers. The man appears in a bathroom and quickly appears and disappears several times. He then appears in the bathroom and stays there, looking in the mirror, putting on what appears to be a wolf mask. He walks out of the bathroom and into a bar as he takes a seat. The man is seen running through a forest without the wolf mask on. We see the man stood on his own in the forest, falling to his knees pulling off the bandages on his face. He takes them off and we see that the man has no eyes. In the final shot of the video, the man is stood above his bandages as they lay on the forest floor. This video is in black and white.



Lyrics

I've been out for so long, days slipped by again. And I can't sleep since I stopped caring. I'll stay out until my lungs bleed. And I can't tell daylight from streetlights anymore. As he cast his shadow. I've seen this road a thousand times and I can't look back. I've seen this road a thousand times and I can't, I'm not looking back. This is so unfamiliar; death is no man's friend. Yet I'll stay here until I hear him roar. Death is screaming my name but I refuse to listen to him. I can't sit here forever. Watch me rise again. Watch me rise back up. Forever would be just be so easy to fall into. But still I'll stay out until my lungs bleed. Forever is the easy option but I won't take it. The choices I've made will lead me to an early fucking grave



Anaylsis - As stated in an interview with the vocalist Sam Carter, this song is about how he used to rely on alchohol and drugs to enjoyhimself and the bad state it got himself into.



"I've been out for so long, days slipped by again" Referring to passing out and losing track of his days because of drug abuse



"Death is screaming my name but I refuse to listen to him" I see this line as the point were Sam decided he needs to change his way of life and get back on track



"Watch me rise again" Letting people know that he will change his ways and overcome his problem



"The choices I've made will lead me to an early fucking grave " Even if Sam has kicked his habbits, he has probably realised that what he has done will have an overall impact on his life



This song re enforces the "Live fast, die fun" outlook some people have on life. This song, like the others, apparently has no reflection on the story in the video.