Monday, July 2, 2012

"I owe myself life"






I wanna get back to writing about my personal takes on life, let's give sociopolitical themes a break. After all my 'personal' Facebook page seems politicized enough so why not utilize this place to fill the void? I am writing because of a touching experience I have had with an artistic masterpiece that at the first glance appeared a far cry from my conventional taste: a song by the French heavy metal group "Gojira" titled "L'Enfant Sauvage".  After listening to the song over and over again and savoring every word of it, I am now convinced my musical was frozen in at least a few decades ago.

Dom Lawson from The Guardian gives them a five star review and describes Gojira's new album "a ferociously original piece of work that reaches its electrifying zenith on The Gift of Guilt," being from where I come from I got goose bumps listening thorough "L'Enfant Sauvage", the album's second track as it is as if these words are screamed through the mouth of myself and my peers: 





So long I've been trying to match
It doesn't work I'm trying I don't know The aberration of this world
It killed a part of me and I was raging
The denial
Run away from institutions
I owe myself life


I will respond to this pression anger
There is light in this world I fight for
The reason you won't leave this cage
Betray your child the desire
that you won't serve to reveal yourself
Forgot to create your own life
Anger
Lies
Denial

I try to deal with

The pain is gone
There's no way
Flowing through me