Star Image: They are a UK based band which have now become national known for there mix of heavy rock with some hints of electronic beats. Many of there songs also have messages which they want to portray by using the lyrics in the songs. The messages are usually on the lines of the environment, drugs and world peace. This will increase there star image because it shows that there band has a purpose and its not out there just to create music but also to help people and to spread the knowledge of world problems. In there latest album they have introduced more electronic sounds into there music, which could be a decision to diversify into different mix of genres and therefore a wider and greater fan base. Enter shikari are similar to Fight like apes and Flobots. Most of their songs are about society and world problems.
The song is quite simple since the lyrics clearly set a scene and mood which could be literally portrayed on the video, the song is also called constellations which are stars, this song is a metaphor for someones journey through there life where you will meet other people and you joinery through life won't be on your own. This song is also one of the more meaningful and slower songs that Enter Shikari have released and this could be why it isn't one of their famous ones because it is untraditional in it content compared to the bands other songs.
When I listen to this song i can really picture in my mind what the band are trying to convey, i imagine the setting of the video in a run down small train station, with only a few people waiting at the station. The song is a narrative which means that the song has a story and characters and emotions. I also imagined using a certain grain to add a gritty/ depressing feel to the video.
Packing the last few shirts into a bloated suitcase (
The last glimpse of comfort and the ticking clock face
I swear those hands move faster every day
I'm more confused than ever but I don't beg or pray 'cause the
Sparkling light from the morning sun
Is all we should need to feel one.
I reach the station with just minutes to spare,
I glance at my watch time's going faster these days I swear,
Eyes focus up now to the train time table board
There's only two platforms to be explored,
And it's then that I admit it to my self,
That I am lost so lost
But your the constellations
That guide me
[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/e/enter+shikari/constellations_20987087.html ]
There's a train at 12, destination disaster.
It's running on time as time runs faster
On platform two it's destination sustainability
It's delayed though it was suppose to arrive at 11:50.
Platform one it says stand behind the yellow line
But I sit on the platform edge and just gaze at the time.
My mind wanders back to our oblivious existence
I'm all choked up now with the threat of distance
As the train bound for disaster chokes up to the station,
I don't board it cause I decide that it's the wrong destination,
But the train bound for sustainability is nowhere to be seen
And I'm lost so lost
Where are the constellations
That guide me?
And then I realize that
We need to use our own two feet to walk these tracks,
And we have to squad up and we have to watch each others backs,
With forgiveness is our torch and imagination our sword
Well I'll tie the ropes of hate and slash open the minds of the bored
And we'll start a world so equal and free
Every inch of this earth is yours all the land and all the sea
Imagine no restrictions but the climate and the weather
Then we can explore space together
Forever
And I'm lost so lost
Where are the constellations And I'm lost so lost You are the constellation X5
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