To start, I fell in love with this song back in December 2020 when it was first performed at SSJS. It's an incredibly tender song performed, excluding the backup parts, solo by a single boy; in this case Daniel. Contrasting the studio recording of the audio used in the music video with the live concert performance from 2020, the tempo is noticeably faster in concert. The slower tempo does not detract from the song but allows it to linger on just a little bit more. This in combination with Daniel's nearly flawless diction adds a different flavor to the song than what was performed live.
While my musical personality does not often make the lyrics a central focus of my appreciation of a song, the words of this one are so incredibly touching that I am profoundly affected by the combination of music and verse. There is something so innocent and childlike in the words about wanting to heal the world; and with just a wave of a hand or the blink of an eye to end the suffering that is so endemic to human nature. This is something that can only touch the heart profoundly I think – or at least for me.
Returning to the video, which is the central point of discussion here, there is a very subtle but existentially themed storyline here; one which becomes more apparent after watching several times. In the video Daniel stumbles upon an old piece of movie film. The film then starts to show a flashback to an even earlier time. His costume suggests a date of something like 1920s to 1940s; and the candlestick telephone in a different scene seems to confirm the flashback is between maybe 1900 and maybe 1920 or 1930. Anyway, that may not have been as well thought out as I'm thinking that it was, but it seems to work all the same
I recall a discussion about this song in which it was mentioned that the song was originally written to be associated with the Holocaust and Anne Frank in particular, so that may play some role in the dating.The song plays out on the piece of cellulose film that Daniel is holding, seemingly symbolizing a flashback of memory to a previous time. It's not entirely clear what that previous time was, but it seems to have been a bittersweet time as at the end of the video Daniel puts the small piece of cellulose carefully into his pocket. However, the rest of the film stock, with some of the singing still going on by Victor, Luca, and Laurence T, is then dramatically swept aside by a broom. This appears to symbolize that these memories are ephemeral and cannot truly live within us the way that we once experienced them. What's more, and not to put too fine a point on it, it seems to imply that such memories die with us and that nothing is permanent.
While the song plays out on the old stock film, the other boys are setting up lighting, furniture , and other things including the giant blocks forming the word “ifâ€. Their union suit costumes and actions further suggest that they are setting up a film studio which could, again, be symbolic for the memory itself that is being relived in a movie-like flashback in Daniel's mind.
In any case, the music is amazing and the music video is exceptional! What do others think about the symbolism in this music video? Do you think I've missed the mark anywhere with my analysis? And most importantly, how does everyone like it?
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