Reported Failure - My Name is William (Official Music Video)

The video begins with bright orange lights. They are blurry at first. As the strange intro to the song begins the screen becomes clear to reveal flames. There is a massive forest fire. Clearly now the fire is engulfing a hillside. The focus shifts to a team of firefighters who are desperately trying to fight the blaze. But they are not doing much to help. Suddenly the flame jumps and the firefighters are almost surrounded by flame. They make the decision to leave while they can.


It seems everyone has avoided the danger but suddenly you can see someone who is now trapped in a small clearing among the forest of flames. It is Billie Beckett and he looks horribly sick as he begins to sing the verse of the song. Although Billie remains on the screen the background flickers between the flames and many other things. An urban rooftop, Billie's childhood home, a dark hotel room.

Pen, paper, words, feelings
All get lost in between life and fiction
Rooftops and minimum wages
Lost families and disfunctional relationships
They all get lost
In my pen my paper
Until I don't recognize ohh anything.
It's all just morning coffee
Marble Pillars
Smoke and mirrors


The chorus of the song finds Billie and the rest of Reported Failure now in a more live performance setting for the music video. They are on a large stage with a massive crowd of fans. The background continues to change. First Reported Failure is seen rocking out in front of the Parthenon in Athens. then in the middle of central park in New York, and then in the middle of some sort of club, and also in the midst of all of the flames where the video began.

Noooo
I wish I never set sail
Hey!
I should've stayed in Greece
Now
I'll just be stained on the cars below
Unwanted again



The performance aspect of the video is realistic of a Reported Failure concert. THey aren't just going crazy for show. Most of the video is flipping through performances at these different settings all of which are slightly different. In central park and in Athens there are both massive crowds of people. The crowds however get steadily more intense. Slight movement leads to all out moshing. Soon the crowd is more like a Riot. everyone is screaming and fighting. Steadily things turn to chaos towards the end of the song.

Hate, culture, waste, breeding
All have blurred the line between real and fake
Unwanted fathers and unwilling mothers
Lost causes, and forgotten sons
They are all I see
Through my worn eyes
I'm falling fast
All I see are sad memories
Painful lies
Hatred skies

Noooo
I wish I never set sail
Hey!
I should've stayed in Greece
Now
I'll just be stained on the cars below
Unwanted again



Then as things get quieter in the outro everything fades until it's back to Billie almost entirely surrounded by flames. He is sweating and still looks horrible. Random flashes of the other scenes pop into the screen momentarily, but for a very short period of time. Billie's face looks terrified, and as the video ends the flames engulf him entirely.

My name is William
My name is William
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