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 TITLE: Seven
BY: Varanese Gallo
LENGTH: 5:46
GENRE: Trip-hop, alternative rock, experimental rock
LABEL: Titanic RecordsThe song starts off with what sounds like a short explosion of sound - almost like an animalistic scream - that fades out quickly and gives way to a keyboard playing a soft, but sinister sounding melody. A backbeat joins it, giving it more of a hurried sound as well now as you hear Vara vocalizing softly, almost like she were another instrument being used in the process. There's a downbeat before Vara starts actually singing the lyrics, which causes the song to take on another sort of sound. Although all the instruments are still playing the same beat and melody as they were before, another keyboard has joined in as plays the exact same notes as Vara sings. Vara' voice also seems to take on a sinister and precise sound to it as she over-annunciates every word she sings, seeming to almost spit the words into the microphone. One of the main complaints about Vara Gallo has been that she is simply hard to understand when she sings because of her Italian accent. Her voice is almost crystal clear in this song, showing that if her fans cry out for her to sing more understandably, she will oblige. Or, at least, her manager will make her oblige. The song continues like this, but takes a sudden and odd turn after the second verse. The third verse starts out with the drum beat changing, becoming much of militaristic sounding, as Vara's vocals go up an octive, singing in exact beat with the drums in a high, monotone voice. When she finishes the verse, a loud guitar note plays - as if even the guitar were saying "enough of that..." - and you hear only the drums playing as that guitar note fades out. The drums are playing a much faster beat now, as Vara's voice comes swiftly back, taking on a much more trip-hop feeling as Vara raps "I've been here somewhere before / Covered in frustration / But / Still I've lost me somewhere / And I don't want this situation." Her voice becomes much more bitter and upset sounding, almost as if she's about to come out of the speakers and strangle you herself. There is so much hate and frustration behind every word that comes out of Vara's mouth, and you can tell that music is her way of working through all of this. When she finishes the verse, the song slows down and goes right back into the tune that the song had at the very beginning, with Vara singing with a much less pained and angry voice. She sings her last word and the song fades out, leaving the drums as the last thing playing before they finally stop.
After Vara/Alice's realization in the last song that she can't expect her life to completely change just because of her where she is, she starts venturing back into the depression of her mind, declaring that this cavern will be where she's dies. She cries because she feels like everybody else in the world gets exactly what they want while she has to die alone just to get away from all the responsibilities and heartache of the outside world. She knows that she's being selfish in wanting to die here, and asks whoever finds her body "Don't tell anyone that / This is / This / This is / Where I'm found." She looks around and almost comes to terms with the fact that she believes she is going to die here, thinking that this had been her fate all along and that she and this cavern are "Meant to be." She relaxes a little bit because of this, becoming more and more open to the idea of dying very soon - but then immediately jumps up and shakes her head. No, this is not where she will die. "I've been here somewhere before / Covered in frustration," she sings. She has been in situations like this before where she is so frustrated with her situation and with life that she feels like giving up, but she made it through those parts of her life, so she can definitely make it through this. As she trudges on, she makes one last plea: She doesn't want to die in this cavern, but if she must die here, please don't let anybody know that this was where her body was found.This is anything but fair
Don't say that it's not cause
You get what you want
And I
Well, I don't want this situation
Don't tell anyone that
This is
This
This is
What I've found
I'm surrounded
Don't tell anyone that
This is
This
This is
Where I'm found
I'm so surrounded
And I
Oh, I believe
It's never too late
To be where I have been
And I think we
We are meant to be
We are meant to be
I've been here somewhere before
Covered in frustration
But
Still I've lost me somewhere
And I don't want this situation
Don't tell anyone that
This is
This
This is
What I've found
I'm surrounded
Don't tell anyone that
This is
This
This is
Where I'm found
And I am doneSOUNDS LIKE:
Peeping Tom - Your Neighborhood Spaceman
TITLE: Eight
BY: Vara Gallo
GENRE: Alternative rock, gothic rock, post-punk revival, indie rock
LENGTH: 3:35
LABEL: Titanic Records
From the Album: Lover's EyesAs said before, Vara Gallo's newest single, Eight, is certainly a change from her past singles. While many of her other singles have been based in a gothic electronica type sound, this particular song has much more of a dance club sound to it. It's the type of song that you would hear at a dance club late at night, and you end up making out with your best friend to in the middle of the dance floor. Which is definitely something that Vara Gallo has done before, but not to this song. But probably will to this song later. Whatever. Vara keeps just enough of her roots in the song to keep it just dark enough to be recognized as one of her songs, and to make the lyrics not seem out of place. She sings about being her own sacrifice, and how she doesn't quite understand what is happening around her. She asks herself questions like, "So is this falling apart, or are these pieces of me? / Is this a nightmare to be, or am I building a dream?" and "So tell me, tell me will I die if I forget how to lie?" as if she's running around in this world, unsure of where she is going and unsure of where she has been. The confusion of the song is part of her Alice in Wonderland theme that she's been carrying throughout the entire album. Other lyrics like, "Making excuses like imaginary friends that run away," references the idea that all of Alice in Wonderland was a dream made up by Alice and her imaginary friends, and other lines like, "I'm lost in my paradise, the walls have built in my life," bringing up the fact that while Wonderland is much like a paradise to Alice in the beginning, it's also just as scary and confining as her real life is. Although the lyrics are full of emotion and confusion, it all seems a little sexy. Vara's voice, while always having a very seductive tone to it, takes her attractiveness to a new level as every word she sings seems to sound like she's orgasming right in front of the microphone. If you didn't listen to the almost heartbreaking lyrics, the whole song sounds like it would be one of those songs on your list of songs to have sex to, and maybe it still would be with the lyrics included. It's definitely the type of song that would end up in the sex scene of a movie, and it probably will be eventually. If every song tells a story, then the story that this song tells is of a very attractive woman who is trying to convince herself that she's having the time of her life, sleeping with a bunch of men, doing drugs, dancing, drinking... but in reality, she wonders if she's wasting away with this kind of life, and not enjoying the other ways that life can be lived.Tracing the steps that I take
Feeling mistakes that are fake
Making excuses like imaginary friends that run away
To where I've already been
To where I already am
So tell me, tell me it'll work out so I'll be wrong again
I look inside, I'm surprised at what I see in my eyes
So tell me, tell me was I there when I was taught how to lie?
I thought I'd chase paradise, but I'll just settle for life
So tell me, tell me did I die when I was taught how to lie?
Don't tell me what it'll be because it's all in degrees
And by degrees what I mean is you don't see what I see
So is this falling apart, or are these pieces of me?
Is this a nightmare to be, or am I building a dream?
When did this come to be?
When did things pick up speed?
Time gone by living in me
Time gone by living in me
Oh ohh
Don't know why (don't know why)
Don't know why (don't know why)
Don't know why I am here
All that I've forgotten is only stopping to remind me
Only I (only I)
Know that I (know that I)
Only I can be my own
Odd sacrifice
I suffered twice and all that I did
Was believe
It's funny how life can be the circles dance around me
Drawing a reminder of what I've done and who I've become
Sleeping my days without dreams, waking at night without sleep
Missing the truth to lie to the promises I heard I would keep
I'm lost in my paradise, the walls have built in my life
So tell me, tell me will I die if I forget how to lie?
When did this come to be?
When did things pick up speed?
Time gone by living in me
Time gone by living in me
Oh ohh
Don't know why (don't know why)
Don't know why (don't know why)
Don't know why I am here
All that I've forgotten is only stopping to remind me
Only I (only I)
Know that I (know that I)
Only I can be my only
Odd sacrifice
I suffered twice and all that I did
Was believeSOUNDS LIKE:
She Wants Revenge - All Wound Up
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