Hey guys!

Haven't done this in a while - or at all, in fact. Hmph. Anyway, there's a really cool song, and it's by one of my favourite bands, Imagine Dragons. I love this band because they have such a distinctive sound, and no matter what, you can tell that it's their song. It's not even the rhythm or the voice, but the feel of the song and beat, penetrate your heart and make you want to drum along, which is what makes Imagine Dragons such a great band.

So, their new song: Monster. It's a single, and was released as the soundtrack for the game Infinity Blade: III, and it's so cool, I swear, I'm in love.

Reasons why it's cool:
First off, like I mentioned, it's got this really distinctive sound. You can tell its by Imagine Dragons, but each of their songs stand out individually. It's no carbon copy of nothing. This is a full on original 100% Imagine Dragons, standing out in a way that blows your mind, but reminds you of them. This band can pull it off.

The song starts with a little melody, but it builds up with a strong drum beat that lures you into the song, and doesn't keep you bored. It includes variations in harmony and the background vocals are well done too, and it gives the song a full, 360˚ sound, which is so rare.

And now, for the lyrics!
Yeah, this is the Imagine Dragons, which means: the lyrics are relevant, eerie and just KICKASS AWESOME. I get why this song was released for Infinity Blade: III - it's going to be SO EPIC to have this song playing as you battle.

"If I told you what I was,

Would you turn your back on me?

And if I seem dangerous,Would you be scared?I get the feeling just because,Everything I touch isn't dark enoughIf this problem lies in me"

I like the lyrics, because I think that this song doesn't relate only to literal monsters, actually, I could relate to these lyrics on a personal level concerning issues in my life, and that's why I love this song. The Image Dragons have a way of writing lyrics that makes it seem like the song's message is directed right towards, say an apple, but I bet you, I'm an orange, and I can relate to the lyrics too. Which is really cool, and I just remember the wod for this cool thing they did: Allegories. (Trust me kids, I'm smart. No, really. Stop laughing.)

So, yup, that about wraps it up for me. Does anyone play Inifinty Blade: III? 

Bye kidz,

FeatherPaw.

Hey ma peeps!
This song is so out of the world amazing, nothing can replicate it. I love it. I freakin' love this song. Ali in the Jungle by a totally unknown band, called The Hours. Here's why. Oh, and by the way, if you don't love this, sorry, we can't be friends (feel free to continue giving me page-views though. I don't mind.)

Anyways, I'll give you a short summary of what the song makes me feel like:

So, it starts off with a sweet piano harmony or some instrumental harmony, I love it. It just gives such a nice happy feel to the song that makes you feel optimistic without listening to anything.

Next, the lyrics. Now, wow. And before I move on to that, a milestone we need to pay attention to: THIS IS A HAPPY SONG. OH MY GOD. WHAT. WHAT. (Eheheh name of my blog. I'm clever guys...)

So, back to my point. The lyrics. Wow. They're amazing. They talk about actual real people who've gotten down and have been doomed to fail in life but have succeeded phenomenally like Helen Keller and Beethoven. I mean, when I started to listen to this song, I was like, oh pssh yeah what do you know? Of course people get down, and it's easy for you to say. But then, when he talked about Beethoven ("Oh the guy went deaf and didn't give a damn!") And "Keller in the darkness" I just begain to think about it. It's so inspirational and true, I can really relate to it. I mean, if Beethoven composed his greatest symphony after going deaf, then why can't I a non-deaf/blind/disabled person do what ever I want to without failing?
Answer? I can, and nothing can really stop me except myself.

So you know what? I love this song. It's true and real, and it says that "everybody gets knocked down" but "it's not about the things you've done, it's about what you're doing NOW."

"Everybody gets knocked down, but how quick are you going to get up?
Just how are you going to get up?"

Think about it peeps,
Feather Paw.

Hello there my gorgeous gals!

Let me not even try. This song is so sad, it BROKE my heart strings(Thanks, The Fray. I love you but I hate you). But I'm betting you, you've heard this song before: it broke the record for digital downloads that "Fix You" by Coldplay had set(I know that because I obsessed over this song for the longest time. Longer than healthy.).

So, let's just say that as a general trend, all of the songs that I am considering for this are sad. Because happy songs are, let's face it, not that great in the "deep-ness" or the feels department. Plus, I don't listen to as much mainstream music as I think others do, so you're going to have to deal with my sad rock bands and non-mainstream Finnish bands (you'll hear about them soon enough).

So, this song, as all good songs do, starts off with a slow piano melody. The reason it pulls at my heartstrings though is because even though it's a simple melody, it's got this elegantly sad tone to it that repeats over and over again. When you hear it for the first time, you can't understand it. But listen to the song a few times, when you hear the piano melody, your heart will already begin to melt. The way the lead singer sings, you can hear that he wants to scream out loud, that he lost a friend, but he just doesn't have it in him anymore. Until he regrets it, and gets (sort of) angry at himself in the chorus. The way he sings the chorus just about rips my heartstrings off, and then tears them into pieces. I get this feeling in the pit of my stomach and chest that is a pleasurable pain (I know I should be in a mental home. But I need to finish school too, ya know). The way his voice swings and doesn't exactly go along with the beat is totally real life. Someone who has lost a friend to depression and drugs doesn't sing in time, and doesn't always feel happy.

In summation: Find something you love and let it kill you. I.e.: This song.

I would tell you to shave a squirrel, but someone else has, so that wouldn't be funny,
FeatherPaw.

Hey guys!

So I've decided to start a new feature: "Songs that pull at your heartstrings"

And happily, the first song of this series is: "The A-Team"

Now this song is something that doesn't just pull my heartstrings, it rips them off in a craze of frenzy feels.
Ed Sheeran was inspired to write this song when he visited a shelter for recovering drug addicts and met people that were on drugs classified as "Class - A."

Now, my feels on this song are going to be ripped open in a blazing fire, so stand back if you can't handle messed-up-girl feels, because they're going to come cascading down upon you.

When the song starts, it plays a soft guitar strum that made me love the song the first time I heard it. The way he softly sings it and the repentant, bubbling anger that he sings with really hurts me. I love listening to this song because the words are so pure, so symbolic. Think about this: a drug addict, whose entire life was about corruption, wasting and impurities. But when she dies, she dies covered in white, her death giving her the final purity of an angel.

That's what grief looks like.
In some ways, it's somewhat beautiful. Grief has its own withering, mad grace that no one understand, but everyone worships and loves.

Heartstrings pulled and stretched,
FeatherPaw.

“She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separating its numerous strands, appreciating its subtle nuances. She was a prism through which sadness could be divided into its infinite spectrum.” 
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated