Lyric Analysis

There is love in your body but you can't hold it in                                 
It pours from your eyes and spills from your skin
Tenderest touch leaves the darkest of marks
And the kindest of kisses break the hardest of hearts

The hardest of hearts
The hardest of hearts
The hardest of hearts

There is love in your body but you can't get it out
It gets stuck in your head, won't come out of your mouth
Sticks to your tongue and shows on your face
That the sweetest of words have the bitterest taste

Darling heart, I loved you from the start
But you'll never know what a fool I've been
Darling heart, I loved you from the start
But that's no excuse for the state I'm in

The hardest of hearts
The hardest of hearts
The hardest of hearts

There is love in our bodies and it holds us together
But pulls us apart when we're holding each other
We all want something to hold in the night
We don't care if it hurts or we're holding too tight

There is love in your body but you can't get it out
It gets stuck in your head, won't come out of your mouth
Sticks to your tongue and it shows on your face
That the sweetest of words have the bitterest taste

Darling heart, I loved you from the start
But you'll never know what a fool I've been
Darling heart, I loved you from the start
But that's no excuse for the state I'm in

The hardest of hearts
The hardest of hearts
The hardest of hearts

My heart swells like a water at work
Can't stop myself before it's too late
Hold on to your heart
'Cause I'm coming to take it
Hold on to your heart
'Cause I'm coming to break it

Hold on hold on hold on hold on hold on
Hold on hold on hold on hold on hold on
The hardest of hearts (hold on, hold on)
The hardest of hearts (hold on, hold on)
The hardest of hearts (hold on) The main part of lyrics we will focus on are the verses as our imagery contrasts with these lyrics. As we are using masks, the lyrics are about body parts/facial features so our imagery contrasts and confuses the viewer to create an underlying sinister meaning of mental instability. We also show that the line hardest of hearts contrasts with the artist, as the artist changes its mental state every few shots, which would mean that the heart of the artist would be anything but hard. However it can be seen that the artist would have the hardest of hearts, as no emotion is shown by the artist, and this is hard for some viewers to comprehend as emotion is what most people use to understand a person. The 'hold on' section was very potent in our video as it was the bit where the artist is trying to escape his mental position and the lyrics are in a way telling him to hold on qhile he is trying to escape. This adds to the mental instability of the character and strengthens the characters persona that we created. Overall I think we thought a lot about the lyrics as our performance was very contrasting to the lyrics and we interpreted the lyrics in a sinister depressive manner.