The End of the World Often Comes

Sometimes I like to reinterpret songs.  So I looked at Britney Spears's lyrics to her latest single and tried to interpret it in a new way. 

This kitten got your tongue tied in knots I see
Spit it out ’cause I’m dying for company

Our two characters are the kitten and me.  I'm the one who dies.

I notice that you got it
You notice that I want it
You know that I can take it, to the next level baby

The kitten notices that I have milk.  I notice that the kitten wants the milk.  I know that she can take things to the extreme.

Baby let me blow your mind tonight

She's going to kill me.

I can’t take it, take it, take no more
Never felt like, felt like this before
Come on get me, get me on the floor

This is where I'm getting really nervous.  I've never felt this nervous before.  Eventually I'll end up falling to the floor.

Watch me move when I lose, when I lose it hard
Get you off with the touch, dancing in the dark

She's losing it because she wants the milk.  Here I actually change the lyrics to "offed," because that's a term for killing.

You notice what I’m wearing
I’m noticin you’re staring
You know that I can take it to the next level baby
Hotter than the A-list
Next one on my hit list

I notice that she's wearing the gun, and she notices that I see it.  I'm the next one on her hit list.

See the sunlight
We ain’t stopping
Keep on dancing till the world ends
If you feel it
Let it happen
Keep on dancing till the world ends
Keep on dancing till the world ends

The sunlight is like the light you see when you're about to go.  My world ends when I die, and all I can do it keep dancing.

Seeing yourself through growing panes.

We have a new youtube video of a song I wrote about Jessi Slaughter.  In case you haven't heard of her, she's an 11 year old youtuber who told the internet community that they could say whatever and it wouldn't phase her.  She said this plus numerous expletives and allusions to using a gun on people.

Of course, any wise internet user knows that people are ruthless under the protection of their IP addresses.  Terrible things were said, rumors started, and Jessi broke down.  To make matters worse, her father came to her aid and said things that exposed his lack of knowledge about the internet.  In the end, his defense of his daughter came out more humorous than threatening.

Watching these videos of Jessi and her father, I felt unsettled.  Part of me thought it was funny and that Jessi asked for what came to her, and the other part thought it was sad and that no young girl should have to be put through that.

I wrote this song so that people would feel as uncertain as I felt.  I wrote it so that people could see a new perspective.  I wrote it so that people would see a father, desperately trying to protect his daughter from something so intangible and complicated to him as the internet.

Yes, this is growing pains for Jessi.  But will she learn from this coming of age tale?  Now that she's back, will history repeat itself?  Or will the consequences never be the same?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLdppR8w1rA

If Britney Spears told us "you drive me crazy," then actually went crazy, are we to blame?

Welcome to the new Look at the Fields blog.  We're glad to have you here.  "What kind of stuff is going to be on this blog?" you may be asking your computer monitor.  Well, I'm not entirely sure yet.  Rest assured that via this blog you will be privy to the inner mind of latf; so not only will you know what we're doing, but you'll know why as well.  Also, I might post some blogs about whatever is on my mind relating to music or the band or life in general.

Isn't it interesting how, if one thinks hard enough, one can connect ideas?  I'll bet if you think for a little bit you'll come up with a way to connect the title of this blog to its content.  I already have.