How Many of You Have Felt Personally Victimized by Adam Melchor & Briston Maroney?
Written by Allyson Clayton
Well, I sure have!
THEIR NEWEST TRACK, “Hold On For Dear Life”, LITERALLY OPENS WITH “Nothin’s gonna happen, if you don’t try” AND IF THOSE AREN’T FIGHTING WORDS I DON’T KNOW WHAT ARE! (For legal purposes, I do NOT want to fight Adam Melchor or Briston Maroney but also I kind of do…)
Let’s dive in:
[I think that my fear of heights
Is really just a fear of sight
'Cause when I close my eyes
Everything feels fine
Sometimes I feel like the kite
Sometimes I feel like the hands
That hold the strings too tight
Hold on for dear life]
Okay, boys, I get it. You have this gorgeous, poetic view on the capability of humankind! I get that you want to make me CRY about the fact that at the same time that we are the rulers of our own lives and are capable of everything good, we are also capable of making ourselves utterly miserable. I GET IT.
[Leave it up to death
'Cause who knows what comes next
And how could I ever rest my mind]
Mmmm, mmhmm. So this is where the song starts to feel like an attack. YOU’RE telling ME that we actually have no control and that that is as terrifying as it is freeing? Cool. Very good!
[Nothing's gonna happen if you don't jump
Once in a while
High as a mile
They say we're just born to push our luck
Well I try
And I find
It leaves me here to hold on for dear life]
And now we’re in full-blown attack mode. I am entitled to financial compensation!!!
I know you aren’t “supposed” to compare songs but what’s the ruling on comparing how those songs make you feel? Upon listening to Adam Melchor and Briston Maroney’s “Hold on For Dear Life” I got an immediate flashback to 2011 sitting in my bedroom, listening to Panic! At the Disco and Fun.’s collaboration “C’mon” (moment of silence for that masterpiece that still hits exactly the same as it did 10 years ago) for the first time and being absolutely enthralled. I love me some sweet, sweet vocal layering and harmonies!!
It’s natural to compare things to other things, it’s an urge to understand, an urge to connect. And this song injects the same happy chemicals in my brain that ‘C’mon’ did when I was a teenager.
That’s the best thing about music, in opinion, is that no matter how old I get, music makes me feel like a kid again, in the best way.
[You think that your fear of ghosts
Is really just a fear of getting
Close to afterlife
Or the lack thereof
You sit in your haunted house
And keeping all these feelings
So far out of sight
Try to pack them up]
If there’s one thing that I love, it’s my favorite artists’ ability to see into the depths of my heart and soul and turning all the tangled up thoughts into beautiful poetry. (I started that sentence wanting to be sarcastic, but it’s so true--it’s my favorite thing, ever.)
Go check out this absolute banger so you can have your 10th existential crisis of the day, just like me!
