Always Running - Originally Written and Composed by Kevin Sherwood
Hello World,
Today I wish to preform an analysis on a song written and composed by Kevin Sherwood which was originally featured in the Hit Video Game: Call Of Duty Black Ops 2 Zombies. I will first post the applicable Lyrics and follow it up with the analysis proper, I hope you enjoy.
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In this sollemn field of Silence, I can barely feel the pain. Blind and deaf to all the violence, but I’ve always felt this way. On the wind is a smell of misery, fear and death perfume the air. When It begins again is mystery, and I always end up there. Always unsuspecting, so easy to lure me away from all the angels.
I am running, from something I’m becoming; Unstoppable and I’m running from the something that I’m coming from. Always Running.
I Am, letting go of all that I know, from this burried well of conciousness I can barely hear the rain, Everyone becomes anonnymous, all the faces seem the same, Always unrelenting, descending into our own nightmare, from this twisted fantasy, Running far away from this beauty of annihilation. Do the faceless, face this fear.
(chorus plays again)
Ive become, something they all run from. I want you to be gone, but I know youve just begun, why I am I numb. To everything I have done, there is no going back for me; becoming has taken its toll on me
(chorus again)
So From this song, we can clearly see This song is about a man or woman with diarhea. The song is performed as if it were a monologue, and the singer is speaking to us the viewer. Allow me to explain:
They start off by describing how they very rarely ever feel it coming before it happens, relating that the violent nature of the side effects are something they feel all the time so they are never quite certain it is indeed a bowel problem. I am sure you may be wondering how I came to this conclusion, bare with me, They continue to describe the first notable symptoms being the stench, and comedically contrast it with the smell of perfume. They lament that when it happens is not something they can predict, while ending up in the same place is. From this I gather they are describing the affliction of diarhea and a bathroom respectively. They reinforce this problem by relating angels and bathrooms together without expressedly saying as such.
The something which they are becoming is never outright said but it is easy to decipher with the previous lyrical implications that being diarhetic is that of which is being alluded to. The term running may also refer to the feeling of the Fecal matter being ejected from the anal cavity at maximum force.
The second verse describes the singer as being in a place where they let go of all their thoughts and ideas to focus on the issue on hand, in a place they describe as a burried well, It may be a stretch but they may be reffering to an outhouse here, and the reason they are unable to hear the rain is because of the sound of their own flatulence. The singer then moves on to describe their friends and family becoming a single being or an group of beings which they are unable to decipher, again alluding to running for a latrine, as their affliction is an unrelenting force which cannot be stopped. A metaphorical nightmare or twisted version of reality. They wish to get to the latrine so they will not face the social ramifications of soiling themselves. They end by wondering if anyone else feels the same as them or if they relate rather than judge.
The singer reinforces their plight with a run of the chorus before letting the viewer know that despite their best attepmts the social ramifications of constantly having diarhea have caught up to them. They question why they feel numb both in the anal region and in their mind. They finish off in a pessimistic view that there is no return from their fall from grace as the affliction has finally taken its toll
The song then repeats the chorus several times, so as to prove this point.
But that’s just one man’s analysis, I’d love to hear yours so leave a comment or email me and remember to keep on keepin on
Musically Yours,
Mjax Majoran
