Song Themes and Ideas

The strongest idea we had for a music video was based on the idea of confession within the song. We thought that a church originally was the best place to set the music video as it a place people go to for confession and redemption. We liked the idea of having a stained glass window behind the band as they performed and as we studied the song closely we thought that shots of the lead singer sitting inside a confessions box would be ideal. We studied the lyrics in more detail and jotted down some ideas and shots we would associate with certain lines:

'Something to get off my chest'

Ideas of secrets, lies, and confession, with the singer appearing upset or guilty

'Need something that I can confess' 

Would be an ideal line to say whilst inside a confession box, once again implying that the singer has done something wrong that he is ashamed of

'I'm gonna give all my secrets away'

 Relates to confession and being open about something, a shot could involve the singer gesturing strongly to show he is open about giving away his secrets

'Come by it honestly I swear'

 The word honest ties in with the themes of confession and secrets

'My God, amazing how we got this far'

 This line shows that the lyrics could have been talking about a journey of lies and dishonesty and now it is coming to an end, the confession box could be end of the journey.

All display religious or confession imagery and make a church setting even more ideal. Lines such as 'need something that I can confess' could be performed from inside a confessions box and would a way in which the video reflects the song lyrics. These ideas have added a small narrative option to our video which we had not previously thought about before, as we had originally decided to create an entirely performance video. However our ideas have changed the more we have thought about the song and setting.