Migraine Song Analysis

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Nate Keyock Mr. Achenzie English 10 February 14 2013 “The Headache of Life ” My song is called “Migraine” by a band called Twenty One Pilots. The song itself has many meanings to it, and a lot of meaning to me, the writer, singer, and pianist Tyler Joseph, and drummer Josh Dun. To begin the song itself is not really about an actual migraine, but more so what it represents. What it represents is something that’s a problem, and how in the night, when you're trying to sleep, you just think; you think about questions that you can only answer. However you don't even have to answers to, like who you are, what you will be, and what is your actual worth for living. You can’t sleep until you know who you truly are and trying to “survive the migraine” per-say, and once you do, everything is so much better, but if you don't try to find the truth about yourself, your mind can and will kill you and that you’re not the only one. My relationship to this song is just what it means, and how true it is; if you don't know who you are, how can you sleep and not be bothered and have those questions itching at the back of your head. If you let it go by and you just sit through it, you’ll end up letting your mind kill you, and that’s not what should happen. The migraine is the tough part of life when you're trying to figure out who you are and what you want to be. Now the song itself, from a musical and instrumental standpoint, is also very interesting. I’ve seen this band live twice already, and they’re a phenomenal band to see. Tyler Joseph, who pointed to me while I was crowd surfing (just saying), prerecords piano and synth melodies and techno beats and such. Then plays piano and sings on stage live. Then Josh Dun, who is a great drummer, plays drum beats, fills and such, that go very good together with the songs. Tyler Joseph also plays the Ukulele for a couple of songs and

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