Your Dark Passenger

What better way to kick off The 13 days of love, dark passengers, than with a look at love at its finest: cheating.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a total cynic.  I do believe in love; I believe love can work. Unfortunately, I also believe people are great at screwing up a good thing.

If they’re even looking for a good thing, that is…

For grins, let’s take a look at “The Feel Good Drag” by Anberlin.  If you haven’t heard the song before then I highly recommend playing the original music video below so you’ll have some idea what I’m talking about…and it’s just an awesome song.  (You know how I love a great guitar solo, right?)

…Continues below the music video…

So, what did you think?  Apparently, the chick in the video was bathing in what had to be the filthiest water ever. Not really much of a story on the surface, but if you look at a more symbolic level then you’ll see a message and mini-moral unfolding.

Since there’s a theme running throughout the lyrics of feeling “in love with your sin” and that the other person is their their “littlest sin” and “greatest failure,” the bathtub imagery fits well.  I’ve heard the expression black as sin and bathed in sin, but this really takes us to a whole new level, doesn’t it?  What’s the moral?  I’ll get to that in a second.

Here’s what I don’t get.  Why do people bother to be in relationships if they’re just going to disrespect them anyway?  Or better still…Why are so many incapable of separating love from lust?  Any thoughts?

The reason I chose this particular song to highlight my point today, besides just the awesome evil baptism vanishing act, is the lyrics from the 3rd verse and the chorus:

Was this over before…before it ever began?  Your kiss, your calls, your crutch…like the devil’s got your hands.  This was over before…before it ever began.  Your lips, your lies, your lust…like the devil’s in your hands.

Failure is your disease.  You want my outline drawn.  You were my greatest failure.  Discourse your saving song!

–Lyrics to “The Feel Good Drag” by Anberlin

Seriously, how can you listen to that and not want to rock out to it on Rock Band 2?  (Still waiting for it to be available…if it ever will be.)  But I digress.  Here’s the other thing about love: if you go looking for it in all the wrong places or for all the wrong reasons then you’re doomed to failure before success even has a shot.  And, well…if you try to hook up with someone suffering from the failure disease then how could they possibly not end up being your greatest failure?  (Also, it would appear the failure disease is fatal based on the [chalk] outline thing so…yeah.  Take precautions.)

So in honor of Valentine’s Day and the 13 Days of Love, I leave you with the moral of this song’s story:  He who picks up the failure disease chick (who’s already got a boyfriend) probably shouldn’t leave her alone in an old-fashioned, run down apartment while he rocks out with his friends next door.  If he does…he should plan on having that relationship go down the drain.

And since you know I have to find a way to make everything amusing, I found two RuneScape fan-made music videos to this song for your viewing pleasure.  This Runescape Music Video is probably the best one, but I found another that made me laugh my ass off every time the dude would throw magic up in the air at the end of verse/sentence/whatever.  The best part of both of them are during the heavy guitar riffs when the little pixel peeps - especially the one in the viking hat - start playing air guitar.  I can’t do it justice…you’ve got to watch to see what I’m talking about.

Looking for the lighter side of love?  Don’t forget to check out The Stiletto Philosopher for a little love pick-me-up.

Jen

“Let your dark passenger come out to play…Be your own nemesis!”

BTW- Day 1 of the 13 Days of Love was delayed because a bunch of trojans took over my computer and had it shut down for way too long. (Last time I accept a giant wooden horse that’s left on my doorstep…bastards.) Took 5 hours just to get the virus scan to run all the way through.  Day 2 of the 13 Days of Love will still be posted later today to keep us on schedule.

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