Alright, so I started another blog on here because I love 30 seconds to mars. I have loved them since A Beautiful Lie first came out. I know how cliché that sounds, but it's true. I first discovered them when I noticed a friend of mine was watching the video for The Kill and I asked her what she was watching and she told me about 30STM, and I've been hooked on them ever since. Their symbolism and the deep meaning and messages in some of their songs has always fascinated me; and the way their music makes people think is amazing to me.
I have always been especially fascinated with their older music(ie Phase 1 Fortification, Fallen, Buddha for Mary, Revolution) and many more besides. In fact a lot of these songs are what helped me when I decided to start writing (see my other blog for more information). There has always been a part of me that wondered what Jared was thinking when he wrote these songs. I know that one of the biggest themes of their band has always been dreams and kind of going their own way while trying to find a balance between, for lack of a better description, being themselves while still respecting the powers that be.
As I said before, one of my favorite songs from 30STM is Phase 1 Fortification, It kind of seems to explore the way a person feels when they are trying to become something or trying to meet expectations of others. The example of that is in the following lyrics:
"All of your life trying to be, you are the one you cannot see"
There are also many other references to those themes and I find it interesting how Jared managed to present them.
Here are the lyrics to the song what do YOU think? What other things do they
bring to mind for you?
We will fight
Fortify
We wont crash into oblivion
We will climb
Undeny
We will draw our own conclusions
From this time
I need some kind of release
I need some kind of release
We will race
Through this fate
In the dawn of this dimension
There's a face
Sublimate
We will take up
Break up
These forgotten names
I need some kind of release
I need some kind of release
I need some kind of release
I need some kind of release
All of your life trying to be
You are the one you can not see
All of your life trying to be
You are the one you can not see
I need some kind of release
I need some kind of release
We will fight
Fortify
We wont crash into oblivion
We will climb
Undeny
We will draw our own conclusions
From this time
All of your life trying to be
You are the one you can not see
All of your life trying to be
You are the one you can not see
He swallowed his heroes
They fell out of context
He opened his windows
To decadent interest
He polished his image
Like that of a human
He battled the planets and won
He won
He won
He won
He won
All of your life trying to be
You are the one you can not see
All of your life trying to be
You are the one you can not see
All of my life trying to be
I am the one you can not see
All of my life trying to be
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Jared Leto
Phase 1: Fortification lyrics © Universal Music - Z Tunes LLC, Apocraphex Music
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