Friday, 24 February 2017

AS2: Task 3 - Analyse The Track/Final Idea


Stated below is the lyrics for the song we've chosen, which is Pieces of Eight by Killing Jimmy. It is a fast paced song, and it lasts for 3:18.
Meaning
We analysed the lyrics to be about a woman, who has lost her loved one at sea, this is evident when she sings "My love has gone away, I left him at the bay." The song also uses the term "Pieces of Eight" several times throughout. Pieces of Eight were silver coins, approximately 33mm in diameter, that were minted and distributed in the Spanish Empire after 1598, it was worth 8 Spanish Reales.
Content
It is arranged into 2 verses, 3 verses, and a guitar solo.

Killing Jimmy
Pieces of Eight
Somebody tell the state
My love has gone away
I left him by the bay
What will I do without my old first mate?
Now that he’s gone away.
Ship goes down hard just like hundreds have before
I couldn’t see when he shut the chamber door
Hold my breath in the morning I wake
I’ll see my love when he holds the pieces
He holds the pieces of eight.
I’m not a victim of a lovers lost heartbreak
Weep like a witch while she’s burning at the stake
He took my love in the cold light of day
That boy took my love away.
Ship goes down hard just like hundreds have before
I couldn’t see when he shut the chamber door
Hold my breath in the morning I wake
I’ll see my love when he holds the pieces
He holds the pieces of eight.
Guitar solo
Ship goes down hard just like hundreds have before
I couldn’t see when he shut the chamber door
Hold my breath in the morning I wake
I’ll see my love when he holds all pieces
And I’ll see him go
I couldn’t see when he shut the chamber door
Hold my breath in the morning I wake
I’ll see my love when he holds the pieces
He holds the pieces
Holds my pieces of
Eighhhhhtttttttttt

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