I love Jaws with all my heart, so, here I come with a little analysis again!
First off, the title. Bite my neck, drink my blood and make us one type vibes. Sleep Token in general has a massive thing with biting, teeth, consumption and chewing (there's a massive post on Reddit with all the times it's been mentioned, which, if I remember correctly, is around twenty), across their discography, and Jaws is the immediate beginning of this trend.
Jaws are a sign of power, destruction, love, sadness and joy. We bear our teeth when we're happy, when we're angry and when we eat. It is the ultimate metaphor for so many emotions. You don't know someone until you've seen them destroy something, to shout and scream and chew and bite, hence the line "show me those pretty white jaws; show me where the delicate stops". He's asking to see the real them, whoever they are.
All the lyrics have this underlying religious tone, as most Sleep Token songs do, but here it's more directly addressed. "Stained glass" is almost always associated with Churches and Cathedrals, and presents 'them' as something Holy; something that can and will be worshipped. However, the line "Whites of your eyes burn" completely removes all the ideas of safety that surrounds a religious figure. Of course, when it comes to divinity and sin, fire is a massive symbol we have to talk about. To burn is to suffer, but to be cleansed. It's this double entendre that presents this figure of safety as one who is also a threat. A predator.
Then, of course, we have "And I'm not here to be the saviour you long for". Unfortunately, Vessel seems to be in this constant battle of 'I can fix them; we can fix eachother. We're gonna be fine!' and 'I fucking hate you; leave me be or I'll have at you', which is what's seen in this one. Neither of them are the saviour the other one yearns for, yet Vessel still tries. He asks, and then repeats over and over, creating the tone of begging and pleading, for them to show him what they've lost and, in turn, show him love.
He's asking them for the two things they can never genuinely give, but he never stops trying because God forbid the things he'd do if he was alone again.
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GIVE 'EM HELL! 😈 - Capri Chilton (a motorcity mix)
"You're right about one thing when it comes to my brother: he doesn't have the stomach for this. But I do. And I'm hungry."
(art used: @velnar3)
a LONG SELF-INDULGENT KICKASS PLAYLIST for the long-lost big sister we never got to meet and the backstory / fanfic / Season 3 / character arc that lives in my head. one of these days I'll actually write it lmao
FEATURING, in order of appearance: badassery! a sweet-then-utterly-TRAGIC flashback! running away. road trip shenanigans. morally dubious adventures in the post-apocalypse. unexpected hope. a happy sibling reunion! epically teaming up to fight The Man! repressed trauma. a growing hunger for vengeance. a painful argument and splitup. a VILLIAN ERA. evil revenge-y plans. said plans getting foiled because someone refuses to give up on the power of friendship. reconciliation. slow healing. a REDEMPTION ARC! doing vengeance HEROICALLY! and finally finding the peace that comes from knowing exactly where - and what - "home" truly is.
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I actually can’t imagine anything worse than finding your person, your soulmate, and believing that they’re it for you, that you’re going to spend the rest of your life with them…and then the relationship ends.
It makes me so afraid to really, truly fall in love because I’d just be terrified of losing it.
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how can i call this intimacy
if i crave sharp edges
but your edges aren't even edges
they are soft landings
how do i teach myself
to accept a healthy love
if all i’ve ever known is pain
- rupi kaur
listen on spotify || current run time: 2 hrs 9 min
a collection of every song that has served as fic inspo for the epic emotional rollercoaster ride known as a @reyescarlos // ksmalltalk story on AO3.
featuring:
sanctuary - nashville cast // can i be him - james arthur // there's no way - lauv ft. julia michaels // mad - ne-yo // sudden desire - hayley williams // share your address - ben platt // little talks - of monsters and men // waking up slow - gabrielle aplin // all through the night - sleeping at last (cover) // love you for a long time - maggie rogers // who am i - needtobreathe ft. elle king // sweetest devotion - adele // let's fall in love for the night - finneas // no right to love you - rhys lewis // somebody special - nina nesbitt // i guess i'm in love - clinton kane // the man who can't be moved - the script // give me the future - bastille // memo - years & years // the few things jp saxe ft. charlotte lawrence
+more!
(thank you @carsonnshaw for the stunning gif!💗)
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like when it comes to people advocating for shit like more of kikuo's work to be included in prsk it's just...... did you... did you look at the lyrics. or did you just hear technically well-made somber-sounding music and go "yeah this would be perfect for 25ji to cover 😍🥰💖💖" (side note: society when 25ji stops getting labeled as the Edgy group when their personal themes are just as positive and lovely and heartwarming as all the other groups 💔society when this fandom learns to read) without taking the five minutes to understand the absolutely abysmal really fucking disturbing sickening topics kikuo tackles in his music . like this isn't music you listen to for fun it should make you uncomfortable you don't fucking Jam Out to this stuff you shouldn't be able to listen to it more than like. once. it has no place in prsk and this applies to a lot of other songs and producers y'all want in there and also some. songs that are already in the game but i digress
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wcs isn't strictly about persephone and hades, within the scope of namesake.
like, i know that's the most obvious trajectory given child bride/arranged marriage/death and rebirth, but hades isn't a self-pitying sadist who torments persephone and leaves her suffering (in my novel).
it's very specifically about another "couple" and the lingering hatred, trauma that the female character cannot unroot from
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