Slow Motion

The media has shown violence to be so glorious, so easy, so unreal.



Miss Jones taught me English
But I think I just shot her son
'Cause he owed me money
With a bullet in the chest you cannot run
Now he's bleeding in a vacant lot
The one in the summer where we used to smoke pot
I guess I didn't mean it
But man, you should've seen it
His flesh explode

Slow motion, see me let go
We tend to die young
Slow motion, see me let go
What a brother knows
Slow motion, see me let go

Now the cops will get me
But girl, if you would let me
I'll take your pants off
I got a little bit of blow we could both get off
Later, bathing in the afterglow
Two lines of coke got cut with Drano
And her nose starts to bleed
A most beautiful ruby red

Slow motion, see me let go
We'll remember these days
Slow motion, see me let go
Urban life decays
Slow motion, see me let go

And at home
My sister's eating paint chips again
Maybe that's why she's insane
I shut the door to her moaning
And I shoot smack in my veins
Wouldn't you?
See my neighbor's beating his wife
Because he hates his life
There's an arc to his fist as he swings
Oh man, what a beautiful thing
And death slides close to me
Won't grow old to be
A junkie wino creep

Hollywood glamorized my wrath
I'm a young urban psychopath
I incite murder for your entertainment
'Cause I needed the money
What's your excuse?
The joke's on you

Slow motion, see me let go
Oh yeah
Slow motion, see me let go
Slow motion, see me let go

I gave this song a listen yesterday and despite all of the graphic images it brings to your mind, it points out a true flaw in Hollywood. Well, that's how this song operates - it shows you the disgust in violence, you're shocked, then you realize how real these acts are. Unlike the media's usual depiction, it's not as easy as it looks and there are real consequences to shooting someone or taking drugs. It's quite funny, the industry makes money off of people wanting to see people shooting each other or getting fucked up off drugs. In the movies we see people with a bullet in their body and we're numb to it. Yeah, we know it's not real. But in the news, when we're presented with the same situation - we don't give a fuck no matter how gruesome. Sooner or later, people are going to lose their sense of reality and know how scary these things are. It's as if movies are preparing us so that when we see the real thing, violence just isn't such a shock to us anymore.
Something else to note, isn't this song addictive? All of these gruesome acts wrapped up in a pretty package to deliver to the masses - just like Hollywood. This song mocks the public's thirst for gangsters fucking each other up by saying how "beautiful" the arc of his fist is, or how beautiful that blood is dripping out of her nose is. I just think this song is the most interesting thing I've heard in a while. Happy listening!