| 1 | Didn't think [[Music/OwlCity such a peppy, bubbly musician like Adam Young]] could bring some scary stuff to the table, did you? But once you listen closely, the most effervescent of lyrics [[LyricalDissonance become]] [[FridgeHorror absolutely horrific.]] |
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| 3 | * "Rainbow Veins" had "Cheer up and dry your damp eyes / And tell me when it rains / And I'll blend up that rainbow above you / And ''shoot it through your veins.''" |
| 4 | * "The Tip of the Iceberg" had, [[BodyHorror "Paint runs from your mouth like a waterfall, and your lungs crystallize."]] |
| 5 | * "Strawberry Avalanche" had, [[EyeScream "Scratched on the back of both my eyelids..."]] |
| 6 | * "Cave In" had "I'll keep my helmet on, '''[[BodyHorror just in case my head caves in.]]'''" |
| 7 | * Also from "Cave In"; "If the bombs go off, the sun will still be shining / Because I've heard it's said that every mushroom cloud has a silver lining". This sounds like someone trying to be optimistic as an Atom Bomb is released. |
| 8 | * Special mention for "The Bird and The Worm": "If my segments get separated, '''I'll scream''' / and ''you'll be there!'' " However, This might be a metaphor for falling apart at the seams/feeling overstressed, and if you call out, the person you love will be there. |
| 9 | ** Then again, the girl and the guy in the song are "the bird" and "the worm," respectively. And the preceding line is "I know the part, it's such a bummer / but fair is fair." Kinda sounds like she's [[EatenAlive eating him.]] |
| 10 | * From the song "Galaxies," off ''All Things Bright And Beautiful'': "Summit the sunset / Dovetail the dragnet / And '''blow your backbone to bits!'''" Justified, however, in that it's about the ''Challenger'' explosion. |
| 11 | * In the video for "Youtopia", his collaboration with Music/ArminVanBuuren, he plays the ghost of a deceased boyfriend singing to the bereaved girl on a camping trip. |
| 12 | * "This Isn't the End" has fairly morbid lyrics, about a man who commits suicide and the daughter he leaves behind to grieve. |
| 13 | * "Kamikaze" has "Where cherry bombs stain the blackbirds red, and explosions never make a sound" and "I'm finally fighting back a terrible force, 'cause I'm not afraid to '''die''' alone"... If anyone knows what [[SuicideAttack kamikaze]] means, then... |
| 14 | * "The Tornado" provides a bit of PrimalFear, as it depicts a paperboy out on his route when a tornado touches down. What starts out as a bubbly and upbeat song becomes stressful and dark as our protagonist realizes the only shelter available is a storm drain. Then: |
| 15 | --> And then the nightmare started, it got deafeningly loud |
| 16 | --> Every fiber in me screamed out, but I couldn't make a sound |
| 17 | --> The whirling of a vortex, a violent carousel |
| 18 | --> [[HellIsThatNoise It sounded like a freight train was dragging me to hell]] |
| 19 | --> ''[[SuddenlyShouting And this was my prayer:]]'' |
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