2014 – Think Bensonium https://bensonium.com Sight through thought Sat, 20 Mar 2021 18:48:02 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://bensonium.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/NewEYEIcon-100x100.png 2014 – Think Bensonium https://bensonium.com 32 32 Day 368: Holding on for Life, Broken Bells https://bensonium.com/song/day-368-holding-on-for-life-broken-bells/ https://bensonium.com/song/day-368-holding-on-for-life-broken-bells/#respond Mon, 22 Mar 2021 00:00:06 +0000 https://bensonium.com/?post_type=cid&p=2954 I discovered this band when filling in Covid Island Discs the missing years. The first song of theirs I cited back on day 322 was The Ghost Inside. The lyrics of this song fitted a science fiction theme about a young woman who travels to a distant planet to find her dream vacation. Sadly however, when she gets there, she finds the planet is not what she thought it would be. This second song of theirs also follows a similar science fiction narrative again involving people and spaceships. Another very interesting video visually to accompany a song which is also is quite interesting lyrically.

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I particularly like his reflections on a rockstar’s love relationships in the following lyrics:

Well it must be hard to get partnered with me
Some narcissism, some OCD
Love that comes easy is a fake or a fluke
Love is a marathon sometimes a puke!

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