Desney Cody
Life is everything dark, twisted, beautiful and painful. Adam Svec’s latest EP; Bad Lungs shows every aspect of that through his emotional centerhold of a voice, and his deep and dark lyrics. Bad Lungs covers topics of break ups, faith and struggling with one’s inner demons. The title of the EP is one big metaphor of trying to avoid being suffocated, attempting to stay afloat, and waiting for the air to clear of smoke while going through life’s hard times.
The first song of the EP is “Archers and Arrows”- is a break up song. Archers and arrows symbolize the different energies between men and women, and how sometimes they mix, but sometimes they don’t. As well as trying to find one’s self. Archers and arrows always being known as “together” but asking the question if they can actually be apart and be their own “person.” The lyrics: “You dug a hole in me and left it ten years deep,” are the most powerful and outstanding lyrics of the song. It sets the tone for the complex and moody EP.
The tracks “Famous When You Die,” “Pulse Fault,” and “Friend” mash together, still continuing the idea of struggling with finding one’s self. Those three songs dive a bit deeper into the depression side. The lyrics from “Famous When You Die;” “we finally made amends over alcohol and cigarettes… All it takes is getting faded every day,” making the listener actually feel how deep someone can sink into their own thoughts and feel their pain- and maybe even resorting to such measures of excessive alcohol and drug use.
“Blasphemy is Easy” is the third track on the album, and it is on the one of the most controversial topics of all: faith. When someone is depressed, they look for almost anything to just get them through the day. Even believing in the guy in the sky. However, that may not be everyone’s fix. The song speaks of how there are things that people are scared of and how it basically makes them believe in God to ease those thoughts, even though they may not actually believe it to be true.
The last song is the most powerful, and wraps the EP up well. “On the Harraseeket,” is a song about struggle and hoping to come out on the other side. Harraseeket is a river, and a Native American term. Literally meaning, “river of many fish,” but roughly translating to “full of obstacles.” This song can be taken into any context, with any interpretation. Life is full of obstacles and you have to keep wishing for the best- “wish for better weather, here comes the winter.”
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