Explosions in the Sky
All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
Temporary Residence
2007
Grade: A
Lyrics aren’t as important as some people would like you to believe. Many people think songs true emotions come from lyrics. I don’t agree with that idea. For one example, how many metaphorical ways do you want to hear about the same broken relationship or someone else’s social shortcomings? There is a much greater catalyst of feeling in music, the instrumentation. Take a movie for instance, a movie might make you feel a certain emotion in certain scenes. Is it the dialogue of the movie that usually makes you feel that way? No, the scene doesn’t necessarily even have to contain dialogue to move you. Something there does move you though. I think it’s the music that brings you to that point. The music in the background along with an image that you’re now tying to it is what moves you while watching a film.
Explosions in the Sky’s songs are like that movie score. They move you without lyrics or dialogue behind it, they don’t need them. The music itself evokes an image or feeling that allows you to feel closer to it. It has a great sense of drama and depth without a single uttered lyric.
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