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Title: Carnival of Rust Artist: Poets of the Fall Album: Carnival of Rust Year: 2006 Genre: Post-grunge Guitarist: Marko Saaresto, Olliver Tukiainen |
Lyrical Interpretation: By far, this song has the most inspired lyrics I have come across in a long time. True to their name, this band has unique poetic skill. I interpret the title as a representation of a once cherished situation that has now come to rot – love that is lost. The protagonist accuses his love interest of having been selfish and passing over him for other objectives in life. ‘Come feed the rain’ to me means that even though it will cause him to ‘rust’ more in the aftermath, he would rather have her than not, because he can’t bear life without her.
Guitar Play: It is the intro which is truly captivating and has a melody that stays in your mind for long. In very typical soft-to-hard grunge style, the intro gives way to a heavier segment for the chorus.
Comment: Poets of the Fall are known to blend various genres, mixing pop and rock very well and this is a prime example of their skill. Mark’s vocals are really delightful. The video that was released with this song really makes one curious of the meaning of the song.
Video at Youtube:
This is one of the most interesting videos around -
I’m so glad that I came across this song on youtube. This song and the music video is dark and beautiful. I don’t even know how many times I have listened to this song, but for some reason I can’t seem to get enough of it. On top of that the lyrics just drove me crazy because I wanted to know it’s meaning and why the music video was created in such a way.
Just wanted to say that i totally love this song. It’s nothing I’ve heard before <3