There are sometimes when you are full of
problems, feeling unable to solve them. You look for a way to escape, to run.
But life is a rocky road and the will to escape from our problems is not always
enough to make it happen. There are sometimes when we have got No Distance Left to Run.
That’s one of the messages British band “Blur”
gave us in their song No Distance Left to
Run, which talks about the end of Damon Albarn –lead singer of the band-
and his girlfriend Justine Frischmann’s relationship.
The video of the song show us each member of
the band sleeping in their respective bedrooms and that’s it. No, seriously. Are
you wondering what’s so special about this video then? Its simplicity. Recorded
with night-vision cameras, the video evokes a feeling of numbness, tranquility;
it makes you think about your own problems. Maybe you haven’t lived the break
of a relationship, but the lyrics can catch your attention because of its more
underlying meaning: We cannot always forget or keep to ourselves our problems;
we have to let them out.
Obviously, it wouldn’t be an interesting video
if the song itself wasn’t good. Beautiful yet painful is the best way to
describe it. A bluesy guitar riff with melancholic lyrics, you can almost feel
the grief of Damon Albarn in your skin. Even Albarn himself has stated that No Distance Left to Run it’s one of the
most personal songs of the band.
However, Damon is not very friendly with
telling all about his life in his lyrics, just as he said to an interview in
1999 to music magazine, The Face; there
are some things we should keep to ourselves. That being said, we can assume the
breaking really affected Albarn, making him want to write about it.
Enjoy the video and also try to think about similar situations that have happened to you.
There was a time when you had no distance left to run?
I didn't know this song, it remember me a break up I had with an ex boyfriend. If I knew it before I would definitely dedicated it to him hahaha :)
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