Does anyone feel like music speaks to them?
I often feel that the music I listen to always has some kind of message. Lately I have been really digging into lyrics, and the lyrics I have been analyzing is Logic’s song which is titled with the suicide hotline number. The songs title speaks, as do its lyrics. I am sure we have all felt down at times, so its almost comforting when we find something that relates. This song doesn’t necessarily relate to me, but it relates to anyone that has ever felt extremely down, which is a category I fall into. A song I listen to when im down is Logic’s “1-800-273-8255”. The song is beautifully written, and hits very strong for anyone who has ever felt these emotions. Music is something that eases the mind, and these lyrics are so powerful. Logic sings about not wanting to be alive, but ends the song with the drive and urge to live. The song will forever be a favorite of mine, and if you want to know what its all about check this out.
In Logic’s song, titled, 1-800-273-8255, Logic talks about his experiences dealing with problems that many people go through. The rapper with singers Khalid and Alessa Cara focus on the struggles of someone who is dealing with suicidal thoughts. He sings about what people may go through, along with giving people reasons to live and not to kill themselves. When he sings each lyric it sends extreme emotion to the listener through his powerful words. Throughout the song , Logic illustrates the struggle of feeling suicidal thoughts, as well as giving reasons to live. He ends the song with a positive note, but it overall sends out a powerful message.
The song makes you WANT to understand each lyric. In the song 1-800-273-8255, Logic sings “I don’t want to be alive, I don’t want to be alive, I just want to die today, I just want to die, I don’t want to be alive, I don’t want to be alive, I just want to die, now let me tell you why.” Logic grabs the listeners attention through extreme lines. He does this before explaining why someone might feel this way. When he starts off says these intense lines it draws the listener in to want to know more about this feeling. The way he sings the song causes the listener to listen to every lyric thoroughly. He focuses on all aspects on what someone may be going through. He goes into depth about how a person may feel saying, “all this other shit I’m talking ‘bout they think they know it, I’ve been praying for somebody to save me, no one’s heroic.” In these line he is expressing the need to be saved. His lyrics relates even if you haven’t felt this way because of the emotion through the song.
In addition, singer Alessa Cara sheds light on why someone may want to live. She says, “It’s the very first breath when your heads been drowning under water, and it’s the light that’s in the air when you’re there, chest-to-chest with a lover. Its holding on though the roads long seeing light and the darkest things.” The singer here opens up a new idea. She is intending to making the listener feel hope. The hope is what is so beautiful about this song. Logic also supports Alessa at this point. Logic as well at this point in the song is showing compassion for the listener and explaining that he and many other people have been in the same situation as well. Logic encourages the listener that it is okay. He says, “I know where you been, where you are, where you’re going…what’s the day without a little night? I’m just tryna shed a little light. It can be hard, it can be so hard, but you gotta live right now, you’ve got everything to give right now.” Logic is encouraging his listener to keep moving. He acknowledges that it can be hard, but he urges that “you gotta live right now, youve got everything to give right now”. The song hits differently for anyone who has ever felt this emotions. His words of encouragement are so strong because he just went from wanting to die, to wanting to be alive. It sends the listener the message that there is hope. It is very comforting.
The song then ends with the lines “but I don’t want to cry, I don’t want to cry anymore, I wanna feel alive, I don’t even wanna die anymore. Oh, I don’t wanna, I don’t wanna, I don’t even wanna die anymore. The song goes from a person who wants to commit suicide, to a person who wants to live and change peoples views. The message right there is so powerful. By the end of the song you are feeling hope. The whole mood, and tone change. Logic goes from screaming rapping, to embracing the beauty of life. His mind has changed at the end of the song, which leaves hope for anyone in this position. The significance of the title is also something I analysed. The song is supposed to comfort those who have felt like this, and the number is a suicide hotline. The song title itself speaks that it helps. This song is beautiful for anyone facing a hard time, or anyone who enjoys meaningful lyrics.
Logic’s message is so powerful. I think this song speaks to anyone who has ever felt this.
Vanessa Mannion 