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Analysis Of Xxxtentacion's Song Everybody Dies In Their Nightmares

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Music is a form of art that affects everyone in one way or another. Music is a piece of art that fully reflects the artist’s feelings or lifelong experiences. Art affects everyone emotionally and everyone can relate to music because the lyrics are meaningful in every way just like a story. For example, XXXTentacion’s music reflects his feelings and his emotional struggles and how he had problems with suicide and clinical depression. I relate to one of his songs, “Everybody Dies in Their Nightmares”.
In this song, he talks about how he is trapped in his mind. The line “Tired of feeling like I am trapped in my damn mind” demonstrates this very clearly. By this, he means that he is stuck feeling the same emotions, is depressed and not able to change. I relate to this line from the song because I have dealt with a lot of emotional issues related to my childhood. This song is a reminder of my past issues and helps to remind myself that life is worth living and that all my efforts were worth it. XXXTentacion has an introduction to his album “17” where he talks about how …show more content…

Everyone in their life as trouble with their emotions and how they are viewing life and XXXTentacion is no different than the rest of us. In the song I chose, he talks about how he doesn’t want to go outside because of his anxiety. I relate to XXXTentacion in a way because I had problems finding friends all the way until my ninth grade year due to my anxiety that I still have trouble with often. “Tired of feeling like my life is a damn game” is another lyric I relate to. Throughout my life my parents have used me as a way to upset the other parent by making them look bad. Being a child of divorced parents who have both remarried, it always seems as though the parents are playing a game of who is better than the other. I feel like a chess piece in the boardgame of

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