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Interpretive Analysis : ' Beauty From Pain '

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Ghadir J. Smallwood The purpose of this paper is to interpretative analysis lyrics of songs and relate its relevance to the field of abnormal psychology. Music can influence people’s feelings but, can they influence people’s actions? There is offcorse, the possibility that people hear what they want to hear and attach their own meaning to the lyrics. Is it possible that a song can cause suicide, or induce self-mutilation, eating disorders, depression and substance abuse? This paper will explore three songs called, Beauty from Pain by Superchick, Gloomy Sunday by Rezső Seress and Pursuit of Happiness by Kid Cudi. When reading, and listing to the lyrics of Beauty from Pain by Superchick the first verse leaves the audience with a sense of hopelessness and longlines. The female song writer known only as Superchick, conveys just how depressed she is with the lines “I know I 'm alive but I feel like I 've died and all that 's left is to accept that it 's over … I feel like I 'm slipping away”. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 350 million people worldwide suffer from depression. Depression is a low, sad state marked by significant levels of sadness, lack of energy or, low self-worth (Comer, 183). Health and beauty in western society’s go hand and hand, as national obsession. The second and forth verse plays on the notion that there is no beauty from pain. The overall tone of the verses feels as if she is struggling with something that is going to make her

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