"We all flirt with the tiniest notion..."

"We all flirt with the tiniest notion of self conclusion in one simplified motion; you see, the trick is that you're never supposed to act on it, no matter how unbearable this misery gets."

Song information:

Title: Self Conclusion

Artist: The Spill Canvas

Album/Year: One Fell Swoop (2005)

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Jessica's Analysis

Though this song is about hope, it is quite depressing. Beautiful, thoughtful, well written, but depressing. Musically, it's one of my favorite acoustic songs by The Spill Canvas. It's definitely worth reading through the complete lyrics. Here's the breakdown: I highly recommend reading the complete lyrics. The lyrics tell a story. A lot of people miss the opening lyrics because they're low in volume. First, as if in a playwright, the stage is set ('enter beautiful girl'), etc. Then the lyrics go through the two characters' conversations. You find out the female is on the cliff to commit suicide, and the male character is trying to advise her against it by offering the ultimatum: 'instead of dying, living with me.' Later in the lyrics, you realize that he, too, was planning to commit suicide but together they overcome the urges.

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