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Felt goth. Going through the process of integrating my dance practice of 14 years with the rest of my work, this is a document. Hopefully I'll manage to drum up some love for underappreciated tracks in the process! The meaning of this song for me, beyond the obvious sort of gladiatorial imagery or even gaming commentary, the overall dance difficulty of the song is what really drives the narrative. Not that I crushed it on this run, one of these days I'll shoot on a level surface but on long wet grass in 4“ platforms this is what you get. To me the song is a demand for excellence, be the best or don't be anyone. Push your performance and if you die in the attempt all the better, go down in glory. It speaks to the hyper competitive nature of the market and the way we are compelled to Hunger games each other just to earn our corporate sponsorship. Other songs might accomplish this better lyrically, and this is one of those the subtitles are pretty necessary with the distortion but as
