Song Lyric Project
Body Of Years by Mother Mother

Table Of Contents

Introduction

A Short Band Biography 2005-2011

Style, Genre and Memorable Qualities

The Song Itself

Who does the song/band appeal to?

Watching the music Video

Analyzing the Lyrics

Sources

A short Band Bio

Canadian (British Columbia)

Genres Include, Indie, alternative, Folk rock, etc.

5 membersRyan Guldemond- Guitar, Keyboard and vocalsMolly Guldemond- vocals and keyboardJasmin Parkin- keyboard and vocalsAli Siadat- drumsJeremy Page- bass

Bio Continued 2005-2007

The band started originally with Ryan and Molly Guldemond and Debra-Jean Creelman in 2005 as an acoustic trio until Kenton Loewen and Jeremy Page joined in the fall of that year

There first album had low sales but received high admiration from critics (It was re released in 2007 by Last Gang records, re mastered with bonus songs)

From there they were able to build a larger fan base by playing shows such as the nationally broadcasted Vancouver and Montreal International Jazz Festivals

Bio Continued 2007 - 2011

There were videos released for the songs Oh My Heart, Body Of Years and Hayloft

After releasing their second album Debra-Jean Creelmen left the band (2008) and was replaced by Jasmin Parkin (2009)

Their third album Eureka was released March 15th 2011

There leading single was the stand, which reached 4th on the Canadian alternative charts (It also has a music video)

They continued to play shows in Toronto until they met with last Gang records and signed a four album contract

By this time they had already been featured in a full page article Toronto Star magazine and were rated as one of the top five bands to look for in 2007 by the Vancouver Province (paper)

In 2008 they released there second Album Oh My Heart which received positive reviews and had a single on Itunes single of the week

Style, Genre, Memorable Qualities

Harmonies (2-3 parts)*

Higher pitched vocals*

Repetition in lyrics*

Some abstract song themes

All of their albums feature an animal on the cover

Long song intros with gradual build up*

Drum beats are often unique not following the same beats in traditional rock

The Song Itself

Body of years = a period of time in this particular persons past that they wish to forget but cannot

Uses various animation styles and camera angles to give inanimate objects life and meaning (City of Paper, cut out fish headed people)

Song describes a persons dark past that cannot be changed, but also cant be let go because of its importance

Fish are present in the video, likely to stay with the Albums theme

Uses various SimilesMetaphorsImageryRhymes etc. ( Shown Later)

Who does the song/band appeal to?

Indie fans

People who look for deeper meanings in lyrics

People who enjoy harmonies

People who enjoy music represented with various artistic styles (the music video), all of there videos are original and unique

Video Link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMw1CjD5cY0

Lyrics Analyzed

All the remains of a cadaver of days
I keep hidden away, keep them there just in case
I want to visit that place and blow the dust from the bones
Off a body of years that I leave all alone
Just a body of years

See the skin disappears and the blood turns to stone IMAGERY
In a body of years now a pile of bones
Assonance Like a sheet of veneers Simile Each a piece of my soul Metaphor
Like a body of years that I leave all alone Simile
It's just a body of years now a pile of bones, you know

Old soul who falls down
Can't stop tripping on these old roads I go down
Get back up and get my...

Foot in the door and my face on the page
Make my mark in the world with a bat and a blade
Just a body of work that you can't ever change
Like a body of years that you take to your grave

It's just a body of years
That I leave all alone
Just a body of years
Now a pile of bones
Like a sheet of veneers Simile
Each a piece of my soul

Old soul who falls down Repitition
Can't stop tripping on these
Old roads I go down
Get back up but I'm an
Old soul who falls down
Can't stop tripping on these
Old roads

It's just a body of years
That I leave all alone
Just a body of years
Now a pile of bones
Like a sheet of veneers
Each a piece of my soul
Like a pile of (explicit) I can't seem to forget
Just a body of years that I leave all alone

Tell tale diary pages
They unveil a ghost from the ages
When bodies of years were breaking from all of the weight
Of diary pages
Tell tale diary pages
Ah ah ah ah ah

Sources

http://mothermothersite.com/

http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Mother_Mother/

http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/mother-mother/id215388019?ign-mpt=uo%3D4

http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858760627/

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