Claim: The lyrics show that an ex-girlfriend caused the writer to become depressed and negative.
Support: The lines "You were wrong when you said everything's gonna be alright," and "And when you said manic depression's a frustrating mess," show the singer's very negative attitude caused be a certain person, presumably an ex-girlfriend.
Claim: The tempo is upbeat to contrast with the sad, depressing lyrics of the song.
Support: The song has a moderately fast tempo but has an angry, frustrated sound.
This song was not very effective because the meaning and purpose were not clear. The lyrics were very vague and the sound of the music contrasted with the lyrics in a way that made the whole song hard to comprehend.
Good point about the song being vague. I agree. To me, the song was very dull, especially in comparison to the songs from which it quotes.
ReplyDeleteRemember that you only use a comma with the conjunction if it's a compound sentence. What follows the conjunction has to be an independent clause. If it's not, don't use the comma with the conjunction.
"The song has a moderately fast tempo,[no comma here] but has an angry, frustrated sound."