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"Way To Fall" 2005-01-16 - 4:06 a.m. older - previous - next - profile - host - my band - my lj I feel kinda down tonight not for any of the real reasons I have to feel down [although I suppose more than a little of it has to do with how badly I want to play music but can't because we don't have a fucking drummer] but mostly it's due to the fact that I started playing the original Metal Gear Solid again and, it's kind of silly really, but in Snake Eater you play as a young Big Boss, who would eventually become the leader of the Fox-Hound unit; only to betray them and become a terrorist and ultimately be killed by his clone/son Solid Snake, the hero of all the other Metal Gear Games [well, except MGS2, but that's beside the point] and I had really grown to like Naked Snake[so called because he goes in "naked"-without any weapons or equipment], much moreso than his son Solid Snake Solid Snake is actually kind of a dick by the time Metal Gear Solid rolls around, he's already quite bitter and grizzled due to his experiences in the original Metal Gear games but Naked Snake was still young and hopeful, and you get to see him become grizzled and bitter through the events in Snake Eater and Naked Snake is by far the more likeable, and empathetic of the two and there's no real reason given as to why he became a terrorist, and pretty much the villain of the first two Metal Gear games and it makes me sad that the character I'd been playing as and identifying with in Snake Eater is not only dead but also reviled as a villain in Metal Gear Solid and I just can't figure out why but if they just expect me to believe that the events in Snake Eater made him turn that way, [he gets screwed pretty hard by the government] then I side with him, he was justified, screw the government, Fox-Hound, and Solid Snake I don't know these are the kinds of things that actually affect my emotions pretty sad, eh? in other, actual news, one of the things I'm really happy about working at Hot Topic about; [pretend that made sense] is that it's really opened my mind to new music I mean, I love music, and given a true open mind to listen to it, I'll dig pretty much anything but one of the main problems I face and something I end up kicking myself for a lot is that I wind up not giving bands a fair chance because of what's "cool" or not I might not listen to a band because "they're too mainstream" and I want to stay indie or my friends don't like them or they're not cool to listen to and that's just fucking stupid you can't live your life by such limitations and music is no exception the only thing that should decide whether you listen to a band or genre is whether or not it sounds good and I didn't just realize this at Hot Topic it's something I've known and been saying for a while but I don't always have the conviction to follow through but Hot Topic[and Kevin in particular] has introduced me to new music, and let me appreciate it a little more [hence the Jimmy Eat World quote now on my profile; whereas I previously didn't like them] so you know what? I don't really care what you guys, or my friends, or the populace at large thinks of my tastes I kinda liked Creed and I like Linkin Park and I like hardcore now it's grown on me I'm going to buy the My Chemical Romance album, as well as Thrice's latest and I don't really care if you made a little "ew" noise when you read that now if I could just get up the courage to do that with important things [like coming out to my parents] or even just telling them that I smoke oh well maybe someday Sweet Dreams Son, you've got a way to fall But they won't know Son, you'd better take it all They'll tell you what they know But they won't show Oh, I've got something in my throat I need to be alone While I suffer Son, you've got a way to kill They're picking on you still But they don't know Son, you'd better wait to shine They'll tell you what is yours But they take mine Oh, I've got something in my throat I need to be alone While I suffer Oh, there's a hole inside my boat I need stay afloat For the summer long (Break) Left my Sweet Soul Beneath the bed clothes I'm not coming down. Walls have ears but No-one hears when Nobody's around. Son, you better wait to fall They'll tell you where to go But they won't know -Way To Fall Starsailor [the ending theme to Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater] � � |