New Years Day – Kill or Be Killed

Lyrics Analysis

About“Kill Or Be Killed” is a song by gothic metal core band New Years day. The track was the lead single from their 2015 album Malevolence, and gave fans a taste of the dark imagery and rock sound to come.

[Intro]Kill or be killedKill or be killedKill or be killedKill or be killed...

The introduction first begins with a short instrumental from the band and then goes onto the repetition of the phrase ‘kill or be killed’, as well as this being the title of the song they are also trying to get the message of the song across to the audience.

Possible ideasIn this section I want to introduce my characters for my music video as well as show their locations as well as bringing out some of the starting narrative aspects. This might also include a bit of performance fro the singer and band.

[Verse 1]Your imagination gets so twisted when youThink you've seen my worst butI have an instinct that can never be reversedMy vengeance is a curse

Possible ideasIn this section I want to show a juxtaposition of characters, I want one actor to look sweet and lovely but being tailed by someone completely different and insane which could act as her vengeance or something hat she will slowly turn into. Possibility for a flashback in the second line of sometime when she started to change.

[Pre-Chorus]I want to watch you bleedYou're the crime but I'm the scene

Possible IdeasFor this section I want to show the descent into madness and what happened to here and the people around etc. or use this section to show the buildup for the chorus and what will happen

[Chorus]Back against the wall soIt's kill or be killed!No other choice than "blood's gonna spill”Back against the wall soForget and forgive!But after all this I never will

The idea behind this chorus to show how the person has no choice and they have to choose to kill otherwise they will be killed and they are being forced into this situation without any way to get out.

Possible IdeasUsing a group of people and forcing them on the singer and getting her to try and kill them which slowly starts to change her into her vengeance and using both dark and light shots with glow in the dark paint to represent how their evil shines through the darkness.

[Verse 2]Don't be ashamed of all the monsters in your headAll of us areSick! Sick! All of us are sick!Sick! Sick! All of us are sick!

Possible ideasDifferent cuts showing ill people who are insane and characters transformation

[Pre-Chorus]I want to watch you bleedYou're the crime but I'm the scene[Chorus]Back against the wall soIt's kill or be killed!No other choice than "blood's gonna spill”Back against the wall soForget and forgive!But after all this I never will[Bridge]Sick! Sick! All of us are sick!Sick! Sick! All of us are...Sick! Sick! All of us are sick!Sick! Sick! All of us are sick!Possible IdeasContinue to create the evil character and watch her change becoming more destructive such as by smashing things with weapons etc.

My sanity slid far from meProvoked by rage it's driven me insanePossible ideasFinally the characters sanity has snapped and she has turned into her other self previously seen

Talking about how she was originally turned into what she is now and how she has learned to live with it.

[Chorus]Back against the wall soIt's kill or be killed!No other choice than "blood's gonna spill”Back against the wall soForget and forgive!But after all this I never willBack against the wall soIt's kill or be killed!No other choice than "blood's gonna spill”Back against the wall soForget and forgive!But after all this I never willSick! Sick! All of us are sick!Sick! Sick! All of us are sick!

Possible ideasUsing the main character after she has transformed I want to get her to finally be happy and join with the group of people to have fun and do things together which then will lead to them going back to the beginning but as her changed self and dealing with the situation with the other people.