The begining of the song opens with the beat which is similar to a church pipe organ. This connotates things such as funerals and death. As this beat begins the camera pans down a white corridor with a door at the end. This also connoatates death because it appears to be 'going into the light' which is a sign of someone about to die. As the beat kicks in, the door at the end of the corridoor opens and paramedics and a patient on a bed come rushing in showing that the corridoor is actually a hospital.
The opening lyrics open with 'It's been so long, I've been out of my body with you' and the video links in with this as the camera is overlooking the man on the stretcher as the paramedics rush around him with medical equiptment. This links because it appears to be the soul of the man on the stretcher overlooking himself as he may be dying, like his soul is parted from his body in limbo. As the next line kicks in (I feel alone, feel at home, feel like nothing is true ) a ghost figure of the man sits up from the bed and walks away. This suggests that he has now actualy died and the fact all the paramedics leave the room show that they have given up on him as they now cannot save him. The next lyrics are 'You take me to a place where my senses gave way, turn it round, shut it down, what the people say Climbing up, coming down, gonna give you some, take my hand and let it come, let it come, let it... Take it back when she knows that your doing it right Cos everbody else knows what they're taking tonight'. To me these lyrics suggest that the man in question has been taking recreational drugs as the lyrics are saying 'climbing up, coming down' and coming down is a big part of taking drugs and the man in the video may have overdosed on some drugs which is why the paramedics have given up on him and he has died, because it is his own fault. The ghost figure is then seen panically running down the hospital hallway running into walls in a frenzy. This suggests that the soul of the man dying is scared and panicing due to his new found situation and he doesnt quite know what to do. The next scene shows the infamous deadmau5 figure in a club environment surrounded by people in glittery masks dancing. By showing the figure it shows the audience who the song is by showing an inconagraphic figure. The ghost figure is then seen doing things like riding down the street on a skateboard and getting a green tattoo on his neck. This suggests that the ghost has now come to an acceptance of his fate and is enjoying what he can while he can by doing crazy spontanious things. Although his fun is ended prematurly when he is met with other ghosts in the street which threaten to beat him up. This adds a comical aspect to the video and the storyline. The next scene shows the ghost down and out in the street and then the deadmau5 figure and his crew walking down. They then encourage him to follow them and he does, showing that he has found some acceptance in his society. They then all enter the club from the previous scene and all dance to the song. As the song is coming to a close the scene flicks back and forth from the club and a view of a nurse holding a light above the camera, this suggests that the man is actually now not dead and is now being brought back to life. As the ghost is met face to face with the deadmau5 figure, he wakes up in the hospital bed, bolting upright suggesting that prehaps the deadmau5 figure and the ghost are prehaps the same person. When the man has awoken he still has the tattoo on his neck, suggesting that the scenes we just saw either actually a relapse of something that he has done previously or that that was what happened for him to get to the hosptial bed, that he had been out in a club and he had got there from either overdosing or getting into a fight.
The opening lyrics open with 'It's been so long, I've been out of my body with you' and the video links in with this as the camera is overlooking the man on the stretcher as the paramedics rush around him with medical equiptment. This links because it appears to be the soul of the man on the stretcher overlooking himself as he may be dying, like his soul is parted from his body in limbo. As the next line kicks in (I feel alone, feel at home, feel like nothing is true ) a ghost figure of the man sits up from the bed and walks away. This suggests that he has now actualy died and the fact all the paramedics leave the room show that they have given up on him as they now cannot save him.
The next lyrics are 'You take me to a place where my senses gave way, turn it round, shut it down, what the people say Climbing up, coming down, gonna give you some, take my hand and let it come, let it come, let it... Take it back when she knows that your doing it right Cos everbody else knows what they're taking tonight'. To me these lyrics suggest that the man in question has been taking recreational drugs as the lyrics are saying 'climbing up, coming down' and coming down is a big part of taking drugs and the man in the video may have overdosed on some drugs which is why the paramedics have given up on him and he has died, because it is his own fault. The ghost figure is then seen panically running down the hospital hallway running into walls in a frenzy. This suggests that the soul of the man dying is scared and panicing due to his new found situation and he doesnt quite know what to do.
The next scene shows the infamous deadmau5 figure in a club environment surrounded by people in glittery masks dancing. By showing the figure it shows the audience who the song is by showing an inconagraphic figure.
The ghost figure is then seen doing things like riding down the street on a skateboard and getting a green tattoo on his neck. This suggests that the ghost has now come to an acceptance of his fate and is enjoying what he can while he can by doing crazy spontanious things. Although his fun is ended prematurly when he is met with other ghosts in the street which threaten to beat him up. This adds a comical aspect to the video and the storyline.
The next scene shows the ghost down and out in the street and then the deadmau5 figure and his crew walking down. They then encourage him to follow them and he does, showing that he has found some acceptance in his society. They then all enter the club from the previous scene and all dance to the song.
As the song is coming to a close the scene flicks back and forth from the club and a view of a nurse holding a light above the camera, this suggests that the man is actually now not dead and is now being brought back to life. As the ghost is met face to face with the deadmau5 figure, he wakes up in the hospital bed, bolting upright suggesting that prehaps the deadmau5 figure and the ghost are prehaps the same person.
When the man has awoken he still has the tattoo on his neck, suggesting that the scenes we just saw either actually a relapse of something that he has done previously or that that was what happened for him to get to the hosptial bed, that he had been out in a club and he had got there from either overdosing or getting into a fight.
