Sunday, September 14, 2008

Cry for Help

I believe the song Cry for Help by Shinedown portrays Blanche almost perfect. Blanche goes through the book telling little lies about her past, but not expecting everyone to catch up to her lies. She also expects everyone to listen to what she says, and for everyone to believe what she says. The lyrics to this song portray this unbelievably.

The song begins with:

"You've been hanging out for quite awhile now
Livin' off of people you know
Trying to raise a little money
To pay off all the monkeys
That you met inside the rabbit hole"

Once Blanche lost "Belle Reve", she first moved to the hotel in Laural. Once she wore her welcome out there, she "visited" her sister in New Orleans. The part "You've been hanging out for quite awhile now, Livin' off of people you know" talks of Blanche wearing out her welcome, living of people because she's lost everything. The next part says, "To pay off all the monkeys, That you met inside the rabbit hole", talks of how Blanche went out with all the guys, and each one ended with them catching up to her stories.

The chorus of the song shows Blanche's personality :

"You better pray that theres another way out
You better pray that someones listening now
(and doesn't want to watch you drown)
'Cuz when you lie like the devil himself
No angels gonna hear your cry for help"

Blanche is always telling her stories, that aren't always the truth. After awhile this catches up to you and people never listen. Blanche is always trying to find another way to survive, whether it's finding different guys, or moving to New Olreans to be with her sister to try and "start over". The lines, "You better pray that theres another way out, You better pray that someones listening now" show how no one listens to Blanche, and how Blanche's past was so bad that it's gotten around to everyone and everyone knows of the things she's done. "'Cuz when you lie like the devil himself, No angels gonna hear your cry for help" talks of how Blanche keeps telling her sister stories, that stretch the truth. Once Stella finds out some of them might not be true, she stops believing Blanche, and then once Stanley rapes Blanche, and Blanche tries to tell Stella, Stella doesn't believe. She had too many lies, so no one is going to hear your cry for help.


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Perfect theme song for Blanche! Awesome! Can't wait to see them on Sept 30... although Avenged Sevenfold won't be there now.