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Jun 25th 2014!⃝The song "Helena Beat," is an autobiography on Mark Foster. The beginning of the song talks about how he struggled with the normal struggles that a drug-addict would have. He talks about how he would "hit the pawn up on the corner and pay for my rent." Talking about how he is selling his items because he most likely doesn't have a job because of his addiction. In the beginning of the song, he also says, "sometimes life, it takes you by the hair." Hinting at the way drugs very violently take over your life. He also talks about how he has nothing to live for by saying, "got nothing to lose." "Tie my hands up to a chair so I don't fall that way," That may be talking about side-effects of the drug, possibly becoming physically unstable. Then he mentions "taking a sip of something poison," the poison being the drug, but then he says "but I'll hold on tight." Showing that he is still holding on to life, realizing there might be something to live for. "By not getting out of bed and getting lost in your head," this is probably a stage where since you have not taken the drug, you are experiencing depression, and he is also physically suffering from going away from the drug, which is normal. Explaining why his "joints are all stuck." He is also trying to convince himself to take the drugs again by saying "it's not the only way," and " I never knew if I could convince myself to change. Then he takes the drugs again, but still remembers there is something to live for. He repeats the phrase many times " yeah yeah and I'm alright, I took a sip of something poison but I'll hold on tight. That resembles his victory over drugs because it goes from "yeah, yeah it's ok," to "yeah yeah and I'm alright."
Thanks for reading,
M.W.
