Gift for sisabet by Isagel (Strange Days)

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Title of vid: Sleep No More
Recipient: sisabet
Vidder: Isagel
Fandom: Strange Days
Music: Sincerely, Jane by Janelle Monáe
Summary: Day dreamers, please wake up.
Content notes: I prefer not to give content notes (viewer proceeds at their own risk: could be anything)
Signed length: 03:42
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Lyrics
Left the city, my momma she said don't come back home
These kids round' killin each other, they lost they minds, they gone
They quittin' school, making babies and can barely read
Some gone off to their fall, lord have mercy on them
One, two, three, four, your cousins is round' here sellin' dope
While they're daddies, your uncle is walking round' strung out
Babies with babies, and their tears keep burning, while their dreams go down the drain now

Are we really living or just walking dead now?
Or dreaming of a hope riding the wings of angels
The way we live
The way we die
What a tragedy, I'm so terrified
Day dreamers please wake up, we can't sleep no more

Love don't make no sense, ask your neighbor
The winds have changed; it seems they have abandoned us
The truth hurts, and so does yesterday
What good is love if it burns bright, and explodes in flames
(I thought every little thing had love but uhh)

Are we really living or just walking dead now?
Or dreaming of a hope riding the wings of angels
The way we live
The way we die
What a tragedy, I'm so terrified
Day dreamers please wake up, we can't sleep no more

I've seen them shootin' up funerals in they Sunday clothes
Spending money on spinners but won't pay college loans
And all you gangers and bangers rollin' dice and taking lives, in a smokey dark
Lord have mercy on you
Teacher, teacher please reach those girls in them videos
The little girls just broken Queen, confusing bling for soul
Danger, there's danger when you take off your clothes, all your dreams go down the drain girl

Are we really living or just walking dead now?
Or dreaming of a hope riding the wings of angels
The way we live
The way we die
What a tragedy, I'm so terrified
Day dreamers please wake up, we can't sleep no more

Are we really living or just walking dead now?
Or dreaming of a hope riding the wings of angels
The way we live
The way we die
What a tragedy, I'm so terrified
Day dreamers please wake up, we can't sleep no more

Comments

[cupidsbow]

I love your editing in this, it's both crisp and dreamy at the same time. Brilliant.

[rivkat]

What a perfect song choice, so wonderfully edited! This movie is best as Mace's story.

[giandujakiss]

Oh fantastic! I love the way you emphasized the characterizations and how this world affects them - and man, you make Angela Bassett look incredible.

[condnsdmlk]

Oooh. Really really liked this! Great editing and perfect song choice! 01:06-01:10 made me do my happy dance - soooo good.

[echan]

The city can be brutal, and this was a great picture of that, so well put together the struggles and triumphs.

[theleaveswant]

Inspired song choice, and your editing hits some brilliant musical/emotional beats.

[franzeska]

Okay, that was fucking fantastic! Crystal clear footage that makes the editing pop, tight, fast editing that gives the feeling of all those crowd scenes and craziness, painfully apt lyric matches, and a shockingly clear narrative.

[violace]

OMG it's Angela Bassett. Don't know the movie, but really enjoyed this vid.

[chaila]

This is so great! I know zero about this source but man this vid sells it with great editing and lyrics matching. Angela Bassett looks so badass! Action Angela Bassett, yes.

[heresluck]

Mace. MACE.

...er, sorry, I was going to try to be coherent? But I love this song for Mace and for the movie in general, and I love the way you keep the movie's shiny frenetic visuals but streamline the emotional story (without getting bogged down in the minutia of the plot), which is basically "Mace kicks ass and that dude played by RF tries to keep up". Heh.

[valoise]

When this movie came out I was reading a lot of cyberpunk and it ticked all the boxes for me. Your vid brings it all back and makes me want to watch it again.

[usuallyhats]

This is brilliant. I love how you've used the music, especially the moment at about 2'10 where Angela Bassett flips her hair back.

[aruan]

I'm not familiar with the source, but I hope it lives up to your vid. Really amazing editing, and the song is just perfect for how you've reframed the story.