"The Wilhelm Scream," by James Blake

"The Wilhelm Scream" by James Blake is a song about a man on the brinks of giving up his life. It's as if he is trapped in his own nightmarish dream, but he can't escape. The song starts out with a slow minimal drum beat, with an ambient electric rift in the background. Then the beat overlays with his voice, which is a slow, peaceful tremor. Every so often, it's as if the song comes to a halt, and it becomes swallowed by this massive dark hole. This song conjures up an image of a man falling down a hole. It's as if he's unable to move his body, so he's forever trapped in this vicious cycle of depression.

Lyrically, the song follows a repetitive pattern, where each stanza practically follows the same layout. He ends each stanza by saying that he's falling in.  The repetitiveness shows how he's trapped, and unable to escape from "fallin in." Also, the last line in the last sentence says, "I might as well fall in." This shows how he's unable to deal with the situation he's in, so he'll give in just to end his pain. I think he wrote this, because it elaborates on the idea of how this man is trapped in this endless cycle. In turn, he offers a solution by giving in to giving up. While a depressing ending, it shows how some people cope with their issues. In this case, he decides that this man copes by giving in. 

This song isn't about happy endings. Instead of saying that everything is all right, it's more about the real struggles of how people deal with their problems. It shows how everything in the world isn't perfect, because the world isn't that simple. In this scenario, it's difficult for the man in this situation to cope with his problems, In turn, it's creating this harmful circle that is trapping him from facing the truth. When the song comes to an end, there's no light at the end of the tunnel. Instead, there's this eerie, abrupt stop, that leaves me wondering whether the man in this song overcomes his problems, or lets it consume him.