Flyleaf – Missing (Music Video Review)
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Are you left out to sea to find yourself? Perhaps you too, like Lacey Mosley of Flyleaf are stuck in the depressing Victorian era set of Flyleaf’s latest video “Missing.”
OK, so you are not lost out at sea and you weren’t on the video set. So here’s the story. You’ve likely heard the song, “Missing” off of Flyleaf’s second album, “Memento Mori” that was released in late 2009. Flyleaf did a really great job of becoming even more serious, dark, and depressing on “Memento Mori” while actually making the music more pop sounding.
Their latest video for “Missing” is a visual representation of a metaphor set in a Victorian period ship/cabaret setting. It explores the concept of being left at sea and the idea of being lost in the sea of life. The vast sea will swallow you up with emptiness. You know something is missing, but it is unattainable in this world.
“Oh something’s missing in me. I felt it deep within me. As lovers left me to bleed alone,” is the chorus.
The rigid Victorian period, the vastness of the sea with the penetrating depth of the lyrics, perhaps it is a bit overdone. But it is not overdone to the point that the video takes away from the emotional impact that the song has.
“Down here love wasn’t meant to be. It wasn’t meant to be for me. All is vanity underneath the sun. All is vanity.”
Did the band choose the Victorian period for this because of the glaring vanity that was present during this time? Or is it just because this seems to be popular in music videos of this genre? Well that one is for the losers in the forums and message boards to bicker over. All in all, the video is artfully delivered. It does not capture the depth of the lyrics, but should it? We are left to ponder the vastness that the depths of the sea offer us.
Music video by Flyleaf performing Missing. (C) 2010 OctoScope Music, LLC
Posted on 04/3/10
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