Music Analysis of Master of Puppets by Metallica PDF

**Directions:** Select a song of your personal choice. (Turn in/See Assignment on Canvas) - **Song Title: Master Of Puppets** **Artist: Metallica** **Copy song choice here:** **End of passion play, crumbling away** **I\'m your source of self-destruction** **Veins that pump with fear, sucki...

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(Turn in/See Assignment on Canvas) - **Song Title: Master Of Puppets** **Artist: Metallica** **Copy song choice here:** **End of passion play, crumbling away** **I\'m your source of self-destruction** **Veins that pump with fear, sucking darkest clear** **Leading on your deaths construction** **Taste me you will see** **more is all you need** **you\'re dedicated to** **how I\'m killing you** **Come crawling faster** **obey your Master** **your life burns faster** **obey your Master** **Master** **Master of Puppets I\'m pulling your strings** **twisting your mind and smashing your dreams** **Blinded by me, you can\'t see a thing** **Just call my name, \'cause I\'ll hear you scream** **Master** **Master** **Just call my name, \'cause I\'ll hear you scream** **Master** **Master** **Needlework the way, never you betray** **life of death becoming clearer** **Pain monopoly, ritual misery** **chop your breakfast on a mirror** **Taste me you will see** **more is all you need** **you\'re dedicated to** **how I\'m killing you** **Come crawling faster** **obey your Master** **your life burns faster** **obey your Master** **Master** **Master of Puppets I\'m pulling your strings** **twisting your mind and smashing your dreams** **Blinded by me, you can\'t see a thing** **Just call my name, \'cause I\'ll hear you scream** **Master** **Master** **Just call my name, \'cause I\'ll hear you scream** **Master** **Master** **Master, Master, Where\'s the dreams that I\'ve been after?** **Master, Master, You promised only lies** **Laughter, Laughter, All I hear or see is laughter** **Laughter, Laughter, laughing at my cries** **Hell is worth all that, natural habitat** **just a rhyme without a reason** **Neverending maze, drift on numbered days** **now your life is out of season** **I will occupy** **I will help you die** **I will run through you** **Now I rule you too** **Come crawling faster** **obey your Master** **your life burns faster** **obey your Master** **Master** **Master of Puppets I\'m pulling your strings** **twisting your mind and smashing your dreams** **Blinded by me, you can\'t see a thing** **Just call my name, \'cause I\'ll hear you scream** **Master** **Master** **Just call my name, \'cause I\'ll hear you scream** **Master** **Master** +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | T-Title | It could possibly be like a | | | leader and his sheep, "master" of | | | "puppets", puppets being easily | | | influenced people | +===================================+===================================+ | P-Paraphrase | Okay, so: for the verse it seems | | | to bo coaxing someone with | | \*Only Paraphrase the Chorus 1 | promises(?). Sort of manipulating | | time. | them into the 'force' or whoever | | | the point of view of the song is, | | | into like, losing their original | | | purpose and becoming one of said | | | puppets.\ | | | \ | | | For the chorus I guess our new | | | POV is the speaker onfronting | | | this 'force' where all of their | | | promises went. And I guess | | | getting mocked or something | | | because of the 'laughter, | | | laughter' part. Kind of like | | | 'hah, you fell for it'.\ | | | \ | | | For the second verse I'd | | | personally say that it seems like | | | the 'victim' in the song is | | | getting manipulated further and | | | they understand it slightly, but | | | are unable to break themself free | | | of it. | | | | | | For the bridge, the victim is | | | being pushed to the absolute | | | limit. The victim's mind seems to | | | be coaxed further into doing | | | harmful things, almost like an | | | addictive drug. | | | | | | And the outro, they've fully | | | become a puppet to the 'master of | | | puppets' and their life is no | | | longer theirs. | | | | | | I didn't realize how dark this | | | song was until now. | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | C- Connotation | I think 'master of puppets' | | | itself is a metaphor. Because for | | **8 examples- [Not including | one: people aren't actually | | Rhyme | puppets, right? And master would | | Scheme]**[.]{.underli | be a hyperbole. You wouldn't call | | ne} | someone manipulating you your | | | 'master', that'd be really weird. | | \*Highlight/Comment these on your | | | document and label what type of | "I'm your source of self | | figurative language/poetic device | destruction" is a metaphor as | | it is\*\* | well, due to the fact that it's | | | not actually self-destruction, | | | it's downfall. | | | | | | "Chop your breakfast on a mirror" | | | is a metaphor for cocain. Don't | | | ask how I know. | | | | | | "Taste me you will see, more i | | | sall you need" he's not actually | | | tasting the person, it's more | | | like indulging in the said | | | temptations. | | | | | | "Your life burns faster" | | | obviously, your life isn't | | | actually BURNING. | | | | | | "Twisting you mind and smashing | | | your dreams" is kind of idiomatic | | | (not sure if that's the word, | | | 'idiotic' sounded wrong) like, | | | ruining the hope that someone | | | has. | | | | | | "Needlework the way, never you | | | betray" another metaphor for drug | | | addiction. I'm starting to think | | | this song is about drugs, how | | | morbid. | | | | | | "I will help you die" | | | | | | I feel like this is | | | personification, like the drugs | | | are speaking to him. I'm sorry, I | | | had no idea this song was about | | | addiction, but I feel like I'm | | | too far in to rewrite everything. | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | A- Attitude | [Tone- Very | | | aggressive,] kind of | | | like drugs. | | | | | | [Mood-] very intense, | | | kind of hopeless almost, | | | existential in a way | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | S- Shift | I feel like the shift starts at | | | the bridge, it shows the direct | | | consequences instead of like, | | | elaborating on the dread of said | | | 'master'. | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | T- Title (Part 2) | It's about drug addiction. The | | | master is drugs, the puppets are | | | the drug users. Sorry, didn't | | | know it was about drugs. | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | T- Theme: | This is clearly about addiction | | | and slowly spiraling into the | | **When done with TPCASTT -** | consequences of it all, unable to | | | return to the life the user once | | - | had. It's hopeless, it's dark, | | | it's very moody and glum, | | **Answer the following in your | melancholy if you will. | | response:** What does the song | Thankfully, I do not feel | | speak to you? How does it have an | connected to this at all, I have | | impact on your life, and in what | never done drugs and are | | ways do you feel that you connect | horrified of doing so, this song | | to the theme? | adds to the reasons of why. | | | Though, I can relate to the | | | hopelessness of a different | | | addiction. I used to constantly | | | be worried about the opinions of | | | others and that was sort of my | | | addiction, other people, I mean. | | | I was always looking for | | | affirmations that I was a | | | charismatic person and it all | | | felt kind of hopeless at the end | | | of the day. I could never do what | | | I wanted because I was so worried | | | about what other people would | | | think. | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+