Analysis of Closing Time song and video.
“Closing Time”- The bar is closing=go home goodbye, its over
“Open all the doors and let you out into the world”- time to
go outside, into the world, perhaps leaving the bar to go do something real, or
ending a chapter of your life and its time to go forth into the real world
“closing time”-repetition=important
“Turn all of the lights on over every boy and every girl”-
turn on the lights could mean wake up and get ready to go, and every boy and
girl= everyone in the bar or world
“one last call for alcohol so finish your whiskey or beer”-
obviously closing time so last chance to get booze, or last chance to have fun
and relax before the real world. Or last chance to grab a drink with the girl
you want.
“you don’t have to go home but you can’t stay here”-the bar
or school or parents don’t care what happens to you next, but you cant stay
here. You have to act now, maybe get the girl and go home with her or get a
job, but the easy time is over, DO SOMETHING
“I know who I want to take me home” (3X) – the girl that he
wants to be with, he hopes he goes home with her from the bar, or maybe she
comes and picks him up because she cares. But he wants her.
“Time for you to go out to the places you will be from”-time
to make a new home(where you will be from) or (who you will be with) go to
those places and start a new beginning, cause this part of life or relationship
status is over. Go to a new home, although it won’t feel like it for a while,
and neither will the new girl seem as right as the old one for a while.
“This room won’t open till your brothers or your sisters
come/So gather up your jackets, move it to the exits/I hope you have found a
friend”-Get your stuff(affairs in order, or your lady) and go forth! This place
wont be ready until you do what you need to do and have established
relationships(bros and sisters) and also the next generation of people to the
“bar”. Hope you found a friend, either an actual friend to help you out later
in life or have fun with after the bar. Or found your lady friend.
“Every new beginning comes from some other beginnings end”-
your new chapter in life has to come at the expense of the old one, high school
to college. Or you get the girl and you are finally moving on from your old
girl, but you are happy with the new one. Or the more sad version which happens
in the video, the guy doesn’t find the girl, therefore its “closing time” he
gives up on her, but its bittersweet because “every new beginning comes from
some other beginning’s end” so that means because he gave up on this girl
another one is right around the corner.
The music video has two camera shots the entire video and the
timing of the video has to match up perfectly for it to work. Much the way the
timing of the man and the woman in the video is focused on, they never quite
get to meet each other, they always miss each other barely. This could be that
the timing of their relationship was not right due to the man the woman or
other circumstances. This relates to Friends
with Benefits because the timing of the feelings in the fwb relationship
between the two main characters is all wrong until the very end of the movie.
TIMING.