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First off... a personal thought of mine, but I feel this might be one of the most powerful and thought provoking edits I've ever done... with that being said, I'm REALLY happy with the way it turned out!

For Paper or Plastic: after hearing it my first initial thought was Plastic Surgery because of the chorus lyrics
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Paper or plastic go spend your paper on plastic
Go buy a life that's fantastic cause all you are is your assets
Paper or plastic do you want paper or plastic
You can't buy love without passion
So please don't do nothing drastic
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and is one of the things I wanted to portray in the image, which is the pre-surgery markings on her face.

the other motif and aspect of the song which I though was really neat to have heard in the song, was death or the loss of innocence, due to the pre-chorus/refrain lyrics
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Why do all the good girls have to die, na na na
Living in a bad girl's paradise, na na na
Halo's running there, halo's light it up
Feel the rush, now you're one of us
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and after hearing those set of lyrics and aspect of the song I just knew and thought of a image of a sweet woman/girl in a casket who has unfortunately passed away, but on her face are the surgery marking of a plastic surgeon.

BUT another thing about this song which I know we aren't really suppose to go a copy/draw inspiration of the music video of the song, but after hearing the song a few times I saw the M/V in the side-bar and I just HAD to see what this Brooke Candy is all about... and I feel like it would be doing the song a tiny bit of injustice if I didn't represent the underlying motif of, domestic abuse.... which is represented by the bruising on and around parts of Emily's eyes...

In summary the image represent a woman/girl who represents a fallen, good, innocent/angelic woman who was in a abusive relationship who wanted to pay for a surgeon to "make her pretty" to appease her tormentor... but it unfortunately instead angered him and, one thing leads to the other... and now we are overhead looking down at this beautiful woman at her funeral about to be lowered into her grave...

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My main idea/thoughts were that for this entry, Megan is basically a good girl gone bad. She's all about her "assets" and whether it's with "paper or plastic" she's going to buy/shop for items and things she wants. So a 'bad'/materialistic girl who has kind of lost her way, and gone onto a different, darker path.

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How I Interpret this song with the words "Why do All good Girls have to Die - Meaning - They have lost themselves in a World that could Offer them Luxuries and Money and More! Turning their Good Morals to Bad Ones, being they could be even "Call Girls" or "Escorts" or "Get Paid for Revealing themselves in Nudity by Dancing" - Getting Attention from Men and wrapped up in a World that has NO Morals and before they got into that World they were "Good Girls" but got wrapped up with the wrong type of People where they went "BAD" - With "Feel the Rush" Now your one of US. They were once "Good Girls" Too...and fell into this kind of life also, and All they care about is the Luxury and Money etc that comes with this kind of Lifestyle....Literally - Paper or Plastic, They will take whatever to have this Lifestyle: Halo's running there, Halo's Light it up, to me means There are so many "Good Girls" Meaning they are - ( Halo's ) That they can bring into this type of life and make them do things they would of never done but get a taste of it and they are hooked On Having so Much Money where they can buy anything they want! Living in Vanity! Dying Meaning they gave up their Morals

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Paper or plastic go spend your paper on plastic
Go buy a life that's fantastic cause all you are is your assets
Paper (money) or plastic (credit card) go spend your paper (money) on plastic (stuff you don't need)
Its about the superficial world, where your value is directly related to what you own.

You can't buy love without passion
So please don't do nothing drastic
Some people get a bit carried away with what they will spend money on, to try to 'buy' love/relationships.

Go live it up, they say age is a number, living proof of a theory
They keep getting older and dumber
Ignorance is competence then go ahead just bargain it
Selling out not buying it take it for a refund 10%
I'm seeing this verse as being about the concept of a sugar daddy.
Someone older, who is willing to spend a lot of money on the younger person.

Why do all the good girls have to die
Living in a bad girl's paradise
It's not literal death.
It's about becoming superficial.
The good girl becoming the bad girl, in order to survive.

Living for the days, living for the night
Living for the chance if we get what’s right
You tell me who the plum you think I am
Think I am, think I am, think I am, think I am
trying not to lose yourself in the party lifestyle

As to my take on it.
Trash, as a child, playing with makeup, dreaming of stardom.
Trash as Tra-She, a star of sorts. It's how he makes his money, and the money brings fake friends. Trash is losing himself to the world of fake, spending his paper on plastic, getting a bit of surgery, in the hopes of gaining more fame, more money, but still not getting the love he craves.

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There are so many different things that you can do with this song, and I ended up using the first lines as inspiration. "Why do all the good girls have to die? Living in a bad girl's paradise". That is what I created. a good girl dying while in a bad girl's paradise. The song also mentions halos several times and that is where I got the idea for a good angel versus a bad angel/demon. Lastly, the golden guns are a reference to the music video.

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I kinda went with a more aesthetic-interpretation take on the song.

most of the lyrics of song imply bad, downtrodden or "wrong" crowd type people.
"You don't know the half of the abuse
All my friends are heathens, take it slow"

I also interpreted part of the song being based in a prison or asylum type place:

"Welcome to the room of people
Who have rooms of people that they loved one day
Docked away"

as if the narrative of the song is based in a prison-like setting.

the other aspect I wanted to show was that the song is referring to a group of section of people...
"You'll never know the psychopath sitting next to you
You'll never know the murderer sitting next to you"..... "All my friends are heathens." :

and for that I thought, that this is a great time to utilize ALL the penguin in a shot together again, SO in the background in the cell are the "heathens" which I made the other Penguin Girls as... their looks vary from a escaped asylum patient, to some ladies of the night, and a lady who's ruffed up some people."

I also wanted incorporate the last verse in the edit :
"Why'd you come? You knew you should have stayed
I tried to warn you just to stay away
And now they're outside ready to bust
It looks like you might be one of us"

and I did that with Emily... her being the "new girl" of this rag-tag band of "heathens" entering their "world" and walking into the cell.

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Basically, light and dark. Both sides are the same person. "Don't judge a book by its cover." She may look nice/innocent, but in reality inside she's evil/dark, and twisted.

Lyrics I focused on were- "You're lovin' on the psychopath sitting next to you....You'll never know the freakshow sitting next to you...You'll have some weird people sitting next to you."

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My Interpretation - I went Literal with the Lyrics with My Edit. Tianna ends up in a "Reform" School For Young Offenders With her SO Called Friend -- Soon to Find out She is Not Who She Seems! -- Hard Lesson For Tianna Ending up Following her and her Friends ( Young Girl Gang ) --- In the Life of "Crime".... YOU See here Tianna is Standing up to her So Called Friend as she is "Laughing" that she got her where She wanted her...!!! The Song talks about You never know The Person Sitting beside You - I take it as a Warning to People in General! You Never know if the Person You Befriend Could Mean Harm to you and Lead you to do things you would not usually do... Or Take Advantage of you and your Friendship with them, Saying Welcome to the Room of People, Who have rooms of people that they loved one day
Locked away. (Trusting That Person Loving That person ) But Finding out they are of No Good and No Good Intentions! Saying - All my friends are heathens, take it slow
Wait for them to ask you who you know
Please don't make any sudden moves
You don't know the half of the abuse. To me says Again It's a WARNING - Take it Slow - Meaning - Don't Trust Easily be Warned Not Everyone is of Good. Also with Please Don't make no Sudden Moves Again He is singing about We have to realise that not all people will lead you in the right path and the possibility of going down the wrong road is there and easy to follow....and When they do follow the Bad Road they become One of Them. With these Lines - We don't deal with outsiders very well
They say newcomers have a certain smell
Yeah, trust issues, not to mention
They say they can smell your intentions. I think this means People wanting to Follow the "BAD" Are Obvious to those that Want them to. They can sense their "Insecurities" and THEN CAN EASILY SWAY THEM AND MANIPULATE THEM

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To me, this song seems to be about the heightened state of security, in particular, in airports.
I've heard some pretty crazy stories about people being detained for hours. One guy was on his way out of the US, cos his visa was due to expire that day, he got detained, and questioned as to why he was leaving the country, and while detained, his visa expired.
And there's a famous aussie kids author who got detained a few months ago. She has no idea why they detained her, maybe they wanted to know the secret of possum magic? It's lamingtons, in case you were wondering.

So, yeah, this is more or less the imagery that came to mind when I listened to the song.

Wait for them to ask you who you know
Please don't make any sudden moves
You get detained, you get questioned, they're demanding answers, who do you know, where have you been, who have you been talking to, what have you been doing, and you can't give them what they're seeking.

We don't deal with outsiders very well
They say newcomers have a certain smell
Yeah, I trust issues, not to mention
They say they can smell your intentions
I know people who are terrified of visiting the US, just because of how people get treated by airport security, and the police.

Why'd you come, you knew you should have stayed
I tried to warn you just to stay away
It's not a great time to be traveling.

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I know that this song is from the movie Suicide Squad, but I wanted to stay way from that. Stella and her friends are a gang of heathens, and the outsider is trying to fit in. But he keeps asking himself "how did he get here?", which is a line from the song. Now the cops are "outside ready to bust", and it is the outsider's chance to "become one of us".

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When seeing the lyrics this verse stood out:

"You would not believe your eyes, how a voice could hypnotize
Promises are only lies from Loreley
In a shade of mossy green, seashell in her hand
She was born the river queen, ne'er to grace the land.."

So this song is about a personified figure that lures people, and when I hear these lyrics I think of a mermaid or siren of the sea.

But I wanted to incorporate more of the lyrics
So I looked at them and listened some more.

"And the winds would cry, and many men would die"

This jam is definitely about a siren in my book and I wanted to picture the moment in which they lure they prey.

So, for this edit I envisioned a siren water maiden with her arm embracing the wind starting her siren call to lure ships to her glade.

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*Lyrics I focused on/got inspired by were " how a voice could hypnotize. In a shade of mossy green, seashell in her hand She was born the river queen, ne'er to grace the land..."

I thought of a sea goddess/witch who is unable to be on land or be a part of it because she belongs to the river; in some way. Her mouth sings songs, and her voice is hypnotizing to those who hear it. I also thought this dress fit as a ''mossy green/reminded me of seaweed XD. And I added the seashell as an object that she holds onto and treasures, since it's a glimpse of the outside world and land that she can never experience.

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This Song Tells a Story/Folklore and with My Interpretation with Loreley. I Of course envision her as a River Queen Never to grace the Land as the Lyrics say...(Literally) - I see her as "Protecting" the River! Guiding Mischief and Evil to their Doom... With the Lyrics Many men would die! and her power over them with using the "Wind" and "Waves" to Lead them to their Demise! She was said to be quite a "Vision" to behold. So I Put her as Bigger than the Waves and the River and Beautiful as if a Seducer of Her River using her Beauty and the powers she had over her river to lead them to their death! With these Lyrics here: Oh, the stories we were told
Quite a vision to behold
Mysteries of the seas in her eyes of gold...
Laying on the silver stone, such a lonely sight
Barnacles become a throne, my poor Loreley...Makes me believe She did at one time Live amongst the Land and was somehow "Driven" to her demise herself to this River that became hers and wanted to protect it because the River was hers and in a way punishing those that did any kind of evil as might have been done to her - Pretty much its about a River Queen Called Loreley, Folklore/Story about how all she wanted to do was Protect her River from any bad doings of Pirates or Mischief and have them meet their Demise coming through her sacred "Throne" being her River

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A water spirit, who lures sailors.

Though, I think there's a slightly deeper meaing. Loreley is the personification of storms over the river. Sometimes, in a storm, it can sound like a womans voice, which lures the sailors to take risks that often result in drowning.

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I obviously got a very different interpretation of the song. To me it sounded like a song/story that sailors would tell each other in the tavern. It mentions, "legend's faded story line tried to warn us all. Careful or you'll fall." Also, I saw Loreley not as a siren or mermaid, but as a haunted ship (you will notice that the ship's name says Loreley on the side). The chorus talks about "winds would cry and many men would die. And all the waves would bow down to the Loreley". When I heard this I thought of a haunted ship, with my zombie pirate Stella, coming out of the fog attacking sailors. Attacking not with a literal song, but an agonizing "song" of death.

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The verses that I really clung onto and looking up the lyrics where these:

"I won’t soothe your pain
I won’t ease your strain
You’ll be waiting in vain
I got nothing for you to gain

I’m taking it slow
Feeding my flame
Shuffling the cards of your game
And just in time
In the right place
Suddenly I will play my ace"

And my interpretation of the song was about a scorned lover who knows something about the man or woman who hurt her and I interpreted that as being the 'ace' which is something that they could reveal that could rock their entire love life and world to shambles. Due to the scorned lover wanting revenge and they will not make it an easy break-up.

So I depicted Emily as the scorned lover holding a playing card to symbolize the secret and or the 'ace' and in the background is her ex with another person. Emily is slowly lying in wait to reveal what she knows....

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Lyrics I focused on- Eyes on fire
I see right through you any hour....Feeding my flame.
Your spine is ablaze
Felling any foe with my gaze

(I went a little overboard with the flames. I tried to show Megan as a vampire/woman of power; she's able to control others just through her eyes and gaze. Anyone who looks into her eyes sees this sight.)

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For Me this was a VERY Haunting Song, With the Tones of it and the Lyrics - With a Huge Feeling Of Betrayal Loathing & Anger!
Especially with "EYES ON FIRE" With these Lyrics: Eyes on fire, your spine is ablaze
Felling any foe with my gaze
And just in time, in the right place
Steadily emerging with grace
Depicting Massive Anger Towards her "Foe"/Ex-Lover Is where I got My Inspiration to make this "HAUNTING" and even with the "Tone" Of the Music and I went Dark with it...Showing her a Dark Force with "GLARING Red Eyes....Approaching him to his doom - Him a Dark Force too! but him being "Set Up" PERFECTLY for HER to do what she wants to him - Flaying HIM When she reaches HIM!
"Foe" is Repeated throughout the song - So It's apparent this song is about a "Foe" You cannot have a "Foe" Without "Betrayal" of some Kind! OR "Hate" OR "Anger" - In My Edit I am Portraying this woman seeking out her "Enemy" Emerging at the right moment where she has set him up to meet her! "I Will Seek You Out" ..flay you alive ..One More word You won't survive and I'm not scared of your stolen power - She is after him "Viciously" and will make sure he won't "Live" He has Stolen In my Opinion her "Love" and Hurt Her...Him thinking that's what he has "Over" Her... But He's Wrong! He's Hurt her for the Last time.....! She is seeking her Revenge...She see's through his "Game"... and will not soothe his pain that SHE will bring Upon Him as He did HER! She has been Planning this with the Lyrics - I'm Taking it SLOW, Feeding My Flame and her "FLAME" being her "Anger".... With the Lyrics - Shuffling My Cards of your game, And just in time, In the Right Place...SUDDENLY, I will play My "ACE" ...She has HIM in her SIGHTS Set Him UP Right where she Wants HIM! and is Approaching him to Play her "ACE" - To Flay Him Right where he SITS!

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Interesting song. It gave me many ideas.
But for some reason, while the music made me think of a western, the lyrics make me think of anxiety.
I won't soothe your pain
I won't ease your strain
You'll be waiting in vain
I got nothing for you to gain
That's anxitey talking

I'm taking it slow
Feeding my flame
Shuffling the cards of your game
Anxiety feeding on itself. It's not the cards it's shuffling, it's your life.

And just in time
In the right place
Suddenly I will play my ace
That's a panic attack.

Eyes on fire
Your spine is ablaze
Felling any foe with my gaze
Eyes burning with tears on their way, panic runs down your spine, and everyone is an enemy trying to block your escape.

And just in time
In the right place
Steadily emerging with grace
Thats the calm when you come out the other side of it.

How does my image tie to that.
Every person in it is Trash.
Black hat Trash is the personification of anxiety, and he's taking down all the other voices, the logic, the reason, all the thoughts knowing that anxiety isn't the real power in this town.

Because that's where it starts:

I'll seek you out
Flay you alive
One more word and you won't survive
And I'm not scared of your stolen power
See right through you any hour
The stolen power is control of yourself.

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I went with a more literal meaning with this song than with the last one. The lyrics are simple, but there is a lot, and I mean A LOT, of anger behind them. I could feel the anger in the singer's voice as they threatened the listener.
"I won't soothe your pain. I won't ease your strain"
Not only is Stella not going to ease your pain, but she is going to be the one to CAUSE the pain.
"I'll seek you out, flay you alive. One more word and you won't survive...You'll be waiting in vain. I've got nothing for you to gain"
Stella has these poor men in her dungeon with nothing but time and various ways to torture them. Plus, one of the men has his "eyes on fire"