Blood is Real

You say you care for them,
The nameless faces filling the spaces around you,
Dream for their salvation,
From the wreckage those nameless slaves call life.

What are you gonna do?
Keep talking? Keep dreaming?
These are fake!
Blood is real!

You say that they need help,
Before cruel darkness drags them to their end,
Dream for things to be changed,
From destruction to meadows and butterflies.

What are you gonna do?
Keep talking? Keep dreaming?
These are fake!
Blood is real!

While their blood is split,
What is your's doing?
Your talk is wreckage,
Your dreams are darkness,
You wanna change the world?
Then what are you still doing with your blood?
Their sufferings are real,
Their dying cries are true!
Offer them your life,
Give them your blood,
Cos only blood can save the world.

So what are you gonna do?
Start changing! Start bleeding!
This is help,
Cos blood is real!


By Joseph Gage

The Dark

Last night I suddenly became interested in why I am so interested in dark imagery. I thought it through and I realized exactly what it is.

This particular fascination of mine probably started with my interest in the Saw movies. In case you don't know already it's about a murderer called Jigsaw who puts his victims in situations where they have a choice whether they live or die. In order to live they usually have to prove that they deserve to live by doing something really crazy and painful. Examples include cutting off one's own limb, digging in one's own stomach for a key that unlocks a death trap or being sprayed with some sort of acid. The dark story (which was actually pretty ingenious through all seven movies) and the dark filming style captured something that is so real: the state of the world.

From here my attention went towards a couple of dark bands. I started listening to My Chemical Romance and The Used. Both use dark imagery in most of their work. Their portrayal of the world comes in a very dark style. Plus the music is really awesome! I tend to enjoy the alternative and heavy metal genres.

The point is that dark imagery is just honest. The world is dark place and you're blind if you can't see that. These movies and bands are simply being honest in their portrayal of the world and life. Dark imagery displays truth. Now not all dark imagery is acceptable, the use or rather misuse of the Christian faith in dark imagery is unacceptable and often blasphemous and I am well aware of the presence of this type of dark imagery. This is not what I enjoy. I enjoy the truth. I love the truth! And so since dark imagery is brutally honest, I enjoy it.