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"I Wish You Were Here"

Vince Bride
ENEX 101

The music video I have chose to analyze is the music video by Incubus entitled “I Wish You Were Here” In the song , the lyrics talk mostly of him sitting alone in an exotic place longing for someone. He sings about how much he misses a someone to be there. I think at one time or another we can all relate to this experience. I feel the video strongly contrasts the message of the song however.
The words in the song relate to everyone at one point or another in their lives I believe. The one time in someone’s life when they wish that there was just someone there to say “I love you man” and cherish the moment with. In the music video, the band members are constantly running from a crowd of people. I believe that the symbolism in the video is the fact that they are getting so popular and there really is no one to share it with. The Boyd wishes that during all of this chaos, there would be someone there to share it with. As the lyrics in the song state,...

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