Enter Shikari - 'Labyrinth' - From the Album 'Take to the Skies' - 2006

Lyrics:


HELP!!!

The air turns black
The birds drop from the sky
This eagle has landed
I'm choking on your pride

But the walls are closing in
And you don't appreciate
That in my hands tonight
Is where your fate lies
Her face drains...

Stand up, take a bow you have
No reason to celebrate
Your lost in the labyrinth
Scream now it's not too late

HELP!
The air turns black
The birds drop from the sky
This eagle has landed
I'm choking on your pride

But the walls are closing in
And you don't appreciate
That in my hands tonight
Is where your fate lies
Her face drains...

Stand up, take a bow you have
No reason to celebrate
Your lost in the labyrinth
Scream now it's not too late

Nothing seems to break the walls down
Break the walls down
Nothing seems to break the walls down
Break the walls down

We'll break the walls
We'll break the walls
We'll break the walls down

We'll break the walls
We'll break the walls
We'll break the walls down

[Spoken:]
Well, it looks like the end of tonight for our
friend here
He's finding it hard to keep his head
Especially with his girl screaming in his ear
We've gotta ask ourselves, do they deserve this
you've got a minute to make your minds up otherwise
Speak now or forever hold your peace

(Stand) Stand up
Will he make it out
I hope he makes out (Your)
He's gotta make it out
He's gonna make it out

(Stand) Stand up
(Your) Your lost
Get up, stand up


This is another possible song choice for our group. We all like the track and for me the strong lyrics could create a great concept. At the moment, I visualise a hugely claustrophobic video, utilising tight, extreme angles and choppy editing. I think, as the title and lyrics suggest, a strong concept would be to have the band sprinting through a seemingly endless maze of stacked amps. The tight corridors and keyframed shakes of the camera with every bass beat would create a very oppressive visual look. In addition to having the band running around (possibly chased by Simon dressed as a Minotaur of ancient Hellenic legends) there would be some central perfomance shots, in the 'centre' of the Labyrinth, with a high stack of amps surrounding the band, who will face the walls. As the lyric 'we'll break the walls' sounds, the bands movements will explode, in both the performance and the concept, and they start to thrash at the walls of the maze, literally bringing the walls down. (We could achieve this with cheap/already broken amps).

I'll pitch this half-formed treatment to the group and see what they think!