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1. The Sopranos theme song - Woke up this morning

1.1. personal responses

1.2. • Harmonic characteristics 12A/Dm 179.00 BPM

1.3. • Melodic content

1.4. • Texture & timbre

1.5. • Subject matter

1.5.1. I'm gonna take you down Deep down to the front lines You woke up this morning Got yourself a gun, Mama always said you'd be The Chosen One. She said: You're one in a million You've got to burn to shine, But you were born under a bad sign With a blue moon in your eyes You woke up this morning All that love had gone Your Papa never told you About right and wrong But you're looking good, baby I believe you're feeling fine,(shame about it) Born under a bad sign With a blue moon in your eyes (Chorus) You woke up this morning Got a blue moon in your eyes You woke up this morning Got a blue moon in your eyes You woke up this morning The world turned upside down Lord above, thing's ain't been the same Since the blues walked into town But you're one in a million You've got that shotgun shine (shame about it) Born under a bad sign With a blue moon in your eyes You woke up this morning Got a blue moon in your eyes You woke up this morning Got a blue moon in your eyes When you woke up this morning everything was gone By half past ten your head was going ding-dong Ringing like a bell from your head down to your toes Like a voice trying to tell you there's something you should know Last night you were flying but today you're so low Ain't it times like these that make you wonder if You'll ever know the meaning of things as they appear to the others; Wives, mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers Don't you wish you didn't function, don't you wish you Didn't think beyond the next paycheck and the next little drink? Well you do so make up your mind to go on, �?�¢??cos When you woke up this morning everything you had was gone Woke up this morning Woke up this morning Woke up this morning You want to be the Chosen One Woke up this morning Woke up this morning Woke up this morning You got yourself a gun

1.5.1.1. With the refrain "Woke up this morning, got myself a gun," the song does sound very gangster, but it's actually about a case in which a wife finally shot her abusive husband after twenty years. The song is about female empowerment, not the mob. The woman in question is Sara Thornton, who killed her husband in 1989. The case made headlines in England, where Alabama 3 founder Rob Spragg heard about it and got the idea for the song. He wrote the song with his bandmates Jake Black, Simon Edwards and Piers Marsh.

1.6. • Sonic characteristics

2. Five Finger Death Punch - I Apologize

2.1. personal responses

2.1.1. This song connects with me a listener because of the subject matter. I apologize is almost a song about redemption and no matter how far you fall you can always get up even though it will not be easy. Ivan Moody the front man of the band and Zoltan Bathory the bass player both wanted the band to do

2.2. • Harmonic characteristics

2.3. • Melodic content

2.4. • Texture & timbre

2.5. • Sonic characteristics

2.6. •Subject matter Five Finger Death Punch front-man Ivan Moody apologizes here for the time he's wasted and the hurt he's caused as a result of his addiction issues. Now he has picked himself up and is changing things for the better, he is able to see clearly the damage he's done.

2.6.1. [Verse 1] One day the shadows will surround me Someday the days will come to end Sometime I’ll have to face the real me Somehow I’ll have to learn to bend And now I see clearly [Chorus] All these times I simply stepped aside I watched but never really listened As the whole world passed me by All this time I watched from the outside Never understood what was wrong or what was right I apologize, whoah I apologize, whoah [Verse 2] One day I’ll face the Hell inside me Someday I’ll accept what I have done Sometime I’ll leave the past behind me For now I accept who I’ve become And now I see clearly [Chorus] All these times I simply stepped aside I watched but never really listened As the whole world passed me by All this time I watched from the outside Never understood what was wrong or what was right I apologize I apologize [Bridge] One day the shadows will surround me [Chorus] All these times I simply stepped aside I watched but never really listened As the whole world passed me by All this time I watched from the outside Never understood what was wrong or what was right I apologize I apologize [Outro] Whoah, I apologize Whoah, I apologize Whoah, I apologize Whoah, I apologize I apologize