The Song “In the Deep” written and also performed by Kathleen York was the main song in the movie Crash. The song was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. As a music critic, I’m going to analyze an excerpt of the song.
Thought you had all the answers to rest our heart upon but something happens don’t see it coming, now you can’t stop yourself now you’re out there swimming In the deep
In this part of the song, it is basically explaining how someone thought they had everything in their life figured out, and was sure that nothing could go wrong. Then out of nowhere something bad and unexpected happens. Whatever trouble you …show more content…
The excerpt mean you keep trying to fix the problems, but you can’t. You finally give up and let it go from there. Once that happens you basically have no control at all over the situation. You then put your trust in God, and let him take over. The song and the movie share similarities as far as an overall message goes. The message for the song is that whenever you are in any trouble that you can’t handle. There is always another option. The movie gives off that same message at some points. Redemption is the action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil. The song relates to the song because of the term redemption. Redemption happened in the song when God saved the person. Redemption happened in the movie whenever the characters were saving each other. A song that I thought was similar in topic to the song and the movie is a song by my favorite rapper J. Cole. The song is called “The Autograph.” His message in the song was one of redemption. He raps about how he was struggling to get by in life, and with the help of friends and God he was able to make it to the top. In the song “Rolling in the Deep” it talks about how someone struggles to find answers, and gets help from God. So the similarities are that they both look to God for help. Here is an excerpt from the