Song Analysis: Kill The Lights

Any middle schooler needs music to get through the tough times, but look no further for the song currently hyping up an eighth grade year. DJ Cassidy wrote “Kill the lights” with what I like to believe is a logical connection between my most memorable experiences in the dreaded last middle school grade! Kill the lights is the perfect representation of my year because meeting new people with new experiences shined through this song, re-living MME sponsored events seem so surreal through most lyrics, and it perfectly captures my emotions from MHS performance dance tryouts. “Let's live our life, tomorrow doesn't always come Don't try to hide, let's have some fun” this is when the song starts to almost pick up and it totally explains the excitement
There is up and downs when it comes to school life and from mostly happiness I can prove that MME Is the only middle school I would’ve wanted to be at while growing up. The night of the teacher versus student basketball game really changed my life. It might not have seemed like something to affect a kid, but I found myself surrounded by the best people in one of the best environments. I was on a team with some of my best friends, we were able to dress up in America themed clothes, cheer as loud as we wanted, and play even though we were all dancers. No, we had no experience in basketball. Yes, we had the absolute time of our lives in an hour and 30 minutes. “Spin me around” is a reference to the fact that we really took a shot (by signing up) and went for it, literally! Although, when I am talking about “getting lost in the sound” it brings me back to the best (and very recent) times of dancing to loud music in the locker room before the game, being able to represent the student side, and living out a long awaited bucket list item. The purity of MME brings a smile to my face and missing it will be an understatement since the game was a wonderful send
This is the dance experience that I would be having for the rest of my life. I have been dancing since I was a little kid and by trying out for the performance team, it was the next step. A group of friends and I tried out together, we didn’t know what to think of it! I had always been the outcast since I placed the only one that dance at a less intense studio by trying out I had already felt like I had made it. By the time results rolled around I had found out that I was one of three people that made the varsity team while the wrath made junior varsity or none at all. Please lyrics, although very happy and upbeat, really spoke to me due to my situation. For weeks it was hard to talk about it in front of other people, all I wanted to do was scream from the rooftops. A little studio dance or like me was so excited but felt so contained since my friends feelings had to be maintained. The spark that was lit inside of me was the happiness I wanted to show… this caused the fire as I have my family members whispering congratulations to me. This wasn’t the way I wanted it to happen, luckily there was a re-tryout and Many of the girls went back on the team and we were able to rejoice. Being a varsity dancer is making my eighth grade self look so little! The song is just the right tempo to