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House of Balloons Album Deconstruction: A Thread
this took me a while to make so rt’s are very much appreciated
this took me a while to make so rt’s are very much appreciated
1. High For This
this song is essentially a look into the XO lifestyle and how a girl gets caught up in it. the starting lines of it display Abel’s mystery and the entire song just displays his destructive ways.
this song is essentially a look into the XO lifestyle and how a girl gets caught up in it. the starting lines of it display Abel’s mystery and the entire song just displays his destructive ways.
2. What You Need
this song is a perfect display of Abel’s manipulation and how women buy into it so easily. Abel basically gets the girl in this song to fall out of love with her boyfriend and make her become addicted to Abel instead. the sample adds alot to the narrative of the
this song is a perfect display of Abel’s manipulation and how women buy into it so easily. Abel basically gets the girl in this song to fall out of love with her boyfriend and make her become addicted to Abel instead. the sample adds alot to the narrative of the
song aswell.
3. House Of Balloons / Glass Table Girls
this song is about the stuff that Abel does to himself and girls within the XO lifestyle. he gives the girls some comfort making them fall in love with him more by throwing them in the right direction of the lifestyle and essentially how
this song is about the stuff that Abel does to himself and girls within the XO lifestyle. he gives the girls some comfort making them fall in love with him more by throwing them in the right direction of the lifestyle and essentially how
to survive. the second half of the song is a look into his mind, his encounters and the lifestyle itself.
4. The Morning
this song describes the aftermath of the song prior (HOB/GTG) and is also a look into Abel’s mind and the stuff he does. also drugs (just like the entire album so i won’t talk about them too much).
this song describes the aftermath of the song prior (HOB/GTG) and is also a look into Abel’s mind and the stuff he does. also drugs (just like the entire album so i won’t talk about them too much).
5. Wicked Games
this song is about a girl that can see through Abel and gets his true emotions out during when he’s intoxicated. Abel is at his most emotional and vulnerable in this song which adds alot to the narrative.
this song is about a girl that can see through Abel and gets his true emotions out during when he’s intoxicated. Abel is at his most emotional and vulnerable in this song which adds alot to the narrative.
6. The Party & The After Party
this song are about the parties and the sexual encounters Abel takes part in in general and how when he’s intoxicated he doesn’t care about and forgets about the important things in his life. the consequences of this show in the remaining tracks.
this song are about the parties and the sexual encounters Abel takes part in in general and how when he’s intoxicated he doesn’t care about and forgets about the important things in his life. the consequences of this show in the remaining tracks.
7. Coming Down
this song tackles how when Abel is intoxicated, he forgets what his girl means to him and only realizes it when the effects of the drugs slowly start wearing off. his girl has tried telling him to quit drugs because of this and Abel tries to but fails everytime
this song tackles how when Abel is intoxicated, he forgets what his girl means to him and only realizes it when the effects of the drugs slowly start wearing off. his girl has tried telling him to quit drugs because of this and Abel tries to but fails everytime
therefore he is asking for forgiveness for cheating on her in the song.
8. Loft Music
the song is about purely the XO lifestyle and what the girls do in it. probably the least important song for the album’s concept and theme but is still amazing as expected.
the song is about purely the XO lifestyle and what the girls do in it. probably the least important song for the album’s concept and theme but is still amazing as expected.
9. The Knowing
this song displays a conversation between Abel and his girlfriend which his girl is confessing that she has cheated on Abel aswell. apparently Abel knows this and isn’t affected by it because he has also cheated on her and has also fallen out of love (as seen in
this song displays a conversation between Abel and his girlfriend which his girl is confessing that she has cheated on Abel aswell. apparently Abel knows this and isn’t affected by it because he has also cheated on her and has also fallen out of love (as seen in
the opening line of Wicked Games). perfect conclusion to the tape.
end of thread thanks for reading
