ㅤㅤ JACK IN THE BOX (2022)

• ★★★½☆ | intro
• ★★★½☆ | pandora's box
• ★★★½☆ | more
• ★★★☆☆ | stop
• ★★★½☆ | = (equal sign)
• ★★★☆☆ | music box: reflection
• ★★★★½ | what if...
• ★★★★½ | safety zone
• ★★★★☆ | future
• ★★★☆☆ | arson

ㅤ ——————— ☆ ——————— ☽ ———————

‘‘it was “hope” that was kept in the innermost nook of the box. it trailed behind the miasma of darkness, assuaging their ill-effects on humankind. “hope” gave people the will to carry on living, in the midst of pain and strife.’’

• intro

‘‘there’s something about my friend [that i can’t get off my mind], clashing values, personalities, weathering away at our friendship, patiently, i try and try to make them understand, but their reaction only raises doubts’’

• stop

‘‘can people be that [cruel]? when humans stoop lower than animals do, it disgusts me. can’t help but think to myself, how could they be part of humankind?’’

• stop

‘‘it’s a smart world now, these days, but being smart isn’t the norm, anyways’’

• stop

‘‘you know they say, it’s all about will, guess it’s up to us to change, even small steps move the world, change is possible, cause there are no bad people in the world; right?’’

• stop

‘‘the world is vast, and people's minds are quite narrow. even though there's no need to be the same, why is a crime to be different?’’

• = (equal sign)

‘‘what if i have no hope? what if i have no dream? what if i have no passion? what if i have no vision? what if i have no money? [...] what if i have nothing?’’

• what if

‘‘the world is changing fast, at that moment, i find solitude, it's painful as if there are no allies, my life is becoming my enemy, it is getting lonesome’’

• safety zone

‘‘someone must have been my giving tree, but where's my stump to go sit and look back for a moment?’’

• safety zone

‘‘where is the ray of light for relief in the dark? a peaceful home? Or is it a distant blue? where’s my safe zone?’’

• safety zone

‘‘support from people i trust? (it's cold when they turn their backs on me); the people who led me? (if i think about it, it's fear i recall); those who share blood? a sense of duty that cannot be confided; i like animals better than people these days, but i feel self-destruction, it's like the sunset before passing (shine, goes dark); a light to soothe the deep night and dawn’’

• safety zone

‘‘the thing that i can't decide or predict myself (future); the thing that's scarier the closer it comes, also the thing that's too much to handle alone (future)’’

• future