32 - A Darkness Comes at Dawn

One day in early 2010, while browsing that wonderful site, IMDb, I came across a trailer for a movie that was coming out soon.  At first the movie premise sounded quite silly.  Then I watched the trailer.  It captivated me.  A few weeks later I was seeing How to Train Your Dragon, and the aforementioned trailer played on the massive screen in 3D.  Seeing that, with today's song...blew me away.  There was a huge leap from watching the trailer on-line, to seeing it in full 3D on a big screen.

The song made the movie look epic, heroic, and compelling.  I was hooked.  The movie was Legend of Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole.  I quickly discovered it was based on a series of children's books.  I promptly went out and began collecting all 15 volumes.  Fantastic reads.  Way better literature than that series on sparketastic vampires and brooding hair gel.

Song 32
       from the band 30 Seconds to Mars on their This Is War album, the song is: "Kings and Queens"

While I neither discovered the song in Autumn, not initially listened to it in that season, a lot of the songs take me there.  This song in particular.  After reading up on the album a little bit I learned that lead singer, Jared Leto, began writing this song before heading to write in South Africa.  I was preparing to go to Africa for the first time, South Africa no less, later that Summer.  This song bonded to me even more after learning that.

There is an epic grandiose-ness to the song that starts off with that haunting eagle's cry at the beginning.  It builds in that gentle intro before the drums and mass crowd vocalization kicks in.  Sheesh, I'm getting goose bumps just thinking about this.

I don't know exactly why this makes me think of Autumn.  Perhaps it's the title and it makes me think a little bit about The Chronicles of Narnia.  It also brings up images and thoughts of the TV show Lost, and the show/movie Firefly/Serenity.  All which make me think of Autumn.  Narnia because I think fantasy stories fit best in this season.  Lost because the show started in Autumn for the first 3 seasons, and having just started it last Fall with some friends.  Firefly/Serenity because the show just has a lot of Autumnish hues and colors, which makes me feel Autumnal.

This song makes me want to soar into the sky and overcome any obstacle.  It has such an tone of inspiration, courage and bravery to it.

So go out and find your wings, be it to this song, or something else.  Enjoy the season!

-Jesse