"Little Talks" Of Monsters and Men

For those of you don't know, there's a new band on the block and their name is "Of Monsters and Men." Their most popular song, "Little Talks" rocked them to fame from their home country of Iceland to touring around the world. The music video is full of dazzling imagery and both the song and video are full of deep meaning and inspiration.

Now I can't speak for the artists or band members as to what their song/video was meant to say, I can only interpret what it meant to me. Likely, you may see something else entirely when you watch the video.

At the beginning of the song, we see a black and white, colorless land and five awkward men floating on a fanciful ship- of sorts. The people move in an animated cut-out paper doll fashion, and it adds to their fragile, awkward being. Then, suddenly a ball of color hits the screen in the form of a meteor. From within the meteor, an alien of great power and overwhelming brilliance emerges from within. She is so powerful that it sends the poor little paper-like people flying backwards. Despite her obvious superiority, she decides to join them on their voyage in the sky, floating just above their bizarre little ship.

Countless monsters of massive size and abilities beyond what any of the little men could ever hope to possess attack them as they try to make it to...well through life? It's hard to say and its never mentioned. Every time they struggle against what we would think are surely impossible evils, this sort of intelligent, mystic being from the meteor, saves them. She appears to be much smaller then the monsters she faces, but her power is far mightier. With one puff of color, she explodes them into a million pieces, destroying them so completely that its as if they had never been there at all.

At the end, the men loose sight of their ship, but this guardian helps them ascend on high, into the the clouds above. Once again, a mighty beast appears, just as threatening and frightening as the many others they faced. It has several eyes enabling it to see in any direction it so desires, huge teeth, and wings. But unlike the other monsters, the mystic angel greets the beast with a smile, a smile she has not shown until then. The beast does not attack, but spreads its wings open wide across the entire screen, showing that it too, has sparkling plumage, fur, and a white light pouring from its head. All colors of the rainbow fill the sky and the five little men who see this cannot believe it. Their mouths open wide, all they can do is gape in amazement.

This is...God? It could definitely be one person's vision of it. As unusual as it is, compared to the rest of the vial creatures in the video, it is quite beautiful and brings "color" to an otherwise dull and frightening world.

The song itself, could be interpreted many different ways. I did not find one definite explanation among fans. But what words were especially important to me were in the chorus, "Although the truth may vary this/ ship will carry our/ bodies safe to shore..." I see it as, no matter what happens, time (I think of the ship as a metaphor for it) will bring us to the end of our struggles in life. Our pain will not last forever. And if you so choose to believe it, waiting for in the afterlife will be your friends, family, guardians, and all the colors of the rainbow you can imagine and more. So much so, that you won't be able to take it all in let alone believe how wonderful it truly is. This little band, from the little country of Iceland, and their one particular song that I am now in love with, made me believe and feel inspired once again- if only just a little bit more.