Chords for Seether - The Gift: Behind The Scenes

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_ It's important to me in videos, something that you haven't seen before or [N] really haven't
heard of before and _ being able to do a video about _ [Gb] ghosts of [A] children revisiting the parents
that they've [N] left behind is kind of a cool concept.
_ I think it's a really beautiful concept too to have a day in the year where your relatives
or your family comes back and someone that you love comes back and visits you.
_ This whole process is going to bring this song to life.
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_ _ [Gb] This video does touch [G] on some of the lyrical content and [Db] what it means to me.
[G] This is the first time I've done a [Gb] video with a director that really got the idea behind the song.
Merritt Avis [Ab] is a director that's done [Abm] many, many great videos.
Just the chance to work with him was really exciting for us, especially for me.
His treatment was really interesting and really exciting and meeting the guy, he's totally cool.
He's a really fun guy, [B] really good time to hang out with.
_ [Abm] _ It's been fun in Mexico.
[Gb] We've tried new drinks [Ebm] and seen new things.
We've seen a lot of [B] ancient ruins and _ _ _ [Db] experienced a lot of really _ historical sites, I would
say, like the one we're in right now.
_ Tried mezcal, which is a great _ Mexican beverage _ if you're ever in need of relieving any pain.
[Eb] _ _ [N] It's been a trip.
Mexico's been a lot of fun. _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [E] I was aware of the Day of the Dead festival before we [B] actually got this treatment [Eb] from Merritt.
I didn't know very much about it.
[Bb] I know that it was a celebration of death, which I think is very different to the way
the Western world views [Gb] death.
I think the Western [Abm] world, as we know it, [Bb] we're all afraid of it.
We don't know what to expect.
Here, death is seen as a part of [B] this life cycle.
You'll be born, you will live a life and you will die no matter when that happens or how
long that lifespan is.
[Ab] It's ultimately going to happen.
The Day of the Dead is a celebration [D] of the completion of a cycle [Abm] of life. _
_ My [Db] favorite setup for the shoot has been the one [Ab] that we had next to the roadside with
the cross [D] and [Ab] the candles and the picture of the little girl that's playing our [Bb] ghost girl.
_ [Db] I think the second one would be [B] the one by the fire out in the middle of nowhere.
Something [A] that's different to what you normally would see in [Ab] videos and I thought it was kind
of a beautiful depiction of something [E] really sad.
[Bm] We turned off all the lights and all the vans drove off and it was [Ab] just me sitting next
to the fire in the middle of nowhere and you could see the stars and you could see
all the surroundings, [Bm] little villages and things.
[Db] It's an enormous feeling of emptiness when you're sitting on a [B] mountainside and suddenly
the lights all go out and there's just blackness around you.
It kind of makes you understand how small and vulnerable we are.
Definitely a spiritual awakening.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Gb] I'm going to start sounding like a hippie soon.
_ It's the end of day [Gb] two of the shooting. _
We did [Abm] the first day in LA about five days [E] ago.
It was all green screen filming for some [Abm] stuff that Matt's going to do.
It's probably going to [Gbm] be cool.
_ _ [E] It's been a long day.
I woke up at six o'clock this morning.
_ Pretty sure it's [Abm] way past my bedtime already.
_ [Gbm] This is the last scene of the day.
[E] Me being a mopey bitch outside of the fire _ [Abm] feeling sad for [Gb] all the things I've done wrong.
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_ It's freezing in [Abm] Hawaka.
You can [Gb] bleep that because they're going to want you to.
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It's been a good day.
[Gb] I'm going to wrap this up and then go drink some mezcal and some [Abm] Corona.
_ _ _ [Gb] The most indelible character would have to be the little girl.
She's a beautiful [Eb] little girl.
She looks amazing in the role she's playing [Abm] and what she represents to me in the song
and [B] to me in the video.
I think for all of us in the video, she's really important.
She's got a [Gb] real vulnerability about her and a real innocence about her that's really striking.
When I leave this town and go [B] back to our normal lives,
that's one little person I'm going to remember for a long time.
She's the most important person to me in the video
and I think she's left the biggest mark on me.
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_ _ _ _ [E] _ [Db] When we asked for permission to shoot on [Abm] reservation land,
it was [B] an [Abm] episode where the director and all his crew had to go and [E] sit down with the chief
and all [Eb] the elders [Bb] of the tribe and they had to have a whole conversation.
[Db] They still speak the old Indian [E] languages out here.
It's _ [Abm] definitely, _ _ [G] they're very, very proud of their heritage, I [Db] think.
[Ab] Even though there's a lot of poverty [Gb] here, people don't seem to be unhappy.
_ That's because they have something to believe in, which I think a [Bb] lot of us [Eb] would like [Gb] to have too. _
It's inspiring.
_ [D] I'm definitely going to [B] come back here, I think, more often than once
and try and spend some [Bm] more time here because the people here have [Db] been amazing.
_ [B] For me, it's been a really, [Ab] really, really incredible experience.
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