{"id":280,"date":"2022-02-08T01:19:54","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T01:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/?p=280"},"modified":"2022-02-23T20:34:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T20:34:35","slug":"blog-post-3-what-is-your-wildest-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/2022\/02\/08\/blog-post-3-what-is-your-wildest-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Post 3: What is your &#8220;Wild&#8221;(est) Song?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"for King &amp; Country &quot;Run Wild&quot; (Official Live Room Session)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ghl4FKiAyGg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf your soul\u2019s locked in a cage<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can make a great escape<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re made to run wild, live free<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Love strong, you and me\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A song that I consider to have \u201cwild\u201d aspects is the song \u201cRun Wild\u201d by For King and Country, a band whose genre could be considered a mixture of pop, rock and alternative. The band, whose main members are Australian-born, American-based brothers Joel and Luke Smallbone, released this song in 2014 after gaining inspiration from Luke\u2019s son learning to walk but trying to run. The song begins by asking some specific person if they are isolating themselves on purpose or not to try to hide your true self. The lyrics then ask the person if they would rather \u201crun wild, live free, love strong, you and me,\u201d suggesting that the person break free from isolation and be their true selves. This becomes the chorus of the song and the main point of the theme; to \u201crun wild,\u201d be yourself, and enjoy life to the fullest.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the song, the band uses lyrics like, \u201cYou&#8217;re a lion full of power who forgot how to roar, You\u2019re an eagle full of beauty but you can\u2019t seem to soar.\u201d These metaphors compare the subject to animals that are typically regarded as being wild in nature, suggesting that their wildness has been suppressed, as well as the subject\u2019s. This idea of \u201cwild\u201d suggests that wild means to them one that is uncontrolled and completely free. This theme of the song suggests that everyone should embrace their \u201cwild\u201d side as this would be the best way to live their lives. By grouping the words \u201cwild,\u201d \u201clive,\u201d and \u201clove\u201d together, their message is clear in their thoughts of being \u201cwild\u201d as a great thing. The end of the song even says, \u201cWe\u2019re made to run wild,\u201d suggesting that being wild is natural and even human nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anna Ranslem<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIf your soul\u2019s locked in a cage You can make a great escape We\u2019re made to run wild, live free Love strong, you and me\u201d A song that I consider to have \u201cwild\u201d aspects is the song \u201cRun Wild\u201d by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/2022\/02\/08\/blog-post-3-what-is-your-wildest-song\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":420,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-welcome"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/420"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280\/revisions\/281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}