This is one of my favourite music videos as it shows a new start for the band and that they have put all of the struggles of their past behind them, ready to start fresh. I love the post-apocalyptic themes and the chaos of the battle, a different turn form their other music videos. The opening scene reflects the lyrics that play at that moment. "Feels like I'm waking from the dead, and everyone's been waiting on me", is very relevant to the situation. While Hayley's been unconscious, a war has been waging and her side have been waiting for her to wake and help them.
I love that throughout the video, Hayley is determined to get to the enemy leader. She walks through the fight, shaking off attackers, while her allies defend and protect her, prioritising her. She is not violent towards any other enemy, she just calmly makes her way through, with an expression of determination to reach her target and end the war. The whole theme of both the song and video is having the hope and determination to to start over and pick up the pieces.
At one point, it seems like all hope is lost as her bandmates have been defeated and restrained, and Hayley has been struck and is on the ground looking at the hopelessness of the current situation. She still has hope, picks herself up and runs at the general. Even though she gets caught, she still fights and struggles, it's a tense moment as she's about to be struck by the general. As she breaks free just in time she does something no one sees coming. She charges at him and hugs him. As she does so the sky immediately turns bright and the general, shocked, hugs her back and the war is over.
That scene is putting across a message that you do not need to use violence to end a war that was ignited by violence, you can instead use peace.
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