Star Crossed: Scary Kids Scaring Kids

Star Crossed Painting.
The song Star Crossed is about two people who love one another very dearly however they aren’t supposed to be together because of fate. Star crossed lovers are two people who are destined to fail such as Romeo and Juliet. The artist of this song is Scary Kids Scaring Kids. While the name of the band may defer some people from listening to this song because the lyrics don’t match the name when they’re talking about love. In the beginning of the song he says, “I say if the futures been drawn out, there’s no point in living,” meaning if the path has been paved for a person and they come across a less traveled path would one keep traveling down the same path or go down the one less traveled. In this case, going after the

someone that one feels love for even though the powers of the universe work together against the relationship. One part of the song says, “If the stars say that you couldn’t love me, are you telling me that you would listen?” This line means that even if the world is set where she’s not supposed to love him, would the listen to the world or make her own path. He’s asking her if the stars tell her that she can’t love him, will she listen to them or her feelings, he says he will forgive her if she chooses to listen to the ‘stars’.
To change Star Crossed into a different medium I changed it to a painting of a galaxy or a starry night that has two different hills with a small gap in between them representing that the stars trying to keep the couple in the song apart. I used lighter colors not only to see the silhouettes better but, to exaggerate the perception of the love and how the stars are controlling the couple and the way they go. They’re silhouettes of the couple one sitting on each hill. I colored the hills a dark green with heavy black shadowing to show there is a wedge between the two, the green fades into a lighter color representing there’s still a light of hope. Between the two hills is a heart that is split into two, not torn or ridged just smooth edges because the couple is in love but cannot be together. The couple knows that they’re set up for failure but the guy is trying to convinced the girl that they should try because their love is strong enough that it can break through and work great.