This one is kind of hard to explain without noting that I am a multiple system, and have alters/system members. Anyone who didn't know that already probably doesn't know me personally, so I'll leave the explanation at that. This video was created in cooperation with Cobalt, one of my system members, who happens to relate to dogs, in particular German shepherds. This is a breed of dog often known for their association with police, and a lot of fictional depictions you'll find of them glorify police in some way. I am strongly against dogs being trained for use in intimidating and hurting the marginalized people that police harm every day, especially since those dogs are not treated well in the process.
As part of his relating to these dogs, Cobalt uses their symbolic struggle to connect to his own experiences. However, I didn't want to have a video that was just extended cuts of dogs being trained to hurt others, because that's not fun to watch, and also because things are not just one thing. German shepherds are also trained as service dogs and kept as beloved family pets. There's stress and struggle involved in all of these things, even those that are not inherently abusive.
This is also a song that has pretty clear lyrics, and I tried to match cuts to lyrics as much as possible. Some take the lyric more literally than others. One that I want to point out specifically is the "create another fable" lines, which I used to show situations that weren't so bad, turning the words into more of a metaphor for escapism than just describing a flat-out lie.
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