![]() As the rains became heavier the women planted maize, melons and beans between yam mounds. The young tendrils were protected from earth-heat with rings of sisal leaves. For three or four moons it demanded hard work and constant attention from cock-crow till the chickens went back to roost. Yam, the king of crops, was a very exacting king. One man tied his cloth to a tree branch and hanged himself. That year the harvest was sad, like a funeral, and many farmers wept as they dug up the miserable and rotting yams. The yams put on luxuriant green leaves, but every farmer knew that without sunshine the tubers would not grow. The spell of sunshine which always came in the middle of the wet season did not appear. But it went from day to day without a pause. Trees were uprooted and deep gorges appeared everywhere. For days and nights together it poured down in violent torrents, and washed away the yam heaps. He still had the eight hundred from Nwakibie and the four hundred from his father’s friend. ![]() The yams he had sown before the drought were his own, the harvest of the previous. But the drought continued for eight market weeks and the yams were killed… Okonkwo planted what was left of his seed-yams when the rains finally returned. He changed them every day, and prayed that the rain might fall in the night. But by the end of the day the sisal rings were burned dry and gray. He had tried to protect them from the smoldering earth by making rings of thick sisal leaves around them. In the morning he went back to his farm and saw the withering tendrils. He watched the sky all day for signs of rain clouds and lay awake all night. ![]() He had sown four hundred seeds when the rains dried up and the heat returned. Like all good farmers, Okonkwo had began to sow with the first rains. The earth burned like hot coals and roasted all the yams that had been sown. The blazing sun returned, more fierce than it had ever been known, and scorched all the green that had appeared with the rains. The first rains were late, and, when they came, lasted only a brief moment. Nothing happened at its proper time it was either too early or too late. Hopefully, the song will have its intended impact, and transition listeners from remembering good times that ultimately came to an end, to being able to look back and smile because they had them at all.The year that Okonkwo took eight hundred seed-yams from Nwakibie was the worst year in living memory. If you have yet to listen to this new hit, get your tissues ready and your heart prepared for a trip down memory lane. This is arguably where Illenium’s influence in the song becomes most recognizable, his beautiful and smooth drops akin to the style of Future Bass and his own coined term ‘Melodic Dubstep’ guiding the song’s emotions and driving the intended feelings home.Ĭoming out of the chorus, Bellion’s vocals soften up once again and the background music quiets down and returns to a very acoustic vibe, where he accepts this pain and heartbreak and acknowledges that “sometimes good things fall apart”. The chorus is surprisingly eccentric and upbeat, with louder sounds and shout-like vocals, while the words being sung stay true to the meaning of the song, asking what was done wrong and apologizing for this unknown factor anyway. ILLENIUM, Jon Bellion – Good Things Fall Apart The lyrics dive into questioning the reasoning behind the break, the authenticity of the feelings that once felt real, and coming to terms with a broken heart. Soon to follow, Bellion’s soft and regretful vocals enter the soundtrack, telling the complicated and heart-wrenching story of a past love that ultimately fell apart. The beginning of the song starts with a beautiful tune of an acoustic, finger-picking guitar melody. His first album, The Human Condition, debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200.ĭue to the level of talent, creativity, and success that both of these artists boast, this new collab was expectedly dynamic. Bellion has also had quite a bit of individual success as a musical artist, releasing several mixtapes and studio albums during his career so far. In 2015 he provided the vocals for the EDM hit “Beautiful Now” by world-renowned DJ Zedd. It came as no surprise that his new collaboration with American singer and songwriter Jon Bellion was just as much of a tear-jerker as the title of the song suggests. As a prominent name in the EDM industry, Illenium is often praised and cherished by many for his relatable, heart-shattering, and emotional tracks that seamlessly elicit passionate feelings of pain, past love, and closure/acceptance of these realities.
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