In other words, when the financial crisis will occur, we won’t be here to suffer through it. In other words, while the bank is being flooded by this storm and people are drowning in it, he’s above the water and surviving the crisis. Jay-Z is saying “Let it rain”, he doesn’t care about the financial crisis, he “hydroplanes in the bank”. You’ll notice that the whole song has a pessimistic outlook concerning the future. If it plummets, we can talk about a market crash. The Dow Jones is the main indicator of the health of the stock market. “Coming down with the Dow Jones” reflects this situation. So the “storm” is in fact related to the economy and the financial world. When the clouds come we gone, we RocafellaĪn anticipation, for precipitation. He plays the role of someone that has already been possessed and already “under the umbrella” of the Devil. So the song starts off with a verse of rapper Jay-Z.
There is a reason why the album is called “Good Girl Gone Bad”. We’ll see how the Devil tries and succeeds at possessing Rihanna in this song. Instead, their thoughts are given to them by their possessor. In possession, the human being cannot think for themselves. Possession, in relationship to non-human entities deals with the phenomena wherein a non-human entity controls the human being through various methods. The video of the song makes this very clear and we’ll explain how later. So the song is basically a dialog between the Devil and Rihanna. For the purpose of this analysis we’ll call this entity the Devil. During the first half of the song, she plays the role of an evil entity that is trying to seduce and possess Rihanna. The first thing that you need to know about the song’s lyrics is that Rihanna sings the whole song but she actually takes on two roles. The one that protects basically owns the person that is protected. The song is not about love between woman and man, it’s about being protected. When you are under something’s protection, this something has more power than you regarding your own security. In this song, “You can stand under my umbrella” can have a sexual connotation but it mostly means “You can be under my protection”. In a nutshell, the song talks about a storm that’s about to take place and Rihanna offers her loved one protection under her umbrella. The fact is, Umbrella is about a subject matter that is sinister, dark and disturbing: becoming possessed by evil. The vocabulary used in this song is not about a relationship between two lovers. However, if you listen closely to Rihanna and Jay-Z’s words, you might notice that the lyrics do not make any sense. Is it about a woman’s unconditional friendship for her man? Is it a “sexy song”? At face value, it seems so. What is Rihanna’s Umbrella song about? First times I’ve heard this song, I was confused. Warning: the analysis of this song deals with disturbing subject matters. Occult and Prophetic Messages in Rihanna’s Umbrella By VC | December 14th, 2008 | Category: Music Business | 828 comments Occult and Prophetic Messages in Rihanna's Umbrella | The Vigilant Citizen
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