Music videos rely an awful lot on montages and effective sequencing to construct a narrative. UNKLE's 'Another Night Out' is no exception.
Before I start the analysis of the video - I would prefer to give my interpretation of the song and its lyrics.
Lift the wheels up from the roadway
Close your sparrow's glassy eyes
That walk upon the water
Once more for me
Are those dead diamonds baby
Or are they stars gone to sleep
So low that you might miss me
Ah yeah
Slowly fades the light
So low that you might miss me
Ah yeah
Slowly fades the light
Wait for the Spring
And to this thing
I do surrender
To the darker sin
I climb with a vine
On a graveyard train
Hauling away
Drowning to die
Down four fathom five
To wear the hallowed crown
To haunt the hollow trees
What from heaven's tongue is heard
Through the veins
Love sustained
Another night out
So low that you might miss me
Slowly fades the light
Another night out
Wait for the Spring
And to this thing
I give myself
On a graveyard train
Pulling away
Down into heaven
Down into heaven
Down into heaven
[?] heaven
To wear the hallowed crown
To haunt the hollow trees
To wear the hallowed crown
To haunt the hollow trees
Close your sparrow's glassy eyes
That walk upon the water
Once more for me
Are those dead diamonds baby
Or are they stars gone to sleep
So low that you might miss me
Ah yeah
Slowly fades the light
So low that you might miss me
Ah yeah
Slowly fades the light
Wait for the Spring
And to this thing
I do surrender
To the darker sin
I climb with a vine
On a graveyard train
Hauling away
Drowning to die
Down four fathom five
To wear the hallowed crown
To haunt the hollow trees
What from heaven's tongue is heard
Through the veins
Love sustained
Another night out
So low that you might miss me
Slowly fades the light
Another night out
Wait for the Spring
And to this thing
I give myself
On a graveyard train
Pulling away
Down into heaven
Down into heaven
Down into heaven
[?] heaven
To wear the hallowed crown
To haunt the hollow trees
To wear the hallowed crown
To haunt the hollow trees
Merely from watching the video, hearing the song and its tone and then reading the lyrics - you can tell that this is a dark theme. The mentions of 'surrender(ing) To the darker sin' and 'to haunt the hollow trees' denote this feel, as well as 'Drowning to die' and 'a graveyard train'. With that in mind, you can use the video to fill in the blanks and find a narrative.
The video depicts a boxer preparing and then eventually engaging in a ring fight. The sport of boxing is often claimed to be violent and brutal, but the lyrics seem to denote a character who is happy to engage in violent and brutal activities and to 'wear the hallowed crown' as if he is proud of being a great boxer. The boxing may be a metaphor for the message that the writer of the song is proud for being good at something that society remarks as being 'dark'.
The video depicts a boxer preparing and then eventually engaging in a ring fight. The sport of boxing is often claimed to be violent and brutal, but the lyrics seem to denote a character who is happy to engage in violent and brutal activities and to 'wear the hallowed crown' as if he is proud of being a great boxer. The boxing may be a metaphor for the message that the writer of the song is proud for being good at something that society remarks as being 'dark'.
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