High Water Discussion and Reflection
So I do not want to get into the weeds here too much due to personal reasons but I am showing up late to the sleep token fandom probably in a more obsessed way than i ever thought i would be. The irony of this is greater than you know but basically i couldn't handle listening to this band for a long time and now i am diving into the less played music they have released and honestly it shocks me just how personal a lot of this stuff seems to be.
Like i said the irony isn't lost on me that i can directly relate to this song in particular because of life events.
So yeah, i know im like late as heck to the party but i dont care. I really dont understand how this is not their top song. Now granted i know you guys go deep into lore and what not, but I am just going off the direct lyrics and song structure. First off the lyrics are exactly what i would describe as a hopeless romantic filled with regret over the loss of the relationship. If you ever have been the type to literally feel like your soul is directly connected to someone, losing that person completely out of your life is such a soul crushing weight. The song structure reflects that as well because i have literally relived moments during these times where i wasnt even realizing this is what i was doing. But once it was spelled out by someone else it becomes so apparent. Then there is the song structure. Its starts slow, romantic, and contemplative. Meanwhile the pacing build because no matter how hard you try to bury those feelings when they come up they are so intense they become impossible to ignore.
And then the climax. The hands down best breakdown (not from a musical instrument perspective) I have ever heard. I felt every drumb beat and every guitar riff through my body as if the song understood exactly what i was dealing with. Goosebumps everywhere of course. And then the Snap, "I can't hold myself together". Such a simple line. Blunt honest and heartbreaking. I literally have been screaming this song in my truck all week tearing up occasionally (I am a softy, i know it, and i don't care i actually like that about myself).
Anyways, Yeah rant over, But hands down this is the best song i think i have ever listened to. I may have not said that 4 years ago but today it touches my soul in a place so deep even though i know its hurting me to listen to it i can not turn away from it. curious of others thoughts on this as well.