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[slim]

4:39

What do you think about this song?

[Charlie`From`Stadium]

Simple no word for this ... like i want from music ... John come with that music to me in this song !

[GoodTimeBoys]

I really like the song. I can see why its a bonus track though, it doesn't really fit the feel of the album. Its more of a generic rock type song, but still a really cool tune.

[Frumeister]

Its okish, will need a few more listens to fully appreciate I guess.

[Ares]

it sounds like it was recorded for inside of emptiness to me

[zabar]

That's exactly what I thought when I first heard it.

[Iva]

That makes three of us.
Though I see something Ataxia-ish in it, too.

It was the song I couldn't get into for days, but last night I finally got into it.

[ShdwsClldWithPpl]

I'll second the Inside of Emptiness feel. Also has a sort of feel like the RHCP song Body of Water, just a little less chunky sounding than that song.

[orangevarld]

That song is the less listened on Last FM !

After many listening I think it's quite a very good song. The guitar and the refrain

[travislopes]

I think it is the best song on the album. According to last.fm, I've listened to it 100 times, which is almost as much as I have listened to Unreachable (107 times).

[Iva]

It's last on all possible lists and I don't get it.
It was my least favourite on the first listen, but I gave it a second chance and fell in love with it. I don't get it why people dislike it.

[patches]

Wow! I still haven't heard Today, Ah yom, or even the more recent song released, "Here, Air", which
i have a feeling is grea-t!! :0; ) :0

But what I know is great is this strange thing I have just done:
I put THE EMPYREAN on to play starting arranged by the duration of the songs!! Yes,
they play very well that way. There is a whole different set of emotions playing
above the music now. "GOD" as the opener is excellent!! "AFTER THE ENDING" as third
song is like a joy division masterpiece. "Central" is still a powerful one too!: )
I could go on about that... ; )

I hope that Swahili blonde do a version of "Three thoughts", what a great song that is : ) ...

[laritas]

Ares, on 18 January 2009 - 03:35 PM, said:

it sounds like it was recorded for inside of emptiness to me

Very nice compared. I was very happy this morning when I saw that it we can download the song.. I love it

[Iva]

One line in this song spanned a whole new perspective of the entire album for me, as well as one of the last lines in Ah Yom did. I assume that's what John was talking about when he said that we'll always be drawing our own conclusions from the lyrics. I am not saying that I discovered its meaning or anything, I am saying how different moods result in different stories of our own developing from the lyrics. And that's where the beauty of poetry and lyrics truly lies. Thank you, John.

[Omer]

The reasons that it's a bonus track is probably that it really does not exactly fit... However, some lyrics are Emyprean-ish to me. For me the whole record is about somehow floating away from you physical existence, and just exploring thoughts. Then there are lines like this:
Today will not be happening
We've come too far away from being to be at all
We're putting the law back in your hands
Kind of about disconnecting, as it seems to me.
The ending is very much Emyprean-ish as well, as a summary of the album:
Thank you for the lessons that I learned while John was sleeping
Whoever it seemed the creator did the teaching
The creator did the teaching

Then comes Ah Yom, when the two tracks actually come together, as they have the same name...

[Iva]

I like the destructive part better...crashing the car in the city with no people...awesome! Imagine it as a soundtrack to some odd thing happening in e.g. Gary, Indiana or Centralia, Pensylvania.

[Omer]

Iva, on 13 July 2010 - 03:23 PM, said:

I like the destructive part better...crashing the car in the city with no people...awesome! Imagine it as a soundtrack to some odd thing happening in e.g. Gary, Indiana or Centralia, Pensylvania.

I also like it, especially how it fits the music... But I think the lyrics are interesting for themselves.

I think that "the city has no people" refers to the same attitude expressed in songs like Invisible Movement. Plus, "they don't know who you are but they know who you will be" - sounds a lot like Shadows lyrics...

Notice "from the backseat I'll crash my car" - not only he does not have a driving license because he fears he will hit pepole (like myself), it's an interesting line. He crashes his "car" without even being the driver - perhaps because the supposed car doesn't have a driver.
Then come the next lines:
Incensed, I fool like a fool whem I'm feeling
Right off, this blossoming hurts, like I'm peeling
Oh God, I can't be found when I'm dreaming
Which to me sound like he's staying away because of the bad feeling when he opens himself up, something which I can relate to as well. Note previous works:
A Name:

Quote

I've been a fool to let it out that away
And it will keep on coming back
A fool gets laughed at
And I'll go on and on and on
Letting it out when the feeling's strong

Your Warning:

Quote

Your warning me to get out of the way
Was the safest thing to say
...
What we are we owe to the fear of love

So, seems like he's in the backseat of his life, not "driving" it, not controlling it (now it sounds more related to Ah Yom, doesn't it? ), and that's why the car (=his life) is crashing. No one controls it.

Just my two cents...

[Iva]

You need to listen to "Heavenly Nobodies" by Lush.

[EchoSpirit]

I'm actually really suprised some people weren't getting into this song straight away. It's been one of my favourites on the album since I first listenened to it. I find the lyrics really powerful and they stood out straight away. Also, I study physics so any reference to anything like that always appeals to me..."we're all distorted energy" for example. As far as I can tell, and although it's pretty much subjective when trying to analyse lyrics, I get the feeling that John has similar views to me on how he views life and the universe (well I know he has the same views of god as me, the beginning of the interview 'John Frusciante answering fans (part 7)' on youtube tells me that much). Maybe that's why I like the song so much, because I really connected with the lyrics straight away. Instrumentally though, well the build up at the beginning I think is really striking and the way the unpredictable timing of it even when you're trying to listen to the vocals still manages to pull you away into this other other direction is really quite addictive to listen to. And then the rest...well I could go on but you get the point. All in all, I think the whole song is really powerful and fits in with the record perfectly.

Also, I've just noticed that Today is my most played song on the album...I never actually knew that.

[Blank]

EchoSpirit, on 18 November 2011 - 12:31 PM, said:

All in all, I think the whole song is really powerful and fits in with the record perfectly.

word!