mikeyd23 wrote:FlyingMonkey97 wrote:
The production is super busy and everything gets muddled together. In the beginning when Myles yells, his voice and the cymbals are fighting for the same spot in the mix and both sound messy as a result. The riff doesn't have a chance under that, (and it's not the greatest riff anyways).
I agree that the production is a bit much on this song, I do like the riff that's happening underneath it all though.
FlyingMonkey97 wrote:
The lyrics are really lacking "the writings on the wall, so I'll say it again, still you do nothing at all, and keep denying the greatest sin" That honestly makes no sense, I'd have no idea it was about global warming if I hadn't researched it.
Ever think that Myles intended the lyrics to not be too specific? Based on everything I know about Myles, he is definitely the type of lyricist that can address specific things in a song, but leave his lyrics just open ended enough that people can interpret them in different ways.
This song isn't meant to be interpreted different ways. Myles literally said it is about condemning those that ignore global warming.
I love vague lyrics. There's a difference between vague and confusing. "The writing is on the wall" works. "So I'll say it again" say what? What did you say the first time? "Still you do nothing at all" Super wordy, and seemingly unrelated to the first to lines (unless you know the topic beforehand from interiviews). "You keep denying the greatest sin" Always good to throw a deny in there, although this line is also completely unrelated to the first couple.
And example of vague but meaningful lyrics is marigold by periphery. Here's the chorus:
Death is coming 'round like a hurricane swirling
We're on the clock and the needle's turning
The misery's killing me slowly
Give me a spine to work it out
Vague but all the lines connect and make sense. Still makes me curious about what's going, and is open to interpretation.