Expressions: Your thoughts

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[hipster]

Blackwing: Hipster’s expression

Travel through the recesses of my mind to a time and place where everything was stained black. With each passing note, I feel the noose tighten a little more around my throat. Will I make it out alive this time?

The piano melody lulls me into a false sense of security; I feel the layers of my soul peel and rise towards the sky. I need a saving grace, a hope, and a prayer - something to pull me out of this waste.

Your outstretched hand, a sign from above that peace is near. I grasp your fingers, take a deep breath and hold on tight. Your strength is all that is left for me, I plead with all my might, that I can stay in the light.

[sinhipster]

Step into the Light - my expression:

____________________________

Is perceived loss more unbearable than actual loss?

“I have to ask; I need to know - was it ever love?”

It’s even more painful when you are left to realize that
something essential
something that meant so much
something you felt so deeply
and that you believed you shared, mutually
in fact
was none of this

You are left questioning, alone
then, there, starts the desperate attempt
to bring the other
to see
what you see
your perception
to see
the light
step into the light

[rogets]

Liars Day is a difficult selection for me. I’ve always considered it a placeholder between All is Lost and Prins Hendrik. I went back and looked at my thoughts from the last listening party (cheater) and here’s what I wrote “liars day - for me it's the calm after the storm of all is lost, but it's just a brief respite before the storm begins again.” I think that still describes my feelings about it. That said, I find that I’ve never been able to really connect with this song. I find that the metronomic quality of the drumming overwhelms the rest of the instrumentation. Also, as stated in my sig, PH is my favorite and I’m always distracted by the fact that it’s NEXT! This has taken away some of my ability to truly appreciate LD. I can’t imagine skipping it though – then the album would feel incomplete.

[malo]

A tributary being the small body of water which flows unto a large body: the surrendering of all you’ve revered as your life, with every drop of importance’s washed unto the larger range of life. Your control is gone away with your consciousness of existence open and compromised.

All that was yours washed away.

Don’t fight the tide, you will not survive. A true significance of life itself, you will not endure; there is an end to everything, as there is a beginning.

Fall to the edge and back again.

[thedopplereffect]

all is lost
(doppler)

There are times when one must lose it all to progress, to grow, to change their current outlook or situation. This loss will no doubt cause pain and deep inner reflection, exposing character flaws and shortcomings, bringing desperation, depression, despair to the foreground of everyday thought. The catharsis finally comes when we realize that both parties are to blame, there is no greater right, and we must put it to rest. It is unsalvageable, the song has ended…the noble thing to do is to gather personal insight, without blame, and move on…not yet stronger, but wiser and more self aware…

…death of an overture…

here’s what jd says about this tune….
All is Lost: This one’s about self-loathing for mistakes
made in the past, but in the song honesty prevails, about
how you assume blame, responsibility and accountability
for choices made on your own, and how you chose your
path.

[marijke]

up in the trees - marij

while listening to the song again and again right now this comes through my mind:

sorrow, tears, my disease, being alone and isolated, death, affliction, hopelessness, frustration, anger, the never answered question "why?" ....

my disease is that far that i start to forget things and my concentration is really low already. its sad what ive become. all the hopes i sat in that clinic and my new relationship are gone now.

yes i am feeling like sitting up in the trees crying alone and no way i can climb down , coming back to reality, living a happy life again.

[Reena]

Prins Hendrik
(Reena)

The first time I saw the track list, this title stood out to me, immediately...I wanted to jump to that song, but I resisted the urge...Prins Hendrik...Dutch...hey I’m proud to be Dutch (most of the time, that is)

It’s hard to review it now, after having listened to it for so many times...it only makes it harder. I don’t know why.
I love the backing vocals...singing/humming...it floats in the beginning of the track and sets the mood, along with the music. The beginning always gives me goose bumps.

I didn’t know what inspired the track, but to me it is about loss, about losing someone. It hurts, but there is also acceptance in the lyrics “perhaps there’s some relief, and at least you’re, in a place, of quiet certainty”. So it must be about someone who’s gone for a while, that would explain the acceptance...time can heal wounds and can bring acceptance of something like this...something so big as losing someone. Still you can hear there are some unresolved feelings, maybe even questions.
The music is melancholic, but the guitar lights it up a bit, the slide guitar in the chorus. The strings give it a sad edge.

I remember listening to this track when I was walking back from class in winter. It was getting dark, though it was only around 4.30 PM it had snowed AND I was walking on the Prins Hendrikkade in Amsterdam, which is next to a big canal. The sun was setting and I could see the red glow of the sun reflecting in the water. I was surprised this track came on my MP3 player, I had the thing on random and there's about 4.000 songs on that thing. That's why this memory stuck with me, because I was walking in that street with the same name. Funny what silly things you remember...I do know while I was walking, it was like being in a movie. Do you ever get that feeling? Like everything moves just a split second slower, colours are different, people are different...and no I was not on drugs! Beautiful...

EDIT: I just read Halo's post with JD's song descriptions...I didn't know this! Thanks for posting that!