Heard this once on an obscure radio show at an odd early morning hour weeks ago and just thought about it and searched for it. Lovely in several ways. Thank you.
the drums sound like fiery pieces of a star crashing down on the ground and shattering. this track of the song feels like the culmination of all that pain and joy and anger and grief condensed into one single reckoning. it's seeing the end from the start and seeing the start from the end all at the same time and having to come to terms with that. it's devastating
Why did you tell me to come in the first place? Why did you tell me to come in the first place? Why did you tell me to come in the first place? Why did you tell me to come in the first place?
the only thing that catches me off guard about this song is the transition at 1:54 because it's just soooo abrasive, but i adore how much noisier everything is in this version, i think this one is supreme
jesus christ when i listened to the FtF version it felt like a demon just got exorcised out of me. i just listened to this and collapsed to the floor and laid paralyzed for like 10 minutes just absobing it all. what the hell William Toledo.
'Leviathan was powerful and inevitable I fell in love with my fate as it crushed me to death' is still one of the best Car Seat Headrest lyrics 10 years on