FIRST EVER REACTION TO SLEEP TOKEN: TAKE ME BACK TO EDEN 

What I love about this song, is that when he says “Take me back to Eden” the first 3 times it almost sounds like an extreme cry of desperation or a hard beg like a child who wants to go home. But at the end it becomes a command.

Ah, Sleep Token. That's quite the uhhh... rabbit hole you've stumbled upon. Fair warning, it goes deeeeeeeep. But it's so worth it. Glad you found them. 😊

Yeah, this whole album is a tearjerker... it's not easy to make me cry because heavy phases of anxiety and depression made me become almost "un-cryable", but I cried rivers when listening to this album. Little hint: When you are about to react to "Euclid", please listen to "The Night Does Not Belong To God" first. If you wonder why, you will understand after following my hint.

I love the ending so much because earlier in the song he said he was going to bite back in anger, and he did😊🖤🖤

Rewatching this right now and I every time I do I feel like I’m listening to it for the first time. So painful and beautiful tbh. But wrenching EVERYTIME the chorus hits omg

The whole Take me back to Eden album is incredible, album of the year for sure!

I've listened to Sleep Token long enough and watched more than my fair share of reaction videos, and I believe that's given me the superpower of knowing exactly when this band has worked its way into someone's soul. The moment you closed your eyes at the start, that was it. It's best to just submit to it. Sleep Token is too strong to fight. They may be in your top 20 now, but I'm sticking around to watch them climb the charts. Also, I was stunned to hear your analysis and how many of the overarching themes you nailed. There's a whole complex lore behind the band and their music, so it's impressive to see someone pick pieces of the story up in a single listen. Great job. I'm also an empath and I swear to you it's the commonality between everyone in the fanbase. This band makes you feel something and we're wired to receive those feelings. Keep doing Sleep Token and we'll keep showing up, that's for sure. And pause as much as you like! I think a lot of reaction channels just starting out get thrown off by people complaining about pausing, but those people don't stick around anyway. Any subscriber of value watches videos like this one for the analysis. I've heard this song a million times by now, but I never tire of hearing and watching people's reactions to it. Your video could be 5 minutes or 50 minutes and I guarantee we'll be here to watch every second. Looking forward to the next one, and sorry for the novel!

So a little lore about the band. The lead singer is named Vessel. He has only ever given one interview and stated the following. "We are here to serve Sleep and project His message." When asked about Sleep, he stated that "He is everywhere, at all times. Vessel encountered Sleep in a dream, with promise of glory and magnificence if Vessel followed Him." The music across the albums are his relationship and struggles with this god. The identity of the band members is completely hidden as well which just adds to the band imo. I think you'd really enjoy the song The Love You Want and Fall For Me. I think you'd enjoy the visuals of the music videos of these songs too.

Absolutely NEED to see you react to “Blood Sport (from the room below)” by Sleep Token

This song is a complete emotionally journey,moments of ups and downs,tears,anger, acceptance, yearning oh god... and is just your first song,can wait to see your own journey with this band,check Bloodsport,The love you want,Fall for me, Missing Limbs,DYWTYLM,there is a whole lore about their albums,so if you listen to their hole discography you definitely understand the meaning about this song and why Euclid is one of the best song that they composed

Take me back to Eden has easily became my favorite song and album of all time, when i told my childhood friend that he was in complete shock. I have an expansive music vocabulary, I collect vinyl and CDs, i listen to just about every genre, and not "everything" like most people say, but "EVERYTHING". From classical, to Metal, to Outlaw Country, to Hair Metal, Rap, classic rock, progressive rock, dad rock, bluegrass, Grunge, you name it I probably listen to it. I have very high standards when it come to calling something my "favorite" of all time, usually nothing post 2000s is anywhere near my all time greats list, but this band, particularly this album and song has reached #1. Its been so long since music has made me emotional like this, ive grown numb to most things in life, but this album was like an electrical shock to my senses, it woke something in me that music hasn't made me feel in years. Now I consider myself a Sleep Token "apologist" and have been slowly converting all my friends and family to witness the majesty and ascendance their music exumes.

yes pause queen, tell us how u feel

You hit the nail on the head with your interpretation i hope to see you go on this journey! 🖤

Congrats on taking the blue pill, no going back anymore! Enjoy their collection , looking forward to your interpretation because you showed me a new side to the lyrics here that I didn’t think about here

I love watching people hear this song for the first time. I discovered Sleep Token this year after this album came out, and I've since gone through their entire discography. They're so talented, and i hope you enjoy more of their music.💜

I absolutely love how deep you go into the lyrics. It shows you care about the message which is the most important part of a song like this ❤

The “sea of glass” connection is awesome; you’re going to have to listen to the whole discography for metaphors of water, the depths, drowning, the ocean, etc. and realize just how much meaning is couched in your keen insight.

Please listen to this entire album 🙏! It’s an absolute masterclass of sound design, musicianship and songwriting!

I'm here for you sleep token journey if you take it down the rabbit hole 😊 I'm sorry I missed the bee!

earned a sub! Welcome to the Sleep Token rabbit hole. Vessel's voice is so emotional and heartwrecking but also super haunting.

Loved the reaction! Sleep Token has so many bangers. You can't go wrong with picking any of them. I have my favorites, but they are all very good. The love you want is a great video. Chokehold is actually referenced in the song you just listened to TMBTE. It's a call back at the end. "When we were made it was no accident. We were tangled up like branches in a flood." This band is next level.

I very much enjoyed your reaction and interpretation! Vessel loves for us to come to our own conclusion about his music ❤

Euclid has to be the most enjoyably heartbreaking songs ive ever heard. I cry every time i hear it. ❤

thank you for this video. it takes alot to not just hit the ground when listening to this band

Welcome to your Sleep Token journey! Highly suggest having the lyrics when you react, it'll make more sense as the song goes along, cause Vessel is always deep and poetic.

This was the best reaction video I've ever watched.

Sleep token is for me one of the greatest bands ever.

Thanks for your channel. You didn't talk too much and what you said was lovely. I see the Sleep Token fans have found you. It is addicting to watch reactions because it helps us relive our first experience. Since you've heard so much about the band may I add a bit? (My niece showed me this band. I'm 63 and I've been married for over 30 years. The first sounds I remember is Ella Fitzgerald singing. Today when I relive memories they are always accompanied by music. I hear 70s music very much in Sleep Token.) Vessel is a poet who can sing and make music, but he's a poet like in the Irish tradition. He uses songs to tell one story, the story of his great love for a girl who he wants to share his life with. He's faithful in his imagery and he uses classics references like Eden honestly. Eden gets confused with Paradise but it's so much more than that. Adam had to leave Eden when he became aware of sin which equals death. His desire is to undo whatever it is he's been doing. This song in particular is foreshadowing what you will find in other songs. It starts with them being equally adrift with no guidance through the dangers. She is not just a fire, she's a funeral pyre to which he is drawn and will die upon. His rap signals an awakening from that dreamlike state. He has had the bad end of their encounter and that puts him at risk of people he doesn't trust. A Godmother is someone who, along with a Godfather, sees to the spiritual growth of a young person. Usually closely related. A Godparent exemplifies the ideal adult version of what children should aspire to be. He thinks he's demeaned himself or his lover in such a way that his female spiritual guide should take notice. I think he's ashamed. I agree with everything you say at this point. I would only add that what 'it' is, is significant because it's no longer 'she'. Is it their relationship? Is it a part of her that he cannot get past? He's pinpointed the problem. I also agree that the dissonance and screaming at the end denote the emotions that this decision brings him. NF is amazing, by the way. Have you seen 'Til the Day I Die with Tobymac? "How you doing work when you wonder where the couch at?" I haven't kept up with all his releases but he's such a good lyricist. The Bee!! I forgot to look because I was sucked into your video. Thanks for your reaction. I'm eager to hear more.

Thank you. Always nice to see someone's genuine reaction to this song. Great insight to the lyrics. Because I know the story behind this song it was really cool to get someones raw reaction and it actually made the lyrics make more sense to the story for me. you earned a sub from me young lady. keep up the good work. :)

Subbed. This journey will have you ugly crying every other song. The other will show every emotion there is. Start from the Sundowning album and work your way through as Eden is the penultimate track in this trilogy of albums and the payoff is euphoric. 🐝🐝

This one song is so rich, varied, it feels like a whole album by itself. It truly is a masterpiece. And yes, I don't cry easy but this one and Euclid is among the very rare songs that can make me cry (Hurt by Johnny Cash is also a strong contender) I loved your reaction and deep analysis of that song it was very genuine, great job ;)

Welcome to Sleep Token. Worship 🕯️

" I dream in phosphorescences, Bleed through spaces, See you drifting past the fog, But no one told you where to go......" And the rest is history 🔥 🎶

I perceive it as wanting to go back to being innocent as a child again and wanting to return to a world where you have no worries or stress of being grown.

the songs is about, simply put, depression. going more in depth, it's about the world and how the world sucks nowadays. the world is a terrible place and we're always at each other's throats. back in the time of Eden, it was so much more beautiful, calm, and everyone was nice to each other, but that all changed when Eve took the fruit of knowledge, which is why there's this, almost "death" fallen angel holding an apple on the screen.

Great reaction! I'd highly recommend going through "Sundowning", then "This place will be your tomb", then this album. Having watched someone else do this, the payoff is immense.

Now you've really done it. Good luck getting out of this rabbit hole. 🙂

Yes!!! We need more Sleep Token! There’s so much to get into with this band, as an empath, you are absolutely going to resonate with their music. I would recommend starting with an album and working your way completely through it. Their albums tell a story, and all three albums are connected to one another. Think of this album as the avengers infinity war of their music. A fantastic album for sure, but there’s going to be a lot of references in the music that you may miss not knowing what came before. Having said that, I also selfishly think you should listen to the opening to their second album. The song is called Atlantic :)

One of the best analyses I've seen of this song. Amazing to share the experience with you 🙏

Welcome to your new obsession! They are amazing

Ascensionism slaps. But their whole new album is AMAZING. God speed Spider-Man

I'm usually not fan of too much pausing but I really love how you break down the lyrics! Ohhh you just fell into the rabbit hole of sleep token. Excited to see your reaction to the album! Im sure you'll love it! Keep it up, I subscribed!

Sticking around for more Sleep Token.

Thanks for making a video. I like to see people enjoying music.

I really loved your commentary on this song, sleep token is so amazing, i cant recommend listening to their entire discography enough! Ive never listened to a band with such fantastic lyricism and that invokes so much emotion through the music alone. I think starting from sundowning would be a great idea, their albums are a trilogy and listening from start to finish is an experience. Euclid is a song that is appreciated much mre when you listen to their other songs first, but definitely the night does not belong to god. btw! the music was way louder than your video, when you were speaking I had to turn the volume up and down, just so you know :))

I’d love to see you listen to Levitate by Sleep Token. Subbed for 2 reasons: 1- Sleep Token has a way of stripping you of all your armor and applying pressure to your pain points. You did very well and on your first listen to them, I can tell you’re an active listener! 2- Sleep Token.

Just found this channel. Sleep token is so good the lyrics are so creative and deep. I really enjoyed the breakdown of the song lyrics very nice. Have a good day!

Welcome to the rabbit hole ❤️ worship! 🙏🏻

tears running down your face while making a stank face and headbanging to the ending of the song is exactly why sleep token is so good

Its weird how it takes a couple listens to fully appreciate and have the song grow on you.

I feel like Sleep Token perfectly shows us one big mistake when it comes to emotions. Turning sorrow into anger. Gods perfectly represents this just like Take Me Back To Eden.

Not about giving up. He's gone too far and wishes he could reset. But it's too late. The theme of the album is pretty dark and we can read our own lives and problems into the songs, I know I do. But the basic theme is summed up in Vore....here, Google is your friend.

I am absolutely here for you going down the Sleep Token rabbit hole. Probably the best band I've ever discovered, you will love it.

This is an interesting take, my take was always him talking to himself. He made mistakes and is saying 'i will do anything however unreasonable it may be to be normal again and to not feel the way I do' Eden is his life prior to whatever event occured

Yupp come on time to jump down the rabbit hole and Worship

i like how you analyzed the lyrics, great video !

I usually skip the parts where the reactors "talk too much" but this was not the case, I have not skipped a second of your video at all, I really liked your way of interpreting the lyrics, even the emotion you felt reminded me of mine When I heard it for the first time, sleep token, my current favorite band, I subscribed hoping for you to make more songs of theirs.

Just pause it after sections and then break down and also pull up the lyrics if you are. Lol

the tearful headbanging at the end...so real for ST

Euclid!!! Get ready for super tears

Jeez now you have to go through their whole catalogue. Welcome

headbanging while crying pretty much sums up sleep token lol

I would love to see you react through the full Sleep Token journey; starting at the beginning. For the love of everything, please, do not react to Euclid until you’ve had some time listening to more of their discography. It is an amazing song, and with full context, it is 1000x’s better.

They can music….and we all know it

just subscribed, great reaction, one of my fav bands, if you want some emotional lyrics and deep meaning i would recommend a band called sleeping at last, particularly a song called Saturn.

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This entire song feels like it is just brimming with tension until that final explosion of screaming, it feels like a catharsis. I got full body chills. I had teary eyes basically through the entire song and that part just allows you to let go.

Oh hey, welcome to the realm of Sleep Token. We do be crying a lot around here. Enjoy the ride! 🙌

18:54 - Dont worry - I do it everytime at that part of the song... its... the real truth.Ppl always remember that when its too late.

My experience with this whole album: I listened to the album out of order (didn’t even realize) and it was still somehow incredible and then in order, and it was incredible all over again. Like I hadn’t just listened to it. But that’s the power and beauty of this album. Order doesn’t matter. It’s so well done.

For your first time hearing this your lyrical analysis was really impressive and thoughtful! I’ll paint the picture for you a little bit differently. The singer, Vessel, has written 3 albums about presumably the same relationship. A relationship that was most likely very toxic and abusive towards the end. The concept of “Eden” is referencing the Biblical Garden of Eden which represents Purity and Innocence(before the fruit was picked). He’s using Eden as a metaphor for when the relationship was still pure and untainted. “I will travel far beyond the path of reason, take me back to Eden, take me back..” - he is willing to do ANYTHING to go back to the time before all the damage was done, even though he fully understands that it’s not possible. “Grow back your sharpest teeth, you know my desire” - also reinforces the idea that he would go beyond the path of reason and even put up with abuse if it could give him that love back. And lastly “No amount of self-sought fury will bring back the glory of Innocence” is him blatantly admitting that he knows that being angry and fighting with his lover will never restore their relationship to the time before the damage. These sentiments are reinforced throughout the whole album and frankly throughout their whole discography. Several songs on the album directly reference lyrics from older songs. I’d recommend going back to the album that started this story, it’s called “Sundowning.” looking forward to more ST reactions!

You should try their "rain" song Such a vibe and lyrical perfection

Hey. Great reaction.

Nice reaction. Are we about to get a Sleep Token journey? Their three albums are a trilogy though. Vessels writing is amazing. Let the rabbit hole begin. Much love new sub. Tc Worship

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I wish you luck on ur rebrand! But listen to this whole album! its fire!!!!

There’s also the other side of the “The Gods Grow Tired” line where it’s just the opposite. They’re trying to help you but helping everyone might be exhausting even for them.

Defiantly check out Blood Sport(from the room below) by Sleep Token

Please more :)

Not allowed to listen to Euclid until you atleast listen to Sundowning

If you like to analyze deep and misterios lyrics, Sleep Token is a huge treat. Their three albums tell a story, and every song in them needs to be listened in order to get the whole arc (similar to marvel movies, there are even callbacks between the songs). But you got the key element: he was not talking to someone else, but himself.

Listen to their songs bloodsport from the room below and the way that you were, you will cry

Sleep token ascensionism next

Post more reactions of Sleep Token, I love yours comments. Try to The apparition , that song make sense of this. Love from spain ❤

Worship. Always worship.

i see the bee 12:10

Dont listen more.. always do first reactions ☺ and he sounds like this live

We got the birds and the bees with this one 😂

I have a suggestion for you to react to that no one has reacted to yet that I think you will appreciate the song and might send you down another rabbit hole. Really amazing band which is Gemini syndrome and the song I think you should do first is the newest song. "wake up"

Pleeease please do Ascensionism next.

AI, gross. Other than that Sleep Token is actually next level lets go. 🤙 Ascentionism is a must or Aqua Regia. Couple favs.

15:45 when the chorus hits for the second time... ETHEREAL!!

pls react to atlantic by sleep token

Вот всё хорошо. Но столько прерываний, дергаться начинаешь

Pull up the lyrics!!!

Why do most people start with this song 😂

Let it play for 10 seconds at least

Please do accensionism...

You don't get it kid, there is no god. They are showing you that.

Sleep Token doesn't fit into any one genre. They pull from everything and I think that's most evident in this album. Their previous record had some elements of blending too but they've really honed their style with this album 🤘i think you should listen to Ascensionism next!