I hope that was on purpose but I don’t know if they originally thought that far ahead but even the track names line up, thaw, the coldness of winter has ending so now we survive, thrive, the pinnacle of the year and the warmest, wither, the trees and plants regress and the earth grows colder, I don’t have an idea of work but the song mentions a brutal winter in its first lyrics, but I love this theory
I think Where Owls Know My Name is just such a great album that it was hard to follow. The Work is good but dang WOKMN is great. That said, IV might be my favorite of these four tracks.
Would have been even sicker if they had the foresight to write the songs so that they transitioned into one another across all these albums. That's asking a whole lot tho. Love these tracks no matter what!
I’ve been listening to all four albums back to back in chronological order, it really does a lot to highlight the thematic differences of each one for me, and how much the band has changed and advanced in composition. I wanna know how they’ll progress from here, but of course it’ll take a few years. Or maybe they’ll call it quits, who knows
I discovered Rivers of Nihil not long ago, with Where Owls Know My Name, and I immediately liked it. I quickly discovered Monarchy, then The Conscious Seed of Light. So I discovered everything out of order, but I must say that I really like the progression in time from the 1st to the 3rd album, and now to The Work. What I tend to listen to is closer to the 1st album, and it's very different between the 1st and the last, but everything is so well done!
The work really sounding like a farewell album to me, don’t know if the band is going to end completely or if maybe a member or two plans on leaving and calling it quits but it really sounded like a farewell to me. Unless it was just meant as a farewell to this four seasons album thing they were doing
@@milkman2266 I think after the second last track on The Work, the album could have ended just fine. Terrestria IV gives me in some parts slight WOKMN vibes. Also the title Terrestria connects all their albums to make them look like a series. All that makes Terrestria IV feel to me like a post credit scene. So i feel like there has to be a continuation.
well, Work ends like Thaw starts, it has the same motif. so there's that at least. If I am not mistaken, also a small portion might be in Thrive, but not as prominent.
Lyrics: * Spring is here, may the fires of life dance forever / In summer, the sun will guide us to the sea / And with fall, frailty/ * Stay Awake This winter is not forgiving Stay Awake Our work is never ending Hurtling toward apathy I can't stay awake for the life of me Succumb to the pressure (Pressure) Give in to the silence and serenity It's not like it matters No hope, no sense of security Watch my mind scatter We're all less than what we're meant to be (Hallelujah) My world is static grey (Hallelujah) Watch it all decay (Hallelujah) This world is static grey, watch it all fade away (Hallelujah) My heroes fade away (Hallelujah) Launch them into space (Hallelujah) My heroes static grey, launch them all into space Beyond the void from which no fucking sound escapes Let's do this work This tower's crumbling There's no more riches to obtain We're just caught in this cycle This old tower's crumbling This whole thing is coming down Hold your hands and pray We worship static grey While we work the days away Hallelujah Let the work be done We're all caught in an endless cycle It feels like a premonition You've seen it all before It's knocking at the door Bury me so I might grow What's the use, we're dying so slow There's so much tension in here But no release is near I can only push this thing so far These words A jumbled translation Of the beauty that we live (Of the beauty that we live) Even when it's paycheck to paycheck Can we make it out alive? Will we ever see the other side? Are we really who we're meant to be? Slow down, just do this work with me Are we still alive? (Still alive) Still alive Will we ever see the other side? Will we ever see the other side? Do the work (also, Thaw is to (cause to) change from a solid, frozen state to a liquid or soft one, because of an increase in temperature, so technically everything comes full circle and its beautiful)
when i saw the track listing for the Work come out, i got excited for the continuation of Terrestria. this really puts them all together, but still i'm excited to hear all the albums consecutively
The first 3 are so good. I was hyped for their classic Terrestria instrumental on The Work, only to have vocals and some really shitty simple guitar harmonics. Bleh. The drums did get technical for the first time on the album, though.
