“missing limbs” is kinda equivalent to “phantom limb syndrome” where amputees get excruciating pain in the spot of said missing limb. So that last line “and I live like I got missing limbs for you” is genius. Vessel is a genius.
This is the exact line that made me burst into tears at Red Rocks. This song has never made me cry before but the emotions and the performance just unlocked it and the tears flowed. It's such a devastatingly poignant lyric
As an amputee I can attest to the fact that phantom limb is excruciatingly painful, it's odd though because you know that limb isn't there but you can still feel it. Like I can feel my whole leg even though it's not there and it hurts mentally and physically ❤️
So idk if you guys noticed but for the visualizers under the name of the song to the right it says how many meters under water. So missing limbs the last song on the album is 10,924m down. The Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean the deepest part is exactly 10,924m deep. I thought that was pretty cool
There was also some sort of coordinates 9n all the singles and stuff that added together to be point Nemo (correct me if I am wrong) which is the farthest from land that there is
And ironically, Marianas trench are another band that have songs run seemlessly in albums and constantly call back to their older songs. Ever after is one of my favourite albums and if you listen to masterpiece theatre, the last song (masterpiece theatre 3) calls back throughout the whole album.
YES!!!! the albums loop. Bloodsport ends with piano, Atlantic starts with it, missing limbs ends with a weird synth sound, chokehold starts with it, Euclid ends with the same melody TNDNBTG starts with
Missing Limbs loops into both Atlantic and Chokehold! Muffled ambulance sirens at the end of Missing Limbs takes us to Vessel waking up from the failed “attempt” on Atlantic
It would be cool if you reacted to the collab Sleep Token and Loathe did called “is it really you?” It’s beautifully done. Thanks for this journey - you folks are some of the best reactors on YT!
Oh man if they did, Kyle this song might break you. It’s haunting, it’s beautiful, it’s amazingly Loathe, the beauty of Sleep Token, but with the pain of both bands
One of the most wild things to think about is how each album's last song ties in to the next album's first song and then euclid directly to TNDNBTG! Massive big brain planning from Vessel!
@chuckh9168 I know callbacks are a thing, especially in ST, but I've never heard bands end one album with a certain note and then the first song on their next album starts with the same exact note or one in the same chord
This song has always hit me so hard because it feels so raw. There’s no fancy words, almost like he’s broken character. It’s always felt like the most ‘real’ song.
THANK YOU BOTH for going through this journey. I’ll never get to listen to Sleep Token for the first time ever again, but watching you two experience that brought me back to that first time. Worship. ❤
Something I always founded awesome for the Trilogy is that Sundowning ended with Blood Sport’s piano when Tomb starts with Atlantic’s piano and then Tomb ends with a distorted synth in Missing Limbs when Eden starts with a synth in Chokehold. And finally Eden ends with Euclid’s TNDNBTG section where Sundowning starts with TNDNBTG. Full Circle.
I'd like to watch you guys do a marathon of all three albums in order. I don't think anyone has done that, at least that I've seen. Obviously it's a time commitment, and a lot of editing for you guys, but I think it would be really special. I've done it myself, but it's not as fun or engaging for me to do alone. Part of the magic of these videos you upload is that it feels like we're listening with friends. I frequently go back and watch your previous Sleep Token (and other) videos, and a marathon would be something I would re-watch and want to experience again and again. That said, I want to thank you for allowing us to come along on this journey with you two. It's been a ride, for sure. Worship.
The end of this is drowning, but the start of the chokehold video is ascending. None of the other videos have that. You can see the avatar coming up out of the horizontal.
Songs like this aren’t just music.. this is stuff that touches your soul.. man I can’t even begin to imagine what vessel went through to sing what he sings about. Thank you guys for the journey ❤
This song is so emotional. I was sitting in my car waiting for my groceries at Walmart Pick-up and just burst into tears. And it wasnt the first time hearing it. It just caught me in the feels so hard in that moment. Vessel is a genius and the way he's tied all the albums together is phenomenal. I'm stoked to be seeing them in May. Every show on their North American tour and Canada is sold out! That should tell people something 😅. Greatness awaits and I'm so excited. Can't wait to see your reactions to their EPs and singles. The Way That You Were and Jaws are my favorite singles. Hell, any song by them is my favorite 😂 WORSHIP ❤
So I have watched your entire journey with Sleep Token, and I find myself rewatching many of your reactions to them. I thought you guys would be interested in this artist I found on RU-vid who makes Sleep Token songs with an Orchestra added. I think it adds so much depth and I’m in love. His name is Jamie Turton! I would kill for your guys’ reaction to what he does to their songs.
Out of all the sleep token songs, this is the one that absolutely breaks me. Going through break ups and all the things that come with that and seeing the people that meant the world to you move on, this song just hits all the right buttons to express how people feel in that situation and I love them for this
The sound at the end is in reference to how it feels to miss a limb, the "Pins and Needles" feeling you get from Phantom Limb Syndrome. The Chokehold link is a cool idea, but they aren't related.
One, Two, and Jaws LP’s are all you have left, so 7 songs I believe. Then there is the room below performance, w a few covers yet, but I could be wrong on that, but I’m pretty sure you have Jericho, When the Bough Breaks, Calcutta (which has a music video, so you can see how it started) Thread the Needle, Fields of Elation, Jaws, The way that you were (featuring Loathe) then The Room below.
In Atlantic he says "marry in the morning, and your bitter father..." I think he attempted to end his life because she was marrying someone else the next day.... "what you are to him" could be referring to the fact shes someone elses wife. Sounds like they met again later on, when the dust settled and talked. Also he touched on his own guilt for the situation being beyond repair, because his blood ran cold when he remembered what he did. Guilt is definitely something you can drown in. It's one thing to have your heart broken, but to be made to feel its because you're not good enough no matter what you do....Will send you over the edge, and I speak from experience ❤
The way i had to stop myself from hitting play and had to prep myself by saying "its time..." and take a deep breath, this song drives a knife to your gut every time...
I would be stoked for you guys to do a podcast on ST. Your reactions have been so enjoyable and your responses have been so thoughtful and insightful. Can’t wait to see the rest of the ST reactions and beyond.
The swirl at the end is a call forward into chokehold I absolutely believe. I’m glad I wasn’t alone in thinking that. And I think it’s proof Vessel had been writing these as a block of songs over a long period of time. There was a cohesive plot through the songs and not just random brilliance. It makes everything just that much more rich in the final product. The trilogy was a labour of love in so many ways.
This is exactly what Vessel did. TMBTE was done only a couple months after Tomb released, and same for Tomb after Sundowning, and they've got so much more already done we've yet to hear.
To me, the line "to remember what they did before" combines with the deliberate word choice of "to remember WHAT you are to him" to paint a very specific picture. "What", not "who", suggests to me that her ex abused her, and she went back to him. Which just... breaks my heart.
So glad I was there for the whole journey with you guys. Please, react to the cover of Hallelujah they did during a concert few years ago, there’s a video on RU-vid. 🙏🏻 (It’s not an official cover so I needed to ask you in case you didn’t know about this one 🥺)
You finally made it to the Crying Song! 😭🤣 I just want to say how much I've really enjoyed you guys going through the discography -- probably the closest thing I'm going to get to being able to relive hearing it all for the first time again. I know there's a few other bits and pieces left before you're through the entirety, but it's been a good ride. (--and might I suggest the Lafayette From the Room Below show if you really want to harness some Feelings? It's probably too long for a single reaction vid, but absolutely worth consuming if you liked the vibe of Missing Limbs.)
this song was so hyped up to be one that would wreck me, then i finally heard it and was underwhelmed. its a great song and gets better every time i listen to it, but many of their other songs are way more of a gut punch
“Nobody can fall so low unless he has a great depth. If such a thing can happen to a man, it challenges his best and highest on the other side; that is to say, this depth corresponds to a potential height, and the blackest darkness to a hidden light” - Carl Jung
I'm incredulous how sleep token manages to bring something that is missing in music today. Heart and emotion without an industrialized image and sales behind it
If you put all the coordinates together it leads you to a place called Point Nemo. It's the furthest that you can get away from land or people. Also called the loneliest place on earth.
Thank you guys! This journey has been amazing, I know you have more stuff to do, but being with you both through these albums has brought me joy again to experience it again with you, but also much more insight and perspective and more tears too but that’s okay with me I ASK ONE MAJOR FAVOR!! Please do a full reaction to the DRUMEO special with II where he does his first live interview as well as a ton of play through from all albums…. YOU WONT BE LET DOWN I PROMISE!! #WORSHIP
That's so interesting that you brought up the distortion at the end of "Missing Limbs" and beginning of "Chokehold" . Now that I listen to it, It sounds like the distortion in "Missing Limbs" is Descending and "Chokehold is Ascending. That's cool because Tomb is all about descending and Eden album about ascending. I never noticed...that's so clever. Vessel is amazing. Ya'll caught that too...I would never have figured that out so Thanks !!!
To me, the last part sounds like UK ambulance sirens distorted through water, and it gets louder - like he is being pulled toward the surface, screaming. Like he's being saved from the ocean after he attempts the long sleep (or after the accident - which is a whole other theory relating to the actual story under the lore). I love Tomb so incredibly much.
It still makes my blood run cold to remember what I did before the stories that you never told to me and it still makes my blood run thin to remember what you are to him hits harc
I love this one. The acoustic adds to the emotion but then additional backing music folds in the further into the song you go. Then the ending is a great transition into the opening of Chokehold if listened back to back. Also gives the illusion of drowning I feel, similar to the end of High Water
The first time I listened to missing limbs i practically ran to chokehold. I was absolutely sure one ran into the other. This song is so beautiful. I love how Sleep Token can and does all different facets of music.
i feel like this song is a perfect bridge to Eden. eden is all about acceptance in my opinion, and missing limbs is like accepting that he will never be with that person he has yearned for for so long, and he’s saying he doesn’t want to do it anymore and he’s accepting that he will not stay in this situation he’s been in.
"to remember what you are to him" imo is coming from the changed perspective of Vessel's (Euclid's?) memory of loving Sleep. Missing limbs, something that was a part of you no longer attached. This band rattles my brain. I started my ST journey around the same time as y'all so this hit close to reach the "end". Will definitely listen to the podcast when it happens.
Thank you guys so much for taking this journey. Please don't forget to listen to the EP's from 2016 and 2017 titled I and II. That's the beginning of the story and not to be missed!
Thank you for reacting to all these albums. Sleep Token is amazing. You guys should check out Illenium's albums, it would be something different for sure.
Imo the part "to remember what you are to him" is like his ex broke up with him because of that new man that was mentioned on their song the apparition "Well I believe, somewhere in the past, something was between, you and I my dear"
5 of my top 10 favorite Sleep Token songs are not on any of their 3 albums: Jaws, Nazareth, Fields of Elation, When the Bough Breaks, and Calcutta. Their pure depth of musicality early on was something special, lots of space for the music itself to breathe independent of the vocals
This is giving “victim of a rebound relationship” energy Check it: “ remember what THEY did before The stories that you never told to me…. To remember what you are to him” That unrequited love vibe is strong!
So very sad it's over, but happy that you guys can listen to all three albums together now! Everyone has already said it, but they really are meant to be listened to one after the other to see how perfectly they blend and tell the story. I agree, fall for me was the Achilles heel of tomb, and absolutely destroys me, but the more I listened to tomb the more I felt the pain in each song, and I just fell in love with it. I am glad it is your favorite Kyle. Thank you both so much for this journey, and I look forward to the reactions to the rest of their collection, as well as anything that is to come in the future. You guys are amazing at what you do 💜🫶
Thank you. Thank you for doing the entire trilogy. Thanks for your emotional response and connection to this magical ethereal music and band. Just fucking appreciate you guys so much. ❤
Thank you for doing this, guys. Sleep Token has changed my life and helped me heal from so much. I will continue to rewatch your reactions to them until new music comes out, then ill watch those over and over! They truly are so special. WORSHIP.
NOOO, it can't be over. Do it again in order..🤨 Seriously, Thank you for this journey. You guys are amazing and while I don't always have the same tastes I have become a permanent fan of this channel. I am always open to new music. This song was deep and great as always but the one that hits hardest will always be "Fall for me".....at least for a while. I hope you guys reach your goals. All the best. 🤟
I love this song and relate to it very much. In my case, I like to think of "him" as myself in the past. Someone who I no longer am due to what I know now.
The strange noise in the end...I have this connected to what you can hear before you pass out. I do crazy meditations sometimes where I knock myself unconscious by accident every now and then and it's exactly what I can hear when that happens. It's a weird ending for an album. But it stands out so I really like it.
What an amazing journey this has been with you guys. I cannot wait for new music… I’m definitely here for a podcast on them! I’ll definitely tune in. Cheers, fellas.
Its bittersweet that you guys are done with the albums, but I loved every single reaction and look forward to the songs you haven't listened to yet. I'd love to see a podcast all about Sleep Token. Worship 💙
A podcast would be great! There’s definitely a lot to talk about, particularly with being more familiar with their songs. The EPs are a definite requirement and they will also make you stop and link up with others on the albums, so that journey isn’t over!
I've watched these every week since you went through TMBTE, I've loved every video, so thank you! Would love for you guys to do a ST podcast! Keep up the great work. ❤
