Every Time I Die - Low Teens (Sept. 23, 2016) Album • Page 31

Goddamn Kids These Days is arguably the best song on that album, imo

 

It's that or For The Record

 

Wow those might be my top 2 as well, although it's hard to say with how good the album is


"Lord have mercy on my soul, I've had a good run but can't run anymore" has always been a standout lyric for me

 

The instrumentation during that part is insane.

 

Grudge Music and Business Casualty

 

Oh I definitely will. I am also playing around with the idea of getiing "drink up" underneath it. gonna draw it up and see if I like it.

That hoodie is sick. Most of my ETID merch is from the HD and GP era lol, I need some new gear.

 

Any favorite lyrics from this yet? So far mines:

I'll be waiting with a suitcase when the devil comes for me: one if by land, two if by sea

 

What's next?! What's next?!
What's next?! What's next?!
Oh, there's gotta be something more to this
What's next?! What's next?!

 

Willing to surrender to persist. Empty stare and dumb shit eating grin. Teach me to breed, don't let me think, wipe out my past, break me in half.

 

The hightail it to hell line is another one I love

Keith's good at balancing drama and humor with his lyrics. He reminds me of Morrissey in that sense. Also, like many other lyricists, he has his persistent themes of hell and drinking and machines and animalistic intentions. I just love his lyrics so much

 

Additionally, suffocating, hanging, and rats

 

Keith has the most vivid imagery of anyone in the genre

 

"When all I am is a stone that says the name I had and the years that I had been, the quiet depths and the measured steps won't echo like the shriek of riot did" Go hard or go home

 

At 1:45 in Buffalo 666 he says "Stockholm syndromes just excessive GRIEF" but the way he growls/yells 'grief' sounds different and pained. I never noticed that before.

 

I'LL BE SPINNING IN MY GRAVE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE
HAVE I TAUGHT YOU CHILDREN NOTHING ALL THIS TIME

THIS LABYRINTH THAT WE'RE PUZZLED BY
IS NOTHING BUT A STRAIGHT LINE
BUT SOMETIMES THOSE ARE EVEN HARDER TO NAVIGATE

 

Such a jam. Keith really has a way of getting emotions out of his lyrics is subtle ways like that.

 

I dont know if you have read through the Low Teens lyrics yet, and they are amazing just to read, but when you hear them with rhythm and music behind them, holy shittttttttttt

 

I've read some, but am waiting.

 

Yep true, especially rats he's kept that theme going since Hot Damn.

He also, much like Kurt Cobain, makes many references to the body and specifically the body malfunctioning like a machine would. Plus all sorts of literary references

 

Petal -

"What if meaning never comes, and I was just someone to fuck?"

That hits hard knowing the situation that these lyrics came from.

 

I'm shivering to spite the sun.


If I have to walk alone I’m giving up. I can’t stay here knowing love is not enough.

 

Just for fun

Hot Damn:
Godspeed Us to Sea - "Let the rats orchestrate the new mutiny"

Big Dirty:
No Son of Mine - "That rat has got it's mothers eyes"
Cities and Years - "Sing the rats through the gate"

Ex-Lives:
Grudge Music - "Damn these filthy rats"

From Parts Unknown:
Decayin With the Boys - "Lights on, rats out"
Exometrium - "Did you smell a rat"

Low Teens:
Glitches - "Its a trap, lay the bait, catch a rat"

 

Agreed. You know a song is going to be pretty bleak when the first minute is: "Help. It has gone black. The sky is black. Earth is frozen and black. The moon is black. Snow is black. Her eyes, when open, are black. Light is black. Leads are black. The wires that run from them are black. Stars are black. Time is black. But the thought of death is soft and clean and beautiful and white"

 

Just found out there's a 256 that will suffice until Friday

 

Very nice