if you ask nicely maybe i can help a bit i won't even put a booking company name on it like the dork @US Camera does :)
@cwhit you are right they still mess up a few times per show, but their time is a little better now, and vocally Christian keeps getting cleaner. Also I really prefer them actually playing the interludes rather than just hitting play on a recording. I mean I don't go see the hotelier to see conservatory level musicianship I just go for an emotional release and it was pretty great.
I just started listening to that album while I work, but now I feel like i should switch over to that video instead. The crowd is so great in that video especially in "An Introduction..." when they all scream "FUCK!"
Can’t wait for the Vera show in Seattle. Kinda sad they’re opening at the same place they headlined last time here but oh well it’s a dope space. That is all
it's an epic quest about a guy going through 283 pages of forum posts in order to discover the deep meaning of a work of art
My grandmom died before it was released so I always grouped it with the death of an elderly person and the life cycle
To me it’s both about the realization that you deserve love, and that your loved ones will pass. Basically—allow love in and keep it safe. Along with other subtext about nature and the moon and growing past your grief.
I posed the question because last night was the first time I'd read along to the lyrics while tearing up. Especially during "Soft Animal". Christian is a phenomenal lyricist and I think Goodness has more metaphor than HLNPIT did.
I think Christian has come out and said that Soft Animal and Opening Mail are about his grandmother's passing, but some of the other songs are about an ex. I must be honest and didn't put too much weight on his personal meanings. The lyrics transcend personal experience and reach at universal human emotion/experience. Like really good poetry, Christian's lyrics tend to be about what lies beyond the content--beyond imagery and storytelling. He knows how to really turn phrases and images into something all-encompassing. "Feeling erodes, moving like wash against the limestone. Leaving you cold when I'm leaving you all alone. Hugging the walls, finding the switch to turn the light on, to find you in a ball wrapped in the bedding."