This one feels like the 2nd to last song at a show. Everyone singing along (share the light, won’t hold us down), tears streaming, and everyone’s flashlights waving...And then,
Baba O’Riley
"...what a different life had i not found this love with you..."
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Fuck the end of Retrograde still gets me eh. Amazing. River Cross is a great closer if you get on the same wavelength as its intensity but it's actually hard to get there for me as it's a come down from how good Retrograde is.
Stars are suns to other people.
Wellington 1998 London 2007 Brisbane 2009 Stockholm 2012
Amsterdam 1 & 2 2014 EV Dublin 2017 Milan 2018 Padova 2018 Boston 2 2018
It’s in my bottom tier of songs from the new album, but it guts me every time. There is something about that I love. There has not been one time I haven’t cried while listening for some reason.
One of the MOST BEAUTIFUL songs I have ever listened to.
Beauty in the performance, instrumentation, lyrics, and production. Feels eerily and especially poignant in these times. One of the best songs on the album, and Best album closer since Parting Ways.
I'm digging the entire album, but oh man. this is the one song I skip on the album and can't get into. I'm missing something apparently.
That's like reading a book and skipping the final 10 pages. To me the reason it resonates so deeply is that the whole album seems to leading you to this conclusion. In fact If someone asked me to detail the themes of Gigaton, I would just read the lyrics to River Cross
10 / 10 for me. My personal favorite on the record and one of the first PJ songs in a while that has brought on tears. I won't get through this dry-eyed in concert.
Generally, I think this is an incredible record overall. There's a distinct theme of mortality and the negative impact we, as humans, have had on the planet in recent history. But it's presented in a lot of different ways and tinged with enough hope to not sound purely pessimistic.
What I love about River Cross is the explosion of hope at the end. "With all this talk of rapture / look around at the promise now / here and now / Can't hold me down / Can't hold me down / Live it out / Let it out / Get it out / Shout it out / Won't hold us down / Won't hold us down"
To me, that's EXACTLY what we're all going through right now with COVID-19, quarantine, political nonsense, etc. It's rough, it's scary, and we're all anxious but we're going to pull through. That's the way I feel, at least.
"Darkness comes in waves, tell me, why invite it to stay?"
I'm digging the entire album, but oh man. this is the one song I skip on the album and can't get into. I'm missing something apparently.
That's like reading a book and skipping the final 10 pages. To me the reason it resonates so deeply is that the whole album seems to leading you to this conclusion. In fact If someone asked me to detail the themes of Gigaton, I would just read the lyrics to River Cross
Not sure. This is true to an extent if you are judging a song as a part of the whole. But my opinion is based upon how I feel about the song in a vacuum. I'm not thinking of the song as a "theme of Gigaton", I'm listening to it as a song on its own. I can listen to each song on its own and not tie it into the overall theme of anything, and enjoy each one to different levels.It does have some interesting parts and lyrically is nice, so I can appreciate it though.
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And maybe one day soon. Much sooner than later, hopefully.
I wont sob every time I listen to it.
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
great closer
it’s my second favorite so far right behind Quick Escape.
Baba O’Riley
Wellington 1998
London 2007
Brisbane 2009
Stockholm 2012
EV Dublin 2017
Milan 2018
Padova 2018
Boston 2 2018
”Let it be a lie that all futures die”
In fact If someone asked me to detail the themes of Gigaton, I would just read the lyrics to River Cross
Generally, I think this is an incredible record overall. There's a distinct theme of mortality and the negative impact we, as humans, have had on the planet in recent history. But it's presented in a lot of different ways and tinged with enough hope to not sound purely pessimistic.
What I love about River Cross is the explosion of hope at the end. "With all this talk of rapture / look around at the promise now / here and now / Can't hold me down / Can't hold me down / Live it out / Let it out / Get it out / Shout it out / Won't hold us down / Won't hold us down"
To me, that's EXACTLY what we're all going through right now with COVID-19, quarantine, political nonsense, etc. It's rough, it's scary, and we're all anxious but we're going to pull through. That's the way I feel, at least.