I’m noticing that the 2 sections where he says “Take me back to Eden” it sounds like it has a different intention. The first time it seemed to be a plea, a beg of some form. The last one however is a command.
TMBTE has become my favorite ST song. It's perfect. I like how you analyze songs/videos. Very candid and thought-out comments. Great job. Keep them reactions coming. 🙏
They are brilliant. Just amazing storytellers, artists and musicians. Great reaction! Thank you and would love to see more Sleep Token! Hope you are having an awesome holiday season! 🙂
One of the most powerful songs ever...and the end is such a release, sooo good.! I really love watching you listening to Sleep Token...you're so sweet.! ♥ Worship.!
This song always reminds me of “the offering” off of the album sundowning, Opening lyrics for that song are “you are a garden entwined with all , you are the silence on sacred shores, you’ve got diamonds for teeth my love so take a bite of me” def them calling back to their trilogy of albums. Great reaction video!
I'm surprised how good analysis you did about the message on just one listen. Your thoughts on what this is about are very close to mine, and I have had a lot of listens and time to process them.
Really good reaction video ❤ subed These lyrics is the story of my life right there. I’m a parent who have been alienated by a covert narcissist. The infant dream of having only one true love for the rest of your life. The empath and people pleaser who have been abuse will always hope things will get better even though there is only a small chance of healing for the abuser. A song about the process of how a kid lives and cope with parental alienation would be sick.So many kids would relate to that. I hope sleep received my message! And that anger, i can relate ☹️
There are soooooo many songs that do this already. Lyrics are subjective if you get a meaning that others don’t that’s ok. It’s dependent on the listener.
When it comes to imagery and Sleep Token, EVERYTHING has a meaning. Some of them have hidden numbers that lead to locations on earth, some have other meanings. But its seriously a deep rabbit hole when it comes to hidden meanings and Sleep Token. It's pretty cool how deep they take it.
This song is absolutely incredible. "My, my, those eyes like fire. I'm a winged insect, your'e a funeral pyre", is one of my favorite lines in any song I have ever heard. It's poetry. This album is a masterpiece. Also, the official "music videos" for this album definitely reflect what's going on the song. They allude to the deeper ST lore that is present throughout all the songs. I also feel like I should point out that this song is the penultimate song in the album. You mentioned near the end that it started to sound hopeful. I think this is because this song directly leads into Euclid, which is where Vessel accepts the negative things in his past, and chooses to move on despite them.
It goes from sweet dreams, to ethereal visions, to an emotional outburst, to strengthened resolve, to a haunting ode of love lost, to a bitter acceptance of fate. Also, the apple she’s holding and the song being about Eden references the “fall of man” part in the creation story in the bible. In the story, Lucifer the fallen angel comes down to earth, infiltrates Eden in the form of a talking snake, and tempts Eve to eat the forbidden fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and to choose disobedience and knowledge over obedience and ignorance. Eve succumbs to the temptation and asks Adam to also partake of the fruit, to which he obliges. Thus, their eyes being opened to the truth of reality, and seeing their nakedness (vulnerability) they cover themselves. After being confronted by their capricious master for their disobedience, they are cast from the garden to wander and toil for their survival.
He’s talking about his death, and going back in analyzing the trauma of his life. The final part is his anger, and realizing he can’t escape death, and expressing how he just wants to go back to his beloved Eden, which is a place of beauty love, and the lack of death that has Sunk its teeth into him. His death was by drowning. No one told him not to breathe while diving into Crystal waters. The weightlessness receding is the water coming into his body and drowning him and ultimately his body no longer floating, but descending to the bottom.
It seems to be a song about the deep desire to return to a state of innocence and perfection, represented by the biblical concept of Eden. The first verse talks about immersing yourself in perfect oceans and feeling weightless, but also about feeling the need to breathe and lose that weightlessness. The choir mentions "those eyes like fire," perhaps alluding to Eve's temptation in the Garden of Eden, and the protagonist feeling like a "awake hell" while the gods get tired. The chorus repeats the desire to return to Eden beyond the path of reason, suggesting an almost irrational longing for a state of purity. In the second verse, the lyrics suggest a struggle with addiction or self-destructive behavior, with the protagonist spitting blood and feeling bad after "the main system fell." There seems to be a feeling of betrayal on the part of people who are not reliable, but also a determination to protect themselves and fight back. The line "I need you to see me for what I have become" evokes a desire for validation or acceptance despite the mistakes of the past. The third verse reflects on the idea that we often do not appreciate what we have until we lose it, and that even the strongest love cannot save something if it is not actively chosen. The lyrics suggest a frustration with the loss of innocence and a willingness to fight with "self-sought fury", although that does not completely restore the desired state of purity. The post-chorus refers to the idea of being created with intention and purpose, but also to the possibility of being dragged as "branches in a flood." In general, the song seems to be a plea to return to a state of purity and be seen and accepted by who we are, even if we have lost our way.
Yes!! I am glad you thought so deeply to get those layers to the song. I even see the second repetition of the line "Take me back to Eden," when he hits the higher notes, to be like a shift into a mental state of fear/ screaming realizing he is not going there. The final stylistic switch in the song, with the darkness symbolically having encompassed the surroundings, sealing him off completely from that light and hope, eliciting more of a cry of rage about not being able to ever return to that paradise.
My take on it as the song progressed was it started as a state innocence but as time passed and life was experienced that innocence slowly faded. Evil and sin started to take hold to the point you could not recognize yourself. Hence why the statue was more angelic in the beginning but at the end it was engulfed in darkness. His vocal tones spoke this as well. In the beginning it was angelic but in the end it was more of a call begging to be taken back to Eden (state of innocence and/or happiness) But that’s my take on it.
its meant to be the garden of eden. the apple from the tree where everything changed. it's giving in to edens vices. thats also why the lower half is a tree trunk/roots and the upper half is an angel with a scythe from the grim reaper. life/death
I know this is late, but the silhouette of the angel also looks like a tree ... from the garden of Eden. The angel is the angel of death, temptation in one hand with the apple, the scythe in the other.
In my point of view that angel represents Lilith, the first woman! In fact the angel has a figure of a woman, who was expelled from Eden The legend of Lilit developed widely during the Middle Ages, in the traditions of the Aggadah, the Zohar, and Jewish mysticism.19 For example, in the 13th-century writings of Isaac ben Jacob ha-Cohen, Lilit abandoned Adam after refused to be submissive to him and did not want to return to the Garden of Eden after having mated with the archangel Samael (who would be the father of her demonic children, the lilim).20 The origin of the legend that presents Lilit as the first woman It is found in a rabbinic interpretation of Genesis 1, 27.21 Before explaining that Yahweh gave Adam a wife named Eve, formed from his rib,22 the text says: «So God created man in his image; in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. Although today this is usually interpreted as the same fact explained twice, another possible interpretation is that God first created a woman in his image, formed at the same time as Adam, and only later created Eve from Adam's rib.
9:19 she is the one who ate the apple first which definitely didn't cause any nasty issues with our theology regarding how we view women 😅 (using a general we here)
I don't think the song is about a relationship, at least not a romantic one with another person, but rather a metaphorical one with the bliss, innocence, and purity of the "Eden" we experience as a child, or more in a spiritual sense of the soul being in a state of Eden before being brought down into the grime of "life". The ending, for me, solidifies this with his anger, aggression, and longing to go back to the state he once knew, screaming it out no longer as a plea, but a command.
I think many many people possibly misinterpret the lyrics, IMO. It's about drug addiction. Read the lyrics again. Euphoria (Eden) aka from someone's drug of choice. Trying to stop by going through withdrawl only to wind up using again. Hence, the torture of addiction.
Your talking about the angel & the angel is Lucifer as he is the one that tempted Eve to eat the apple in the garden of Eden. There is alotta religious symbolism in the lyrics.
I love this one. 't was the first ST song I heard. I love your reactions and analysis. I know this band (BB, not ST!) is quite not views-bankable (if that makes any sense) but I'd love so much having your point of view to Untill Eternity from Blackbriar. (It has 19M views and it's certainly not just by chance 😉)
Can ANYONE here show/tell me where an apple is mentioned as "the forbidden fruit"? So, as usual, people tend to think what has been perceived as REALITY. I also belive that our fall is on Adam as he did not protect Eve as he should have.
On your Eve theory. Perhaps more of Lilith, first female. I dont think they doing anything already done..I think is Sleep Tokens God or Goddess SLEEP.. She communicates through " Vessel".. The Lore
So because you think they are over rated you can't see how other ppl could enjoy the music? Explain please I am legitimately curious as to you why you feel how you feel. I could have misinterpreted what you trying to say as well which is why I'm asking for you actual detailed thoughts
@@lazerrickthomas8200 in general they are good but for me many of their fans rate them too highly and for biased reasons. I think they are still too plain for an experimental band. I don't like bands like Avenged Sevenfold but I have to admit they are smart enough to be experimental in their songs and Sleeptoken is still far enough to match that level
@WayTogoo666 I can understand that point. I think they are a fresh sound in the genre. Not necessarily over rated but definitely on the rise in terms of what they do. Vessel can really sing. In some ways he kinda makes me think of Chris Cornell from Soundgarden
“I don’t know what’s got its teeth in me but I’m about to bite back in anger” is my favorite lyric off the entire album.
Tell me about it, got BITE BACK tattooed on my fingers
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Mine too!!!
SAME OI wowww
I love whenever a reactor that doesn’t listen to metal does a ST reaction. When they drop the heavy shit on them, it always scares them lol
Hahaha Right?! I mean, I listen to quite a bit of metal on the channel, but when they go from light to heavy it still gets me man!!! Damn.
I’m noticing that the 2 sections where he says “Take me back to Eden” it sounds like it has a different intention. The first time it seemed to be a plea, a beg of some form. The last one however is a command.
no amount of love will keep it around if we don't chose it what a line that is
TMBTE has become my favorite ST song. It's perfect. I like how you analyze songs/videos. Very candid and thought-out comments. Great job. Keep them reactions coming. 🙏
Oh wow, thank you - that’s so kind!! You know, I think this is my favourite one now too…
Every single song they made is just amazing from EP one all the way to latest album TMBTE
They are brilliant. Just amazing storytellers, artists and musicians. Great reaction! Thank you and would love to see more Sleep Token! Hope you are having an awesome holiday season! 🙂
Thank you! And I hope you’re having a lovely holiday season too!!
One of the most powerful songs ever...and the end is such a release, sooo good.!
I really love watching you listening to Sleep Token...you're so sweet.! ♥
Worship.!
I have seen this before and really enjoyed it, it’s a great song and ST are a great band!
Nice reaction and analysis as always, 🌹
His voice this song is just amazing I loooovvvveee it
Right? So far it’s definitely my fav! (Although dang I love the acoustic version of Bloodsport still…)
thank you so much for analyzing the lyrics too, not many reactors do that and i absolute love the writting in this album
No worries about the pausing!! Your commentary was appreciated.
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You should listen to Euclid too. It’s the ending song in the Take Me Back To Eden album.
Euclid is good on its own but If you’ve listened from the EPs then it really hits
@@Jwizz2000 Yep.
This song always reminds me of “the offering” off of the album sundowning, Opening lyrics for that song are “you are a garden entwined with all , you are the silence on sacred shores, you’ve got diamonds for teeth my love so take a bite of me” def them calling back to their trilogy of albums. Great reaction video!
I'm surprised how good analysis you did about the message on just one listen.
Your thoughts on what this is about are very close to mine, and I have had a lot of listens and time to process them.
Great review of a great song!
Really good reaction video ❤ subed
These lyrics is the story of my life right there. I’m a parent who have been alienated by a covert narcissist. The infant dream of having only one true love for the rest of your life. The empath and people pleaser who have been abuse will always hope things will get better even though there is only a small chance of healing for the abuser. A song about the process of how a kid lives and cope with parental alienation would be sick.So many kids would relate to that. I hope sleep received my message! And that anger, i can relate ☹️
There are soooooo many songs that do this already. Lyrics are subjective if you get a meaning that others don’t that’s ok. It’s dependent on the listener.
When it comes to imagery and Sleep Token, EVERYTHING has a meaning. Some of them have hidden numbers that lead to locations on earth, some have other meanings. But its seriously a deep rabbit hole when it comes to hidden meanings and Sleep Token. It's pretty cool how deep they take it.
This song is absolutely incredible. "My, my, those eyes like fire. I'm a winged insect, your'e a funeral pyre", is one of my favorite lines in any song I have ever heard. It's poetry. This album is a masterpiece. Also, the official "music videos" for this album definitely reflect what's going on the song. They allude to the deeper ST lore that is present throughout all the songs. I also feel like I should point out that this song is the penultimate song in the album. You mentioned near the end that it started to sound hopeful. I think this is because this song directly leads into Euclid, which is where Vessel accepts the negative things in his past, and chooses to move on despite them.
"That was bad news bears" 😂 I thought I was the only one that uses that from time to time. 👍 awesome, glad to know I'm not alone on that.
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Recently I've been addicted to October Ends new song. Reacting to it would be awesome 🤘
It goes from sweet dreams, to ethereal visions, to an emotional outburst, to strengthened resolve, to a haunting ode of love lost, to a bitter acceptance of fate.
Also, the apple she’s holding and the song being about Eden references the “fall of man” part in the creation story in the bible. In the story, Lucifer the fallen angel comes down to earth, infiltrates Eden in the form of a talking snake, and tempts Eve to eat the forbidden fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and to choose disobedience and knowledge over obedience and ignorance. Eve succumbs to the temptation and asks Adam to also partake of the fruit, to which he obliges. Thus, their eyes being opened to the truth of reality, and seeing their nakedness (vulnerability) they cover themselves. After being confronted by their capricious master for their disobedience, they are cast from the garden to wander and toil for their survival.
That "angel of death" figure is my next tattoo! So sick looking!
Im a winged insect and you are a funeral pyre is the most beautiful way to say a moth to a flame..
He’s talking about his death, and going back in analyzing the trauma of his life. The final part is his anger, and realizing he can’t escape death, and expressing how he just wants to go back to his beloved Eden, which is a place of beauty love, and the lack of death that has Sunk its teeth into him. His death was by drowning. No one told him not to breathe while diving into Crystal waters. The weightlessness receding is the water coming into his body and drowning him and ultimately his body no longer floating, but descending to the bottom.
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It seems to be a song about the deep desire to return to a state of innocence and perfection, represented by the biblical concept of Eden. The first verse talks about immersing yourself in perfect oceans and feeling weightless, but also about feeling the need to breathe and lose that weightlessness. The choir mentions "those eyes like fire," perhaps alluding to Eve's temptation in the Garden of Eden, and the protagonist feeling like a "awake hell" while the gods get tired. The chorus repeats the desire to return to Eden beyond the path of reason, suggesting an almost irrational longing for a state of purity.
In the second verse, the lyrics suggest a struggle with addiction or self-destructive behavior, with the protagonist spitting blood and feeling bad after "the main system fell." There seems to be a feeling of betrayal on the part of people who are not reliable, but also a determination to protect themselves and fight back. The line "I need you to see me for what I have become" evokes a desire for validation or acceptance despite the mistakes of the past.
The third verse reflects on the idea that we often do not appreciate what we have until we lose it, and that even the strongest love cannot save something if it is not actively chosen. The lyrics suggest a frustration with the loss of innocence and a willingness to fight with "self-sought fury", although that does not completely restore the desired state of purity. The post-chorus refers to the idea of being created with intention and purpose, but also to the possibility of being dragged as "branches in a flood." In general, the song seems to be a plea to return to a state of purity and be seen and accepted by who we are, even if we have lost our way.
Yes!! I am glad you thought so deeply to get those layers to the song. I even see the second repetition of the line "Take me back to Eden," when he hits the higher notes, to be like a shift into a mental state of fear/ screaming realizing he is not going there. The final stylistic switch in the song, with the darkness symbolically having encompassed the surroundings, sealing him off completely from that light and hope, eliciting more of a cry of rage about not being able to ever return to that paradise.
That look on your face when the vocals first come in... Vessels voice always cuts to the core.
My take on it as the song progressed was it started as a state innocence but as time passed and life was experienced that innocence slowly faded. Evil and sin started to take hold to the point you could not recognize yourself. Hence why the statue was more angelic in the beginning but at the end it was engulfed in darkness. His vocal tones spoke this as well. In the beginning it was angelic but in the end it was more of a call begging to be taken back to Eden (state of innocence and/or happiness) But that’s my take on it.
Did you catch the call back to Chokehold? "When we were made it was no accident. We were tangled up like branches in a flood." So cool!
That growl was temptation entering his innocence
Their song Granite would definitely be a good follow up. His lyrics in that song are pretty poetry.
The end was a barrier going up between his past and future.
Such an amazing band 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
its meant to be the garden of eden. the apple from the tree where everything changed. it's giving in to edens vices. thats also why the lower half is a tree trunk/roots and the upper half is an angel with a scythe from the grim reaper. life/death
I know this is late, but the silhouette of the angel also looks like a tree ... from the garden of Eden. The angel is the angel of death, temptation in one hand with the apple, the scythe in the other.
Ive always interpreted Vessel growl/screamo moments as Sleep essentially taking control and Vessel is having to fight to stay in control
In my point of view that angel represents Lilith, the first woman! In fact the angel has a figure of a woman, who was expelled from Eden
The legend of Lilit developed widely during the Middle Ages, in the traditions of the Aggadah, the Zohar, and Jewish mysticism.19 For example, in the 13th-century writings of Isaac ben Jacob ha-Cohen, Lilit abandoned Adam after refused to be submissive to him and did not want to return to the Garden of Eden after having mated with the archangel Samael (who would be the father of her demonic children, the lilim).20 The origin of the legend that presents Lilit as the first woman It is found in a rabbinic interpretation of Genesis 1, 27.21 Before explaining that Yahweh gave Adam a wife named Eve, formed from his rib,22 the text says: «So God created man in his image; in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. Although today this is usually interpreted as the same fact explained twice, another possible interpretation is that God first created a woman in his image, formed at the same time as Adam, and only later created Eve from Adam's rib.
Lots of teeth and biting references in this tune. Didn't Eve take a bite of the forbidden fruit after being tempted by an asp?
WoW
9:19 she is the one who ate the apple first which definitely didn't cause any nasty issues with our theology regarding how we view women 😅 (using a general we here)
I don't think the song is about a relationship, at least not a romantic one with another person, but rather a metaphorical one with the bliss, innocence, and purity of the "Eden" we experience as a child, or more in a spiritual sense of the soul being in a state of Eden before being brought down into the grime of "life". The ending, for me, solidifies this with his anger, aggression, and longing to go back to the state he once knew, screaming it out no longer as a plea, but a command.
A lot of his songs are about letting go , sometimes you can swim any longer without drowning w that person.
PLEASE react to Granite! It would be so good after this. It’s one of my favorites. The lyrics are poetry.
I think many many people possibly misinterpret the lyrics, IMO. It's about drug addiction.
Read the lyrics again. Euphoria (Eden) aka from someone's drug of choice. Trying to stop by going through withdrawl only to wind up using again. Hence, the torture of addiction.
My favorite ST song behind Nazareth
Your talking about the angel & the angel is Lucifer as he is the one that tempted Eve to eat the apple in the garden of Eden. There is alotta religious symbolism in the lyrics.
Check out sleep tokens Atlantic. You’ll love the vibe
Euclid!
I love this one. 't was the first ST song I heard.
I love your reactions and analysis.
I know this band (BB, not ST!) is quite not views-bankable (if that makes any sense) but I'd love so much having your point of view to Untill Eternity from Blackbriar. (It has 19M views and it's certainly not just by chance 😉)
Eve gave the apple to Adam, you had it backwards
Oh so Adam took the first bite? When I looked it up after, it said Eve ate it and then gave it to Adam. 🤷🏻♀️
Can you react to October ends Damaged?
Apple is eden. The beginning.
Can ANYONE here show/tell me where an apple is mentioned as "the forbidden fruit"? So, as usual, people tend to think what has been perceived as REALITY. I also belive that our fall is on Adam as he did not protect Eve as he should have.
On your Eve theory. Perhaps more of Lilith, first female. I dont think they doing anything already done..I think is Sleep Tokens God or Goddess SLEEP.. She communicates through " Vessel".. The Lore
The slow fade out to this song blends beautifully into the last track Euclid. Be sure to check that out next!
If the dude is making himself vulnerable, wouldn't it be wise to address any trust issues within yourself?
Afterall, he is a vessel.
You should check out Gojira.
React to arctic monkey new album
Blacklit Canopy... Look them up on here, see if that voice sounds familiar. 😉
Next Avanged sevenfold Seize the day live LBC,. Thanks
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Always overrated band and songs . I don't know why people like this band
So because you think they are over rated you can't see how other ppl could enjoy the music? Explain please I am legitimately curious as to you why you feel how you feel. I could have misinterpreted what you trying to say as well which is why I'm asking for you actual detailed thoughts
@@lazerrickthomas8200 in general they are good but for me many of their fans rate them too highly and for biased reasons. I think they are still too plain for an experimental band. I don't like bands like Avenged Sevenfold but I have to admit they are smart enough to be experimental in their songs and Sleeptoken is still far enough to match that level
@@lazerrickthomas8200 sorry my English is bad . but that's why I call them overrated
@WayTogoo666 I can understand that point. I think they are a fresh sound in the genre. Not necessarily over rated but definitely on the rise in terms of what they do. Vessel can really sing. In some ways he kinda makes me think of Chris Cornell from Soundgarden
@@lazerrickthomas8200 he can sing but thats not the point . I'm here talking about their musicality and how it should fit the song