Story 2 is still my favorite. I cant wait for the next album. Hoping they've created an excellent Story 8 and or 9 and or 10. I can imagine the pandemic may have given them some time to build the web of the story out even more. Or not. 🤷♂️ Lord knows i ain't do much. 😝
Also Ive always long felt like Body & Blood. And possibly Stab Him in the Throat. Are parts of the story but i feel thats reaching since they've titled all the tracks "Story (X)"
@@joeymccashland4420 Body and Blood seems so be so obviously about Cynthia, they’re thrown references to the story series in songs outside of the story series so I wouldn’t be surprised
@@scarcat2469 I wouldn't be so sure. They're definitely similar characters, but Cynthia seems very...bestial, while the woman in Body and Blood feels very methodical
*Story 4:* (5:30) Needles under foot as he stumbles out to the dock Big toe feeling it through the hole in his sock Car keys dangling absently from the lock Of the Buick Regal parked to the side of the roadblock Celly on the center console continued buzzing Name on the screen Katrina, parentheses baby cousin "Dissolve Me" on the speakers is playing into the nothing He fixes his hair for no one, a steady pace, never rushing Faded blue polo shirt missing a top button Khakis with a coffee stain ripping near where he cuff 'em Tongue on the roof of his cotton mouth is feeling rough And got a pocket full of stones and a cup full of Robitussin Too many stars to count and the moon is high up and blushing Water is the calmest, the breeze in the pine is rustling And the piston in his temple, relentless in how it's crushing Everything but the sound of her crying, screaming, and cussing (The purple round her eye was deepening as he pleaded and backed away from the door) (Sleeplessly embracing) Rage in a bottle, wanna throw it out to sea (Sleeplessly embracing) Never seen the ocean so this lake will have to do (Sleeplessly embracing) Pumping his brakes to the sound of the beat (Sleeplessly embracing) Leave the tarnished ring with a note inside of the shoe It's all fucked up now Shit, Katrina pushes ‘send’ again Same thing ringing right until the voice messaging Tick tick tick tick, left blinker clicks fast From the burnt-out tail light, open toe on the gas Heater on her face to compensate for the chill Plastic on the passenger window thunders at will New tattoo on the neck is itchin', but "Damn that's ill" Is what Snake had said to her while she re-ing up on her pills Pop a couple now as she driving around the woods Knew from the beginning that marriage would be no good Told him not to fall for the first available hottie But she knew he would, she knew him better than anybody He'd always take the first, well technically the second If you count the time he slipped into her room when she was seven And he told her that he loved her and everything was okay That was just a week before they took her mother away (She knows that he's poison but he was the only one who stayed when she needed it most) (Sleeplessly embracing) Dress up like a princess and come out to the party (Sleeplessly embracing) Tired of the burning so this numb will have to do (Sleeplessly embracing) A little bit of dirt never hurt nobody (Sleeplessly embracing) Always protect the thing that you know is true It's all fucked up now Shoes taken off and placed upon the bank Crickets in the distance are dissonant and he brakes He's fine for just a minute, reflecting on all the days Of joy before he slipped back into his sinister ways How well could he justify every choice that he'd make? How little control a little girl could ever take How little he cared in the moment if she would wake Hopefully she was so little, she'd not remember the ache His toe is in the water, it's ice, it's codeine It's dimming all the stars and it's muffling all the screams It's now up to his waist and he's wading into a dream His pulse is racing, causing the surface tension to steam The water at his chest, his lungs fighting collapse The frogs see it best, he thinks, he starts to laugh The water at his eyelids now, and he's about to pass Out, she could be rid of him now at last (The note he left read "Please never tell her, love James") (Sleeplessly embracing) The ripples disappear and there's nothing left to show (Sleeplessly embracing) Never been concluded so the end will have to do (Sleeplessly embracing) High not low, and away we go (Sleeplessly embracing) Tomorrow it'll all be a perfect shade of blue (Sleeplessly embracing) It's all fucked up now (Sleeplessly embracing) It's all fucked up now (Sleeplessly embracing) It's all fucked up now (Sleeplessly embracing) It's all fucked up now
*Story 5:* (10:23) On the day when Grace was born There was a war across the sea She'd grow lovely, bright, and tall Fight and die for us all Oh Grace, won't you come back home? Come home Grace, come home Oh Grace, won't you come back home? On that fateful day at work When her comrade lost an arm Grace stayed with her til the end And she vowed not again Would a friend ever come back home? On the nights when Grace would speak As the drunkards cursed and roared She'd tell tales of battles won And how she'd just begun Grace would help keep us safe at home Come home Grace, come home Oh Grace, won't you come back home? Grace hid photographs and notes From the foreman's watchful eyes When she told what she had found It would all come crashing down Grace smiled as she rode back home No one witnessed Grace's end She was severed limbs and blood Once her taxi hit the curb She'd not speak another word Oh Grace, what have they done? Come home Grace, come home Oh Grace, won't you come back home? Come home Grace, come home Oh Grace, won't you come back home?
*Story 7:* (13:31) Kimberly couldn't believe what she was seeing Video was grainy but she could make out his face It clearly had to be Steve Hadn't seen him in maybe, what? It couldn't be more than a couple days Who was this bitch on her knees? She was not even pretty, fuck He better not still be up in her place She fishing 'round for her keys Check the lock, it is broken in Impatiently, a scowl on her face Kimberly opens the door She wasn't ready, drops the keys Drops to the ground and tries to catch her breath Steve was still there on the floor What was left of him, gnarled bone The body parts are piled in a mess How easily she ignored All of the scratches, could be nails or could be teeth Certainly not a knife She should have looked at the floor Followed blood to the window sill Where it went up and out into the night Cynthia strolling through the moonlight Casually wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth Cynthia knew Steve wouldn't do right From the moment when he had said that he wouldn't eat her out Cynthia singing on a blue night Temporarily satisfied but she knew that wouldn't last Cynthia steps into the Brew Right Thirsty for a drink and to find someone to help hours pass After Randy had sent the photos He decided that he had just earned a drink Shit, he's celebrating the end of a horrible case He never had to see that woman Kimberly ever again He thinks, shit, he had completed the task that was simple enough She knew her man was cheating like they always do She only needed proof So he got to tailing the brown Chevrolet And he'll say this for Steve, he knew what he was doing So good that he almost got away with all of his bullshit But Randy wouldn't get paid, and let's face it He needed every dollar that this little job could make The bookies were calling with more regularity He would rather keep his kneecaps still unbroken Thank you, if it's all the same, shit Nothing had changed, he was the definition of in a rut Anyway, job well done, he saunters on into the Brew Right pub The spot pretty jumpin', he spies a seat at the bar Orders the scotch and then feels a gentle hand on his back And he turns to meet the eyes of a woman Who tells him her name is Cynthia, cross-legged at the bar now holding up a drink Wink, lips Cynthia whispers and his heart now takes another beat Think, skips Cynthia, tongue along his ear now, maybe he should pay The tab Cynthia knows just where to go now, and they leave and hail A cab He say, is this the type of thing where he pay? And if so, he gon' need a rain check (check, check) She say, "You can have this one for free, bae" She licked her lips and started bitin' on his neck He say what's crazy 'bout this, between the bites and the kisses Is he ain't been in a taxi since back when he lost his sister But Cynthia isn't listenin' to him, she on a mission The moon is full and she hurtin', and he might be the prescription And now she pullin' up her dress, and he grabbin' on her breasts And she start to see the throbbin' in his veins And she get ready for the s- But just then the cabbie pulled the taxi over quick Click, pop-pop, silver flashes mixed with red and that was it Cynthia is choking on her blood now The cabbie walks off into the night unseen while Cynthia, still locked in Randy's hug now 'Cept for the open window high above the scene and Cynthia looks straight into her doom now Little 'Trina watches everything that happens down below But doesn't scream and Cynthia is howling at the moon now Tomorrow, 'Trina's gonna wake up Wondering if it was really all a dream Cynthia Cynthia Cynthia
It’d be incredible to see them release an album with all of the stories compiled together. I doubt they’d ever do it cause they love ambiguity, but i think it’d be cool
𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝟮: (3:15) Godsmack is how the wind feels On the face of Mike Winfield On his way home from the bar where he works Nights - the worst nights, don't nobody tip right And between the marriage offers and the fist fights And if another mother fucker touch his wrist trying to pull him in to whisper He ain't making it to midnight Don't they know he got a lighter in his pocket A matchbook in his sock and a block full of charred skeletons closeted begging to get out He paused cause he's scared of airing out the thoughts He can taste it in his mouth the sulfur and bitter carbon Hearing all the burning bodies shout but no That was a full lifetime ago and nobody ever has to know He has never told well except Ronald But that don't count he was sweet and exactly what he needed him to be at the time Wine and candlelight and nice texts at lunchtime Why had he not called Ron back Guess there just wasn't a spark No no musn't joke about these things Wouldn't want to disappoint Doc Clark So many hours on the couch So many buried memories that take so many tears to get them out Water hadn't never been a friend Hold up - where had he seen that car before Blue Acura dent on the left rear fender Back again the sense of Deja Vu Strange things you Never shake when you wake up in recovery But suddenly noticing ash is covering his head cause it's raining from the sky Dials home on his cell phone and gets no reply What the fuck? Where is the babysitter that he overpays Body takes over and brain becomes disengaged Michael is running his house is three blocks away Adrenaline compensating for change in age Since the last that he ran it god dammit Mike knows he gotta get home fast as he can Looks up in the sky, glow's familiar Knows those families died with similar Awnings and on and on he keeps going Hits the corner just as he hears the explosion Screams comes from the house, "Did you get them out" Mike asking came the crowd that gathered round Tears running down his face There's that familiar taste He wishes it would take him to another place Son and his baby girl in his home and he can't believe that it's gone in a cloud of smoke And he's choking and running forward and hoping against hope that he might find them alive and well When he knows the results too well and he knows that fooled himself And he keeps walking toward the house rather what house is still left No intention of stopping letting the smoke take his breath Some strong arm rocks him aside Mike falls to the ground and cries Why won't you just let me die Why won't you just let me die
Here’s the part I’m unsure of: did james kill himself walking into the water or did he have a little girl in the trunk and drove in? the “he brakes” part makes me think he’s in the car. also it’s really hard to kill yourself by just walking in.
How I understand it is that James was in a relationship with an underage girl who grew up without her parents so she stayed with James although it was a horrible relationship. In the song it seems like James is ignoring her calls and kills himself by either driving into the lake or walking in it, driving seems more realistic as its harder to escape that way but he also took his shoes off so not sure
Story 4 has a pretty complicated story, let me try to explain it. James is a p3do who has abused multiple children. The first was his little cousin when her parents were going through a divorce. The next was his own child, after he married "the first available hottie." He kills himself by walking into a lake late at night with heavy stones in his pants so he sinks when he loses consciousness from the cold. James is a terrible man with a guilty conscience, and after abusing his own kid decides that its best if he doesn't continue. hope that helps!
@@not.spir0sI thought it was the cousin, I think he is a p3do that takes advantage of her while she’s sleeping while it was her birthday. This was a week before her mother went to prison. He marries her later on whenever she’s an adult. and I think he also mol3st5 his daughter as well, that he had with her. That’s why there was a note that says “don’t tell her” to prevent her from telling his daughter of what he did to her while she was sleeping as well.
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Story 2 is still my favorite. I cant wait for the next album. Hoping they've created an excellent Story 8 and or 9 and or 10. I can imagine the pandemic may have given them some time to build the web of the story out even more. Or not. 🤷♂️ Lord knows i ain't do much. 😝
Also Ive always long felt like Body & Blood. And possibly Stab Him in the Throat. Are parts of the story but i feel thats reaching since they've titled all the tracks "Story (X)"
@@joeymccashland4420 Body and Blood seems so be so obviously about Cynthia, they’re thrown references to the story series in songs outside of the story series so I wouldn’t be surprised
@@scarcat2469 I wouldn't be so sure.
They're definitely similar characters, but Cynthia seems very...bestial, while the woman in Body and Blood feels very methodical
i don't think there will be a story 9 they will probably skip it like they did with 3 and 6
*Story 4:* (5:30)
Needles under foot as he stumbles out to the dock
Big toe feeling it through the hole in his sock
Car keys dangling absently from the lock
Of the Buick Regal parked to the side of the roadblock
Celly on the center console continued buzzing
Name on the screen Katrina, parentheses baby cousin
"Dissolve Me" on the speakers is playing into the nothing
He fixes his hair for no one, a steady pace, never rushing
Faded blue polo shirt missing a top button
Khakis with a coffee stain ripping near where he cuff 'em
Tongue on the roof of his cotton mouth is feeling rough
And got a pocket full of stones and a cup full of Robitussin
Too many stars to count and the moon is high up and blushing
Water is the calmest, the breeze in the pine is rustling
And the piston in his temple, relentless in how it's crushing
Everything but the sound of her crying, screaming, and cussing
(The purple round her eye was deepening as he pleaded and backed away from the door)
(Sleeplessly embracing)
Rage in a bottle, wanna throw it out to sea
(Sleeplessly embracing)
Never seen the ocean so this lake will have to do
(Sleeplessly embracing)
Pumping his brakes to the sound of the beat
(Sleeplessly embracing)
Leave the tarnished ring with a note inside of the shoe
It's all fucked up now
Shit, Katrina pushes ‘send’ again
Same thing ringing right until the voice messaging
Tick tick tick tick, left blinker clicks fast
From the burnt-out tail light, open toe on the gas
Heater on her face to compensate for the chill
Plastic on the passenger window thunders at will
New tattoo on the neck is itchin', but "Damn that's ill"
Is what Snake had said to her while she re-ing up on her pills
Pop a couple now as she driving around the woods
Knew from the beginning that marriage would be no good
Told him not to fall for the first available hottie
But she knew he would, she knew him better than anybody
He'd always take the first, well technically the second
If you count the time he slipped into her room when she was seven
And he told her that he loved her and everything was okay
That was just a week before they took her mother away
(She knows that he's poison but he was the only one who stayed when she needed it most)
(Sleeplessly embracing)
Dress up like a princess and come out to the party
(Sleeplessly embracing)
Tired of the burning so this numb will have to do
(Sleeplessly embracing)
A little bit of dirt never hurt nobody
(Sleeplessly embracing)
Always protect the thing that you know is true
It's all fucked up now
Shoes taken off and placed upon the bank
Crickets in the distance are dissonant and he brakes
He's fine for just a minute, reflecting on all the days
Of joy before he slipped back into his sinister ways
How well could he justify every choice that he'd make?
How little control a little girl could ever take
How little he cared in the moment if she would wake
Hopefully she was so little, she'd not remember the ache
His toe is in the water, it's ice, it's codeine
It's dimming all the stars and it's muffling all the screams
It's now up to his waist and he's wading into a dream
His pulse is racing, causing the surface tension to steam
The water at his chest, his lungs fighting collapse
The frogs see it best, he thinks, he starts to laugh
The water at his eyelids now, and he's about to pass
Out, she could be rid of him now at last
(The note he left read "Please never tell her, love James")
(Sleeplessly embracing)
The ripples disappear and there's nothing left to show
(Sleeplessly embracing)
Never been concluded so the end will have to do
(Sleeplessly embracing)
High not low, and away we go
(Sleeplessly embracing)
Tomorrow it'll all be a perfect shade of blue
(Sleeplessly embracing) It's all fucked up now
(Sleeplessly embracing) It's all fucked up now
(Sleeplessly embracing) It's all fucked up now
(Sleeplessly embracing) It's all fucked up now
Where is story 4 from? It is not on any album right
@@rajbhosale9157 it's available on Alt-J's soundcloud. It's not available on streaming due to sample issues.
*Story 5:* (10:23)
On the day when Grace was born
There was a war across the sea
She'd grow lovely, bright, and tall
Fight and die for us all
Oh Grace, won't you come back home?
Come home Grace, come home
Oh Grace, won't you come back home?
On that fateful day at work
When her comrade lost an arm
Grace stayed with her til the end
And she vowed not again
Would a friend ever come back home?
On the nights when Grace would speak
As the drunkards cursed and roared
She'd tell tales of battles won
And how she'd just begun
Grace would help keep us safe at home
Come home Grace, come home
Oh Grace, won't you come back home?
Grace hid photographs and notes
From the foreman's watchful eyes
When she told what she had found
It would all come crashing down
Grace smiled as she rode back home
No one witnessed Grace's end
She was severed limbs and blood
Once her taxi hit the curb
She'd not speak another word
Oh Grace, what have they done?
Come home Grace, come home
Oh Grace, won't you come back home?
Come home Grace, come home
Oh Grace, won't you come back home?
Just gonna listen to this on repeat for the next couple days
Honestly I fucking need story 5 after listening to story 4 JEEEZUS
I love story 2 its the best one in my opinion.
*Story 7:* (13:31)
Kimberly couldn't believe what she was seeing
Video was grainy but she could make out his face
It clearly had to be Steve
Hadn't seen him in maybe, what?
It couldn't be more than a couple days
Who was this bitch on her knees?
She was not even pretty, fuck
He better not still be up in her place
She fishing 'round for her keys
Check the lock, it is broken in
Impatiently, a scowl on her face
Kimberly opens the door
She wasn't ready, drops the keys
Drops to the ground and tries to catch her breath
Steve was still there on the floor
What was left of him, gnarled bone
The body parts are piled in a mess
How easily she ignored
All of the scratches, could be nails or could be teeth
Certainly not a knife
She should have looked at the floor
Followed blood to the window sill
Where it went up and out into the night
Cynthia strolling through the moonlight
Casually wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth
Cynthia knew Steve wouldn't do right
From the moment when he had said that he wouldn't eat her out
Cynthia singing on a blue night
Temporarily satisfied but she knew that wouldn't last
Cynthia steps into the Brew Right
Thirsty for a drink and to find someone to help hours pass
After Randy had sent the photos
He decided that he had just earned a drink
Shit, he's celebrating the end of a horrible case
He never had to see that woman Kimberly ever again
He thinks, shit, he had completed the task that was simple enough
She knew her man was cheating like they always do
She only needed proof
So he got to tailing the brown Chevrolet
And he'll say this for Steve, he knew what he was doing
So good that he almost got away with all of his bullshit
But Randy wouldn't get paid, and let's face it
He needed every dollar that this little job could make
The bookies were calling with more regularity
He would rather keep his kneecaps still unbroken
Thank you, if it's all the same, shit
Nothing had changed, he was the definition of in a rut
Anyway, job well done, he saunters on into the Brew Right pub
The spot pretty jumpin', he spies a seat at the bar
Orders the scotch and then feels a gentle hand on his back
And he turns to meet the eyes of a woman
Who tells him her name is
Cynthia, cross-legged at the bar now holding up a drink
Wink, lips
Cynthia whispers and his heart now takes another beat
Think, skips
Cynthia, tongue along his ear now, maybe he should pay
The tab
Cynthia knows just where to go now, and they leave and hail
A cab
He say, is this the type of thing where he pay?
And if so, he gon' need a rain check (check, check)
She say, "You can have this one for free, bae"
She licked her lips and started bitin' on his neck
He say what's crazy 'bout this, between the bites and the kisses
Is he ain't been in a taxi since back when he lost his sister
But Cynthia isn't listenin' to him, she on a mission
The moon is full and she hurtin', and he might be the prescription
And now she pullin' up her dress, and he grabbin' on her breasts
And she start to see the throbbin' in his veins
And she get ready for the s-
But just then the cabbie pulled the taxi over quick
Click, pop-pop, silver flashes mixed with red and that was it
Cynthia is choking on her blood now
The cabbie walks off into the night unseen while
Cynthia, still locked in Randy's hug now
'Cept for the open window high above the scene and
Cynthia looks straight into her doom now
Little 'Trina watches everything that happens down below
But doesn't scream and
Cynthia is howling at the moon now
Tomorrow, 'Trina's gonna wake up
Wondering if it was really all a dream
Cynthia
Cynthia
Cynthia
It’d be incredible to see them release an album with all of the stories compiled together. I doubt they’d ever do it cause they love ambiguity, but i think it’d be cool
something to binge listening for the next week GREAT!
wish story 4 was on spotify or smth
This has my imagination going wild glad it doesn't have music videos
God bless
Dope
CYNTHIA DID NOTHING WRONG
Cynthia knew Steve wouldn’t do right
JUSTICE FOR CYNTHIA
Cynthiaaaaaaaaa
thx
yes
was surprised to see altj slipped in there, nice
waiting for 2
You mean 3? Or 6?
i think he means he’s waiting for the 2 songs missing
𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝟮: (3:15)
Godsmack is how the wind feels
On the face of Mike Winfield
On his way home from the bar where he works
Nights - the worst nights, don't nobody tip right
And between the marriage offers and the fist fights
And if another mother fucker touch his wrist trying to pull him in to whisper
He ain't making it to midnight
Don't they know he got a lighter in his pocket
A matchbook in his sock and a block
full of charred skeletons closeted begging to get out
He paused cause he's scared of airing out the thoughts
He can taste it in his mouth the sulfur and bitter carbon
Hearing all the burning bodies shout but no
That was a full lifetime ago and nobody ever has to know
He has never told well except Ronald
But that don't count he was sweet and
exactly what he needed him to be at the time
Wine and candlelight and nice texts at lunchtime
Why had he not called Ron back
Guess there just wasn't a spark
No no musn't joke about these things
Wouldn't want to disappoint Doc Clark
So many hours on the couch
So many buried memories that take so many tears to get them out
Water hadn't never been a friend
Hold up - where had he seen that car before
Blue Acura dent on the left rear fender
Back again the sense of
Deja Vu
Strange things you
Never shake when you wake up in recovery
But suddenly noticing ash is covering his head cause it's raining from the sky
Dials home on his cell phone and gets no reply
What the fuck?
Where is the babysitter that he overpays
Body takes over and brain becomes disengaged
Michael is running his house is three blocks away
Adrenaline compensating for change in age
Since the last that he ran it god dammit
Mike knows he gotta get home fast as he can
Looks up in the sky, glow's familiar
Knows those families died with similar
Awnings and on and on he keeps going
Hits the corner just as he hears the explosion
Screams comes from the house, "Did you get them out"
Mike asking came the crowd that gathered round
Tears running down his face
There's that familiar taste
He wishes it would take him to another place
Son and his baby girl in his home and he can't
believe that it's gone in a cloud of smoke
And he's choking and running forward and hoping
against hope that he might find them alive and well
When he knows the results too well and he knows that fooled himself
And he keeps walking toward the house rather what house is still left
No intention of stopping letting the smoke take his breath
Some strong arm rocks him aside Mike falls to the ground and cries
Why won't you just let me die
Why won't you just let me die
The polyrhythms are amazing
why isnt story 4 on spotify :(
Couldn't clear the Alt-J sample, I believe
what happened to the one with actually seamless transitions :(
Here’s the part I’m unsure of: did james kill himself walking into the water or did he have a little girl in the trunk and drove in? the “he brakes” part makes me think he’s in the car. also it’s really hard to kill yourself by just walking in.
How I understand it is that James was in a relationship with an underage girl who grew up without her parents so she stayed with James although it was a horrible relationship. In the song it seems like James is ignoring her calls and kills himself by either driving into the lake or walking in it, driving seems more realistic as its harder to escape that way but he also took his shoes off so not sure
Taking off his shoes at the bank and a pocket full of stones tell me he walked into the lake and sunk.
Story 4 has a pretty complicated story, let me try to explain it.
James is a p3do who has abused multiple children. The first was his little cousin when her parents were going through a divorce. The next was his own child, after he married "the first available hottie."
He kills himself by walking into a lake late at night with heavy stones in his pants so he sinks when he loses consciousness from the cold.
James is a terrible man with a guilty conscience, and after abusing his own kid decides that its best if he doesn't continue.
hope that helps!
@@not.spir0sI thought it was the cousin, I think he is a p3do that takes advantage of her while she’s sleeping while it was her birthday. This was a week before her mother went to prison. He marries her later on whenever she’s an adult. and I think he also mol3st5 his daughter as well, that he had with her.
That’s why there was a note that says “don’t tell her” to prevent her from telling his daughter of what he did to her while she was sleeping as well.
@hugohindi the underage girl was Katrina I'm pretty sure
Why is this low key about Elden ring O___o