i did a project about it in elementary school and it's literally the only thing i can remember about elementary school lmao, it was just such an absurd disaster to learn about
Love how this doubles as both a universal and meaningful commentary on how life constantly gives you shit...and a retelling of the Great Molasses Flood.
"Sweet taste of death in my mouth brings quiet to all my doubt." That small section may be my favorite part of this whole album. The juxtaposition of the melody with the lyrics is a great mirror to the absurd horror that is being killed by a wave of molasses. They've really outdone themselves with this album.
For me, it's "and in the aftermath I'm just a struggling mass, painted black, just as everything that was stuck out on the track, and those who pass me by cannot decide whether I'm animal or human under the black mass."
Tears are rolling down my face. The way you guys turn your intricate and heartfelt lyrics into hallucinations with a soundtrack is so fucking powerful! Therapy through emotion, an expression of understanding and a cathartic release of the thoughts which find their way up to the surface from the depths... Where would we we be without Protest the Hero! Where would I be without this endless font of power made real, this incredible expression of art? Your collective passion gives me energy, lights my soul aflame! What more can I say but thank you.
This imo is the best track on the album. It's so well done and so triumphant with a completely different message. The composition is so damn perfect too.
"All Hands" The cold finally broke this morning It's quiet on the dock The sun feels so close and warming The air is heavy I'm dreaming of a life I can't afford The ground starts to tremble beneath my feet Feels like my train is coming in I can hear it screaming in the distance My train is coming in Eyes cast towards the heavens They can tell my train is coming in All hands, all hands, all hands My train is coming in I'm standing here in disbelief Like how in the hell is this happening to me? But I'm holding onto this one relief When my train comes in and crashes into me It was over my head Like the sunshine That it rose up to eclipse Maybe it's just in my head Or maybe the sunshine Never did exist Sweet taste of death in my mouth (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!) Brings quiet to all my doubts (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!) Come rushing toward me, black wave The train that never did come early anyway (All hands, all hands, all hands) And it never is delayed (My train's about to come in) Come rushing toward me, black wave The train that never did come early anyway (All hands, all hands, all hands) And it never is delayed My train's about to come in Oh, it comes down on me Hot as the sun Oh Smooth, like the rhythm of the Tommy gun I'm dreaming of a life I can't afford I'm dreaming of a life I can't afford The ground starts to tremble beneath my feet Feels like my train is coming in I can hear it screaming in the distance My train is coming in Eyes cast towards the heavens They can tell my train is coming in All hands, all hands, all hands My train is coming in I'm standing here in disbelief Like how in the hell is this happening to me? Is this happening to me? But I'm holding onto this one relief When my train comes in and crashes into me It crashes into me And in the aftermath I'm just a struggling mass painted black Just as everything that was stuck out on the tracks And those who pass me by cannot decide Whether I'm animal or human Animal or human under the black mass
i find myself constantly looping the chorus at 3:31. The secondary guitar/synth melody in the back layered behind the primary vocal melody is just so damn fantastic together.
Zach Deleon definitely. Although, that may be completely coincidental. The song is about the Molassacre, apparently. The sound of the molasses flowing through the street was a “long rumble similar to the passing of an elevated train” according to Wikipedia. Rody’s lyrics are truly fascinating on this album.
Brendan McDonald considering that C’est La Vie is about the absurdity of life/death and the entire outro is about making a train run late. Then this song is about dying in an absurd way while daydreaming about a life you can’t afford, followed by the line “the train that never did come early anyway, and it never is delayed.” Really not all that different.
Best album since fortress. I can't explain it, but this album just mesmerizes me. Rody writing his own lyrics and vocal melodies is the best thing that's ever happened to this band.
I kinda feel the same. Volition has been in my top-3 favourite albums of all time but everytime I hear a song off of Palimpsest again, I feel like it might get overthrown because this is just art in its finest form
I would have been totally fine with no harsh vocals on this album, it's already so good. But I'd be lying to myself if I didn't scream a little when the growls hit at 2:49 after the instrumental breakdown.
For me it's Mist, just because it's about my home, I've seen every show they've played here, and I'm in the video lol. Next would be Skies but I really like Little Snakes on this one (scathing song). Every album is different so It's hard to not choose one from each haha.
@Deaddog67 Every album they make is very different than the other. That's why I love them. This one is more melodic in a lot of ways. It always won't be for everyone - depends on how diverse your taste is. The lyrics on this album are great. They've been tremendously better since Rody took over on Scurrilous.
Pth is amazing, i seen them twice. inspired me so much to play guitar that my whole discog of music through highschool was avenged sevenfold and pth. lol
I know this song has its own meaning yet I can't help but think about my own mortality every time I play this track. A year ago my father caught stage 4 tongue cancer, knowing that cancer runs in both sides of my family I have always wondered when my train is coming in. That lyric "Sweet taste of death in my mouth brings quite to all my doubt" makes me think about my father and gets me emotional every time. Protest the hero is the greatest band in universe, this ain't up for debate.
great thing about a lot of PTH songs is, they have a certain meaning, but the lyrics allow us as fans to form our own meaning for them. i like to listen, form my feelings for the song, then look up and see what they are REALLY about after a few months. its a cool contrast.
Damn, when I reached that Harborside - All Hands stretch in the album, I couldn't stop screaming "Holy shit, this is the Protest The Hero I fell in love with" in my head. This is really one of the best songs they've ever written, and the album is their most instant since Fortress. What a band. Welcome back!
Seen them in Sacramento just after release of Violation. New bassist and drummer with a lackadaisical crowd, and still fucked shit up. True professionals and one of the more underrated bands in the past decade
Rody was busting backflips on stage back in the day when they opened for BTF down here in AZ. that show has stuck with me forever. seeing Kezia live was 12/10
im about to see if this is true...From the Sky is gonna be HARD to top though....but lets see!....EDIT: GREAT song! buuuut, From the Sky still holding firm lol. im off to check out the rest of the album! haha
@@buckfuttler2877 Fair enough lol. All the songs are sounding great, for sure. As with all their albums, can listen front to back without skipping a track! But, man, this one right gives me chills. And Rivet.
@@JoseDlucca He had surgery after he blew his voice. I saw them live on their EP tour in 2018 and Rody was definitely struggling live. I bet he will sound better next time I see them (covid though???)
I’m noticing an over arching narrative about technology, migration to the west, manifest destiny and the sort. Only 4 songs in so someone feel free to correct me. Hoping this is another concept album. Such a cool theme of Advancment to not just focus on the phone too. Love it so far. Edit: criticisms of American history. Duh. Love the album.
Its very much about the faults of America and how we dont learn from them. It ends with the simple idea that America has never been great but we can be if we acknowledge our mistakes. And obviously from the name of the album we can tell that the whole idea is the way America covers there tracks in history.
It's weird - this album feels like it does that more than any of their previous records, but at the same time, the riffs in most of the verses feel like they're incorporating fewer/less aggressive chords than usual a good deal of the time, which leads to the guitar work on the album as a whole feeling a lot more noodly than you'd expect. (Not a bad thing, mind, but it dials back the heaviness of the material a little).
And in the aftermath I'm just a struggling mass painted black Just as everything that was stuck out on the tracks And those who pass me by cannot decide Whether I'm animal or human Animal or human under the black mass...
I'm listening to this because of a Propagandhi Instagram post about Todd playing on The Canary, and quite frankly, I'm enjoying it very much. Very much indeed.
i have no clue who melon is but whoever it is sounds like they have no idea what they're talking about. This track is a masterpiece that just gets better and better with each listen.
@Deaddog67 Fortress is great, but Volition just offers more, imo. Fortress is a set of songs in the same style, which contains a fair share of bangers. But Volition has more variety in the song style, while still feeling like a cohesive whole (Clarity being an incredible start to the album and Skies being the best album ending in existence does a lot to help this.) Mist feels nostalgic and elicits a strong sense of belonging and camaraderie. Underbite feels like a real meta confrontation about the band becoming what they hated. It's aggressive and climactic. I could go on. Fucking love that album.
Should we be concerned about Rody? Because the lyrics here imply there's some ideation about suicide by train... Add that to C'est la Vie's lyrics and... Rody you okay? Edit NVM apparently this is about a historical event. Phew.
My first few listens I had a similar interpretation. I thought it might have been about getting stuck on the tracks instead of suicide though. Didn't catch the actually Molassacre interpretation until I read it in a comment here.
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Always loved Protest the Hero but there's essentially zero doubt in my mind this is the best song they've ever written. Incredible.
And today I learned about the Molassacre.
i did a project about it in elementary school and it's literally the only thing i can remember about elementary school lmao, it was just such an absurd disaster to learn about
Well I'll be damned. I never would have caught that. Thank you for mentioning it. I learned something new today, too
And I just learned what this song is about because of your comment. Thanks. Lots of history lessons in this album. I dig that
Sounds like quite a sticky situation
Big same lmao
Love how this doubles as both a universal and meaningful commentary on how life constantly gives you shit...and a retelling of the Great Molasses Flood.
"Sweet taste of death in my mouth brings quiet to all my doubt."
That small section may be my favorite part of this whole album. The juxtaposition of the melody with the lyrics is a great mirror to the absurd horror that is being killed by a wave of molasses. They've really outdone themselves with this album.
IDK why, but the the lines that hit me the hardest are "the train that never did come early; and it never is delayed"
For me, it's "and in the aftermath I'm just a struggling mass, painted black, just as everything that was stuck out on the track, and those who pass me by cannot decide whether I'm animal or human under the black mass."
Tears are rolling down my face. The way you guys turn your intricate and heartfelt lyrics into hallucinations with a soundtrack is so fucking powerful! Therapy through emotion, an expression of understanding and a cathartic release of the thoughts which find their way up to the surface from the depths...
Where would we we be without Protest the Hero! Where would I be without this endless font of power made real, this incredible expression of art? Your collective passion gives me energy, lights my soul aflame!
What more can I say but thank you.
Imma definitely cry the whole set when they tour this album. Gardenias, Little Snakes, and Reverie get me the most.
@Wise Man no
@Wise Man And if I claim to be a wise man, well, it surely means that I don't know.
Cringy soy golem
Word
say WHAT
A metal band where the bassist actually gets a prominent spot in the mix?!
Well looks like I'm a fan now
Where have you been
If you make it through the discography youre gonna be pleasantly surprised. Lots of bass love from this band.
This imo is the best track on the album. It's so well done and so triumphant with a completely different message. The composition is so damn perfect too.
"All Hands"
The cold finally broke this morning
It's quiet on the dock
The sun feels so close and warming
The air is heavy
I'm dreaming of a life I can't afford
The ground starts to tremble beneath my feet
Feels like my train is coming in
I can hear it screaming in the distance
My train is coming in
Eyes cast towards the heavens
They can tell my train is coming in
All hands, all hands, all hands
My train is coming in
I'm standing here in disbelief
Like how in the hell is this happening to me?
But I'm holding onto this one relief
When my train comes in and crashes into me
It was over my head
Like the sunshine
That it rose up to eclipse
Maybe it's just in my head
Or maybe the sunshine
Never did exist
Sweet taste of death in my mouth
(Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
Brings quiet to all my doubts
(Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
Come rushing toward me, black wave
The train that never did come early anyway
(All hands, all hands, all hands)
And it never is delayed
(My train's about to come in)
Come rushing toward me, black wave
The train that never did come early anyway
(All hands, all hands, all hands)
And it never is delayed
My train's about to come in
Oh, it comes down on me
Hot as the sun
Oh
Smooth, like the rhythm of the Tommy gun
I'm dreaming of a life I can't afford
I'm dreaming of a life I can't afford
The ground starts to tremble beneath my feet
Feels like my train is coming in
I can hear it screaming in the distance
My train is coming in
Eyes cast towards the heavens
They can tell my train is coming in
All hands, all hands, all hands
My train is coming in
I'm standing here in disbelief
Like how in the hell is this happening to me?
Is this happening to me?
But I'm holding onto this one relief
When my train comes in and crashes into me
It crashes into me
And in the aftermath
I'm just a struggling mass painted black
Just as everything that was stuck out on the tracks
And those who pass me by cannot decide
Whether I'm animal or human
Animal or human under the black mass
The ending gives me chills.
i find myself constantly looping the chorus at 3:31. The secondary guitar/synth melody in the back layered behind the primary vocal melody is just so damn fantastic together.
Came here to listen to this on the day of the great molasses flood
Why does each song of this album make me cry? Holy hell...
Maybe you're a pu$$y
@@kevinblack6702 man, the internet sure has allowed assholes to be assholes without getting punched in the face like they would in real life.
A hint of Coheed and Cambria ..... I liked it very much...
Really? :)
In which part did you recognize it?
Asking as a die hard Co&Ca fan.
Mainly the voice style over the first minute or minute and a half. Mostly between in 0:30 and 1:00 .. and over the song here and there
Give me a tour boys and free my soul
I wanna get lost in your musical interpretation of tragic American history
No one ever said that hope would be so beautiful
This song is still getting better each time I listen to it... wow and thank you.
The part "im dreaming of a life i can't afford" shed my tears. I can deeply relate to that
HOLY f****CK!!!!! this song is AMAZING
It's always great to come back to some new Old school Protest the Hero... there's always delivery.
This song feels like a sequel to “C’est La Vie” lyrically.
Does that have anything to do with the mention of a train
Zach Deleon definitely. Although, that may be completely coincidental. The song is about the Molassacre, apparently. The sound of the molasses flowing through the street was a “long rumble similar to the passing of an elevated train” according to Wikipedia. Rody’s lyrics are truly fascinating on this album.
Brandon Garcia haha, ya its fantastic! Such a great album with great lyrics
Because a train is mentioned.....? Lmfao the subject matter differs entirely
Brendan McDonald considering that C’est La Vie is about the absurdity of life/death and the entire outro is about making a train run late. Then this song is about dying in an absurd way while daydreaming about a life you can’t afford, followed by the line “the train that never did come early anyway, and it never is delayed.” Really not all that different.
Best album since fortress. I can't explain it, but this album just mesmerizes me. Rody writing his own lyrics and vocal melodies is the best thing that's ever happened to this band.
I kinda feel the same. Volition has been in my top-3 favourite albums of all time but everytime I hear a song off of Palimpsest again, I feel like it might get overthrown because this is just art in its finest form
Who used to write them?
My favorite so far. The chorus is so uplifting. (musically, not lyrically)
SMALL HANDS! SMALL HANDS! SMALL HANDS!
the outro on this song reall is something else
I would have been totally fine with no harsh vocals on this album, it's already so good. But I'd be lying to myself if I didn't scream a little when the growls hit at 2:49 after the instrumental breakdown.
Rody channeling his inner Amon Amarth with those growls. I make the stank face every time I hear that bit.
It makes them special in my opinion, almost every harsh singer eventually blew out his vocals. It sucks
Best track off the album I've heard so far, it's a great outro part, as well.
Wow, possibly the best song they’ve ever written?
For me it's Mist, just because it's about my home, I've seen every show they've played here, and I'm in the video lol. Next would be Skies but I really like Little Snakes on this one (scathing song). Every album is different so It's hard to not choose one from each haha.
I'm still a Blindfolds Aside guy. This one does have some tragic beauty to it though.
@Deaddog67 Every album they make is very different than the other. That's why I love them. This one is more melodic in a lot of ways. It always won't be for everyone - depends on how diverse your taste is. The lyrics on this album are great. They've been tremendously better since Rody took over on Scurrilous.
Pth is amazing, i seen them twice. inspired me so much to play guitar that my whole discog of music through highschool was avenged sevenfold and pth. lol
Thanks guys! It is blisteringly beautiful.
I know this song has its own meaning yet I can't help but think about my own mortality every time I play this track. A year ago my father caught stage 4 tongue cancer, knowing that cancer runs in both sides of my family I have always wondered when my train is coming in. That lyric "Sweet taste of death in my mouth brings quite to all my doubt" makes me think about my father and gets me emotional every time. Protest the hero is the greatest band in universe, this ain't up for debate.
great thing about a lot of PTH songs is, they have a certain meaning, but the lyrics allow us as fans to form our own meaning for them. i like to listen, form my feelings for the song, then look up and see what they are REALLY about after a few months. its a cool contrast.
Damn, when I reached that Harborside - All Hands stretch in the album, I couldn't stop screaming "Holy shit, this is the Protest The Hero I fell in love with" in my head. This is really one of the best songs they've ever written, and the album is their most instant since Fortress. What a band. Welcome back!
The riff in the verse and the vocal pattern over it rules.
i hope they do a 5 year anniversay tour of this album, idk if theyll make it to ten years D:
You don't think we can last another 6 years? :)
But I'm holding onto this one relief
When my train comes in and crashes into me
If I've learned anything about Protest the Hero from listening to them for over 12 years...they songs about the ocean.
The section starting @2:25 is one the greatest things I've ever heard.
dance magic dance!
01:42 - 02:00 is pure gold
Seen them in Sacramento just after release of Violation. New bassist and drummer with a lackadaisical crowd, and still fucked shit up. True professionals and one of the more underrated bands in the past decade
Violation? You mean Volition?
@@buckfuttler2877 lol ya must have spelled wrong and it auto correct. My bad...
@@ericscher1983 just breakin balls lol. Figured it was autocorrect! Peace✌
Rody was busting backflips on stage back in the day when they opened for BTF down here in AZ. that show has stuck with me forever. seeing Kezia live was 12/10
Isn't this song about the Boston molasses disaster
Excellent song man
I wouldnt even be mad if they released an acoustic version of this. Its that fucking good.
Best song on the album!!
im about to see if this is true...From the Sky is gonna be HARD to top though....but lets see!....EDIT: GREAT song! buuuut, From the Sky still holding firm lol. im off to check out the rest of the album! haha
Only 4 songs in so far, but so far I gotta agree!!!!
Now for the tabs on sheethappens so I can practice this masterpiece
@@buckfuttler2877 Fair enough lol. All the songs are sounding great, for sure. As with all their albums, can listen front to back without skipping a track! But, man, this one right gives me chills. And Rivet.
I agree that this is the best song on the album. Been on repeat for a while.
My favorite so far. So damn good.
Hell of a tune, lads.
agreed
@2:14-2:49 is just perfection
This if F* brutal, amazing, outstanding! KEEP IT ON!
2:35 sounds like hair trigger.
Majorly!
1919. Never forget the "Dark Wave"
So fucking beautiful!!!!
Dem gutturals! Rody's performance on this album is made even more incredible by the fact that he essentially had to re-learn how to do vocals.
He damaged it his vocal chords??
Absolutely incredible
@@JoseDlucca He had surgery after he blew his voice. I saw them live on their EP tour in 2018 and Rody was definitely struggling live. I bet he will sound better next time I see them (covid though???)
@@alexmurphy5289 got his lows sounding like Matthew Tybor from The Bunny The Bear.
@@CognitiveSlug my first thought on first listen through!
GIVE ME TOUR DATES BOYS I'VE BEEN WAITING TOO LONG TO SEE YOU ALL
TRAIN CAME AND CRASHED UNTO ME
I’m noticing an over arching narrative about technology, migration to the west, manifest destiny and the sort. Only 4 songs in so someone feel free to correct me. Hoping this is another concept album. Such a cool theme of Advancment to not just focus on the phone too. Love it so far. Edit: criticisms of American history. Duh. Love the album.
There's a thread on reddit where each themes of each songs is linked to the wikipedia page regarding the events.
Marc Arcand thanks dude!
Marc Arcand can you send the reddit link?
Maie-Mai-Marc-Arcand Magnotta thanks!
Its very much about the faults of America and how we dont learn from them. It ends with the simple idea that America has never been great but we can be if we acknowledge our mistakes. And obviously from the name of the album we can tell that the whole idea is the way America covers there tracks in history.
There's some hardcore Dream Theater vibes in this and that is very much a good thing.
Who else has read the article from the Boston newspaper article that is the source for the line about being "animal or human under the black mass..."
i put this on and play some mega man x
One of my only criticisms of PTH guitar work is they don't do enough of 3:32. Just sit back on the chords and rock out
It's weird - this album feels like it does that more than any of their previous records, but at the same time, the riffs in most of the verses feel like they're incorporating fewer/less aggressive chords than usual a good deal of the time, which leads to the guitar work on the album as a whole feeling a lot more noodly than you'd expect.
(Not a bad thing, mind, but it dials back the heaviness of the material a little).
less is more? that section is one of my favorites of the album.
strong song
Protest the Hero Cures All
And in the aftermath
I'm just a struggling mass painted black
Just as everything that was stuck out on the tracks
And those who pass me by cannot decide
Whether I'm animal or human
Animal or human under the black mass...
after an interludio u know an amazing shit is coming.... D:
Sounds like this could be a Propagandhi song. That is a very good thing. This rules.
Not the biggest Propagandhi fan (as I don't know every songs of every albums) but I felt this whole album to be very Propagandhi-esque.
I'd wager that's no coincidence, either, given that the band's on-record as being huge fans of Propagandhi.
@@carlitotiburon9680 Agreed. The opener especially, it felt like their most Propagandhi-esque song since... their pre-Kezia EPs?
@@carlitotiburon9680 Check out their 3 most recent albums (Supporting Caste, Failed States & Victory Lap). You'll find some stuff to love for sure.
I'm listening to this because of a Propagandhi Instagram post about Todd playing on The Canary, and quite frankly, I'm enjoying it very much. Very much indeed.
the lyrics in the outro are actually really depressing and dark
well being buried alive in a sludgy tsunami of molasses is pretty depressing and dark lol
@@jck1794 :D
damn these lyrics are kinda dark
At 0.5 speed it sounds kind of like Ripper Owens fronting a Gothen-doom band
Oi, Lothus 😁
I want the guy from Sabaton History to go over this album track by track
Don't get it, did the person I the song get stuck and then hit by the train?
The audacity of Melon putting this song on the Worst Tracks section for this week
Just came from there, genuinely in disbelief. The album is fucking mind boggling.
did he really???? what a melon.
i have no clue who melon is but whoever it is sounds like they have no idea what they're talking about. This track is a masterpiece that just gets better and better with each listen.
@@jck1794 it's Anthony fantano of the needle drop.
@@EskimoCreamKing that guy's taste is mostly terrible except for his love of Jeff Rosenstock. Jeff rules.
I'm not digging this nearly as much as Volition, but this album is still incredibly gorgeous.
It's damn hard to top Volition
I like this one better honestly
Deaddog67 Fortress is top
@Deaddog67 Fortress is great, but Volition just offers more, imo. Fortress is a set of songs in the same style, which contains a fair share of bangers. But Volition has more variety in the song style, while still feeling like a cohesive whole (Clarity being an incredible start to the album and Skies being the best album ending in existence does a lot to help this.)
Mist feels nostalgic and elicits a strong sense of belonging and camaraderie.
Underbite feels like a real meta confrontation about the band becoming what they hated. It's aggressive and climactic.
I could go on. Fucking love that album.
Should we be concerned about Rody? Because the lyrics here imply there's some ideation about suicide by train... Add that to C'est la Vie's lyrics and...
Rody you okay?
Edit NVM apparently this is about a historical event. Phew.
My first few listens I had a similar interpretation. I thought it might have been about getting stuck on the tracks instead of suicide though. Didn't catch the actually Molassacre interpretation until I read it in a comment here.
Why is it an American ?
The picture? Maybe because the whole album is about events in American history?
@@blahthebiste7924 thanks for answering my question about the american FLAG***
next time dont sound so pretentious
@@nachobed Sorry if I was mean, the question just seemed very obvious to me.
I'm Expecting for some "The Fortress" Vibes :C
Dream Theater vibes
yawn
Why is that
If I hadn’t looked this up, I would’ve thought this was the Mars Volta...