Comes Then Goes

Post by **evenslow** » Sat March 21, 2020 11:49 pm

EJ wrote:Just bumped this up to 5 stars. This is so good. Probably the best lyrics on this album.

yep yep

Post by **evenslow** » Sat March 21, 2020 11:50 pm

reminds me of a dylan song where it needs all 6 minutes to tell the story, even though it's just a man and his guitar.

scrub12 · Post by **scrub12** » Sun March 22, 2020 12:19 am

McParadigm wrote:Really can’t believe he pulled a song like this off and it wasn’t boring as shit

This song is the upset of the album.

digster · Post by **digster** » Sun March 22, 2020 1:14 am

scrub12 wrote:
McParadigm wrote:Really can’t believe he pulled a song like this off and it wasn’t boring as shit
This song is the upset of the album.

I'm with McParadigm; on paper, a six minute Ed solo song sounded like it could be a car wreck. But this is a great song.

scrub12 · Post by **scrub12** » Sun March 22, 2020 1:17 am

digster wrote:
scrub12 wrote:
McParadigm wrote:Really can’t believe he pulled a song like this off and it wasn’t boring as shit
This song is the upset of the album.
I'm with McParadigm; on paper, a six minute Ed solo song sounded like it could be a car wreck. But this is a great song.

That’s what I meant though. A six minute Ed solo song being this good is a major upset.

digster · Post by **digster** » Sun March 22, 2020 1:44 am

Yeah, I should've said I agreed with both of you. It's a very pleasant surprise. I think, even though I may have a few lyrical quibbles, I like how Ed is going for it. He's never been a particularly expansive lyrical songwriter in the way he goes for in this song.

WaitingForBluey · Post by **WaitingForBluey** » Sun March 22, 2020 2:39 am

For some reason this song reminds me of Jets to Brazil every time, it may be the chord progression

Johnny Turner · Post by **Johnny Turner** » Sun March 22, 2020 3:53 am

This is the only track I find myself skipping now and many of you guys loved it. Probably because I'm not fluent in english (only understood "Comes and Goes" and "and The Kids Are Alright" there) and the music progression is not enough to keep my focus on this focusness. So thanks for the lyrics, it should make me appreciate it more.

Post by **stip** » Sun March 22, 2020 3:57 am

The lyrics are excellent. I can totally understand how not fully following them might diminish the power of the song

Freewheelin · Post by **Freewheelin** » Sun March 22, 2020 4:02 am

These might be the best lyrics as a whole Ed has ever written. Perfectly captures the confusion, regret, longing, bitterness, blame and resignation of losing someone

These lyrics are so poignant and vivid, I feel I could physically lift them from the lyric book and file them in the cabinet in my mind

Wow

vedder316 · Post by **vedder316** » Sun March 22, 2020 3:04 pm

Freewheelin wrote:These might be the best lyrics as a whole Ed has ever written. Perfectly captures the confusion, regret, longing, bitterness, blame and resignation of losing someone

These lyrics are so poignant and vivid, I feel I could physically lift them from the lyric book and file them in the cabinet in my mind

Wow

Yeah, this is pretty powerful. Surely he wrote this about Cornell, and even if he didn’t, it’s pretty much all I think about for 6:02

Lostdog · Post by **Lostdog** » Mon March 23, 2020 12:29 am

evenslow wrote:LOVE how his guitar is recorded/mic'd.

wish rest of band contributed more?

these are the songs that Brendan destroyed trying to make them more instrumental

Parrhesia · Post by **Parrhesia** » Mon March 23, 2020 1:02 am

Woke up the to the lyrics of this one in my head. This is the best acoustic song Ed has written in forever.

Post by **evenslow** » Mon March 23, 2020 1:23 am

Parrhesia wrote:Woke up the to the lyrics of this one in my head. This is the best acoustic song Ed has written in forever.

it's the first time he hasn't done a rehash of ITW (which i adore) since 2007.

guitar_davey · Post by **guitar_davey** » Mon March 23, 2020 1:32 am

This one is heartbreakingly vulnerable.

If it's truly about Chris Cornell (how could it not be?), then its lyrics are among Eddie's most personal ever.

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Mon March 23, 2020 1:41 am

Incredible song. 5 Stars. Best song in this vein since Small Town.

Leatherhead · Post by **Leatherhead** » Mon March 23, 2020 1:43 am

Just read the lyrics for the first time while listening.

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Mon March 23, 2020 2:40 am

Leatherhead wrote:Just read the lyrics for the first time while listening.

Me too! I’m doing this with each song for the first time tonight. I already really liked the album knowing half the lyrics. I absolutely love it now. Gigaton is incredible. Holy hell.

Pearlhawk · Post by **Pearlhawk** » Mon March 23, 2020 3:23 am

This is fucking magnificent.

Ms Harmless · Post by **Ms Harmless** » Mon March 23, 2020 11:53 am

"don't know where or when one of us left / the other behind"

that's a good linebreak, from a writer with plenty of bad linebreaks

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