Si le premier extrait ("How To Survive") avait brouillé les pistes quant au thème principal de l'album Hearthandsky, il n'y a désormais plus aucun doute possible depuis la sortie des titres qui ont suivi et les commentaires du groupe à propos de ce disque. Il y est bien question de troubles psychologiques, de difficultés avec la vie et avec certaines pensées. Si "How To Survive", "Mushroom Cloud" et "Taste Of Regret" présentaient le chaos et ces fameuses difficultés, notamment dans des clips à la portée allégorique, "Earth & Sky" se veut plutôt positif et symboliserait davantage la reconstruction. Toutes les infos dans la déclaration d'Aaron Pauley : "This is definitely the most experimental song on the record in terms of musicality - it takes you through a trip of different time signatures and tempos. The song felt like musical growth for us - we don’t usually experiment with those things, we like to think of ourselves as just a straight-up head-banging band. But even though the sound is a little different, it’s just a new expression of the same language. I don’t think the musical language we’re speaking in or our sentiments will ever change, but it’s exciting to experiment with a new syntax in our phrasing. I think our fans can relate to that growth. A lot of this record has to do with ideas of perception, and I wanted to explore the concept of two things that are completely different, but you can’t think of one without the other. The earth and the sky are so vastly antithetical, but you can’t have one without the other. You wouldn’t have a sky without the earth being there, it would just be called space. I’m so interested in this idea of having opposites that can also define one another and also how to live with that. As a 31 year old now, having made music since I was in my late teens, I’m thinking more about my place on this earth. When people talk about their existential crisis, I think for aging musicians our existential crisis is figuring out both where we still fit in with this changing world and working out how we measure our personal growth when we live a lifestyle that’s so different than most people. So, this song is about me talking to myself and my self-doubts as much as it is something other people can relate to"
On soulignera les différentes signatures de tempo dans ce morceau entre l'intro, les couplets et le refrain, ce qui en fait l'un des plus... "expérimentaux" de l'album, mais aussi de la discographie du groupe. Un peu de prise de risque à la composition, ça ne fait jamais de mal. L'album Earthandsky est (toujours) en écoute intégrale sur Youtube.
I felt you dragging me into a shallow grave / The dirt became a place to rest, but it betrays
You'll never stop me, your reign has ended / You'll never hold down that which has ascended.
I won't run, I won't turn away, I won't let you get the best of me.
I won't fall in your gravity, open your eyes.
You're the earth and I'm the sky.
You are single stone amongst infinity
I am the wind that blows, I am the voice inside the rain.
Can you feel the cold wind blowing, unrelenting, everlasting ?
Do you feel it in your bones ? Do you feel it in your soul ?
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