The magic of finding a perfect song... Will Jacobs and I closely paid attention to the lyrics and we believe that the first section with Mikael Akerfeldt on vocals is about a person who recently passed away watching over his friend spiritually and empathizing with his grief, and the contrasting second section that Steven Wilson sings is that friend/lover longing for their presence. Ljudet Innan translated from Swedish means the sound before. This song is 10 minutes of transient ethereal sounds and music, truly incredible. The highlight of mine is Mikael Akerfeldts guitar playing starting at 5:30. Its rare in a guitar solo where each note is perfectly placed and of equal importance. Here are the lyrics: See you were crying See you were crying Mine is what you are Mine is what you are Mine, you are mine And I see you wait, see you wait In the sky I purge you now Cos I got hope inside me Come back to me now Its after hours Cos Im nowhere now Without you here Cold wind will come I purge you
Posted on: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 07:30:43 +0000