The Dear Hunter "Vital Vessle Vindicates"

[@sleepyghostgirl]

Salt in the sky in the sweet summer air while mammoths depart Abandon dispair with thirsty affairs of the heart But the chances of escaping my heart are inadaquate And when all is said and done, I'm left with my history Goodbye, my eyes shed heavy tears One for every soul still sitting on the fence between pain and arrogance Ebb to the left flow to the right the exit's unflawed The boys on the train, the almighty tongue with prose spilled in vain Goodbye, my eyes shed heavy tears One for every soul still sitting on the fence between pain and arrogance We fall beneath the sea of dreams And fail to breathe, until we resurface We fall beneath the sea of dreams And fail to breathe, until we awaken again Sing softly, sing me to the lake, sing softly, bring me to the lake (The flame is gone, the fire remains) Sing softly, sing me to the lake, sing softly, bring me to the lake (The flame is gone, the fire remains) Sing softly, sing me to the lake, sing softly, bring me to the lake, sing (The flame is gone, the fire remains) Through all of this I've felt just the same The flame is gone, the fire remains

[@MolokoMinus]

Ive always felt that the difference between a terrible to average lyric writer and a great lyric writer is whether they write their lyrics around a melody, or write the melody around the lyrics. I may be off base or come off ignorant here, but I feel Casey writes the lyrics first and then works the melody in after. With his lyrics, the story always come first and they never sound forced so as to match what’s going on musically. Perfect example, he breaks up the phrase “Goodbye, my Eyes Shed heavy tears One for every Soul still Sitting on the fence Between Pain and arrogance” I can’t quite articulate what makes those lyrics so amazing coupled with the way he sings them, along with the melody. Maybe someone here understands what I’m trying to say and can explain it much better than I can

[@LordAJ12345]

I think you're onto something. Sometimes lyrics feel forced into the structure of the music and whatever his creation process this doesn't happen with Casey. He clearly values lyrics higher than most songwriters. I'd say however that lyrics that feel forced to the structure of the song is what average writers achieve (instead of terrible to average writers as you said). Bending the lyrics to the song is not great but at least they somewhat fit in the end. With terrible writers the lyrics don't seem to match the song at all. Sometimes I read the lyrics to a song and question whether I'm even thinking of the correct song. In those cases the musical structure separates lyrics that belong to the same verse and entire new sentences are started without any pause.

[@JohnDoe-wg5pe]

I feel the sam way with this pair of songs called Hansel and Gretel by Soddikken, they're... unusual to say the least

[@nikovandh]

Ohhh.. the end.. that's the melody "A Beginning" got it's ending from.. very cool!

[@rorygiambalvo2955]

Nicolaas Van de Houten that's actually a much older motif, it was originally in The Lake South from Act I. It''s use in the end of A Beginning I think signals his "going home".

[@ezanangwe9752]

@@rorygiambalvo2955 Exactly. We can also hear it in City Escape

[@percyjacksonrocks101]

This song definitely puts me in a wonderful mood

[@Tim_Kepple]

i'm not gonna say that's kinda weird since it's about someone going off to war where he's almost certainly going to die, but that's kinda weird, since it's about someone going off to war where he's almost certainly going to die

[@casuallectures2655]

An Actual Barrel of Monkeys I'm more concerned on the fact that the guy drafted himself just to run from his problems like a coward

[@demonicbicycle666]

man I love casey's vocals in this song so much

[@TaylordJ8]

Interesting that even though this song is not part of The Bitter Suite it repeats similar lyrics to The Bitter Suite III "We fall beneath the sea in the back of our hearts And fail to breathe until we resurface again" "We fall beneath the sea of dreams And fail to breathe, until we resurface"

[@sulferzero]

my friend star showed me this song thank you starlight

[@shortbus6560]

5000 of these views are mine

[@rg2027x]

: )

[@DenjiHayakawa]

is it "vital vessle vindicates", "vital vessels vindicate", "vital vessel vindicates", or "vital vessles vindicate"? the world may never know.

[@oragamimadness]

This song is very good!

[@envycentral7281]

‚Exits illustrate the flaw‘ - The oracles on the Delphi express ‚The exit‘s unflawed‘ - Vital Vessels Vindicate

[@gatufelpudu5767]

this sounds a lot like mr redundant from rks

[@zacharywho5442]

You've shown me something good. Thank you

[@needlesstng5190]

UUUUGH they messed up the name. It's still an amazing song though

[@beto1580]

The Needless Gamer What's wrong with?

[@rorygiambalvo2955]

Beto U.U They misspelled "vessels"

[@a.b.4929]

@@rorygiambalvo2955 and its vindicate not vindicates

[@rorygiambalvo2955]

@@a.b.4929 Ah that's true, my correction would leave an improper plural verb.