This one is SNEAKY good!

[@notahoagie8470]

This song is such a sleeper track on this record. The vocal melody during the chorus is unbelievably mesmerizing , and the haunting outro just shivers me, its so good. Also according to Matt, Lionel Richie was supposed to sing the bridge part, but he was too busy.

[@philcook6757]

Good catch on the Pinkly Smooth reference.

[@marcafterlife]

I agree with your "this song is overlooked" argument. I loved the song instantly after first listen. I do hope it has its own rise to fame one day

[@iamdondawson]

Its problem is it’s on an album with SUCH good songs!

[@happygilmore511]

I read this song as the journey of enlightenment via psychedelics. The first verse is Protag being guided through an Ayahuasca Ceremony, being gently laid down, adorned with the Mark of the divine, exhaling his trauma and ego, inhaling his journey to "hell" ie the beyond. The chorus is his realization that he spent his entire life on the surface level, never understanding how deep the universe is, until he was suddenly plunged into awareness. In the second verse, he internalizes how empty his life had been and comes to understand how different things could be if he could stay how he is right now. But in the third verse, the trip ends, and he's brought back. His "armor" returns and he loses sight of his true self in the shade of his ego. He begs for help to shift his perspective back, while being forced to embrace his "scar" ie his trauma and old ways. The syn section between 2 and 3 is the peak of the trip, when he's past the ragged entrance and feels at one with everything. The "two" mentioned are referenced throughout in the chorus, it's him and "the other one". In meditation, they believe that there is the You who acts, and the other You who observes the acts. It's the part of you that judges everything you do. There's no one but you(peace, acceptance, no judgment)...two(the return of the Judge, the other one in view). When the Judge returns, bc the drug is wearing off, the soundscape shifts into a descent from the high as Protag falls back down into the real world hell of insecurity and anxiety.

[@terrymartin5839]

That's an interesting take on it, and it eerily makes perfect sense.

[@jessedoesgaming2255]

I think I reference to "you two" I assume he means Body and Soul being trapped together. We as humans are two beings in one. Our mortal bodies and our immortal souls. We're meat mechs walking around being controlled by an entire nervous system that has a one in a billion chance of existing in the first place.

[@courtneymoore3177]

Beautiful morning actually started out as my favorite.

[@FMDere]

The quality of your reactions and breakdowns are elite. You’re better than people with 10x your following. Keep it up bro :)

[@iamdondawson]

I appreciate that so much man! Thanks for being here!

[@Bubbles_the_Siren]

Personal current interpretation of the “too”: When he sings there’s no one but you.. too” (Syn’s voice can be perceived as another part of our main character’s consciousness or a deity- real or imagined) the main character (M Shadows) is realizing/acknowledging that he himself is an entity within a world. He’s come to realize that he is not “nobody”. Just as Descartes says “cognito ergo sum” (I think therefore I am), he realizes that he must be. Especially after the journey seen in cosmic, there is the realization that he not only exists, but will continue to do so in some capacity along with the other soul referenced in Cosmic across space and time for all eternity. But this is my current interpretation which as I think about is already morphing. I may think about it differently tomorrow. Thanks for your videos! I hope you dive more into this incredible album and its infinite layers!

[@iamdondawson]

Thanks so much for sharing in such detail! I love how song meanings can change and evolve over time. That’s one of the best things about music!

[@OfficialMarkJBS]

Great video!! I love your analysis, and you give off genuine good dude vibes. Cheers from Toronto!

[@iamdondawson]

Hey, thanks man! Hope to see you back in the comments sometime soon 🤘🏼

[@dmxfactor]

Love your reactions to the songs on LIBAD! As you referenced, I felt this track was heavily connected to Nobody in the sense that the protagonist is having an out of body experience, not dead but in a sense watching his lifeless body, which may be the meaning of "two" in the bridge. The chorus seems to coincide with the theme of ego death throughout the album. "But the water swallows you" isn't surprising, happens to everyone. But it's shocking for the man who thinks he's Almighty enough to walk on it. We are all the same in the grand scheme of things with one body and one life to live, and the protagonist has been humbled enough to finally understand and embrace his. At least that's how I interpret it lol

[@iamdondawson]

You said what I was trying to say, except you said it a million times more succinctly 😂

[@kaleajadesilver8918]

Neat! I still have to watch the other ones (although the bigger album review one seems to be hidden for now) but awesome. And cools on the new office space. And I actually love this song! In fact the only two songs on the album I don't like from it are We Love You and G. The rest I love, Cosmic being my most favorite of them. XD {I still call it Twitter out of habit.}

[@iamdondawson]

Thank you for watching! I still have to finish the analyses I haven’t done for a few songs on LIBAD. Now that it’s been a few months I have so much more to say haha.

[@kaleajadesilver8918]

@@iamdondawson You're welcome. And hopefully that it all goes well. ✨

[@timh1187]

I seen them last night. Crowd was going crazy when playing popular songs off the old albums. Place was dead when they were playing new ones. In the beginning people were yelling trying to keep the show alive while we all sat and tried to wait out whatever this crap is.

[@iamdondawson]

Sorry to hear you haven’t had the chance to appreciate the incredible art that this album is packed with! Sounds like a bad crowd.

[@timh1187]

@@iamdondawson what is it with people blaming the fans Lately. Bad crowd or you know singing through a toy microphone with a spring in it is for crappy rappers who can’t sing. Personally I’m not a fan of this album in particular and I really think this album was half assed. They are too talented for this type of thing. This is just my opinion and my take on what I witnessed last night.

[@iamdondawson]

@@timh1187 I saw them on this tour, too. The fans there seemed like they had a blast, I know I did! I came for the art and I got art. Great show.

[@GJBedrin]

Everyone at the NYC show loved it, old song and new

[@bradlunsford5602]

Beautiful Morning to me instantly became my fav song just because i love the Beach Boys as well.

[@anthonymakriniotis4803]

Awesome view in this man! Great videos!!

[@iamdondawson]

Thanks dude! Got any more shows coming up soon?

[@anthonymakriniotis4803]

@@iamdondawson nothing on the horizon now. I’m in Greece now with my family and I want to dive into beautiful morning now based off of your review. Need to read the lyrics a bit closer. Love this band man!!!

[@anthonymakriniotis4803]

@@iamdondawson oh and your music is amazing man!! I’m going to listen to all of it on Spotify!!

[@iamdondawson]

@@anthonymakriniotis4803 enjoy the western hemisphere!

[@iamdondawson]

@@anthonymakriniotis4803 thank you so much my friend! I appreciate you taking the time to check it out!

[@loicduchesne6891]

Can you do one on Game Over? The singing styles, specially the crooning found later in (D)eath makes me think it's the whole album summed up in the first song. Oh yeah, can you find an explaination for the crescendo sound heard at the end of (O)rdinary, but also in We love You and for no apparent reason in Cosmic?

[@iamdondawson]

Game Over will likely be the next A7X video I do!

[@iamdondawson]

Also that crescendo sound you’re referring to is called a shepherd’s tone. Someone in the comments of another one of my videos informed me about that! I feel like it’s an added layer to emphasize the ramping intensity of whatever the song in question is about. In We Love You and (O)rdinary, it resembles the madness and sameness of existence, but in Cosmic it’s more of a longing feeling. That’s how I see it!

[@Bubbles_the_Siren]

Just a thought on the Shepards tone- perhaps it’s indicating that we always feel like life is leading up to something and building to some great epiphany, achievement, or even enlightenment only to discover that it’s gone nowhere and has been essentially meaningless. At least that is a brief summarized version of my current thoughts. I don’t have the time to write the many pages I could write on it, but more importantly, nobody has time or desire to read all of that lol.

[@iamdondawson]

@@Bubbles_the_Siren I have the desire to read it! But I won’t make you type that all out haha. Love your take on it though!

[@laraocasio4935]

i guess i’m in the minority but this song became my instant favorite off the album, the chorus made me cry first listen. i think it had a lot to do with the alice in chains-esque grunge like tone to it as well.

[@courtneymoore3177]

The very end reminds me of sleep by my chemical romance

[@iamdondawson]

Legendary ending!! WAAAAKE UPPPPPP

[@bradlunsford5602]

Two on this song in my opinion is you and every one else because we all share life the same until death this is just an opinion.

[@iamdondawson]

Very well may be what he meant! Thanks for sharing 👍🏼

[@zslabiak4046]

Reminds me of an Alice In Chains song.

[@exspy123]

Was that actually syn singing? I never noticed that before!

[@iamdondawson]

Yes it is!

[@andrehermawan6872]

I think the guy sing in the middle is zacky

[@iamdondawson]

Nah, it’s been confirmed at Syn :)

[@boasdaniel1958]

U need to listening G Ordinary and Death Ofcourse

[@iamdondawson]

You know it! I’ll be doing those three in one video 🤘🏼

[@bradlunsford5602]

i can have a better feedback the more i think on it.

[@iamdondawson]

That’s what good music does :)

[@loicduchesne6891]

Man, you have quality vids , go BUILD MORE content!

[@iamdondawson]

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[@mannyordunez3949]

Elon’s a dummy 😂 Great interpretation though!