aquadonia: 06: Album & Song of the Week

And the Album and Song of the Week honors go to...

GHOST!

Album Of The Week: Ghost - IMPERA (2022)

Although it may seem terribly unfair since I was well acquainted with the album

prior to this turn of Album Month, but, as may be expected by those who

read my blog this week, Ghost's IMPERA is my favorite of the week. Tears For

Fears' The Tipping Point is a close second, though! If I had to rank them,

U2 would, sadly, be last (maybe one day it will grab me as a whole),

with NIN and Radiohead at a tie for 3rd. It may change, it may not.

I guess only time will tell.

Read my thoughts on IMPERA here.

Song of the Week: Ghost - "Spillways" (from IMPERA)

So, for this spiffy occasion, I am posting the newly minted video

for my current favorite track on IMPERA: the fantastic "Spillways".

(In case you don't dig dark imagery, here's the Official Audio video.)

The way I described my feels about this song in the Day 01

posting is a good sum up (link in the last sentence above the video).

I suppose there is a deeper meaning for me somewhere.

In contemplation, given the apparent vibe and meaning in the lyrics,

it does seem to, in its way, fit where I am at with my own personal progression

journey (which is finally picking up steam again). All of the pain inside me,

all of the frustrations and anger about my life and things I've lived and

experienced (and am experiencing), they are all still very real although I am

working through them. And… Wow… I am realizing as I write this that there is

so much more I can glean from this song that relates to my life right now

that perhaps I will create a second, more introspective post about it

before the end of the year.

I can see that there definitely is a deeper reason why this song has felt so

close with each listen, thus it is the song of the week along with it's album

of the week. Take a gander at the lyrics (thanks to Dark Lyrics, where you can

find the lyrics to the full album).

Spillways

Through benediction

You tried to rid your mind

Of malediction

But through all this time

You tried to peel it off

And it's such a ride

Your desolation

Led you into this

Vile incarnation

Of consummated bliss

I know you need it now

To make you feel alive

All your faith

All your rage

All your pain

It ain't over now

And I ain't talking about forgiveness

All your faith

All your rage

All your pain

It ain't over now

It's the cruel beast that you feed

It's your burning yearning need to bleed

Through your spillways

You keep a casket

Buried deep within

You try to mask it

But fall back in sin

You wanna shake it off

But you're stuck inside

When stripped of rags

Of skin and spine

Human decay

Corpus dei

Terminally dispelled

And it's such a ride

All your faith

All your rage

All your pain

It ain't over now

And I ain't talking about forgiveness

All your faith

All your rage

All your pain

It ain't over now

It's the cruel beast that you feed

It's your burning yearning need to bleed

Through the spillways