I first found this song right at the beginning of 2024. My first reaction was “Damn! That’s a perfect song.” My reaction now is… the same thing.
The lyrics are a little bit cryptic and nonsensical and that’s quite alright.
This is one of those songs that is what you make it. The tone is upbeat and bittersweet wrapped together, making it a perfect song to associate with specific memories, like I know I have.
Jan 24, 2025
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From: Cardiff, Wales
Genre: Post-hardcore
LP: The Difference Between Me and You Is That I’m Not On Fire (2004)
Easily among my top 10 favorite songs of all time, if not top five. Perfect riffs, lyrics with obscured meaning that nonetheless evoke some intense feelings, and a subtly intricate composition/song structure. Pump your little fists in the ‘Our old singer is…’ part.
Jul 21, 2024
Ok I know I’m hella late to this because I feel like everyone already knows this song but I discovered it from a tumblr post of the lyrics and I was so moved by them that I had to listen to it. I’d always been kinda anti-The Zombies because annoying people I went to high school with really like them and after listening to the rest of this album I do feel kinda vindicated in that (soz). BUT this song is so good and I can already tell it will become an all-timer for me. I love it because it’s a love song that also can read as being about other things and it’s so hopeful and full of yearning and uncertainty. Also the piano part at the beginning reminds me a lot of “Praise You” by Fatboy Slim. It’s the perfect mix of great lyricism and just enough 60s psychedelic pop.
Jan 14, 2025
For some reason I thought of this one although I haven’t listened to it for years.
It just has this nostalgic feeling you got even after the release back in 00’s. It both has very simple lyrics and complex guitar melody. It’s so Bob Dylan coded but almost just a product of its time. It pats you on the back but you don’t know when you became a friend.
It makes you listen to it quite a few times to decipher it (but luckily unsuccessfully).
Sep 7, 2024
