Sleep Token - Take Me Back To Eden - Therapist's Reaction
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- Опубликовано: 17 июл 2023
- In this video our licensed on staff therapist Taylor is reacting to the song Take Me Back to Eden by Sleep Token
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This album dropped exactly 2 months after my wife left. This song in particular resonates personally, and comes across to me as a journey from sorrow and desperation to growing anger, then a step back in retrospection before a full blown rage attack. Take Me Back To Eden goes from a cry of longing and mourning, wishing to recapture the halcyon days, to a bloody and violent desperation, wishing for vengeance. "Take Me Back To Eden" [... so that I may see it burn.]
The journey isn't complete, obviously, but that visceral anger is very much part of the grieving process.
That's my take on this track. Overall, the album definitely helped me process my divorce and helped me to express and verbalize my grief. I wanted to go back to eden, but now I'm in my Rain phase, months later and in a much better space.
I'm sorry for your loss fiend. I offer my condolences to you
If that's how you felt about this track, Ascensionism should resonate as well. I wish you healing and a healthy soul.
Mate, you're free now. Go and enjoy your freedom 👍
I'm so glad this song has helped you in your healing process. It sounds like it's really offered you space to process and grieve which is so important. So happy to hear that you're in a much better place!
Ascensionism is dark. It feels to me like a realisation that leaving this world is the only way out. I know, we know, it’s not. EUCLID is the closure. The true realisation and an end to what was and ready for the new beginning. Ascensionism is for the most beautiful and heartfelt song on the album.
I think the therapist needs therapy after that one
😂😂😂😂
Facts
@@johnnypanic3423 what
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 that’s what sleep token does to people. Even professionals
I think the therapist GOT therapy from that one, more like
"No amount of love will keep it around if we don't choose it" is one of the most painful, yet relieving things I've ever heard
For me the song is Vessel asking nicely to return to Eden, as the song builds you can tell he grows tired of asking nicely and the end is him letting his rage out, not asking anymore. To me it's the realization that no matter how much we love people, sometimes it's best to let them go, that returning to "Eden" is impossible.
Wow dude …..
Great hypothesis !
I Never thought about it like that, but it makes a lot of sense …..
Tysm for posting this!
🙏🏻🔥🔥🔥🙏🏻
And Euclid is expressing the realization and moving on
Never thought of it that way. The lyrics “And I don’t know what’s got it’s teeth in me, but I’m about to bite back in anger” fits so well for the upcoming breakdown. The third chorus is like his last peaceful plea before he breaks down in that fit of rage.
Or maybe it's not impossible, it's that the true "Eden" can't be found with the person you assume has already taken you there.
Or maybe it's not impossible, it's that the true "Eden" can't be found with the person you assume has already taken you there. And you, or he, is raging against himself, knowing the truth but refusing to move on. You can only rescue yourself. You can help others only if THEY allow it.
1. "I dream in phosphorescence...":
The speaker dreams vividly and elusively about their love, which used to be radiant and beautiful. "See you drifting past the fog" could symbolize the lover becoming distant and less tangible, obscured by challenges or emotional barriers.
2. "My, my, those eyes like fire...":
This repeated chorus might symbolize the intense passion they once shared. The imagery of a "winged insect" and "funeral pyre" could indicate how one of them is getting consumed by the fire of the other's intensity or how they are both self-destructive in the relationship.
3. "Well yeah, I spit blood when I wake up...":
The visceral awakening could represent the painful reality of their drifting relationship. The emotional turmoil is evident in their daily life, reflected in the tumultuous state described in this section.
4. "I need you to see me for what I have become...":
This is a plea for acknowledgment. As they drift apart, the speaker feels unrecognizable or misunderstood by their lover.
5. "I guess it goes to show, does it not?...":
This part emphasizes the inevitable nature of change and how love can be taken for granted. The biting and anger indicate the friction and conflict between them, and the loss of innocence speaks to the evolution and possible corruption of their love.
6. "I have traveled far beyond the path of reason, Take me back to Eden":
Eden, representing a paradise or an initial state of pure love, captures the essence of their earlier relationship. The speaker wishes to return to that untouched, innocent state of love before everything became complicated.
Viewed through the lens of two lovers drifting apart, the song could be about the tumultuous journey of their relationship, from its initial passionate stage to its present state of conflict and yearning. The intense emotions, vivid imagery, and deep introspection provide ample scope for such an interpretation.
This is BEAUTIFUL.
For me the most hard hitting lyric is “I have traveled far beyond the path of reason.” You only hear it twice in the song: once in the beginning and once at the end. The beginning one shows how he realizes that he’s been lying to himself that he still wants to be in his relationship. The second one is him angry at how he’s allowed himself to get this far, wanting to go “back to Eden.”
even better if you think of winged insect and funeral pyre as a moth drawn to a flame (which is what it means) song makes me so emotional 🤣
I also think that "Eden" could represent the person you were before you met the person that hurt you. The sad part is that either way, you can never go back...
I love watching people react to this song for the first time. Makes me a little envious because I wish I could listen to it for the first time again.
Yes this! Anytime I get the chance I tell my friends they need to experience this album!
This is the top comment
Exactly. Vessel is saying you can't go back to the way you were. The bygone days are bygones. There's no returning to the person you used to be, only accepting who you've become, and the people around you won't always accept or acknowledge that. And, as he says, no amount of love can keep things the same way they've always been if you don't put in the effort to stay that person you want to be, stay in those relationships. You have to want to be better, or you'll never be. Ignorance is bliss, and you can't unlearn something. You can't go back to Eden. You have to move forward. Even if the people around you are full of themselves, or offer empty words, you need to do what you have to to keep yourself moving. Even if you have to go beyond what is "reasonable," even if you want nothing more than to go back to how things were, you can't. But you can do something about where you are NOW.
Got emotional reading this. Thank you for putting into plain english exactly how this song makes me feel.
Sleep Token - Blood Sport (from the room below verison) is a must, very powerful
Here, Here
Seconded, thirded, infinitied? It's beautiful.
Also Take Aim, Missing Limbs, but most importantly Are You Really Okay. She would have a field day with those songs, especially the last one.
It seems like the takeaway most people have about the lyrics of this band is “damn… this guy’s going THROUGH IT.”
Sleep Token summed up: “oh god he’s *really* going through it”
@@sand_eater101 The first time I finished listening to this album, my first thought was "Dude, who hurt you so bad?"
@mrkrunch4340 this album is a ending of a trilogy of a story
“Im a therapist that loves metal…”
Front-runner for sexiest sentence in the English language.
I too am a therapist who loves metal and concur, I’d love to hear this sentence more often 😅
I kept reading sexiest as sexist atleast 3 times for some reason and i was trying to figure out a reason that might be lmao
It's up there but the sexiest sentence in the English language is "I understand you."
@@dannyg.4421lol
@@pedrorodrigueziii4859 Really just shows how messed up modern dating is, that should be the norm.
“I guess it goes to show does it not, we have no idea what we’ve got until we lose it”…the way Vessel sang that hits the soul every time … and then that break down at the end!!! Unbelievable track from start to finish 🔥🔥🔥
Sleep Token always finds you when life is hard, worship
Some of the lyrics in this song really hit home for me.
The one that is highlighted is "we dont know what we have got until we lose it." Was definitely one. I grew up the only child of a happy and stable family with parents that loved me and each other. And i look back and realise just how selfish i was back then. When i was 9, my mother was diagnosed with cancer.
For 4 years, i became a young carer helping my dad, who was in the process of leaving the army as he had done his 22 years and couldn't get an extension.
In those 4 years, i saw things i still have nightmares about.
My mother died when i was 13, and i took a long time for me to properly process that.
Later in the song, he states, "I dont know what has me, but im about to bite back, with anger.But no amount of fury will bring back the glory of innocence."
This reminded me of how i acted and sometimes still do.
I would get these moods, and they would just make me angry and want to snap at people.
And i spent a lot of time coming to the conclusion that anger doesn't fix the problem and it can't fix that loss. i didn't realise i was still feeling.
From Swimcoach: You were asked to be a caretaker when you still need to taken care of.
You lost your grounding heart when your mother passed at such a young age. The whole left both in you and the universe felt like a bottomless chasm.
It is okay to feel loss, grief anger at the world for robbing you of your heart center. It is normal.
Also, hold on to the fact that your mother may not be physically here with you, she is in your heart, your words, your actions and all that you are and do.
She sees you. She is with you in the butterfly that passes you on your walk. She is in the clouds overhead. She is with you as you lay awake at night missing her.
Hold onto that and know you are not alone.
You were brave to share your feelings.
Thank you.
@HeartSupport Thank you for taking the time to reply to my comment. It means a lot that you did.
I honestly didn't expect to vent as much as I did. But I felt better for doing so.
Sometimes, it's easier to get emotional around strangers than family or friends.
Thank you for the kind words.
From Micro: Oh friend, you have lost your mom at such a young age. It makes sense that, at the time, you did not process that fully or took the complete measure of what happened. On top of it, you have been a carer for 4 years while being very little. You have been handling a role full of heavy responsibilities, and that is a lot to carry as well as to process when we are young. At this age, instinctively we *know* something bad is happening, but it may hit us much later. When I was 13, my mom attempted suicide. I understood what happened and was scared/shocked, but my brain also turned into some kind of survival mode that made me dismiss the gravity of this event. It’s only years and years later that I realized: gosh, it happened. Until then, I had build up so many emotions, I didn't even realize it was there. It’s hard to wrap our head around realities and events that are so brutal. And it is completely understandable that, over the years, you have carried on an anger that may have been expressed in ways that were highly inappropriate at times. You were in pain. You were left with a type of hurt that often leaves us speechless, one that you didn’t got the possibility to put into words because for all of those years, your mind and body were doing their best to help you survive, to walk through these emotions that were so deep. You have experienced a traumatic loss, one that raises so many questions, shakes so many feelings, and you had to learn to keep growing without your mom. It makes sense to have built up anger afterwards. Sometimes we think we have processed something but it keeps showing up in ways we have a hard time to decipher. Little by little, we become more aware of it, until the moment we are finally ready to sit with our pain, to feel it without hurting others or ourselves. There is a right time for it. To come to the point of this realization is such a huge testimony of your strength, resilience and emotional maturity. I hope that, with time, you manage to see that in you. Know that someone out there does. :heart:
This band has seriously changed my life since I discovered them. I suffer from borderline personality disorder and sleep token has really helped me cope with my symptoms a lot easier than usual! ❤
You had me a Sleep Token and I really enjoyed the little lyrics snippets that you picked out. Vessel is such an amazing poet (and singer) who conveys emotions so well. Every Sleep Token song is like its own therapy session for me. Each and every one brings up memories and buried emotions that I often didn't even know were there and still needed to be dealt with though.
Thank you for your insights and please do more Sleep Token!
Literally every time I hear this song, I get full body chills and I cry. It feels like a release of emotion each and every time. This song is so beautiful
I heard it today for the first time, and I got the same full body chills, such a stunning song!
I love the Therapist's Reaction videos because not only does Taylor make a lot of sense and give good insight, but it's also introducing me to bands I don't know; I haven't listened to a whole lot of this type of metal. I really loved this and got a lot out of Taylor's reaction.
To be fair, there's not many out there that are like this type of metal! The band is pretty unique.
Sleep token is my absolute favorite band so if you do decide to check them out some suggestions for songs would be The summoning, Ascensionism, and Higher. Tbh tho almost all of their songs are rlly good so you can’t go wrong with any of them
Of all music I feel that metal and all its sub-genres speaks to mental health the most
Man Sleep Token is for everybody. I genuinely feel that.
thank you this made my day
Folks have said that ST are for those who’ve gone/going through trauma, for the broken. What do you think?
Love that bit from Chokehold at the end. "It was no accident"
My therapy is to listen to SLEEP TOKEN with head phones on after work, honestly the best way for me to just close myself off from the world outside
I'm glad to be here listening this piece of art from Colombia!
Bloody hell she really experienced every emotion there. I know exactly how you feel. This songs just hits.
This was probably the most adorable reaction I've seen to a song ever ❤
The therapy I needed today. Thank you so much.
This is such a great showcase of how important this song is. I felt so much of this same interpretation when I heard it for the first time and I often crave the feeling I had when I heard it for the first time. My best friend passed away 2 years ago and this has been SO helpful in my processing and more specifically get me through the bargaining stage of grieving. I appreciate you so much for doing this!
Well now I need your reaction to the entire album, "No amount of self-sought fury
Will bring back the glory of innocence" still stuck in my head since the first time I listen to it ,can explain properly but the yearning hits heavy in this particular line
Out of the entire album that line hit me the absolute hardest. 😢 Like you said it's full of yearning (the whole song is), but its also the beginning of recognition and acceptance.
I'd say this this has to do with naivety.
@@jnorcic I was thinking about that too ,is like putting yourself in some scenarios that are not good for you hoping to return to that state of naivety,where you were happy because you really didn't know
That line hits hard. I had a decade of self destruction and anger trying to relive a time in my life that had passed me by.
@@dustinfriend7441 I been there and I'm still there ,I don't have a smart line to said to you, just hope that one day we learn to traid ourselves with more kindness and understand that we can being and wrong without punish ourselves
Loved them since the moment I stumbled across them a few months back
I agree 90 percent. I only feel your off a touch about the interaction of the mind with the spirit, energy, soul, whatever you want to call it. Very proud of you for what you are doing. Keep pushing my Sister!!!! You are a shining, beautiful human!!! Just one human to another. You made me cry in Joy. Oh that's just the best cry of all! Your Joy throughout that whole song was so funny. You didn't just hear it, you felt it. Music....What would we all be without it.
Your reactions always cheer me up and leave me with a smile. I love the power music has on people. ❤
Sleep Token is such amazing therapy. Thank you for doing this!!
Spectacular.
Thank you.
The emotional impact that this song brings to so many who can relate these feeling!!! Music is a different kind of therapy especially metal music in particular. Love these guys
Thank you so much for having this free service not only for me but for everyone who likes this genre of music. Because 90% of us have mental struggles in one way or another. A band that has hit my heart the hardest is Loathe and specifically their album "I let it in and it took everything." if you could review any of these songs I at least would personally appreciate it.
Here are my personal favs: Two- way Mirror, Is it Really You?, A sad Cartoon.
Thank you for everything you do.
(Ill be copy pasting this comment only in hopes to catch your eye)
Glad you enjoyed it! Haha I love having my wife listen to some of the rock/metal music I listen to (she's an psychologist for children and adolescents
I’ve always been very in tune with music and lyrics and use them to express almost everything in my life and sleep token is a band I found and fell in love with instantly because of their lyrics. I’ve heard a lot of people say they sound terrible or it’s not for them but it’s not about what it sounds like, it’s about what they’re saying. It doesn’t matter the band/artist.
If they affect you they affect you, it's a feeling, it's a connection, somehow they've unlocked a code to our soul
If you follow the progression of the story or lore from album to album, the emotion in this album just hits different.
The line "I guess it goes to show, does it not? That we've no idea what we've got until we lose it" hit really hard for me. My mind is never in the moment, its always on the worries of a tomorrow that has yet to happen. I have no idea how to live in the moment, or how to cope with the anxities that come from focusing too much on the future. Music like this song, or other songs, are what keep me grounded, even if its just for a moment.
From taylorpalmby: Oh man, I listened to this song yesterday and started crying at this exact lyric (crazy to think we could have been listening at the same time) I feel the same way. Always focusing on the "what if" and missing out on the "what's now". It can be so hard to get out of this future tripping mindset and ground yourself in the present. Music helps me too. The other thing I try to do is focus on my sphere of control versus my sphere of concern. There are MANY things I am concerned about that I have no control over and when I focus more on those things than on the things I can control I find my anxiety is increased ten fold. For example, I might be concerned that I'm going to get sick, but that's not something I can control, so instead of focusing on that I would focus on taking my vitamins and washing my hands. I also find that speaking my worries causes them to lose some of their power. I like to call a friend and loved one, and just let them be there for me. I really want to thank you for sharing this, because it made me feel less alone. I hope you feel that way too. Sending love <3
From NateTriesAgain: Yes - it's hard to feel like you're experience of life is a toggle between regret and anxiety - what you should have done in the past, what you need to do in the future. Feels like it means in the present you're always experiencing some kind of loss. Some kind of failure.
I can definitely relate. During one season of therapy my therapist had me ground with a particular CBT technique - short of the long is it was something physical that helped me ground in my senses and come back to the present moment. I didn't stick with the exercise for forever, but it gave me a new category, a new tool of "being present". Coming back to this moment right here in my body.
One of the places I tend to experience this regret/anxiety pull is with my kids. I usually feel like I didn't do something well enough in the past or I feel the weight of things coming up, and I miss them /right here/, right now. One of the most powerful/beautiful things that I've been doing instead of spiraling has been using those feelings as a trigger to then just physically LOOK at my kids. Just physically SEE them right here, right now. Combatting the regret/anxiety with coming back to the present moment. I can't fix either the past or the future, and sometimes trying to come to present feels so underwhelming compared to the mountain of failure from my past or the mountain of worry about my future, but those moments add up and count and mean something, and it's given me back control - and ultimately joy and connection.
I know my experience isn't completely analogous to yours or probably even sound super helpful, but if anything I'd like to encourage you that any time you feel that way you can give yourself grace and use it as a reminder to come back to present instead of an indictment of your failure. Regret and anxiety can become tools that bring you back to center. And any moment / energy spent on this present moment /does/ matter. Its value adds up and builds beauty in your life.
Either way, hope something here is helpful and appreciate you opening up <3
From Micro: Hey friend,
YES, it is so hard to be focused on the present moment. Our anxieties just keep being present over and over, making plans regarding our future and seeking every possible outcome. Somehow, it distracts us from potentiel needs that we would have within, and it also brings a false sense of control -- through our thinking. It does serve a purpose, even if the process can end up being a loop hole in which we feel stuck. What you have shared is very relatable, and I agree with you that music can be SO powerful and help us ground ourselves in the present. I like the fact that music, among other things, reconnects me with my physical senses, which gives less room for *thoughts* and *rationalization*, and a lot more to *feeling and *being in its purest form. If you even start to dance to the rhythm of the music, without worrying about what you could think about it, it gets even more deep and powerful. Overall, there are multiple activities that can help tune the anxious thoughts lower, activities that engage your body senses, and less your brain. Or at least, that it allows your brain to wander freely *while* you are doing something. Gardening is a neat outlet for this to me personally, as well as creativity in general. It is amazing to allow yourself times and spaces to just BE -- without the layers of fears, reason, or trying to label our experiences. Reconnecting to your most innate sensations can become a daily practice, for sure. If you're into reading, I would definitely encourage you to have a look at Wisdom of Insecurity by Alan Watts. It's a wonderful read on this very topic that you've shared here -- and lots of wisdom/poetry to find out of it. Contemplation and feeling less worried over time is definitely possible for you my friend. Take care of yourself!
From mpicreates: I can definitely relate to a lot of what you're saying. I struggle to stay in the moment as well.
My brain can regularly be thinking about something else entirely instead of just enjoying what's happening around me.
I worry a lot about what might happen or what could happen. Whether that's what might happen tomorrow or what could happen with my future, both of which lead me down a spiral of anxiety.
What I've found personally works for me is also using music to ground me. Songs where people are expressing similar emotions to what I'm feeling really help bring me back to center. Then from there I can focus on what I can control which makes me feel empowered over my anxious thoughts.
It's kind of a fighting back feeling where the more I focus on what I can control the more I can push out the negative what if thoughts.
Thank you for sharing and keep fighting those thoughts friend!
You've GOT to listen to "Are you really okay?" by Sleep Token. I (like a lot of people) grew up in a very toxic household. Bad enough that I had attempted suicide when I was only 11 or 12. And I CANNOT listen to that song without crying. It's super cathartic. @heartsupport
I'm glad you made it through that time of your life!
I've eliminated all the toxic members of my family completely!
I went to therapy for 2 years to realize it was not OKAY the way I grew up.
Always having to earn my love, never getting unconditional love
From Micro: What a beautiful change and transformation you've been through. Well done for reaching such level of awareness AND setting boundaries that were necessary. Like you, I grew up in a toxic/abusive family, and it has been such a life-changing realization but to finally SEE that none of it was normal, even it was *my* normality at the time. It's been quite a journey and it is still an ongoing grief, but the freedom it has brought is irrepleacable.
When we grow up, most of the time we only know the environment we're in and have no other reference for it. It surely takes time to expand our vision, experience new types of relationships, and accept that we ARE worthy of unconditional love. It should never feel like something that needs to be earned, by requiring us to be a certain way.
So very happy for you and proud of you. <3
Thank you for this wonderful video! Sleep Token's music has been there for me during the worst two years of my life. I lost many people I love and had a divorce, which quickly made me plummet into a depression. This band was like a holding hand through all of it and made me at least feel something, back when I was so numb I couldn't feel anything. These days I'm feeling much better, thanks to ST and my best friend and got to see the band live last week. With me I took a banner that said "You saved me".
I am so glad you are feeling better. Music is truly medicinal magic. And Sleep Token is a big heaping dose. Losing someone and going through a divorce must have felt so challenging, so much happening all at once. You must be a very strong person to get through that and to be able to find things that helped you. Sending you love as you continue on your healing journey. This community is always here if you need us or just want to hang - Taylor
Thank you for your words and thoughts on one of my fav songs .
'Im a therapist and I LOVE...
metal'
That's a nice introduction to the channel
If you listen to sleep tokens whole catalog of albums it recalls many songs. It’s probably the most unique and well done song I’ve ever heard and it’s a very touching song to many.
The lyrics in the song make me tear up every time.
My favourite part about this band other than its music genius is the honest happiness and joy it gives the fans and just from watching their reaction videos it's pure bliss, and it's just amazing to experience it together
This song (and the album as a whole) is about realizing you're in a terrifying situation or relationship and you're just now begging to go back to "Eden". Back to the spot or place in your life where everything was blissful, where everything was love and light and happiness and joy.
"I will travel FAR beyond the path of reason, take me back to Eden". That point where you'll do absolutely ANYTHING just to get back to being happy again.
God I love this song so much. Especially in the end where the lyrics change to "I HAVE traveLLED far beyond the path of reason, take me back to Eden". You're at that point where you've already done it all. You've gone off the deep end and you're still not there. You don't know what else to do but RAGE. Culminating to the final track of the album which is about accepting your darkness, acknowledging it, and leaving it behind.
@heartsupport I truly love you and what you do... 14:13 into this video, and what I take from it, Is "fake it till you make it" and I'm not meaning this in a condescending, or negative tone / meaning, since you can't hear my voice! Lol! I have personally been to rehab two times now for just alcoholism. I learned so much more in those 60 days combined then I ever learned in school about people in life in general. My wife left me 8 months ago. I am finally coming out of the whole I dug for myself when this happened. I literally lost my house, my wife, my kids, my job, my vehicle, and my freedom. All because the way that I CHOSE to react to the situation... I was one that only acted or reacted based on how I felt at the moment. I heard fake it till you make it in rehab and thought it was ridiculous. It was for me patient not a counselor little disclaimer there lol! It is true though. If you don't practice something you're never going to get good at it. Even if it's faking how you feel. It's the hardest thing I've ever done in my life and I'm still trying to do it, but I'm doing it finally after 37 excruciating years of my meaningless life. Just want to thank you again I don't know if I said thank you in the beginning cuz I'm rambling, but thank you for your free time that you probably don't really have much of it all if your a counselor / therapist. These analyzations that you do, for music that people that are usually damaged already listened to, love. It helps a lot of people. I guarantee that! I still struggle day to day for just a reason to live. I have three kids that I love so much. So I hate when I have these kind of thoughts every single day. But they keep me alive for now even though I don't want to be at all. So I take it till I make it... So far I'm making it! And that's way better than the life I was living before. Keep doing what you're doing You are amazing I hope somebody in my situation reads this comment and it helps them cuz there is the light at the end of the tunnel. You don't see it right away cuz you have to pull your head out of your ass first, but it's there. I promise!
Edit: What you say about choosing love when you don't feel it? That's why it's called making love. I believe love is not an emotion. Chemically it is but it's equivalent to hate. Exact same chemical reaction it's just how we perceive it and react to it. Making love is not just sex. You literally have to make love in your actions and your words. Actions especially I learned this the hard way
This song is perfect. I can see why it’s the title track of this album. I love everything Sleep Token does…they literally have a song for whatever genre you are into!
Everything seems to be like that. You never truly appreciate how great a moment of time is, and people in that moment, until it's gone and you're looking back on it.
I just recently discovered Sleep Token and love them, not your typical metal band. Anyways, the line "We've no idea what we've got until we lose it" resonates with me in a slightly unexpected way. To make a very long story short, my very serious girlfriend had left me but, after a little while I realized she was really toxic. Her leaving was probably one of the best things to happen to me.
The line "No amount of love will keep it around if we don't choose it" depicts this perfectly. She didn't choose to continue despite my best efforts.
I'm not sure if I'm completely healed yet but for sure better than the months after this happened.
From ThriceTheThird: Thank you for sharing your story. I'm glad everything worked out for you in the end.
Healing takes time, but it seems that you have a decent outlook on things. Which I'm sure helps a lot.
Hope you are doing well, and dubs the one that puts in the effort you deserve. - Thrice
Absolute stunning album. 10/10. Loved the reaction
i like your reactions to Sleep Token .. didn't think i would .. but i do .. thanks for this
Pure worship 🖤🖤😴
I loved your reaction to this video, mainly because you make the same kinds of faces I do, when listening to metal that I really like!
Straight vibin.. love it. 🖤
If they affect you they affect you, it's a feeling, it's a connection, somehow they've unlocked a code to our soul
To have loved and lost is to understand how one can go from the dreamy tingle of love all the way down to the utter ruin and pain when that love goes away. The utter rage with which he is literally screaming to give him back what was lost speaks volumes. Grow back your sharpest teeth, you know my desire. To be consumed with a fervor. To be drowning unknowingly because no one told you being so fully submerged could be dangerous. To move through life cold and detached because nothing makes you feel alive except her. To realize only too late that what you refuse to choose will not remain. Love is the strongest most fragile beautiful most ugly experience. The Eden we ruin the more we come to know.
I went from knowing a couple of Sleep Token songs to relying on Take Me Back To Eden getting me through my last deployment.
a therapist who loves metal 🔥🔥🔥
She needs to listen to are you really okay? and the way that you were like ASAP. These two songs kill me every time I listen to them.
👍🏻 Would love to see u react to ascensionism and euclid songs next. Those two are therapeutic ST songs for me. Worship 🙏🏻
This is the Best most beautiful and unique and unbelievable song I've ever heard and I don't say that lightly
My interpretation of the meaning of take me back to Eden is the feeling of wanting to go back to the place you are most happiest or safe. I definitely want that for me. I just starting back working from having 2-3 years of depression and still do as I have lot of self hate and social anxiety I find normal stuff hard. working I thought it would help but it sort of does but as I was locked at home (I got to a point at I was basically agoraphobic )for 2-3 year my social anxiety is pretty bad and I have recently started being paranoid for some reason as I want to do my best in my job but keep feeling like I will get fired any day now and feel a bit judged. discovering sleep token has help a bit and I'm always listening to them when I go and when I come home.
The therapist is vibing let them be sleep token is just what she needs 😂 if I had a therapist that would listen to sleep token while we chat it would be lovely
A couple of songs that speak deeply to me is Chokehold, Are You Really Okay, and acensionism.
I really really REALLY appreciate how you let the song play thru before you give your thoughts on the song. My brain can't stand when content creators keep pausing the song to talk.
Someone mentioned in a song by The Smile (Bending Hectic, btw, highly recommend!) that modern prog is very cinematic. When I hear this song I hear four acts:
1. The dream vessel is chasing after.
2. The feeling of being trapped in the rat race while trying to achieve the dream.
3. The painful reflection afterwards of what has been lost and the resentment of knowing the dream was never meant to be.
4. The white hot anger, the last act of desperation reaching out for the impossible.
the call back to chokehold in the background right before the ending to me is like a realization that, ok I'm good with what happened and I won't forget it, but ill use it to make my self stronger and get my revenge. moving on is a great way to show those who wronged you that they were in the wrong, as they continue to fester over it an hurt themselves further, you get to grow and build anew. before you can get to that point hough there is always a moment of release. the band is amazing at linking into people and their problems through whatever problems they are currently working through with their music.
Know how cool it would be to have a therapist that listens to metal. I'd pay big bucks for something like that. 🤘🤘
Espectacular los cambios durante la canción que es maravillosa 👍
En cuanto a tí, por los cristales de tus gafas que te quedan perfectas creo que vives entre Toronto y Estocolmo 🤔💖
If this gets you euclid will warm your soul and make you cry that song brings tears to my eyes due to recent events in my life and makes me want to hold my wife and friends and family alittle tighter when i hug them
I lost my grandmother in October. She would have loved Euclid and I can’t listen to it without damn near crying.
It's from their 2nd album but you might like Fall For Me. The music video paired with the music is very, very powerful
I've loved this song and had a lot of cathartic moments to it, as well as the next track on the album Euclid, so thank you for bringing some of these lyrics to light. The line "I want you to see me for what I have become" takes on new meaning to me now, as motivation to have hope for the possibility of positive change in my life. I've been struggling with an addiction for the last nearly 10 years that has crippled my self-esteem and played a large part in destroying my last relationship, and sometimes it seems insurmountable to get to a place of stability and be clean for good. I long for the days where I didn't have to worry about it, and the last screaming section hits my soul. I think of the Garden of Eden in Genesis, the home of a perfect world as God created it, and I want so desperately to have that sort of childlike innocence that inhabited that holy place. So thank you @heartsupport for opening my mind to having and processing these thoughts.
From ManekiNeko: It’s really amazing how something like a song can bring us some fresh perspective and hope.
I can get a sense that you are doing so much work on yourself to overcome addiction and to be in a better place for your own health’s sake. Sometimes when we try to do better for other people it can feel so much harder and it comes with all these unrealistic expectations, but when we focus on our own self esteem and worth, it really hones into the value we place on ourselves.
Your words give such a sense of passion and drive and I know that it takes a lot of hard work, I know that there are days that come with a lot more baggage than others, but I also hope that feeling the inspiration from this song helps to keep carrying you towards your goals
From Micro: It is inspiring to hear about your story here and how this song + interpretation of the lyrics have helped you in understanding yourself deeper. It is so special when external outlets like music and medias can reflect to us the things we've been experiencing for so long, but couldn't acknowledge or clearly describe. Such a gentle way to dive into your own soul and to bring in more love, compassion and care.
The way you describe this longing for renewed innocence, almost like the opportunity of having a blank page and forgetting about the voice that call you to hurt yourself, makes so much sense. When it feels like you've been carrying your struggles for so long, and seeing how it's affected your entire being and environment, it's just hard compose with the baggage it leaves you with. You hit rock bottom, realize the depth of the path and just wish to have the possibility to forget everything and start all over again. It is this unwanted heaviness and chains around your heart that you want to free yourself from...
In my own struggles with clinical depression, the hardest part of it was definitely to see the effects it had on my partner and on our relationship at the time. As long as it would affect me, I was kind of okay with it because somehow I just had given up on myself. But seeing the consequences of my inner struggles on someone I love... that was so hard. So when you describe your journey with your addiction and how it impacted your relationship, I feel for you. It's hard to not delve *even more* into this heavy sense of shame and guilt when you literally have your struggles reflected in front of your face, making you see what you could lose... hard to start standing up for yourself and for a life that you deserve, even if you may have doubted it at times.
With addiction, it can feel like you have been stolen a part of yourself for a while... and finding who you are again can be really challenging, if not intimidating. This Garden of Eden is what your heart lean towards, and that is such a strong beacon of HOPE and STRENGTH to hold on to. Because that level of peace can be experienced in this very life, as long as we keep seeking ways to heal our wounds and feel whole again. There may be some mountains in order to get there, mountains that you know well already. But you have been facing them so bravely and are on your way to forge your path through. Innocence or a blank page may not be to our reach as long as we lived already, but maybe that's for the best, and maybe we can forge a path so unique as we learn from it? Something certain is that you are moving towards more growth, more maturity, more LOVE - not only for the ones you've been sharing your life with... but also for yourself. You are not in this state of innocence anymore, although somehow there is beauty to find in embracing your brokenness, your wounded heart, your pain, and to flourish your very own garden where seeds of self-forgiveness, self-compassion and restoration can grow beautifully.
You got this, friend. :heart:
Fantastic video. You need to listen to Euclid by ST. I lost my grandmother who was also one of my dearest friends and confidants back in October and that song reminds me of her so much.
safe to say i had the exact same reactions when i heard this song. you need to check out Rain as well
Album of the year without question
I lost my little sister in October. I cry listening to this band sometimes, considering personal grief. it's oddly helpful and I love sleep token.
From Wings: I'm sorry for your loss and am glad that you have found at least a little bit of comfort.
From Micro: Sending plenty of hugs your way, friend. I'm so sorry you lost your little sister. There is something about losing a sibling that words cannot express, and it makes completely sense to feel as if your grief finds resonance through music at times. It can connect with so many subtle layers of emotions and experiences that we hold within.
Losing someone you grew up with and were meant to share most of your life with is a deep injustice. It's not how things should be, and it brings up so many questions to those who are still present. I personally lost my brother a couple of years ago, which has shaken my world in many ways, and forced me to explore questions I never thought I would have to even consider. It's not something we're prepared for. Being left with a wall of silence can be overwhelmingly loud.
There is something about the bond we share with siblings that can't be found anywhere else, and it is for sure a deep legacy but to learn to cultivate this bond differently, without their direct presence. I hope that, in your own grief, you make sure to remain patient with yourself, and allow yourself to feel everything you need. The tears are yet another manifestation of the *love* we have for them, one that goes beyond time and distance. And the smiles that are yet to come are also a beautiful way to honor their life, little by little. Thank you for sharing about you and her today. This is fundamental. <3
Yup. I’m in love
this album is immense, but also what i would have to say about your first point is that in contradicts intuition, intuition is a massive mental flaw that a lot of people either excelled or was de sensitised as kids. Intuition is very important as an adult and i feel like rather than reading the future you can also lead people into not believing intuitive or strongly imbued feelings because you feel like you're second guessing yourself. I always feel like when you are in one of these situations you're best of talking to a trusted person and / or therapist to see what opinion or feeling they have before making any rash decisions.
@heartsupport thank you for those insights. I am currently dealing with a hard time myself in regards of my relationship..
From ManekiNeko: I’m so sorry that things have been hard with dealing with a relationship. It’s never fun having those complications, so I do hope that things become easier and lighter for you
From twixremix: hey friend, hard times especially when it involves other people such as relationships are so tough. i hope you’re taking care of your heart during these obstacles with the self-care you need. sending you so much comfort and best wishes.
From Taladien: Relationships can produce some really challenging times. I am so sorry that you are going through one yourself, friend. I hope that the insights that you find here help you and your partner, and that the good times come back super soon.
From Mamadien: Thank you for sharing. Relationship issues can be really difficult to deal with. There can be so much pain and confusion and uncertainty when 2 people don't see things the same and aren't in the same place.
From Mystrose: I hope things get easier for you, dealing with relationship problems are not fun. You matter!
as a therapist you definitely should react to Ren 'Hi Ren'. I think anyone that reacts to music on youtube should react to this song. it is one of those songs you will never forget the first time you heard it and the effect it has on you.
You should ABSOLUTELY react to their song also iff of their new album called "Are You Really OK?”!! If live to see your take on it!
This is nice.
That was pain, denial, acceptance, moving on stages written in music.
I love your glasses
Please! Do this same thing for are you really ok off this album. I cried for a week every time I heard it. Then found out a lot of my close friends were really struggling. It was like the universe was sending me a message through vibration and frequency.
I feel like this song strongly depicts the different stages of grief, but in the same token, stopping yourself from being able to start the process of healing while dealing with this grief.
Very early on this year I lost my younger brother and father to a drive-by shooting, not even a month later after that I lost my best friend to stage four brain cancer, and then a few months later after that, my cat got turned into a chew toy by none other then my mothers youngest of three greyhounds. I've been through all the levels of internal anger and rage, I've let out my sorrow time and time again due to all of this loss with using alcohol to try and numb it all away. It's absolutely horrible, and I was never given ample time to cope properly with it all either, that is, until this song dropped.
Take Me Back To Eden allowed for an internal door to open inside my mind, only having to listen to the song once all the way through for that to happen. Hearing the words being sung in this masterpiece of a song caused for all of my walls to fall down around me and shatter into pieces, as I was finally allowed to begin my journey of acceptance, so that I could slowly but surely allow myself to heal, one fragile puzzle piece at a time.
Not even my own personal therapist I've been seeing for well over twelve years now could get me to this point of starting to heal bit by bit, yet this song did exactly that, with only one solid listen.
From ThriceTheThird: Music can be such a powerful tool. I am sorry that you experienced so many losses in a row, in such a short period of time. I'm sure there are no words to describe what that must feel like. Having all that internalized frustration and pain get released finally, and not just suppressed with the help of Alcohol. Has to feel great. I think it is awesome that music was the tool that helped you break through walls you had been struggling with for years. Thank you for sharing how you feel with us, and if you ever want to let out any more of your pain, or joy. Feel free <3
From Micro: Wow. Thank you so much for taking the time to share these parts of your story here. It is incredible how much music can unblock internal barriers as it resonates with the deepest parts of our heart. I am personally so very thankful to hear about how much this song has been a major outlet in opening these doors towards more acceptance and healing. While navigating such brutal losses, it makes sense that your first reactions has been to fight that reality, even if it was at your own expense. There are things that we are sometimes forced to acknowledge and process but are just not ready for, and certainly not prepared to face it either. The release of this song was the right time for your heart to hear what it needed to hear, and for you to feel safe enough to access yet another range of emotions connected to losing your younger brother and father.
For what it's worth from a stranger on the internet, I'm so proud of you for coming out of these survival instincts that were suffocating you. The transformative process you've been feeling and experiencing is so very significant, and brave of you to embrace.
I'm rooting for you and hoping for peace to be more present in your heart, also at your own pace. :heart:
I expected a deep analysis and you just experienced the music as it was meant to be experienced
I hate to say this but I don’t understand how sleep tokens music has literally saved me and connected with me in such a way it’s made me want to stay longer.. especially after seeing them live it was amazing
Definitely need to do "Euclid"
I wish you were my therapist.
But since i am german and i am on a waiting list for some therapists around 3 to 4 years long.
This song has helped me grieve through both of my miscarriages.
coming from a metal girly myself (i’m on my fiancés account lol) your reaction is 100% what mine was 🤣 i love seeing your lil serotonin boosts listening to this
Good reaction!!
Amazing song
I discovered sleep token a couple months after my ex-fiancé left me. I didn’t realize when I was in it that the relationship turned toxic, codependent, emotionally manipulative, and verbally abusive. I went into a really deep depression for a few months and what’s getting me out of it is this masterpiece of an album. This song & granite especially have been extremely healing and a place for me to fully feel these lyrics.
“No amount of self sought fury will bring back the glory of innocence”
This line right here hits like no other, cause I can’t change my experiences or the trauma I’ve gone through. I’m also mourning the person I was before this relationship.
Sleep token has changed my life for better and I’ve never had such a deep connection to an artist/album like this one. I will forever be grateful that this album was created & released 💖
From Micro: @libonkers8750 So thankful that this album has been an anchor for you while you have been navigating the realms of such painful breakup. Music sometimes really accompany us on our personal journey. It's particularly beautiful when we "meet" a song as much as it meets us just where we are at a given moment. It feels good to have parts of our heart echoed by someone else, and to somehow feel validated in the way we feel.
It must have been so hard to share life with someone then to realize that they were not the person you thought they were. It is as if you've been in a relationship with someone different, and once you're out of the relationship you start to see them under a different light. But how heartbreaking it is to feel like switching between day and night, to have almost your entire world being questioned because of it. There are situations like what you've been through for which it requires to establish some distance in order to really see how things are, and not how we want them to be. It is truly beautiful and strong of you to have managed to get out of such a damaging relationship, and to be here today willing to share about it on top of it.
You were in an awful situation and what happened was not your fault. I hope that this is a truth you can hold on to, especially when your mind may take you to places where you'd ask yourself why, or how you couldn't see what was happening. Abuse and manipulation are all about making something or someone appear differently, and the responsibility of it all only falls on the shoulders of the person who was abusive. It stems from them, it was their behavior and decisions, but you never caused it in any way, no matter what they could have told you at the time.
It is true that there is a before and an after going through such traumatic experience. To some extent, and with not a romantic relationship but family members, I relate to what you express here with mourning the person you were before. It feels sometimes as if *realizing* how wrong the relationship was is just a burden to carry. Some kind of poisoned and unwanted gift. You know it was the right thing to come to this level of awareness, but it also meant saying goodbye to all that you hoped for with this person. There's a part inside of you that longs for the time when everything was okay - or seemed okay -, ofjust how it *should* have been. But there's no way to move backwards and what has been written will keep being a part of your story. It can feel bittersweet to be both out of this relationship while also having to carry the consequences of it. It shakes your trust in others, it shakes the trust you can have in yourself - it's hard to distinguish what's real and what isn't when you have to process such level of betrayal in your life. It definitely takes time.
I hope that, in your own journey, you can keep moving forward while offering yourself a lot of grace, patience and care. What you've been through was awfully painful, unwanted, unfair, and there are parts of you that will be left behind. But *you* are still here today. You are still standing, breathing, you are fully alive - and that is going to be your superpower too. You have in your hands the possibility to nurture your heart with a huge amount of compassion, maybe even more than before - just like you would with someone you love and who would have been through the same. There is potential for healing and restoration as you still learn to mourn what was, what could have been, and to compose with the person you are today. You are transformed but you are not less. You are different but you are not broken. And there are many good moments for you to have. Reasons to smile, to laugh, to feel joy and carefree again. You will get there, at your own pace.
Hold Fast, friend. We believe in you at Heartsupport.
-Micro
From EvilGenius: @libonkers8750 Hey there friend,
First of all, I won’t get into too much with my reply, as @Micro did a great job with his!
You’ve shared a,lot of emotion here, and I’m truly moved by your words. Confronting the complexities of a toxic relationship takes strength and determination. Especially when it comes to the aftermath it leaves behind. It’s evident that the music from Sleep Token has lead you on a journey of self-discovery and personal growth, which is amazing.
When the realisation that a relationship may be toxic hits, it is bound to be hard to grapple with. Often, when it comes to these relationships, we don’t realise how badly we were treated until we leave. This truth will help you make the powerful step to reclaiming your self-worth and freedom. You are not held back by the power of toxicity now, and whilst it’s normal to question things, try not to dwell on it too much.
The lyrics you mention lay bare a harsh truth - the inability to turn back time or erase past experiences. However, whilst we can’t control what happens in the past, we can control our response. It’s all about accepting that what happened, did so for a reason, and also forgiveness for yourself and the person. Being stuck in the past is not the way to go.
You will indeed mourn the person you were pre-relationship, and that’s okay. Your innocence has been taken and replaced with growth, right from the rubble of pain beneath your feet. Going back to the lyrics, we cannot turn back the clock, but you can look at the strength and resilience you’ve gained from this difficult time.
Like me, you find solace in music. In your case it’s Sleep Token. Music provides light when everything else feels dark, and that’s a power nobody can underestimate. Music is an expression tool, and can often reach our core, speaking to us in ways no words ever could, but this shouldn’t be the only thing you find comfort in. It’s a good idea to reach out to your supoort network, tell them how you are feeling and see how best they can support you through this.
Keep on keeping on, I believe in you!
When I first heard this song I knew he was talking about innocence of youth and how it is corrupted in time where there is no guilt or shame like Adam and Eve when they sinned and were separated from the divine who is God.
Please listen to rain by them.. can't wait for when you do lol
If I had a metal therapist I'd probably go once in a while
❤
A lot of people miss that fact that this song encompasses the range of male emotions from being in love to losing it all, her being his paradise and the song is so much more in-depth than people give it credit
I find it funny not many people clue in on the Chokehold references in the last part with "it was no accident" sung on the same tonality and rhythm as well as the " we were tangled up like branches in a flood" line in the background.