When I heard “sleep on, fly on” I got emotional and I didn’t know why, then I figured it out. Ants of the Sky was the BTBAM song that changed my path as a guitarist and hearing that call back, for a small moment I was a 16 year old kid again, being truly inspired and changed for the first time all over again. This is what we needed after that year we all experienced. A year of fearing, hating, and just doubting existence in general. We needed to feel inspired, to “fly on”.
I saw this comment so I patiently waited for that point in the song... then, I actually got chills even though I knew that it was coming. The original "sleep on, fly on" was my favorite moment in the first album and I really cannot express how happy that this first listen of Colors II is making me right now. These callbacks to previous songs are perfect.
Time and time again this band makes me feel like I'll never amount to their insane level of musicianship no matter how hard I try.... And I'm completely at peace with that
Best way to get good is to learn their songs on your preffered instrument. Learning guitar from the first colors helped me raise my levels tremendously. It was hard and tedious, but totally worth it.
it seems to be the most accessible. i love it too (not only because there's some cowbell !!!) but i can't exclude other songs to become my new favorites later, listen after listen :)
It is without question the best song on the album, and that says more about the song’s greatness rather than the rest of the album lacking quality(I think it’s all-around a very good album with several impressive tracks). But I believe Bad Habits is one of the very best songs BTBAM have ever written. Which is saying something.
I've been repeating "connect and forget" in my head over and over for days now, in a good way, it's musical genius, these callbacks to Ants of the Sky in this song, it's beautiful and poetic, 21 years later. This song hits me hardest of the tunes on Colors II. Great stuff.
This song is like a love letter to the quirkier parts of The Great Misdirect. Huge Swim to the Moon vibes in that opening section, and I'm pretty sure I heard a Disease Injury Madness reprise later on.
The entire album is a masterpiece, but this track sticks out in particular. Such a solid experience and I feel like this would have been a solid album closer
I've been eagerly awaiting this album after hearing "Fix the Error" and "Revolution in Limbo" and loving them. So far it has not dissapointed, BTBAM always amazes and inspires.
Calling this album Colors II was big dick energy to begin with. But then these crazy bastards actually followed through, and put out an album that stands toe-to-toe with the original Colors. Insane stuff, lads.
My first ever time listening to this song, the exact time stamp you mention made me smile so much because if you listen to BTBAM often, you know some very melodic and epic shit is about to go down. I don't know how else to explain it other than "its the start of one of my favorite segments i guess"
I was driving to see my mom in terminal care for weeks until she passed away two months ago. I always listened to this album, but this song just stuck with me somehow, given the things I was going through. I dont know why, it just did. I still get very emotional listening to this song.
Sorry about the loss of your mom. Mine passed away over a decade ago from breast cancer but the loss still hurts everyday, I'm glad the music helps ease the pain.
Little riffs and motifs like that really harken back to their OLD days, their original roots, the days of Prayer for Cleansing. Some of these classic melodic metal-core riffs plus some of the reallly really heavy groove-core riffs. Been listening to Tommy Rogers and Paul Waggoner for over 20 years now. Fucking epic
Recently heard there is this song called Bad Habits that is considered the greatest summer anthem of 2021.. This is what they were talking about right? The cowbell is fire \m/
So I was listening to this song while scrolling the BTBAM subreddit a few days ago and someone mentioned that they think that this might be the last album they make because they keep making callbacks to Colors and usually when an artist does that, they're about to disband. I couldn't help but cry. I know they have given us a solid couple decades of amazing music but the thought of no more BTBAM is something I'm not ready for and I really think I never will be...
My favorite track from the album, which has become a near daily listen for me. It's too bad this barely gets talked about in the metal community. Such a shame
it's not discussed because they're not heavy in any way. they are a metal band, but you don't listen to btbam and expect to receive the same emotions that you would from listening to car bomb or meshuggah for example. there's a certain intensity that btbam lacks.
This song has swiftly gone from "favourite off the album" to "favourite metal song post 2020" to "favourite by BTBAM after White Walls" to "one of my favourite pieces of music ever". That "cannot seem to say" bit, the way that solo starts, the random piano bits... Phew.
it's interesting to me how the 'sleep on, fly on' section has a more subdued, perhaps defeated or resigned delivery in contrast to the conviction and bold delivery in ants of the sky. wonder if that means anything.
I also noticed that the lyrics in Ants were more exclusive and negative: "in your mind, you can't fly," whereas they're more inclusive and positive in Bad Habits: "in our minds, we can fly." I wonder what the significance is...
A couple big ones are: 4:02, southern rock kinda section is almost identical to the section in “Ants of the Sky” at around 3:40 “Sleep on, fly on, in your mind, you can fly” is a direct lyrical call back to Ants of the sky
Some people are too stuck in the "Human music... I like it!" mindset and simply can't grasp the complexity of progressive music. They can't find the groove basically. They didn't grow up with Rush and Yes. Also they might just not enjoy death vocals.
I'm happy to say I haven't really seen any negative response to this release at all! Maybe a few minor let downs or criticisms here and there but from what I've seen it's been very postive
i could do without the growling tbh, but that aside i like it, i imagine people who hate growling even more than me might just write off the song entirely.
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When I heard “sleep on, fly on” I got emotional and I didn’t know why, then I figured it out. Ants of the Sky was the BTBAM song that changed my path as a guitarist and hearing that call back, for a small moment I was a 16 year old kid again, being truly inspired and changed for the first time all over again.
This is what we needed after that year we all experienced. A year of fearing, hating, and just doubting existence in general. We needed to feel inspired, to “fly on”.
As soon as that part hit my mouth flew open in joy and shock
@@TBaggins96 same man. Same
In your mind, you can fly.
I saw this comment so I patiently waited for that point in the song... then, I actually got chills even though I knew that it was coming. The original "sleep on, fly on" was my favorite moment in the first album and I really cannot express how happy that this first listen of Colors II is making me right now. These callbacks to previous songs are perfect.
@@infinityfactorial for me, these words represent the best of both albums
The best sequel since The Godfather Part 2. This is the happiest I've been all year
And don’t forget Bring It On Again.
Metalcore is not my kind of music.
Lol did you call this metalcore? They haven't been metalcore since 2005
That chorus is out of this world. I love when Tommy uses that voice
Best song on the album!
Agree so far. I've heard 4 other songs and not in order this is my fav so far by far
I agree, but I love the shit out of all of them, haha. Absolutely love this song, though. A favorite for sure!
100%. Probably one of the top 5 songs they’ve ever written.
Time and time again this band makes me feel like I'll never amount to their insane level of musicianship no matter how hard I try....
And I'm completely at peace with that
It’s like when I’m feeling in a particularly masochistic mood I sit down and watch tech death guitar playthroughs
Best way to get good is to learn their songs on your preffered instrument. Learning guitar from the first colors helped me raise my levels tremendously. It was hard and tedious, but totally worth it.
Is this anyone else’s favorite on the album? This track hits me like a ton of bricks.
It's probably my favorite too! That's what I wanted to search in the comments section. Cheers dude
it seems to be the most accessible. i love it too (not only because there's some cowbell !!!) but i can't exclude other songs to become my new favorites later, listen after listen :)
Yup
It is without question the best song on the album, and that says more about the song’s greatness rather than the rest of the album lacking quality(I think it’s all-around a very good album with several impressive tracks).
But I believe Bad Habits is one of the very best songs BTBAM have ever written. Which is saying something.
It's hard to pick a favorite but, yeah.
Nothing seems to be beyond this band. BTBAM is the only band I still eagerly anticipate coming near my area every time their tour rolls by.
We try to see them on tour every time the come around. We just saw them in Philly and plan to see them again in Silver Spring in October
Definitely not Digiorno because BTBAM delivers 🤘
They may not have the notoriety amongst the masses, but this is our Pink Floyd/Queen/etc. Be thankful we're alive at the same time as these GOATS.
At least they're well known in the metal community.
Most ppl have NO IDEA. And it's cool to stay that way 🤣
Tell me you have been listening to King Crimson without telling me you have been listening to King Crimson.
Best track on the album.
I've been repeating "connect and forget" in my head over and over for days now, in a good way, it's musical genius, these callbacks to Ants of the Sky in this song, it's beautiful and poetic, 21 years later. This song hits me hardest of the tunes on Colors II. Great stuff.
This song had me smiling like an idiot with these callbacks
This song is like a love letter to the quirkier parts of The Great Misdirect. Huge Swim to the Moon vibes in that opening section, and I'm pretty sure I heard a Disease Injury Madness reprise later on.
Sleep on, fly on!
I can't believe these guys actually made another album as good as the first Colors. INSANE :O Top tier talent.
5:45-7:05 has become some of my favorite Btbam ever. Fairly certain this song is my favorite on the album after several listens!
Me too, soooo epic!
4:03 Ants of the Sky!
I don't know how many times I've listened to this song, but I still cannot get over it.
2023 and I'm still listening on repeat
5:48 moments like this make me feel happy to be alive
I thought I accidentally changed to a Power Metal song at first, then I heard Tommy's voice..
I know exactly how you feel!
The entire album is a masterpiece, but this track sticks out in particular. Such a solid experience and I feel like this would have been a solid album closer
Best song on the album IMO
Tommy, I'm so glad I got to meet you 5 years ago in Nashville with Devin Townsend.
That tour was 5 years ago?? Holy shit, time flies lol
@@giveittosanders109 right!?
@@CurbsideWhiskey7x I hope they tour with him again. Devy is an absolute blast. It's like a stand up show and a metal act in one
I've been eagerly awaiting this album after hearing "Fix the Error" and "Revolution in Limbo" and loving them. So far it has not dissapointed, BTBAM always amazes and inspires.
this track is like listening to the best buffet you've ever seen
Calling this album Colors II was big dick energy to begin with. But then these crazy bastards actually followed through, and put out an album that stands toe-to-toe with the original Colors. Insane stuff, lads.
God I love that they sort of went back to their old writing style
Ants in the sky Refference by far my favorite song on Colors 1
My favorite band hands down. 🤘🏾
Ah, I see you're a man of sonic wealth and taste.
yep, same.
5:47 I haven't felt this way ever since I listened Haken's Visions for the first time.
CONNECT AAAND FORGET, CONNECT AAAND FORGEEET! God damn, fuckin' love that part. Also 5:48 makes me feel like I'm on a pirate ship.
My first ever time listening to this song, the exact time stamp you mention made me smile so much because if you listen to BTBAM often, you know some very melodic and epic shit is about to go down. I don't know how else to explain it other than "its the start of one of my favorite segments i guess"
that part made me feel like Ragnar Lothbrok!
@@marcotejada1498 This part has been stuck in my head CONSTANTLY for the past 3 days. It's soo good
sleep on, fly on, WE CAN FLY.
Listing to this album in sequence all the way through and abd as of right now I have had the stupidest smile on my face
I was driving to see my mom in terminal care for weeks until she passed away two months ago. I always listened to this album, but this song just stuck with me somehow, given the things I was going through. I dont know why, it just did. I still get very emotional listening to this song.
Sorry about the loss of your mom. Mine passed away over a decade ago from breast cancer but the loss still hurts everyday, I'm glad the music helps ease the pain.
This is a great song! The hook is so catchy! I walked away to stir the pasta and I was humming it repeatedly. True masters here.
OMG, simply phenomenal musicians and composers! Love 'em
That melodic layered riff at 5:15 to 5:45 is legendary.
That bass run at 5:38 tho
its brilliant
Little riffs and motifs like that really harken back to their OLD days, their original roots, the days of Prayer for Cleansing. Some of these classic melodic metal-core riffs plus some of the reallly really heavy groove-core riffs. Been listening to Tommy Rogers and Paul Waggoner for over 20 years now. Fucking epic
Damn this might be one of my favourite BTBAM songs ever. Super interesting musically but catchy af.
Strong coma ecliptic and great misdirect vibes
The riffs at 1:47 and 2:49 are SO lovely
THE FUCKING RIFFS IN THIS SONG!!!
Best so far. Absolute ace.
I LOVE when you are not playing metall but i finnaly apreciate the screaming and very violent metall part of your songs
You know it's spelled metal, right?
@@notsure1969 what does spelled metal means sorry im French
When the sorting hat asks me what house I want to be in: 4:47
lol
This song is incredible. Such joy.
Recently heard there is this song called Bad Habits that is considered the greatest summer anthem of 2021.. This is what they were talking about right?
The cowbell is fire \m/
The chorus on this song is so epic feeling!
One of their best to date. They’ve really learned how to nail a good chorus over the years :)
First listen through album and this one stuck out so far...holy fuck this song is the shit
Its the intro. And that old school solo work. Yeah this song rips.
7:38 is beautiful!
that synth really elevates it all, its awesome
think i decided on this song being my favorite off the album. it was a tough choice that took a few months but that ending gets me everytime
Bad Habits is stellar, but Never Seen/Future Shock is beyond words, it leaves me in speechless awe
This bands music is often very hit and miss for me personally but this song is beautiful.
FAVE SONG off the album, however the whole thing is damn epic. Thanks BTBAM!
So I was listening to this song while scrolling the BTBAM subreddit a few days ago and someone mentioned that they think that this might be the last album they make because they keep making callbacks to Colors and usually when an artist does that, they're about to disband. I couldn't help but cry. I know they have given us a solid couple decades of amazing music but the thought of no more BTBAM is something I'm not ready for and I really think I never will be...
Listen to the Dear Hunter. I doubt this is the case with BTBAM.
I’m not gonna insult you but the only reasons they are are making callbacks to Colors is because the album is COLORS 2
@@josevilla8586 yeah sure but what better way to end the BTBAM discography than with the sequel to your magnum opus?
Can not seem to sayyyyy. SAY WHAT I NEEEEEEEED
what I need*
This album is fucking amazing
That solo... 👌
My favorite track from the album, which has become a near daily listen for me. It's too bad this barely gets talked about in the metal community. Such a shame
it's not discussed because they're not heavy in any way. they are a metal band, but you don't listen to btbam and expect to receive the same emotions that you would from listening to car bomb or meshuggah for example. there's a certain intensity that btbam lacks.
This song has swiftly gone from "favourite off the album" to "favourite metal song post 2020" to "favourite by BTBAM after White Walls" to "one of my favourite pieces of music ever".
That "cannot seem to say" bit, the way that solo starts, the random piano bits... Phew.
Colors II is probably the best progressive album of the year
It certainly has my vote.
First!!!! Between the buried and me
Your everywhere yo lol!😂
@@henryleedupuis6917 Damn, I am..😳 time to go anonymous but still keep the username lol
@@thelastdaybreathinginetern1385 lol your too funny yo lol!😂
That western guitar riff throw back from Ants xD
This is BTBAM at their most triumphant.
this song fixed all my bad habits
Can we get a Between the Buried and Me movie?
Like a straight up BTBAM spectacle?
Can we get it at the IMAX?
Dude cmon?!?!
The Parallax II Live bluray in IMAX would be pretty bonkers on its own
@@CloudMountainJuror I'd be going nuts.
‘Ants of the Sky’ motifs
4:02
8:08
@@user-kr6jg6qb7l sleep on fly on is part of Ants, bro
@@user-kr6jg6qb7l if this comment is joke bravo I lol'd
Killing it
The ending is soo good.
I really wanna see how they'd interpret this in a video.
My favourite track off this album.
Epic track
4:28 hit hard as fuck
More cowbell!!!
it's interesting to me how the 'sleep on, fly on' section has a more subdued, perhaps defeated or resigned delivery in contrast to the conviction and bold delivery in ants of the sky. wonder if that means anything.
could also come off as more “free?” as though the person is “sleeping/flying on,” kinda gave me more ethereal vibes than resignation
I also noticed that the lyrics in Ants were more exclusive and negative: "in your mind, you can't fly," whereas they're more inclusive and positive in Bad Habits: "in our minds, we can fly." I wonder what the significance is...
this song is 4 part writing pure joy
This sht is so good! Woah
Some Gentle Giant vibes in the beginning
The Dream Theater is strong in this band
Definitely, I mean just listen to the first 80 seconds of Selkies….like how is that not Dream Theater lol
YES!!!
Wow.
Between jethro and me
Hell yes for sure. And the bluesy moments feel like Yes. I feel like when Dan joined the band he shared his MP3 library with the rest of the band lol.
@@golions13579 I’m so glad I’m not the only one feeling this 😄 I was named after Ian Anderson, so a few parts really struck my heartstrings :)
Hearing a lot of Haken on this album as well
Swim to the fucking moon
4:02 - you forgot the horse
*Необычно .... +++*
In 8:09 I've reached the paradise
Well damn.
KREYGASM
What does this mean though?
OMG 🇵🇪❤️
4:51 💙
As beautiful as it is brutal.
puro wow
Can someone explain the call backs to me? I’m a newer fan, great album
A couple big ones are:
4:02, southern rock kinda section is almost identical to the section in “Ants of the Sky” at around 3:40
“Sleep on, fly on, in your mind, you can fly” is a direct lyrical call back to Ants of the sky
🖤🖤🖤
How does anyone dislike this? I don't get it. lol
I assume they hit the wrong button accidentally. That's what I'm going with.
Some people are too stuck in the "Human music... I like it!" mindset and simply can't grasp the complexity of progressive music. They can't find the groove basically. They didn't grow up with Rush and Yes. Also they might just not enjoy death vocals.
@@FringeSpectre This is true.
I'm happy to say I haven't really seen any negative response to this release at all! Maybe a few minor let downs or criticisms here and there but from what I've seen it's been very postive
i could do without the growling tbh, but that aside i like it, i imagine people who hate growling even more than me might just write off the song entirely.
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Tommy really channeling his inner James LaBrie here
the opening riff is literally Not My Love by Tides of Man just on piano o.O
Been meaning to check em out... I like dgd
Absolutely wrong. You can't just hear four similar sounding notes and go "iT's LiTeRalLy ThE sAmE rIfF"
Opening riff: Selkies 2.0?
It's not
It's similar but it's actually closer to a part from ants of the sky.
"Bad Habits of the Sky"
this song is Ants of the Sky 2 and you cannot change my mind
it really does feel like it
Agreed
More radness...
🤘🏻😎🇨🇱
Chocolate rain