This track is about a guy that has sleep issues / night terrors. He falls asleep at night and has terrors about killing his wife (the part with the female is his wife talking to him during a terror). One night he wakes up in the woods covered in blood, he discovers that he actually killed his wife. He gets in his car/truck and somehow crashes it. He ends up in a coma in the hospital and he is stuck in a constant terror, him killing his wife over and over again. Hence "face a fate thats worse than death". Pretty intense concept, Vincent said he wanted to try to make this a movie. I'd watch it.
They could do a 30 minute mini film about it where the entire time the song plays softly in the background, whether it be on a radio in a room or quietly and barely heard. Instant cult classic
+Mike Martire Now that I know all this and am listening to it, I've decided that this is probably the most brilliant song I've ever heard from any genre of music. I have so much more artistic respect for the Acacia Strain because of this song.
+Daisy's Destruction I bought this album because I liked send help and holy walls of the Vatican, opened it up like oh theirs two discs and saw this song is 27 mins long 😂😂😂, good way to end a great album if you ask me
LYRICS Instead of fighting the sickness she is You’ll become the disease Give your life to the witch Give your life to the witch Give your life to the witch Give your life to the witch “You look in their eyes, even in a picture, doesn't matter if they're dead or alive, you can still read 'em. You know what you see? They welcomed it... not at first, but... right there in the last instant. It's an unmistakable relief. See, cause they were afraid, and now they saw for the very first time how easy it was to just... let go. Yeah They saw, in that last nanosecond, they saw... what they were. You, yourself, this whole big drama, it was never more than a jerry rig of presumption and dumb will, and you could just let go. To finally know that you didn't have to hold on so tight. To realize that all your life, all your love, all your hate, all your memories, all your pain, it was all the same thing. It was all the same dream, a dream that you had inside a locked room, a dream about being a person. And like a lot of dreams, there's a monster at the end of it.” “Remember the old days... How everything used to be? We used to be so happy. I miss that. I miss us. How normal it used to be. You and I used to smile so much... Look at all that water. I love the ocean because it reminds me of all the wonderful times we used to have here. The sounds and the sights, and the smell, it just makes me so happy. All of those memories and feelings help me live. The hope that maybe everything will be like they used to be gives me a reason to wake up in the morning. I don’t dream anymore. I know a lot of people say that but I really don’t. It’s hard to dream when everything you used to dream about is a nightmare. I don’t know. I’m sorry. Sometimes I still cling to that memory, hoping. You always look the same while you’re asleep. It’s like reliving an old memory. So calm, so peaceful, almost happy. It reminds me of the old me, the one I thought I knew before all this. I’m not a stranger to these feelings. Loneliness, emptiness, anger. But I thought we worked through them. I thought we defeated them, together. Instead they stand in defiance in the back of my mind slowly inching their way forward again. When’s this going to stop? Tell me. Please tell me. Say you’ll make it better again. I miss the way it was. The way things were. I would rather die than know that I will never relive those moments again. Because this isn’t living, this isn’t anything at all. I would rather die.” She pulls you deeper from the world As you gasp your final breathe Say goodbye to the world And face your fate that’s worse than death She is the one you see when you close your eyes Spared all her fear, paralyzer of lives Gasping for words, she exploded your heart Where is the distance alone in the dark? Give your life to the witch Surrender your last breathe to the witch Give your life to the witch Surrender your last breathe to the witch “But you have no right to call me a murderer. You have a right to kill me. You have a right to do that... but you have no right to judge me. It's impossible for words to describe what is necessary to those who do not know what horror means. Horror... Horror has a face... and you must make a friend of horror. Horror and moral terror are your friends. If they are not, then they are enemies to be feared. They are truly enemies!” Frozen to the bed and terror in my mind She calls out to me. I cannot scream I leave the world behind I cannot scream I cannot scream I cannot scream I cannot scream Bury me in a nameless grave Bury me in a nameless grave Bury me in a nameless grave Bury me in a nameless grave
Had to be done.. For ones to understand...even though they tracked in from true detectives parts.. That was done within months of this release. Sick a/f the concept and everything this song is about. Thanks for the lyrics, its the only way to truly know the song...be an Observer
This song is heavy on so many levels. ''Observer' is really one of the best metal songs I have ever heard. I know that statement is difficult to sort out, given the sheer volume and variety of metal music, but this song is outstanding.
I've heard it compared to Bongripper, which is fine, but I was really disappointed with Bongripper when I checked them out. Not nearly on the same level, and not having vocals doesn't help.
+c widd some bands you either dislike or love, bongripper is one of those. I really don't think vocals could add to most of them at all. That being said Satan Worshipping Doom is probably the most perfect album from them, especially the track Satan but Observer is a whole other beast
When we think of “heavy”...heavy is a feeling, I think. There’s a lot of metal that makes me feel angry, aggressive, or pumped up, but nothing I’ve listened to has made me feel heavy like this, regardless of technical ability, no other band does for me what the acacia strain does.
Good fucking lord. This is what I have always wanted from TAS. This almost feels like pure Doom metal. For someone who was lost a loved one, this song is far too emotional to me, especially the woman's monologue halfway through. Not to mention the use of the greatest scene from "Apocalypse Now", There's just so much to be said about this song. The rest of the album is good but this alone puts it to shame. If TAS retires after this record I wouldn't be upset at all. Masterpiece.
JFord. Animation I wouldn't be upset if they retired either, but that's not for the same reason. I think they are very bad. I think you have really awful taste in music. I think if anything, this shit really reminds me a lot of BMTH
Absolutely beautiful. Instrumentation, lyrics, meaning, all of it. It truly sums up the record. The first ten tracks are the terrors a man has (as he has night terrors/sleep paralysis), about killing, disregard for religion, and losing those he loves. They go into thorough detail about what he dreams about (How he kills someone, burning down shrines and terrorizing people), but this final track truly links everything together, telling the story in whole from the mans perspective. The man falls asleep once more, having another horrible dream, this one about murdering his wife for wanting "things to go back to the way they used to be", presumably a time before the mans night terrors started. He hears her every word as she talks to him in the dream, hence the muffled, dreamy sound of her voice. However, this time he "wakes up", realizing that he has actually killed her, hinting that while he was killing her, he was under the immense pressure of his emotions, and imagined it was just a dream. From here he starts his car, and decides the only thing he can truly do is kill himself. He drives his vehicle, and throws it off the road, presumably off a cliff of sorts, crashes, and waits for death. The paramedics reach him first, hinted by the sound of the sirens, and is rushed to the hospital. This is where the albums title comes into play. We here his heart rate, nice and steady, and as someone else pointed out in the comments, he undergoes surgery. He lives, but is put into a deep coma. "She pulls you deeper from the world. As you gasp your final breathe. Say goodbye to the world. And face your fate that’s worse than death". That final line there is hinting at the fact that in this coma (similar to Metallica's "One"), the man cannot move, cannot see, cannot escape, and can only relive the murdering of his wife, over, and over, and over. "Give your life to the witch" hits hard. It's essentially the man pleading for death. He cannot go on living like he is, and "welcomed it...not at first, but...right there in the last instant. It's an unmistakable relief. See, cause [he was] afraid, and now [he] saw for the very first time how easy it was to just...let go". And he does. "I leave the world behind I cannot scream", but has one last wish. He wants to be buried in a nameless grave. He wants to leave the world unnoticed, and forever so. He doesn't deserve to be named on his tombstone. No fingerprints, no face, gone without a trace...
I put this on tonight while driving home around midnight in the pouring rain. I started tearing up around halfway through. I realized when I think about The Acacia Strain, that kind of experience isn't exactly what I expect or associate them with. And for this reason I think Coma Witch is a fucking fantastic album.
Holy shit, this struck a personal chord with me. The speeches made in the song, and sounds, the lyrics. A lot of this goes deeper than most listeners will understand, and that's just a fact. Acacia Strain almost always has a longer track that is really odd or different, and this one tops them all. Keep doing what you're doing fella's, obviously it's something, and it's right.
Going through the comments I see a lot of people leaving their stories / connections to this song. I remember when this record came out, I listened from front to back. The ten tracks preceding this song took me on a journey themselves, but an entirely different experience was to be had listening to this masterpiece. The only way I have been able to describe this song to my peers was to compare it to a movie. Every time I listen, I feel like I see a story unfold behind my eyelids, and its something I have never EVER experienced from anything else in my life. Observer is the purest embodiment of pain, suffering, and hatred in any auditory form. I will never cease to listen to it in full whenever it comes on.
"She pulls you deeper from the world As you kiss your final breath Say goodbye to the world And face a fate that's worse than death She is the one you see when you close your eyes Spreader of fear, paralyzer of light" The Coma Witch is the figure at the end of the bed during sleep paralysis/night terrors. Makes the album so much more spooky to me
I've had a few problems lately, I won't go into it. So, I asked a metalhead friend of mine if he knew any sad music that wasn't emo or anything soft like that. You gotta understand, I like all forms of metal, but my preferences are death metal and black metal. Anyway, my friend tells me about this song by Acacia Strain. this is my first time hearing acacia strain, and i really like it.
To be honest, most songs besides this one didn't impress me all that much. I prefer the previous three albums to this one. Excluding Observer of course, this track is the shit
Such an extremely awesome song Such an extremely awesome band & Such an extremely awesome album (COMA WITCH). I've seen The Acacia Strain live like 4 x's and they bring it!!! Everytime they hit a stage and till they walk off. My favorite was July 11th (2016 or 2017) Connelsville Pa @ The Cinema w/CULTURE KILLER, KNOCKED LOOSE, OCEANO, & THE ACACIA STRAIN (headlined). SInce then and the first time I've seen live ...... Their just an all around good example of awesome-heavy music. Highly! Recommend them and all their music. Greetings from Pittsburgh Pa USA
It really is, it's eerie, plus it mixes well with the sirens in the part where the sirens come in. Since the song is a slower tempo when the guitars sound like that. This song is a masterpiece within a masterpiece of an album!
The part which is starting at 10:00 sounds so beautiful but yet so depressing. I love this whole song, its a real masterpiece to me. The meaning of it gives me goosebumps everytime I listen to it. Every segment tells the story bit by bit, I admire Vincents creativity so much!
Took me forever to find this song!! Liquid Metal introduced me to this song.I never forgot it,and how it moves me.Kinda like a Pink Floyd trip,but with good music!! I'm 51 yo in a few weeks and hope to see you guys in Atlanta in March! My first concert since the original Van Halen 1984 set...Please head butt me if we meet! :)
This song makes me think about my father. When he was near the end of his life. He was mostly out of his senses. The few times he came around there in the end. I saw the fear in his eyes because he knew he was going to die soon. I tried to convince him it was fine. That he lived a full life and should look forward to "the afterlife" or wtf ever. It's just some bullshit you say to try and console someone you love. You don't really believe it. But I find myself trying more and more to believe what I actually told him. This is hell
this album, and particularly this song kind of change my life, I was going through a depression when I bought this album, and this album only made it worse, but for the better, made me hate people and everyone around me even more.
Lyrics Instead of fighting The sickness she is You become the disease Give your life to the witch [4x] “You look in their eyes, even in a picture, doesn't matter if they're dead or alive, you can still read 'em. You know what you see? They welcomed it... not at first, but... right there in the last instant. It's an unmistakable relief. See, cause they were afraid, and now they saw for the very first time how easy it was to just... let go. Yeah, they saw, in that last nanosecond, they saw... what they were. You, yourself, this whole big drama, it was never more than a jerry rig of presumption and dumb will, and you could just let go. To finally know that you didn't have to hold on so tight. To realize that all your life, all your love, all your hate, all your memories, all your pain, it was all the same thing. It was all the same dream, a dream that you had inside a locked room, a dream about being a person. And like a lot of dreams, there's a monster at the end of it.” “Remember the old days... How everything used to be? We used to be so happy. I miss that. I miss us. How normal it used to be. You and I used to smile so much... Look at all that water. I love the ocean because it reminds me of all the wonderful times we used to have here. The sounds and the sights, and the smell, it just makes me so happy. All of those memories and feelings help me live. The hope that maybe everything will be like they used to be gives me a reason to wake up in the morning. I don’t dream anymore. I know a lot of people say that but I really don’t. It’s hard to dream when everything you used to dream about is a nightmare. I don’t know. I’m sorry. Sometimes I still cling to that memory, hoping. You always look the same while you’re asleep. It’s like reliving an old memory. So calm, so peaceful, almost happy. It reminds me of the old me, the one I thought I knew before all this. I’m not a stranger to these feelings. Loneliness, emptiness, anger. But I thought we worked through them. I thought we defeated them, together. Instead they stand in defiance in the back of my mind slowly inching their way forward again. When’s this going to stop? Tell me. Please tell me. Say you’ll make it better again. I miss the way it was. The way things were. I would rather die than know that I will never relive those moments again. Because this isn’t living, this isn’t anything at all. I would rather die.” She pulls you deeper from the world As you gasp your final breath Say goodbye to the world And face your fate That's worse than death She is the one you see When you close your eyes Spreader of fear Paralyzer of lies Gasping me for words and explodeing your heart Where is the distance alone in the dark? [2x] Give your life to the witch Surrender your last breath to the witch “But you have no right to call me a murderer. You have a right to kill me. You have a right to do that... but you have no right to judge me. It's impossible for words to describe what is necessary to those who do not know what horror means. Horror... Horror has a face... and you must make a friend of horror. Horror and moral terror are your friends. If they are not, then they are enemies to be feared. They are truly enemies!” Frozen to the bed The terror in my mind She calls out to me I cannot scream I leave the world behind I cannot scream [3x] Bury me in a nameless grave [4x]
I feel kinda like I accomplished something by listening to the whole thing. That was better than I was expecting, and that's coming from a long time fan of this band. This whole album is great.
The song certainly gets more interesting as it goes on. At first I didn't really feel any emotion from this but after the mid-point it got allot of help from the monologues. This is pretty decent for a Rise band. I honestly didn't expect to be able to stay enticed in the music for 30 minutes, although the track does reuse allot of ideas throughout the song I don't really mind because I enjoyed listening to them. I don't think the orchestra part was needed, if anything that's the only place this song goes wrong for me.
sweepxcore i think he might know that but maybe he doesnt want them referred to as a Rise band because they were around way longer than they have been with Rise
I can't explain the joy the catharsis this gave me to know someone can form something so potent from the deep, deep hatred of the actions of others. This wasnt metal, this was fucking ART, and BEAUTIFULLY assembled. I'm simply blown away. Amazing.
Parts are mixed in from true detectives season 1...good watch and especially when you realize where the parts are from. Lol theres a monster at the end! The Observer
This song can only be heard as intended when played on vinyl. There are certain parts in which you are supposed to shift from 33rpm to 45rpm and, and parts where you have to switch back to 33rpm. It still sounds good when played in its entirety on 33rpm, which is what you're hearing here, and on the CD and digital versions; but it's not supposed to be as sludgy as it sounds here. You're given audible cues of when it's time to switch speeds, and it's up to you to interpret them. I dont wanna spoil it by giving them away. This is a brilliant song, and I wish more bands would release long, listener interactive songs like this.
Am I the only one who is getting a hint of retirement coming? I just get this vibe like this album could be it for The Acacia Strain, and if for some reason I'm right and this is the last record we get from the band, I feel totally okay with that. I love this band each and every release but I am completely blown away by this album and feel like it could be their "farewell" record. This just seems like it would be an insane way to end your catalogue. Well done boys.
I dont think so, I think this is evolution. I think this is a step into a whole new type of heavy music. This whole song is an artwork, meant to bring every emotion. This gets me so excited for the records to come.
This track has been my sole companion for weeks. Longing to be buried in a nameless grave. I tried to let go. I did. Only to be found by the police, dogs, helicopters… unfair! Loss, grief. Despair. Terror. Companions. This is an epic track. If I had had my own way this would have been the last thing I had heard. Finally something worth listening to.
This song still gives me chills 3 years later. I can't listen to the whole thing mind you, it's just so depraved and evil lmao. The True Detective clip makes it even better
I personally love Coma Witch, this song is the one song that puts the lasting impression on the whole album. Basically it is about someone trying to kill themself with carbon dioxide poisoning by looking themself in a running car in a garage. Someone breaks the window, this is like a modern day Shakespearean masterpiece honestly. Just the tragedy and sorrow, but there is a deep lesson to be learned in this song, it is just up to the individual to decipher what that lesson may be.
The last time was Hatebreed's 20 YEARS OF DESIRE 15 YEARS OF PERSEVERANCE TOUR (Part 2) ..... opening band The Twitching Tongues, The Acacia Strain, Crowbar, & Hatebreed (headlined)
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This track is about a guy that has sleep issues / night terrors. He falls asleep at night and has terrors about killing his wife (the part with the female is his wife talking to him during a terror).
One night he wakes up in the woods covered in blood, he discovers that he actually killed his wife. He gets in his car/truck and somehow crashes it. He ends up in a coma in the hospital and he is stuck in a constant terror, him killing his wife over and over again. Hence "face a fate thats worse than death".
Pretty intense concept, Vincent said he wanted to try to make this a movie. I'd watch it.
They could do a 30 minute mini film about it where the entire time the song plays softly in the background, whether it be on a radio in a room or quietly and barely heard. Instant cult classic
***** I talked to vincent about it
+Mike Martire Now that I know all this and am listening to it, I've decided that this is probably the most brilliant song I've ever heard from any genre of music. I have so much more artistic respect for the Acacia Strain because of this song.
Yea its a pretty damn awesome concept. I just saw them last week and they played it live. Fucking amazing.
+Mike Martire do they play the whole 27 minute thing??
its like they put out a ten song album and added a whole extra album to the end of it
yo dawg herd ya like albums
Adam Reimer haha!
More cushion for the pushin
+Bud Schaefer lol "coma witch" is actually a double-disc album that has a second disc solely for this song.
+Daisy's Destruction I bought this album because I liked send help and holy walls of the Vatican, opened it up like oh theirs two discs and saw this song is 27 mins long 😂😂😂, good way to end a great album if you ask me
LYRICS
Instead of fighting the sickness she is
You’ll become the disease
Give your life to the witch
Give your life to the witch
Give your life to the witch
Give your life to the witch
“You look in their eyes, even in a picture, doesn't matter if they're dead or alive, you can still read 'em. You know what you see? They welcomed it... not at first, but... right there in the last instant. It's an unmistakable relief. See, cause they were afraid, and now they saw for the very first time how easy it was to just... let go. Yeah They saw, in that last nanosecond, they saw... what they were. You, yourself, this whole big drama, it was never more than a jerry rig of presumption and dumb will, and you could just let go. To finally know that you didn't have to hold on so tight. To realize that all your life, all your love, all your hate, all your memories, all your pain, it was all the same thing. It was all the same dream, a dream that you had inside a locked room, a dream about being a person. And like a lot of dreams, there's a monster at the end of it.”
“Remember the old days... How everything used to be? We used to be so happy. I miss that. I miss us. How normal it used to be. You and I used to smile so much... Look at all that water. I love the ocean because it reminds me of all the wonderful times we used to have here. The sounds and the sights, and the smell, it just makes me so happy. All of those memories and feelings help me live. The hope that maybe everything will be like they used to be gives me a reason to wake up in the morning. I don’t dream anymore. I know a lot of people say that but I really don’t. It’s hard to dream when everything you used to dream about is a nightmare. I don’t know. I’m sorry. Sometimes I still cling to that memory, hoping. You always look the same while you’re asleep. It’s like reliving an old memory. So calm, so peaceful, almost happy. It reminds me of the old me, the one I thought I knew before all this. I’m not a stranger to these feelings. Loneliness, emptiness, anger. But I thought we worked through them. I thought we defeated them, together. Instead they stand in defiance in the back of my mind slowly inching their way forward again. When’s this going to stop? Tell me. Please tell me. Say you’ll make it better again. I miss the way it was. The way things were. I would rather die than know that I will never relive those moments again. Because this isn’t living, this isn’t anything at all. I would rather die.”
She pulls you deeper from the world
As you gasp your final breathe
Say goodbye to the world
And face your fate that’s worse than death
She is the one you see when you close your eyes
Spared all her fear, paralyzer of lives
Gasping for words, she exploded your heart
Where is the distance alone in the dark?
Give your life to the witch
Surrender your last breathe to the witch
Give your life to the witch
Surrender your last breathe to the witch
“But you have no right to call me a murderer. You have a right to kill me. You have a right to do that... but you have no right to judge me. It's impossible for words to describe what is necessary to those who do not know what horror means. Horror... Horror has a face... and you must make a friend of horror. Horror and moral terror are your friends. If they are not, then they are enemies to be feared. They are truly enemies!”
Frozen to the bed and terror in my mind
She calls out to me.
I cannot scream
I leave the world behind
I cannot scream
I cannot scream
I cannot scream
I cannot scream
Bury me in a nameless grave
Bury me in a nameless grave
Bury me in a nameless grave
Bury me in a nameless grave
You the man!
9ChildOfCybertron6 haha cheers mate. Got my preorder today. just gonna quickly make a correction...
"Spreading her fear, paralyzer of lives"*
Had to be done..
For ones to understand...even though they tracked in from true detectives parts..
That was done within months of this release. Sick a/f the concept and everything this song is about. Thanks for the lyrics, its the only way to truly know the song...be an Observer
This song is heavy on so many levels. ''Observer' is really one of the best metal songs I have ever heard. I know that statement is difficult to sort out, given the sheer volume and variety of metal music, but this song is outstanding.
+c widd It has a dark void-like atmosphere that's intensely calm at the same time. I also find it outstanding.
I've heard it compared to Bongripper, which is fine, but I was really disappointed with Bongripper when I checked them out. Not nearly on the same level, and not having vocals doesn't help.
+c widd some bands you either dislike or love, bongripper is one of those. I really don't think vocals could add to most of them at all. That being said Satan Worshipping Doom is probably the most perfect album from them, especially the track Satan but Observer is a whole other beast
When we think of “heavy”...heavy is a feeling, I think. There’s a lot of metal that makes me feel angry, aggressive, or pumped up, but nothing I’ve listened to has made me feel heavy like this, regardless of technical ability, no other band does for me what the acacia strain does.
This is probably the saddest, most suffocatingly depressing piece I've heard. And I listen to doom metal, so yeah.
It's like a mix of post-rock and doom-metal (I'm an avid post-rock listener)
masterpiece
Soul crushing is how I'd describe this song
For anyone asking,The women's monologue was written by Vincent himself and spoken by an unknown person.
I finally find the explanation to that monologue 6 years later holy shit lol thank you
@@luweewee Holy shit man, I always wondered what it was from too! hahahaha
Sounds like the same woman in basin of vows.
Actually this is not true at all
@@jaygrain2512I asked Vincent on Twitter back in 2014 and that was his answer.
Suck a lemon.
"Heavy" does not adequately describe this. This song is fucking monolithic.
I have listened to this song in its entirety more times than the album. Truly epic.
6 years later... Still giving me goosebumps.
"It's hard to dream when everything you used to dream about was a nightmare."
Good fucking lord. This is what I have always wanted from TAS. This almost feels like pure Doom metal. For someone who was lost a loved one, this song is far too emotional to me, especially the woman's monologue halfway through. Not to mention the use of the greatest scene from "Apocalypse Now", There's just so much to be said about this song. The rest of the album is good but this alone puts it to shame. If TAS retires after this record I wouldn't be upset at all. Masterpiece.
Agreed.
This song is a masterpiece. It's reminiscent of Bongripper but keeps The Acacia Strain sound true.
This comment depicts and describes the words i would say for this song. yes Yes YEs YES!
JFord. Animation I wouldn't be upset if they retired either, but that's not for the same reason. I think they are very bad. I think you have really awful taste in music. I think if anything, this shit really reminds me a lot of BMTH
Captain Planet because bmth is hardcore metal? def...
This is one of the best things this band has ever done.
It was a crazy experience
It’s my undisputed favourite thing they’ve ever done
what if they played this as the whole set at a show
owmyears55 I would enjoy it. It kind of is a stand alone piece.
They have....
@@paullaplante1406 no way?
Absolutely beautiful. Instrumentation, lyrics, meaning, all of it. It truly sums up the record. The first ten tracks are the terrors a man has (as he has night terrors/sleep paralysis), about killing, disregard for religion, and losing those he loves. They go into thorough detail about what he dreams about (How he kills someone, burning down shrines and terrorizing people), but this final track truly links everything together, telling the story in whole from the mans perspective. The man falls asleep once more, having another horrible dream, this one about murdering his wife for wanting "things to go back to the way they used to be", presumably a time before the mans night terrors started. He hears her every word as she talks to him in the dream, hence the muffled, dreamy sound of her voice. However, this time he "wakes up", realizing that he has actually killed her, hinting that while he was killing her, he was under the immense pressure of his emotions, and imagined it was just a dream. From here he starts his car, and decides the only thing he can truly do is kill himself. He drives his vehicle, and throws it off the road, presumably off a cliff of sorts, crashes, and waits for death. The paramedics reach him first, hinted by the sound of the sirens, and is rushed to the hospital. This is where the albums title comes into play. We here his heart rate, nice and steady, and as someone else pointed out in the comments, he undergoes surgery. He lives, but is put into a deep coma. "She pulls you deeper from the world. As you gasp your final breathe. Say goodbye to the world. And face your fate that’s worse than death". That final line there is hinting at the fact that in this coma (similar to Metallica's "One"), the man cannot move, cannot see, cannot escape, and can only relive the murdering of his wife, over, and over, and over. "Give your life to the witch" hits hard. It's essentially the man pleading for death. He cannot go on living like he is, and "welcomed it...not at first, but...right there in the last instant. It's an unmistakable relief. See, cause [he was] afraid, and now [he] saw for the very first time how easy it was to just...let go". And he does. "I leave the world behind I cannot scream", but has one last wish. He wants to be buried in a nameless grave. He wants to leave the world unnoticed, and forever so. He doesn't deserve to be named on his tombstone. No fingerprints, no face, gone without a trace...
Beautiful analysis. Well done.
....Fuck.
Vincent got really deep on this one.....
I put this on tonight while driving home around midnight in the pouring rain. I started tearing up around halfway through.
I realized when I think about The Acacia Strain, that kind of experience isn't exactly what I expect or associate them with. And for this reason I think Coma Witch is a fucking fantastic album.
Holy shit, this struck a personal chord with me.
The speeches made in the song, and sounds, the lyrics.
A lot of this goes deeper than most listeners will understand, and that's just a fact.
Acacia Strain almost always has a longer track that is really odd or different, and this one tops them all.
Keep doing what you're doing fella's, obviously it's something, and it's right.
10:00 onwards, anyone else getting any Vildhjarta vibes? So awesome. I love it.
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Going through the comments I see a lot of people leaving their stories / connections to this song. I remember when this record came out, I listened from front to back. The ten tracks preceding this song took me on a journey themselves, but an entirely different experience was to be had listening to this masterpiece. The only way I have been able to describe this song to my peers was to compare it to a movie. Every time I listen, I feel like I see a story unfold behind my eyelids, and its something I have never EVER experienced from anything else in my life. Observer is the purest embodiment of pain, suffering, and hatred in any auditory form. I will never cease to listen to it in full whenever it comes on.
"....this isn't living, this isn't anything at all, I would rather die."
That was some deep shit that hit close to home. 😢
The guitar at 6:18 just resonates in my spine. Sounds like a siren, and it just has that...pitch and tone...
"She pulls you deeper from the world
As you kiss your final breath
Say goodbye to the world
And face a fate that's worse than death
She is the one you see when you close your eyes
Spreader of fear, paralyzer of light"
The Coma Witch is the figure at the end of the bed during sleep paralysis/night terrors. Makes the album so much more spooky to me
I've had a few problems lately, I won't go into it. So, I asked a metalhead friend of mine if he knew any sad music that wasn't emo or anything soft like that. You gotta understand, I like all forms of metal, but my preferences are death metal and black metal. Anyway, my friend tells me about this song by Acacia Strain. this is my first time hearing acacia strain, and i really like it.
Dark Days by Carnifex is a good choice too
Listen to their 3 albums they'll be your favorite band ever, also check out the band left behind
Last 3 albums
I honestly think Coma Witch is the best TAS album.
To be honest, most songs besides this one didn't impress me all that much. I prefer the previous three albums to this one. Excluding Observer of course, this track is the shit
I agree.
whale shark is still the heaviest shit ever
How funny would it be if the song was 37:50 instead of 27:50
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mm..
Why?
Omnipresent .Perception Wat
The joke is no one here listens to enough Acacia Strain to know 3750 is a song by them
The Mcconaughey Strain
Wow... that was amazing, not what i expected at all, i doubt many bands could keep a song interesting for half an hour.
a lot of 1970's bands wrote 30 minute - 1 hour long songs and they were great, that was during the original progressive movement.
Just started watching true detective and was like wait a minute, I've heard that before
heard what part
@@austinlyle3579 4:16 - 5:51 is a monologue from True Detective season 1
Such an extremely awesome song Such an extremely awesome band & Such an extremely awesome album (COMA WITCH).
I've seen The Acacia Strain live like 4 x's and they bring it!!! Everytime they hit a stage and till they walk off.
My favorite was July 11th (2016 or 2017) Connelsville Pa @ The Cinema w/CULTURE KILLER, KNOCKED LOOSE, OCEANO, & THE ACACIA STRAIN (headlined).
SInce then and the first time I've seen live ...... Their just an all around good example of awesome-heavy music.
Highly! Recommend them and all their music.
Greetings from Pittsburgh Pa USA
Saw them live last night. They killed it!!!!!!
listening to this high as hell...there are no words....
Fucking incredible. How the fuck could Acacia Strain ever expect to top this?
The fact that they put a Mcconologue in here from True Detective is the most metal thing I've ever heard.
the whiney, siren-like sounds of the guitar in this is fucking haunting.
It really is, it's eerie, plus it mixes well with the sirens in the part where the sirens come in. Since the song is a slower tempo when the guitars sound like that.
This song is a masterpiece within a masterpiece of an album!
callback to human disaster intro
i literally couldn't listen to this without getting a little teary eyed
emotionally i couldn't handle it
The best and only way to listen to this song is with some good headphones. Its creepy, scary, and philosophical. I'm a little shook. Thank you.
The part which is starting at 10:00 sounds so beautiful but yet so depressing. I love this whole song, its a real masterpiece to me. The meaning of it gives me goosebumps everytime I listen to it. Every segment tells the story bit by bit, I admire Vincents creativity so much!
This is the best fucking thing this band has ever released. Holy christ.
I totally agree. It's their magnum opus
It's like TAS decided to write a sludge metal song in a discography of hardcore anthems.
Took me forever to find this song!! Liquid Metal introduced me to this song.I never forgot it,and how it moves me.Kinda like a Pink Floyd trip,but with good music!! I'm 51 yo in a few weeks and hope to see you guys in Atlanta in March! My first concert since the original Van Halen 1984 set...Please head butt me if we meet! :)
If any of you Acacia strain band members wanna reach out with some meet and greet tickets,I can show you the good spots in Ga.!! Pleeze!
I’m not even in this band but I love how much you love them. Praying you get to see them after COVID my dude, they’re shows are out of this world!
This song makes me think about my father. When he was near the end of his life. He was mostly out of his senses. The few times he came around there in the end. I saw the fear in his eyes because he knew he was going to die soon. I tried to convince him it was fine. That he lived a full life and should look forward to "the afterlife" or wtf ever. It's just some bullshit you say to try and console someone you love. You don't really believe it. But I find myself trying more and more to believe what I actually told him. This is hell
The older I get the more I appreciate this album
The atmosphere is intensely suffocating. One of their best songs.
Speaking personally, this is the best body of music ever made. My absolute favorite thing I have ever listened to. Thank you, TAS
This is one of the best sludge/doom metal songs I've ever heard, and this band is supposed to be deathcore.
This is beautiful, although I did not think I was going to be able to sit and listen to the whole thing I did and it pulled me in great job.
this album, and particularly this song kind of change my life, I was going through a depression when I bought this album, and this album only made it worse, but for the better, made me hate people and everyone around me even more.
How is that for the better?
Love this in it's entirety.
So fucking deep.
Lyrics
Instead of fighting
The sickness she is
You become the disease
Give your life to the witch [4x]
“You look in their eyes, even in a picture, doesn't matter if they're dead or alive, you can still read 'em. You know what you see? They welcomed it... not at first, but... right there in the last instant. It's an unmistakable relief. See, cause they were afraid, and now they saw for the very first time how easy it was to just... let go.
Yeah, they saw, in that last nanosecond, they saw... what they were. You, yourself, this whole big drama, it was never more than a jerry rig of presumption and dumb will, and you could just let go. To finally know that you didn't have to hold on so tight. To realize that all your life, all your love, all your hate, all your memories, all your pain, it was all the same thing. It was all the same dream, a dream that you had inside a locked room, a dream about being a person. And like a lot of dreams, there's a monster at the end of it.”
“Remember the old days... How everything used to be? We used to be so happy. I miss that. I miss us. How normal it used to be. You and I used to smile so much... Look at all that water. I love the ocean because it reminds me of all the wonderful times we used to have here. The sounds and the sights, and the smell, it just makes me so happy. All of those memories and feelings help me live. The hope that maybe everything will be like they used to be gives me a reason to wake up in the morning.
I don’t dream anymore. I know a lot of people say that but I really don’t. It’s hard to dream when everything you used to dream about is a nightmare. I don’t know. I’m sorry. Sometimes I still cling to that memory, hoping. You always look the same while you’re asleep. It’s like reliving an old memory. So calm, so peaceful, almost happy. It reminds me of the old me, the one I thought I knew before all this. I’m not a stranger to these feelings. Loneliness, emptiness, anger. But I thought we worked through them. I thought we defeated them, together. Instead they stand in defiance in the back of my mind slowly inching their way forward again.
When’s this going to stop? Tell me. Please tell me. Say you’ll make it better again. I miss the way it was. The way things were. I would rather die than know that I will never relive those moments again. Because this isn’t living, this isn’t anything at all. I would rather die.”
She pulls you deeper from the world
As you gasp your final breath
Say goodbye to the world
And face your fate
That's worse than death
She is the one you see
When you close your eyes
Spreader of fear
Paralyzer of lies
Gasping me for words and explodeing your heart
Where is the distance alone in the dark?
[2x]
Give your life to the witch
Surrender your last breath to the witch
“But you have no right to call me a murderer. You have a right to kill me. You have a right to do that... but you have no right to judge me. It's impossible for words to describe what is necessary to those who do not know what horror means. Horror... Horror has a face... and you must make a friend of horror. Horror and moral terror are your friends. If they are not, then they are enemies to be feared. They are truly enemies!”
Frozen to the bed
The terror in my mind
She calls out to me
I cannot scream
I leave the world behind
I cannot scream [3x]
Bury me in a nameless grave [4x]
That's beautiful.
They get a gold star for using True Detective in this song
I have a whole other level of respect for TAS after listening to this
When coma witch came out I hated it. I came back years later and now its probably my fav acacia strain album. It grew on me.
very emotional. a slap on the face. its amazing
I feel kinda like I accomplished something by listening to the whole thing. That was better than I was expecting, and that's coming from a long time fan of this band. This whole album is great.
couldn't get into this album as well as i got into continent or wormwood, but this song makes up for that easily!
It’s still as twisted, beautiful and impactful as it was when I first heard it years ago ❤
This song grabs me eternally .. brings me back to a hard time
The song certainly gets more interesting as it goes on. At first I didn't really feel any emotion from this but after the mid-point it got allot of help from the monologues. This is pretty decent for a Rise band. I honestly didn't expect to be able to stay enticed in the music for 30 minutes, although the track does reuse allot of ideas throughout the song I don't really mind because I enjoyed listening to them. I don't think the orchestra part was needed, if anything that's the only place this song goes wrong for me.
I love the orchestra part!
I liked the orchestra part too, fit in perfect for the epic ending
TAS is't a "rise band" hahaha they've been a band for over 10 years.
Jeremy McDonald
he means Rise as in the record label "Rise Records"
sweepxcore
i think he might know that but maybe he doesnt want them referred to as a Rise band because they were around way longer than they have been with Rise
I didn't know what to expect from a half hour TAS song but this is badass.
I can't explain the joy the catharsis this gave me to know someone can form something so potent from the deep, deep hatred of the actions of others. This wasnt metal, this was fucking ART, and BEAUTIFULLY assembled. I'm simply blown away. Amazing.
i just sat here and listened to this whole thing. im not sure what i got out of this but i liked all the sound clips and slower parts and stuff.
The realest comment on here haha.
carl jaysen yo dawg herd ya like stuffs
Parts are mixed in from true detectives season 1...good watch and especially when you realize where the parts are from. Lol theres a monster at the end!
The Observer
This song can only be heard as intended when played on vinyl. There are certain parts in which you are supposed to shift from 33rpm to 45rpm and, and parts where you have to switch back to 33rpm. It still sounds good when played in its entirety on 33rpm, which is what you're hearing here, and on the CD and digital versions; but it's not supposed to be as sludgy as it sounds here. You're given audible cues of when it's time to switch speeds, and it's up to you to interpret them. I dont wanna spoil it by giving them away. This is a brilliant song, and I wish more bands would release long, listener interactive songs like this.
Does the coma witch vinyl say this? Not tryna fact check you, I’m literally just curious
Cringe and schizophrenic
Best Acacia Strain song ever! Love it!
Heaviest thing they have ever done and ever will do. Such a personal song for me
so obsessed. good god. my soul feels every beat & lyric to this song.
they could of just released this as a 1 song EP it's that fucking good
kinda like above/below i loved that
Am I the only one who is getting a hint of retirement coming? I just get this vibe like this album could be it for The Acacia Strain, and if for some reason I'm right and this is the last record we get from the band, I feel totally okay with that. I love this band each and every release but I am completely blown away by this album and feel like it could be their "farewell" record. This just seems like it would be an insane way to end your catalogue. Well done boys.
I don't necessarily feel that, but the intensity of this song ending the album this way, I could definitely see it as a farewell song for the band.
I dont think so, I think this is evolution. I think this is a step into a whole new type of heavy music. This whole song is an artwork, meant to bring every emotion. This gets me so excited for the records to come.
Nah they JUST got new guitarists. They are still in my friends
I can see that but yea I think this is just the beginning for this band.
Well you were wrong as fuck, bud lmao
That Rust Cohle quote just seals this song's epicness.
wish the lyrics on this video was in it but god damn this is EPIC
As a raised Christian from birth it is hard to hear TAS' message. At the same time, i love their music. God forgive me. Sometimes death is better.
My pal Luci loves death metal. You guys should meet up
***** you'd be better off to learn correct grammar.
I have never cried while listening to metal. I don't cry much in general but this song breaks me to pieces.
Same, man
I've had a really hard time grappling with how I feel about this song over the years
I love it
I hate it
The helplessness here is incredible
Next time I'm at a bar or club. This is going on.
Did that already, its fucking great seeing everyone leave.
chills. every single time i listen to this song. just fucking chills.
This track has been my sole companion for weeks. Longing to be buried in a nameless grave. I tried to let go. I did. Only to be found by the police, dogs, helicopters… unfair!
Loss, grief. Despair. Terror. Companions.
This is an epic track. If I had had my own way this would have been the last thing I had heard. Finally something worth listening to.
7:11 is so sick, I keep coming back to hear this section even though this song an entire trip as well
This song still gives me chills 3 years later. I can't listen to the whole thing mind you, it's just so depraved and evil lmao. The True Detective clip makes it even better
am I the only person who actually prefers the style of mix on this album than a Joey Sturgis sounding mix?
Same. I grew really tired of Sturgis' style a long time ago.
The structure (obviously not the content or the sound, obviously) of this reminds me a lot of Natasha by Pig Destroyer.
love the depressing hopelessness it summons in my soul
ugh, pure gold. so fucking gold, good. good god. good gravy. gold.
This song has hunted me since it's release, still spooky in 2018
This is the best thing about this record.
I don't know anything about this band, but I know what I like, and I LIKE this!
This is a fucking masterpiece.
this is crazy
absolutely amazing!
I wanted this from TAS too, damn, loved it.
I've also met members but Vincent Bennett is absolutely polite and awesome
I personally love Coma Witch, this song is the one song that puts the lasting impression on the whole album.
Basically it is about someone trying to kill themself with carbon dioxide poisoning by looking themself in a running car in a garage. Someone breaks the window, this is like a modern day Shakespearean masterpiece honestly.
Just the tragedy and sorrow, but there is a deep lesson to be learned in this song, it is just up to the individual to decipher what that lesson may be.
this is like if Godspeed You! Black Emperor put out a heavy song.
I thought it has a resemblances of post-rock. Interesting mix
Is it just me or does this sound more like sludge and post metal. This shit is so fucking awesome!
That fucking Apocalypse Now monologue though.
The last time was Hatebreed's 20 YEARS OF DESIRE 15 YEARS OF PERSEVERANCE TOUR (Part 2) ..... opening band The Twitching Tongues, The Acacia Strain, Crowbar, & Hatebreed (headlined)
Beautiful.
Brutal + Beautiful = Brutiful.
+dreamscape I will be adding this too my vocabulary 😂
Nickleback
Creed
Hinder anyone?
Summmmmmmmm
BODY ONCE TOLD ME
THE WORLD WAS GUNNA ROLL ME
I AINT THE SHARPEST TOOL
IN THE SHEEEEEEEEddddd
Oh no the fuck you didn't.
If they used this "sludge stoner metal" format instead of that "djent" sounding stuff, Coma Witch would have been a fucking masterpiece.
none of it was djent whatsoever can everybody fucking stop calling things djent when they aren't holy shit
Jimmy Jangles fucking seriously getting tired of that shit. it's almost as bad as calling metal screamo.
using an 8 string doesn't automatically make it djent
Evan Beard do you understand " "
God Dammit This fucking shit is DOPE!
This song is amazing
Anyone noticed the True Detective monologue at 4:15 - 5:52 ?
no. I skipped over those exact seconds in the song.
I knew it sounded like Matthew haha
Nothing is worse than getting an ad mid song 🤦
Great job creating atmosphere and exploring sound while staying creepy as fuck. You can tell they put a lot into this track. Something to be proud of.
Fucking true detective. Shits got so many sick quotes for deathcore I had to make 2 songs for it haha
Was wondering if anyone else caught that.
EvilSSP
Only after reading it a couple times.
xXxZOMBIExXxxx hardcore metal
This is such a good song!