you take the dark and carve me out a home

It's amazing to me how much music touches me in ways I cannot anticipate. Like tonight, listening to Hans Zimmer's "Time" from the Inception cinematic soundtrack and the Interstellar theme. I posted a poem as a result because the resulting feelings became too much to hold inside. I have so much emotion sometimes and I do not have any other outlet than poetry. And I cannot believe I avoided poetry like I did, for so long like I did. Again, it's all his fault. For bringing this back for me. Or for helping me bring it back for myself. For writing poetry that resonates, with words that strike to the core of me, and full of emotion that I can feel while reading them. Or hearing them, as the case may be.

I think I'm going to try to no longer feel a little ridiculous that a singer/songwriter/poet has affected me in such a way, and just own it. As a quote I read recently says "They're will judge you anyway, so keep going".

Since today is Sunday, my usual order of business is to go pick up the groceries for the week. Mom and I order them separately and I pick them up for both of us and that's that. Today I was waiting for the order and I remembered that it was 7 weeks ago that I listened to "Take Me Back To Eden" for the first time. 18 days later, I saw them live. And here I am today.

While on the drive home today, I was thinking about what was it about the band and the sound that made me fall in love with them. A lot of my past historical music enjoyment has been epic sounds, or cinematic soundtracks, etc. My music interests are very wide and varied. But I am not a much of a metal fan. I liked Linkin Park a lot, but it was the rare song that I appreciated that was of the metal genre other than that. So ultimately, I think what drew me in was just how genre bending it is. I've heard some people say that Sleep Token's sound is music for musicians. I love the epicness of the sound, the variations in a single album, etc. And Vessel's absolutely gloriousness of a voice.

In essence, Sleep Token for me is cinematic metal. Melodic metal. Ambient metal. And frankly, just damn good music. I can't believe its only been 7 weeks since I started listening. I feel like I was waiting for him. Him and his music. And the absolute pure poetry of his lyrics, my god. I look forward to many more years enjoying Vessel's talents, no matter the form they take. Whether under his real name in the future, or under the continued anonymous façade and band.