Propagandhi - "Nigredo" (Full Album Stream)
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- čas přidán 28. 09. 2017
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"Nigredo" by Propagandhi from the album 'Victory Lap,' available now
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One of the best Propagandhi songs ever written, especially from my perspective as someone who had both an alcoholic dad who is in recovery. Its so great to hear a soft spoken Todd Kowalski song.
"Have you ever seen someone wasting away? First by choice, then after it's too late They decide that they want to come back to life But they're drowning in a sea so endless You see them come up for air then go under forever"
Yes, I have. This song made me relive it but at the same time made it easier to think back knowing someone...relates, you know?
Nefarias Bredd
Yes.
Unfortunately understood...
“Have you ever seen someone wasting away? First by choice, then after it’s too late? They decide, that they wanna come back to life. But they’re drowning, in a sea so endless, you see them come up for air, then go under forever.” I love this part so much, it’s so damn beautiful.
3:18
“The squeezing hands of fate.”
Lyrics:
Our lives lead to nowhere, we're counting time
Then grasping for each other, as we're crushed beneath the tide
No rising from the ashes, your final flight
Was a plunge into Nigredo's endless night
Suffocate
The squeezing hands of fate
Our lives can't be replaced
Searching for the reasons we were thrown into the world
Always waiting, but out of time
I wish that you believed that, just as you hit the brink
Of total despair, you'd find your way
Drifting out of phase
The squeezing hands of fate
I know you think you've found some certainty
But you know we always learn the hard way
If you get lucky and you're last to leave
You'll watch the burning out of everything
Some stories end and nothing more
A quiet aching we endure
We're all just faces and nothing more
So take the ashes, I'm heading out
Have you ever seen someone wasting away?
First by choice, then after it's too late
They decide that they want to come back to life
But they're drowning in a sea so endless
You see them come up for air then go under forever
The squeezing hands of fate
Our lives can't be replaced
Hello again Corey. You're doing a public service. I've been listening "hard" to this and a couple other songs, largely because of our discussion(s) earlier in the week. It actually got me writing, you could say it "inspired" me. This is really the only band that does that, and while I already had some things to write about (before they fucking consume me alive), this particular song put me in a specific frame of mind, thinking about a few specific people. I ended up with 3 pages, and even if I try to speed it up, there's no way to make it less than a 5 minute song without speeding it up to the point that it sounds forced. It's not a tribute, though it is directly "inspired" by this song, it's more like my own personal take on the ultimate frailty and impermanence of life, with references to a handful of people; my dad, mom, sister, my drummer, a girl I knew in a town called Willimantic CT (the place that 60 Minutes called "Heroin Town"), and my ex. I'm actually *scared* to sit down and record it. I wish this shit was just a little easier, or even a little easier for a little while so I could catch my breath.
Adam Rainstopper
Heya man. So sorry it took me so long to reply to this! Anyhow, that's really badass stuff. I don't know if i've mentioned this to you before, but I come from a city in Maine which is basically known as the drug capital of the state, more or less (Lewiston). I'm a recovering heroin/opioid/crack addict actually haha. Anyhow, never been to that particular place in CT, but I can certainly imagine what it is/was like.
Hey, this might be a weird question, buuuuut... Is there some way we can exchange private messages on YT? Or some other medium, whatever it may be? I'd like to talk to you about some things and it doesn't make sense to do so through YT comments, so.
Adam Rainstopper
Also, i'm curious: what other songs have you been analyzing (for lack of a better term)?
Yeah, there should be a private message link on youtube, toward the top of any user's profile page, but there's facebook links there too, and I use the same name on gmail, no punctuation. So send me a message wherever.
For ALL MY friends that chased that BOOZE AND FENNY instead of FREEDOM
Tears in my eyes and flames in my heart. Reminds me of my fallen ones... go on Propagandhi - love you since years and guess I´ll always do!
best song ever. R.I.P mom and dad :(
Holy shit I'm musically alive again. Can't stop playing this song over and over. Instant classic.
Propagandhi Paganini! Beautiful.
Yeah the best on the album. And the song that came right in time to save my life.
Gustavo Bitencourt I can relate to you bro. propagandhi has saved my life countless of times. when my dad died, the rod himself wrote me back with the most heart felled message. now we are friends through Facebook. are u Argentine or Uruguayan? asking because of your name. Saludos amigo!
longliveavalon wow, that's awesome man!! He does seem like a genuinely nice guy. John K Samson is my favorite songwriter in the world, but he fits so well with the weakerthans and his solo stuff that i think him leaving was the best thing to happen to propagandhi, so Todd could join. Many of his songs are, to me, underrated gems on their albums, and, at this point, are what i look foremost, with this sense of curiosity, like "what is he bringing to the table this time?" Ahaha. As you said in another comment, my only disappointment with Victory Lap was that there's only two of them this time. I'm from Brazil, my friend :)
lol
Gustavo Bitencourt
I don't know what's going on in your life, but I hope all is well.
If this song saved your life then you must be having a bad time..
The squeezing hands of fate. Our lives can't be replaced.
Favorite song on the album for sure!
carlos de la torre
Same.
This song hurts, I love it’s honesty.
best song of the album!
This song blows me away.
Best song of the new album
I love this band and everything they do. So fucking powerful
I want the 3:48 - 4:00 part to last longer than 12 seconds (ideally forever)
some stories end.... and nothing more
This song is fucking beautiful. Todd can do anything, damn. My parents are just about to retire in a few years...those thoughts in the lyrics scare me a hell lot. I'm sure my dad if he had some embarrassing health issue, he'd be too prideful to ask for help of any kind...
Thank u for saving my life!
I miss parkway drive horizons style music I could cry. This is great band tho keep up the great work , guys!!! Peace Love from Pennsylvania
StraightupGamer parkway drive never gave a fuck about you. If this song doesn't break your heart and make you love everyone in your life there's something missing in you.
Parkway drive is not in the same league !! Propagandhi is the best band on the planet !!
Wait, why are you talking about Parkway Drive here? lol
Probably because Epitaph. Just thinking.
Holy shit this is heavy. Beautiful song by Todd
The Rod
goddamn this song is depressing. amazing but depressing. is there any glimmer of hope anywhere in the lyrics? or is it just to be found in realizing our lives can't be replaced so don't squander what you got?
Yeah i agree. But that's just the truth hey, it is depressing sometimes. Everyone loses an unfathomably bad amount of friends and family where I live. so this song instantly meant a lot to me.
The fact the riffs are off the dog just broadens the greatness of the song, and the whole release, every song is deep and totally af as fuck
I heard it's about Todd's father
longliveavalon
Yeah, that was the sort of genesis of this song, but to say it's "about Todd's father" isn't quite accurate, since it's pretty obvious the lyrics are meant to transcend that one thing (I mean, look at the final verse where he includes the listener in the despair).
@@longliveavalon It was inspired by the death of Todd's father. Todd has said his father and him were estranged due to his father's alcoholism, but that Todd tried reaching out to his father right before he died during the recording of Victory Lap, and that's where Todd got the inspiration for this song.
I have a friend who seems like they're going through the cycle described in this song. Just a neverending circle of anxiety and depression further exacerbated by the capitalist system we all fight through. I hate feeling powerless to help.
The song is actually about addiction, but that's plenty applicable. The song was inspired by the childhood of Todd Kowalski (the singer on this song), whose estranged father was an alcoholic throughout much of his life. He died during the recording of Victory Lap and Todd has said he regrets that he never got that emotionally close to his father, especially in his last days.
Jord
is this the only rod song? hard to tell who's singing. that's my only disappointment on this new brilliant master piece. love the rod songs too.
We need more ROD!
Erik B
Maybe he simply decided he didn't want to sing as many songs this time around? This song alone though makes up for the lack of Todd vocals elsewhere. Amazing stuff -- really cool to hear him actualy sing, y'know, with clean(ish) vocals. Works well for this song, I think he emotes really well.
Kocked loose
Their last three album sound exactly the same and its getting ready redundant, they need to write more songs like ska sucks...
This guy's an idiot.