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Originally Posted by Blood_Promise
As it was stated my many, Screen Shot and Some Things We Do are just lazy songs lyrically.
Then again I remember reading/hearing an interview with M. Gira around the time The Seer was released, where he explained why it is less vocal oriented. He lamented the fact that when writing lyrics it is hard for him to say something which he hadn't said before already.
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I see Screenshot and Some Things We Do as very related, one starting the album, and one nearly exactly halfway - situated between two gigantic motherfuckers, offering a reprieve. I have determined that both are not wonderful songs alone.....but within TBK they work perfectly. They are ESSENTIAL, as an intro that does not overwhelm at the start of a two hour journey, and as a breather mid album. In both I think the instrumentation is key, and the voice/lyrics merely anchor/vector each. I don't believe every song should be Like A Rolling Stone. Within a 2hr journey it is absolutely essential to have "down time". I don't suggest that these two tracks are shit, but the whole album needs a gentle intro and a reprieve.
OK I'm tired and drunk now, so......