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For me, I heard it and was taken by the fresh, more chaotic kind of metal that stood out from what came before. Then 9/11 happened, and the lyrics and the timing gave it a very different resonance.
It reaches beyond one person’s story. The song uses religious language, self-judgment, and images of death to ask how people are treated when they are vulnerable, and whether society is fair in how it assigns blame. That gives it more weight than a typical “angry song”: it is angry, but it is angry about something recognisably human.
Ir's one of SOAD's most defining songs and mixes intensity, melody, and political discomfort in a way that stands out.
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I understand that, but we don't go from 0-100 in a few days of pre-season. I'd much prefer to see progression and momentum up to the start of the season than be overcooked when competitive games happen.