Which Songs Affect You On A Visceral Level?

a reply to: zosimov

Did someone just say rap and metaphysics?

Another one of my favorite artists is Aesop Rock

a reply to: Jdubious

Lol, yep, someone sure did! Thanks for the songs!

a reply to: Jdubious


Someone on ATS introduced me to his music some time ago.

Eyedea is so freaking good.. Some of those songs are amazingly trippy.

It's not the pure musical quality that is visceral. IT's the words and what they make you think.

This song (it's 2 songs actually)

"The Dive"

It starts out with a question. How much of it is real?
The skepticism sets in, and lessens your appeal
Next, you study conspiracy, develop some theories
And become extra wary of all your previous learned material
Your tolerance for stupidity degrades
Most of your friends seem to be trapped in the maze
You narrow your associates down to the few you can stand
And even they sometimes wonder what's going on in that head of yours
You study east and western philosophy, psychology, physics
You think a lot more, and start to question existence
You wonder about your nervous system's limits
You tamper with reality maps, and then ask hallucinogenic induced
"Who am I's? What am I? Am I forever?"
All information breathes in the shallow dark halls of never
You can see where it's leading. You wish you were dreaming
If the castle crumbles no one's there to put it back together

[Hook]
Have you ever felt yourself slippin' away?
Where all you think about's your sanity, and how it decayed?
There's no place to run, no place to hide
You can't escape from inside, and you're losing your mind
You try to think of when it started, and ask yourself why
But each thought deepens the sickness and completes the desert dry
Fear feeds the derangement of the inner eye
With nothing left you find yourself falling to madness so you...

... cry to your god, and act normal to your peers
What if God ain't hearing you? That's your only fear
Each day you think more about your psychosis
No one but you can help you, and you know this
That's the craziest part of it all
In your rational mind, you only know two things for sure
One is that your totally nuts
And the other is that you're the only one with the cure
It doesn't make sense, it's not how you imagined
You never knew it could just happen
You thought it came from stress, suicide, a near death experience
War, drug trips, low pay, carelessness
You've heard plenty of stories about schizophrenia
But never had evidence of one who thought himself mad
You're going crazy, and desperately reachin' for reason
But the strain to stay sane's your only demon; best believe it

[Hook]

You finally realize that you've always lived in hell
No human model or metaphor can explain how you fell
The puzzle's alive, and it changes as you try to escape it
It created time and made it appear to pass by
You don't know what you think. You don't think what you know
You're a total lunatic, and afraid it's starting to show
Where do you go when your brain is your worst enemy?
The six hundred and sixty six foot tall bridge on seventh street?
You're scared. You're scared. Why are you so scared?
There'd be no problem if you didn't care
Now you've truly formed an opinion about heaven
It starts out with a question, and this is what it ends in

Now I know you've felt yourself slip away
Now all you think about's your sanity, and how it decayed
There's no place to run. No place to hide
You can't escape the fact that you've lost your mind
You can't erase your mistakes. There's no way to rewind
The harder you look, the harder it is to find
Fear feeds the derangement of the inner eye
With nothing left you find yourself falling to madness, so you dive
So you dive [repeated]

And with each foot you fall
The voice in your head starts to sound more and more like yours

a reply to: Reverbs

Wow, Reverbs that was an amazing song.

RA the Rugged Man KILLS this verse

A visceral level, such that it makes me actually tremble, I get it.

This song does, it means everything to me, in that it reflects all that I felt and more when I was in agony.

a reply to: Jonjonj

This was incredible. Man, I love it.

a reply to: zosimov

There is joy in defeat.

This one is haunting.

a reply to: Jonjonj

Or surrender

originally posted by: zosimov
This one is haunting.

This is painful only for the agony of the voice, not for the words themselves, in my opinion.

Another song that brings me to the brink is this one.

A change of speed, a change of style
A change of scene, with no regrets
A chance to watch, admire the distance
Still occupied, though you forget

Different colours, different shades
Over each mistakes were made
I took the blame
Directionless so plain to see
A loaded gun won't set you free
So you say

We'll share a drink and step outside
An angry voice and one who cried
We'll give you everything and more
The strain's too much, can't take much more
Oh, I've walked on water, run through fire
Can't seem to feel it anymore

It was me, waiting for me
Hoping for something more
Me, seeing me this time
Hoping for something else

a reply to: zosimov

Speaking of haunting

This isn't the original, but still a great version.



I'm not religious at all and I probably wouldn't ever be jamming this in the car but I love this song. The writing is magnificent

a reply to: zosimov

Remember when you asked for my favorite artist? This guy is definitely one of them and he's also from my hometown Toronto.

One of the most talented and versatile artist out. He does it all. He has sooo many songs but these are some of his newer stuff.

These are my current vibes

a reply to: knowledgehunter0986

Hey, this is new to me!

It's dope. Thank you!

a reply to: Reverbs

a reply to: NightSkyeB4Dawn

Well that was short lived.

Too bad, it as a great video.

a reply to: NightSkyeB4Dawn

Well that was short lived.

Too bad, it as a great video.

a reply to: Reverbs

a reply to: NightSkyeB4Dawn

Oh no, was planning on getting to it later!

Been kinda stuck in underwerks 90's rap thread