Just realised, when Chester is screaming "Give me back what's mine" on ALITS, he's secretly referring to wanting to be able to put down good vocals on a track again.
I think ALITS and GATS sound alike, and I think GATS and Wastelands sound alike, but I don't hear any similarities between Wastelands and ALITS.
Nope, however I think there's way too much similarity between The Messenger and ALITS. Chester's vocals are terribly done on both of them.
Actually, i was really dissappointed as i heard The Messenger live. The studio version has much more power and emotions to me - so the complete opposite^^. I just love how Chester pushed his voice to the limit, it feels like he is singing from the bottom of his heart. That's why i really like his "Rolling In The Deep" live performance, because he is on his limit on the refrain. [video=youtube;ZOabqHKq0Ws]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOabqHKq0Ws[/video] When he would sing like this live, that would be great to me.
It's time for a a deep multi-layered lyrical analysis of "A Light That Never Comes". I'm going to figure out what this song is really about piece by piece. I have a feeling that Mike is, quite obviously, presenting a troubled memory from his subconscious in these lyrics. It has to do with when he was growing up, but, however, first, let's take this lyric by lyric. Come with me on a journey given to us from the majestic depth and complexity of this timeless masterpiece. "Nah, you don't know me, lighting it above and the fire below me You can not catch me you cannot hold me You can not stop much less control me" Obviously, Mike was a rebel. A very stern, upstanding rebel. But who was he standing up to? "When it rains it pours, when the floodgates open, brace your shores that pressure don't care when it breaks your doors say it's all you can take, better take some more" Massive conflict, here, between Mike and someone else. Lashing out. "'Cause I know what it's like to test fate, had my shoulders pressed with that weight, stood up strong in spite of that hate" This figure really, really hates Mike, or Mike thinks this figure really, really hates him. Interesting. Let's move on. "Night gets darkest right before dawn, What don't kill you makes you more strong And I've been waiting for it so long" Self explanatory, really. He's been waiting for a moment to strike. Before we get to the chorus, let's tackle the second verse... "When I was young they told me, they said Make your bed, you lie in that bed" Now we get to the real source of the conflict. Allow me to posit this to you: A young, rebellious Mike of age 10, was told to make his own bed, his parents proceeding to storm out on him. Rebelling, Mike said. "No". This is quite evident when you hear the chorus... "A king can only reign till it's dead, when comes that day, it's off with it's head" Mike again plotting revenge. "Night gets darkest right before dawn, What don't kill you makes you more strong You'll have my mercy then when you're gone" Same thing. Finally, the chorus. "The nights go on, waiting for a light that never comes, I chase the sun, waiting for a light that never comes" And here, we have the song's message, and grand story: Mike, upon being left in his room, and told he couldn't sleep until his bed was made, waited until dawn, out of stubborn bitterness. Song solved. GOODNIGHT.