Song Review // 2021-02-04

After Forever

Decipher

A Pledge of Allegiance Part One: The Sealed Fate

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Vocals

The growly vocal seems fine to me. Obviously Floor has a great operatic voice. I would really enjoy it in theater for instance. I enjoy it when it is telling a story (depending on the story) and I am seeing the story play out, but not just to listen to. I really enjoyed the Phantom of the Opera, for instance. I have seen it twice, and every voice is operatic in this production. I don't enjoy the guy growling and the girl singing dynamic in this song.

Music

I like the one guitar riff, but not how it is softened by the rest of the instruments. The drums were diverse. Just overall too fluffy for me!

Lyrics

There isn't a tonne of lyrics in this song.

It sounds like a woman is living in a way that is expected, but she is not content in it. She doesn't support it.

The note at the end seems to say that she won't anymore.

She kept her beauty concealed behind a curtain of suspense
and endures her fate, molded by an ancient culture

The honour wasn’t allowed to be injured
She is going to live as her community expects her to
I find myself confined between furtive desires and feelings of guilt

the letter:
These are my last words, I’m gonna leave you
I can’t stand your narrow mindedness any longer
Forgive me.