Man, I will never understand the love for TGD. Even if the drumming is good, a song requires a hell of a lot more than just good drumming to be top pick, and TGD is a grind to listen to all the way through. In my humble opinion of course.
I mostly agree. It's a good song, and the drumming is off the charts great, but the song just never really comes together. In a way, On the Backs of Angels is like a modern day Great Debate, albeit shorter, in that both have all of the key elements that should make up a great DT song, but neither manages to be so. Good songs, but neither are great. I think the lack of truly memorable choruses hurts both.
How can a song with TWO choruses lack on that department? Well, opinions... Are you justified?!?!?
Three!
ARE YOU JUSTIFIED
ARE YOU JUSTIFIED
ARE YOU JUSTIFIED
JUSTIFIED IN TAKING LIFE TO SAVE LIFE
LIFE TO SAVE LIFE
LIFE TO SAVE LIFE
LIFE TO SAVE LIFE
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Human kind has reached a turning point
Poised for conflict at ground zero, ready for a war
Do we look to our unearthly guides
Or to white coat heroes, searching for a cure
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Turn to the light
Don't be frightened of the shadows it creates
Turn to the light
Turning away would be a terrible mistake
I suppose the second one always precedes the latter, so you could consider it a pre-chorus. I do quite like the way TGD is structured - all these different ideas jostling and tumbling over one another. Despite ranking it last out of the current list, I'm starting to think I might like it a little more than average.