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Inizio Maggio, ore 18 circa, sudo sette camicie per cercare di convincere qualcuno a comprare il mio prodotto e per uno che lavora in un call center vendere è un obbligo. Alla fine con le persone più gagliarde si finisce col parlare un pò di tutto, dal calcio al cibo preferito ed è proprio tra una chicchiera e l'altra che un tizio di nome Simone mi dice: "Ascolto Rock,conosci questi? Gli Shinedown; Us And Them è il loro CD, vedrai, sono come gli Audioslave".
Curiosità alle stelle, e così appena si ha un pò di tempo si apre la morbosa caccia al fatidico CD.
Su Debaser è già presente una recensione, ben scritta da Seifer77, il CD è molto bello, quindi continuo la ricerche e scopro che prima di "Us And Them" è uscito nel 2003 "Leave A Whisper".
Mio Dio,che inizio! "Fly From The Inside" si candida tra i miei pezzi post grunge preferiti.
Il leader Brent Smith è quasi ai livelli di Chris Cornell e la band non è da meno, il quartetto non da mai nulla per scontato, così l'inizio dell'album sa di energia e potenza e la presenza del melodic rock è più viva che mai perchè comunque sia, non bisogna mai ignorare l'importanza di un ritornello appetibile.
Quello che colpisce è come la band di Jacksonville, Florida, riesca a mescolare con una naturalezza impressionante il rock classico all'hard rock vecchio stampo, "No More Love" è la seconda chicca di un album che passando i minuti, vuole essere sempre più preso sul serio.
Quarto singolo dell'album e ricco di assoli vocali è "Burning Bright", Brent Smith conferma di non essere uno come gli altri, bensì è uno più degli altri, sogno già il duetto con Cornell. Si prosegue su ottimi livelli e dopo la buona "Stranger Inside", si arriva vivacemente alla closing track "45", classica chiusura soft (per dire), di un album che non ha nient'altro da dire, perchè il suo l'ha già detto fin dall'inizio, dal primo istante.
Il successivo "Us And Them" non è inferiore, anzi, la hit "Save Me" è da ascoltare a tutti i costi. Bacerei a terra per avere durante ogni giorno di lavoro una soffiata del genere. Dimenticatevi i falsi nostalgici del rock Seattleliano, questi 4 fanno sul serio.
Vi riamando e alla recensione di Seifer77 e a Wikipedia per saperne di più.
Elenco tracce e testi
01 Fly From the Inside (03:55)
Here's the weight of the world on my shoulders
Here's the weight of the world on my shoulders
On my shoulders
All alone I pierce the chain
And on and on all the sting remains
And dying eyes consume me now
The voice inside screams out loud
I am focused on what I am after
The key to the next open chapter
Cause I found a way to steal the sun from the sky
Long live that day that I decided to fly from the inside
Every day a new deception
Pick your scene and take direction
And on and on I search to connect
But I don't wear a mask and I have no regrets
I am focused on what I am after
The key to the next open chapter
Cause I found a way to steal the sun from the sky
Long live that day that I decided to fly from the inside
I can't escape the pain
I can't control the rage
Sometimes I think that I'm gonna go insane
I'm not against what's right
I'm not for what's wrong
I'm just making my way and I'm gone
Here's the weight of the world on my shoulders
Cause I found a way to steal the sun from the sky
Long live that day that I decided to fly from the inside
That I decided to fly from the inside
That I decided to fly from the inside
02 Left Out (03:53)
Where's that space of fear you hide?
Have you gone way beyond the center
Out there in space
I know you need to get even
Tell me the one about the hand that holds you down
Because the bruise on your face, it always seems to stay around
And tell me the one about the hand that holds you down
Because you seem to be lost, with no intention to be found
So how does it feel
And how does it feel
To be the one whose always in the way
To be the words that never made the page
Be the one that's always
Left out in the rain
Tell me again about the spark that met the flame
And tell me again about the man who went insane
Is there a place within for redemption
Is there a voice inside with a decision
And if so when, and if so then, where's the conviction
So how does it feel
And how does it feel
CHORUS
I know that you need to get even
And I know it's for all the right reasons
And I, well I know that your staring at the edge
And I, well I know that you need to get even
CHORUS
03 Lost in the Crowd (03:56)
Should I offer up my hand
And save a wish for once
For all of us
And should I offer up my hand
And lay the guilt on myself
So it's easier to not stay, to not stay
Cause I found you in your corner
I pulled you out of the clouds
You left in such a hurry
Your face got lost in the crowd
Should I open up my eyes or just ignore who you are
And what you could have been
And should I open up my eyes and make believe you will change
So it's easier to not stay, to not stay
Cause I found you in your corner
I pulled you out of the clouds
You left in such a hurry
Your face got lost in the crowd
Cause I found you in your corner
I pulled you out of the clouds
You left in such a hurry
Your face got lost in the crowd
Cause I found you in your corner
I pulled you out of the clouds
You left in such a hurry
Your face got lost in the crowd
Your face got lost in the crowd
Your face got lost in the crowd
04 No More Love (03:46)
It's cold outside I'm sensing fear
My self control has disappeared
I'm spinning out at each end
Could you be kind and let me in
Despite the writing on the wall
My future's bleak and rather small
That's all you could ever take from me
I've got nothing to lose so let me be
Well I sized you up your not that strong
You're weak inside I knew all along
This made up army you fight in your head
Destroyed your worth and pronounced you dead
There's no more love
There's no more love
There' no more love for me and you (Listen to me)
No more love
There's no more love
There' no more love for me and you (Listen to me)
The cruelest joke that has played on me
Is all planned out so I can't leave
Now quietly I will walk away
There is no bad blood but I can't stay
There is no more love because there is no more love
There's no more love
There's no more love
There' no more love for me and you (Listen to me)
No more love
There's no more love
There' no more love for me and you (Listen to me)
There's no more love
There's no more love
There' no more love for me and you (Listen to me)
No more love
There's no more love
There' no more love for me and you (Listen to me)
There's no more love
There's no more love
There' no more love for me and you (Listen to me)
No more love
There's no more love
There' no more love for me and you (Listen to me)
05 Better Version (03:46)
Excuse the mess, I didn't see you from behind
I caught a glimpse, but the reflection's only mine
It's almost like I'm paralyzed and locked outside myself
What I don't need is to concede because I won't be someone else
I am not perfect and I don't claim to be
And if that's what you wanted
Well then I'm so sorry
How about a better version of, the way that I am
How about a better version that, makes me understand
How about a better version of, the way that I am
The way I look, The way I speak,
How about a better version of me
Excuse the wall, I put it up from time to time
A silver shade, and the design is all mine
It's just a maze that everyday I seem to be stuck in
It never seems to fade away but I pray for the day it ends
I am not perfect and I don't claim to be
And if that's what you wanted
Well then I'm so sorry
CHORUS
Show me my vital signs until I'm realigned
CHORUS
06 Burning Bright (03:47)
I feel like there is no need for conversation
Some questions are better left without a reason
And I would rather reveal myself than my situation
Now and then I consider, my hesitation
The more the light shines through me
I pretend to close my eyes
The more the dark consumes me
I pretend I'm burning, burning bright
I wonder if the things I did were just to be different
To spare myself of the constant shame of my existence
And I would surely redeem myself in my desperation
Here and now I'll express, my situation
The more the light shines through me
I pretend to close my eyes
The more the dark consumes me
I pretend I'm burning bright
The more the light shines through me
I pretend to close my eyes
The more the dark consumes me
I pretend I'm burning, burning bright
There's nothing ever wrong
But nothing's ever right
Such a cruel contradiction
I know I cross the lines
It's not easy to define
I'm born to indecision
There's always something new
Some path I'm supposed to choose
With no particular rhyme or reason
The more the light shines through me
I pretend to close my eyes
The more the dark consumes me
I pretend I'm burning bright
The more the light shines through me
I pretend to close my eyes
The more the dark consumes me
I pretend I'm burning
I feel like there is no need for conversation...
07 In Memory (04:06)
Some of the ugliest things
Took the longest time to make
And some of the easiest habits
Are the hardest ones to break
And I'm not asking for value
Nor the pain
But I am asking
For a way out of this lie
Cause I can't wait for you
To catch up with me
And I can't live in the past
And drown myself in memories
Welcome to nowhere
And finding out where it is
And fixing your problems
And starting over again
Your feeding your ego
With what you can see outside
And you're killing yourself
For not speaking your mind
Cause I can't wait for you
To catch up with me
And I can't live in the past
And drown myself in memories
In memories
I wonder why you make believe
You live your life straight through me
I cannot understand why
You question me and then you lie
I will not justify your ways
I cannot show you an escape
I do not know you any more
I never knew you anyway
Cause I can't wait for you
To catch up with me
And I can't live in the past
And drown myself in memories
Cause I can't wait
And I can't live in the past
And drown myself in memories
In memories
In memories
08 All I Ever Wanted (04:10)
I lie here alone and wonder why
That I come alive, just before I have to hide.
'cause I believe I'm losing my nerve
But could I ever do better than this
'cause all I ever wanted was a place to call my home
To shelter me when I am there and to miss me when I'm gone
All I ever wanted was a place to call my own
Where stars may dance and sun still shines
and the storms feel free to roam
I listen if only for a while
But I can't decide if I'm aware that I'm on trial
'cause I believe I'm losing my nerve
But could I ever do better than this
'cause all I ever wanted was a place to call my home
To shelter me when I am there and to miss me when I'm gone
All I ever wanted was a place to call my own
Where stars may dance and sun still shines
and the storms feel free to roam
If there's a way to a liberty then lead me straight to it
If there's a path or a door I missed , then show me now,
well show me this
'cause all I ever wanted was a place to call my home
To shelter me when I am there and to miss me when I'm gone
All I ever wanted was a place to call my own
Where stars may dance and sun still shines
and the storms feel free to roam
feel free when I am gone
10 Lacerated (03:58)
Turn on the lights, paint me a tapestry
Go start a fire, get close to the gasoline
I followed you to the deep end
I was helpless but still you pulled me in
Now I'm caught in the tide
Lost in the eyes of envy
For whom it concerns
Some never learn
She lacerated me, exposing me piece by piece
She saw a weakness in me, and used it against me
She lacerated me
Turn out the lights, make me a porcelain doll
Whisper your secrets, can't get to the truth at all
I reached out again and again
I could never believe you'd do me in
Now I'm caught in the tide
Lost in the eyes of envy
For whom it concerns
Some never learn
She lacerated me, exposing me piece by piece
She saw a weakness in me, and used it against me
She lacerated me, and now I have nowhere to go
She lacerated me
She lacerated me, and now I have nowhere to go
She lacerated me, release me from all I see
She lacerated me
She lacerated me
11 Crying Out (03:31)
You've been hiding out
For quite a while now,
Living off of people you know
Trying to raise a little money
To pay off all the monkeys
That you met inside the
Rabbit hole
You're taking candy from the white witch
You're smoking tea with Mama Kin
Well, there's a wolf outside
A brick house screaming;
"This time I'm gonna blow it in!"
[Pre-chorus:]
Because the mind is a weapon, see
And it's got you on
Your hands and knees
Pull the trigger if you're gonna
We all know that you wanna
Count off 1, 2, 1, 2, 3!
[Chorus:]
You better pray that theres
Another way out
You better pray that
Someones listening now
(And doesn't wanna watch you drown)
'Cause when you lie like
The devil himself
No angels gonna hear your
Cry for help!
I know you must really think
It's funny, you had everybody
Fooled in the end
But it's a little unassuming
Considered how you knew me
I'm the only one that called
You a friend
[Pre-chorus:]
Because the mind is a weapon, see
But you're not gonna
Use it on me
Pull the trigger if you're gonna
We all know that you wanna
Count off 1, 2, 1, 2, 3!
[Chorus]
Count off 1, 2, 1, 2, 3!!!
12 45 (04:09)
Send away for a priceless gift
One not subtle, one not on the list
Send away for a perfect world
One not simply, so absurd
In these times of doing what you're told
You keep these feelings, no one knows
What ever happened to the young man's heart
Swallowed by pain, as he slowly fell apart
And I'm staring down the barrel of a forty-five (forty-five),
Swimming through the ashes of another life (another life)
No real reason to accept the way things have changed
Staring down the barrel of a forty-five
Send a message to the unborn child
Keep your eyes open for a while
In a box high up on the shelf, left for you, no one else
There's a piece of a puzzle known as life
Wrapped in guilt, sealed up tight
What ever happened to the young man's heart
Swallowed by pain, as he slowly fell apart
CHORUS
Everyone's pointing their fingers
Always condemning me
And nobody knows what I believe
I believe
CHORUS
And I'm staring down the barrel of a forty-five (forty-five),
(And I'm) Swimming through the ashes of another life (another life)
(There is) No real reason to accept the way things have changed
Staring down the barrel of a forty-five
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