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No but can we PLEASE talk about the [d] when vessel sings “chokehold” in the first chorus.
He is not going light on that sound, he pronounces it super clearly and still releases air AFTER that. Just try doing that, try saying a word ending on d and then breathe out. Maybe I’m incompetent and can’t breathe but it sounds so terribly unnatural which makes sense because with producing a plosive you already release air. That makes it so fucking fascinating, just how seemingly natural Vessel breathes out after that sound.
#sleep token#phonetics#linguistics#if anyone understands what is happening here please explain#vessel#chokehold#take me back to eden
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So let’s talk about the aspiration in ‘made’ at the beginning of chokehold. Actually let’s talk about that d. I’ve become obsessed with it I used software to get a spectrogram of it because I needed to figure out what I was hearing.
Hear it is. What I’ve noticed is that vessels voicing reduces but does not fully diminish before the d. It because very faint and remains faint at the end of the vowel. This makes the sound ambiguous between a t and a d. The other key detail is he’s aspirating the fuck out of that stop. He seems to do that to stops at the ends of utterances a lot. This is really rare and unique. Most times when speaking we actually do the opposite. we tend to put unreleased stops at the ends of utterances. Aspirating here especially since we don’t typically aspirate d sounds in any position seems very purposeful. The thing I’m fascinated be is that it’s still perceived as a d. Like it has many markers of being a t. I have 3 reasons why it’s perceived as a d. One is the very sight voicing gives some signal. Two is that the tongue is in the middle of the alveolar ridge instead of the very front where a t is usually produced. Neither of these are strong signals. The 3rd part is context. The word mate does not belong in the clause ‘when we were made.’ Our brains are more likely to predict that and so we hear a d. In any case this is like genius in a way. I don’t know how intentional all of this is. I choose to believe that vessels aspiration is on purpose, because of its uniqueness and it really adds something.
If anyone has questions or is better than me at reading spectrograms please feel free to reach out.
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“She’s not acid nor alkaline”
the ph value of the human skin is usually around 5,5, however it can be around 7, meaning neutral, with certain skin conditions.
What I’m trying to say, Vessel’s lover has neurodermatitis.
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granite by sleep token is so good and so funny it's like a dance song that isn't a dance song that essentially is 3 minutes and 45 seconds of someone poetically telling you to go fuck yourself
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Analysing Sleep Token’s Take Aim from the perspective of religious trauma
I’ve had these thoughts on my mind for some time and I would like to share them. Note that I’m aware that this is most likely not the meaning intended by the band, it’s just my silly little interpretation as your local religiously traumatised person.
So first up, what instantly came to mind when I first heard the song was that the chorus resembles a worship song. A certain sense of nostalgia in the melody, simple lyrics so most people will remember the lyrics after one listen.
Since the rest of the song doesn’t really share similarities with worship music that much I will not dive deeper into this for now.
Let’s talk lyrics. (I will not take apart every line, just those that stand out to me).
“Wait, won’t you wait for me?”
To me, this sounds like such an innocent, yet confused question. The speaker finds themselves in a situation where they feel left behind by God and cannot quite comprehend how that could happen as they were promised eternal love and someone who cares for them at all times.
“How you love like weapons kill.”
If church is good at one thing, it is convincing believers that everything that happens is a sign of God’s love. Looking at this lyric it feels safe to say that something bad has happened in the speaker’s life that they now try to squeeze in the box labeled as God’s love. Yet, they cannot push away the feeling of sadness, anger, grief, whatever it might be.
“So take aim at me for once.”
Church often tries to portray a perfect life to it’s members, so that they will stay in church as they believe this is the life they will eventually have. This ideal life is seen as a gift from God. The speaker sees those people who seem to be so blessed and begs God to finally receive some of those blessings themselves.
“Just take aim, break me apart, love.”
In this lyric, the speaker seems fairly aware that their own faith might be going too far, yet they are willing to accept that. In order to receive the blessings that everyone around them seems to get, they are willing to sacrifice their own well being.
“Call, won’t you call out my name?”
The core believe of christianity is that Jesus died for the sins of every single person. Church often emphasises how he specifically thought of you as an individual as he died on the cross and how God is waiting for specifically you to approach him so he can guide your life down the right path. The speaker tries everything to receive this guidance but cannot seem to do it right. They beg God to call out their name, so they can have this personal relationship with him, that church keeps preaching about.
“And you make me hate myself, make my tear my body, make me yearn for your embrace.”
The speaker’s desperation is growing so they basically “yell” at God about how miserable they feel in trying to build a relationship with him. They start to hate parts of themselves as they start to view them as sinful and they feel utterly alone, desperate for God’s attention.
“You led me on when the moment is perfect.”
Religion seems to work particularly well on people with complicated life paths since they are often looking for a clear direction in life. Assumingly, something happened in the speaker’s life that made them more prone to the christian faith. Now they accuse either God or the church of abusing their vulnerability in order to make them a believer, only to let them down shortly after.
“And you know, I’ll be yours, just want to be worth it.”
In their desperation for a better life, the speaker is willing to give everything to God. However, they fear that they might not be good enough to be seen by him yet, so they promise him to do better in the future, hoping this will finally give them a spark of blessing in their life.
In conclusion, this song is very relatable to me as it reminds me of myself when I started deconstructing my faith and it takes me apart entirely everytime I listen to it. The speaker seems so hurt in their desperation for the great life that was promised to them once they follow God.
So now it’s official, Take Aim is for the religiously traumatised girlies!
Remember that you are worth everything and more than good enough, regardless of what church wants you to believe. <3
#sleep token#vessel#take aim#religious trauma#analysing song lyrics#lyrics#sundowning#i wrote this in my notes app please dont judge lmao
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this is such a good post in every way
I’m obsessed with vessels wacky mouth sounds. The inhales exhales he leaves audible. The sucking of air through his teeth. The way he removes voicing from voiced stops at the end of utterances. It shouldn’t work, it should sound like its unvoiced counterparts, but it works. It’s a magic trick. I’m obsessed with how he pronounces his diphthongs, painstakingly drawing out the gliding of his tongue from one place to another. My theory is that he must be very familiar with certain concepts of phonetics in order to pull off all the techniques that he does. And that knowledge makes him beautiful to listen to.
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I wanna go somewhere where no one knows my name.
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A1-A2: man, there're so many words I need to know in order to say literally anything
B1-B2: wow, what I know is enough now
C1-C2: man, there're so many weirdly specific words I need to know in order to describe these weirdly specific things I've only seen once in my life. Also I forgot how to say ceiling.
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He’s Franken on my Stein until I creature
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Daily reminder that how people perceive you means nothing. Be yourself at all times
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i loooove being delusional. catch me ignoring reality altogether. catch me never being reasonable ever. catch me straight up making up things in my head to cope. delusion is my best friend
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Just a quick not friendly reminder: someone who has apologized for past mistakes, made amends for past actions, and clearly no longer holds past beliefs, is a far better person than one who digs up old dirt and uses a person’s past that no longer exists against them.
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i hate concert ticket prices why can’t i just get a free ticket for liking a band so much
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