There's matching lyrics in both parts of sprawl, giving me the impression that they're describing the same thing from two different people with two different perspectives, both present during the whole thing. They sound like boyfriend/girlfriend pair, Flatlands from his perspective, Mountains from hers. They describe the same things, like riding bikes, being in a park, and the run in with the cops. At the same time, the lyrics are almost opposites in the feelings conveyed, and even the titles are geographical opposites (flatlands vs. mountains).
I do have a difference in views. I don't really see opposite perspectives, but as one being much more rebellious and a little louder than the other.
I do have a difference in views. I don't really see opposite perspectives, but as one being much more rebellious and a little louder than the other.
It's like where one has all these ideas and wants to break out of the box but wants to do it quietly and the other doesn't care. He/she will do whatever they want no matter who they bother.
It's like where one has all these ideas and wants to break out of the box but wants to do it quietly and the other doesn't care. He/she will do whatever they want no matter who they bother.
Yeah, same here. I think we can construct the whole thing in chronological order like this:
Yeah, same here. I think we can construct the whole thing in chronological order like this:
Sprawl II - teenagers escaping the suburbs. They need to find others like them, to explore their own psychologies (the darkness).
Sprawl II - teenagers escaping the suburbs. They need to find others like them, to explore their own psychologies (the darkness).
Sprawl I - third stanza; the youths have returned from their night on the town (late) with a newfound appreciation of what the world could be, that they have something to give;
Sprawl I - third stanza; the youths have returned from their night on the town (late) with a newfound appreciation of what the world could be, that they have something to give;
Sprawl I - (rest of song) in their 30s, the couple revisits the suburbs. The male seems to have lost that confidence and sense of purpose, feeling empty, wanting to recapture youth. His companion, perhaps the female of Sprawl II, is impatient with dredging up the past, thinks he's only trying to revive a time that is now gone. The darkness is now an oppressive force, that misleads and confuses; the thing that he sought as a child seems to be preventing him from understanding himself.
There's matching lyrics in both parts of sprawl, giving me the impression that they're describing the same thing from two different people with two different perspectives, both present during the whole thing. They sound like boyfriend/girlfriend pair, Flatlands from his perspective, Mountains from hers. They describe the same things, like riding bikes, being in a park, and the run in with the cops. At the same time, the lyrics are almost opposites in the feelings conveyed, and even the titles are geographical opposites (flatlands vs. mountains).
I saw the same connection!
I saw the same connection!
I do have a difference in views. I don't really see opposite perspectives, but as one being much more rebellious and a little louder than the other.
I do have a difference in views. I don't really see opposite perspectives, but as one being much more rebellious and a little louder than the other.
It's like where one has all these ideas and wants to break out of the box but wants to do it quietly and the other doesn't care. He/she will do whatever they want no matter who they bother.
It's like where one has all these ideas and wants to break out of the box but wants to do it quietly and the other doesn't care. He/she will do whatever they want no matter who they bother.
I love both Sprawl I and II. Amazing songs.
I love both Sprawl I and II. Amazing songs.
Yeah, same here. I think we can construct the whole thing in chronological order like this:
Yeah, same here. I think we can construct the whole thing in chronological order like this:
Sprawl II - teenagers escaping the suburbs. They need to find others like them, to explore their own psychologies (the darkness).
Sprawl II - teenagers escaping the suburbs. They need to find others like them, to explore their own psychologies (the darkness).
Sprawl I - third stanza; the youths have returned from their night on the town (late) with a newfound appreciation of what the world could be, that they have something to give;
Sprawl I - third stanza; the youths have returned from their night on the town (late) with a newfound appreciation of what the world could be, that they have something to give;
Sprawl I - (rest of song) in their 30s, the couple revisits the suburbs. The male seems to have lost that confidence and sense of purpose, feeling empty, wanting to recapture youth. His companion, perhaps the female of Sprawl II, is impatient with dredging up the past, thinks he's only trying to revive a time that is now gone. The darkness is now an oppressive force, that misleads and confuses; the thing that he sought as a child seems to be preventing him from understanding himself.