After the first few listens, I think Holocene is my favorite on the album. It's stunningly beautiful. The chorus makes me think of this moment I had once while hiking. You're concentrating on making it it to the top and everything, but then you stop and look behind you and see the most beautiful natural landscape. It makes you feel small. You see how magnificent the world is and then see how not magnificent you are compared to it. I can see Justin having an experience like that. Off of the highway in the snow and ice, alone, or with his brother. "I can see for miles, miles, miles." In times like those you can see for miles, literally, and figuratively, miles within yourself and within your mind.
I agree with this a lot....listened to it atop the bluffs in my area. Made the experience so surreal. The line that gets me every time is "And at once I knew I was not magnificent" I think it could be about realizing how small we are on this beautiful planet.
I agree with this a lot....listened to it atop the bluffs in my area. Made the experience so surreal. The line that gets me every time is "And at once I knew I was not magnificent" I think it could be about realizing how small we are on this beautiful planet.
I agree with this a lot....listened to it atop the bluffs in my area. Made the experience so surreal. The line that gets me every time is "And at once I knew I was not magnificent" I think it could be about realizing how small we are on this beautiful planet.
I agree with this a lot....listened to it atop the bluffs in my area. Made the experience so surreal. The line that gets me every time is "And at once I knew I was not magnificent" I think it could be about realizing how small we are on this beautiful planet.
@benyjetr35
Do you live in WI or Minnesota? I went to college in La Crosse, and hiking the bluffs helped create some of my favorite memories. I left a love note for my then-girlfriend to find as part of a Valentine's Day scavenger hunt at the top of Grandad's.
@benyjetr35
Do you live in WI or Minnesota? I went to college in La Crosse, and hiking the bluffs helped create some of my favorite memories. I left a love note for my then-girlfriend to find as part of a Valentine's Day scavenger hunt at the top of Grandad's.
Sorry to digress, everybody. But, shit's cool. And, Bon Iver is a local to that area (ish).
Sorry to digress, everybody. But, shit's cool. And, Bon Iver is a local to that area (ish).
After the first few listens, I think Holocene is my favorite on the album. It's stunningly beautiful. The chorus makes me think of this moment I had once while hiking. You're concentrating on making it it to the top and everything, but then you stop and look behind you and see the most beautiful natural landscape. It makes you feel small. You see how magnificent the world is and then see how not magnificent you are compared to it. I can see Justin having an experience like that. Off of the highway in the snow and ice, alone, or with his brother. "I can see for miles, miles, miles." In times like those you can see for miles, literally, and figuratively, miles within yourself and within your mind.
I agree with this a lot....listened to it atop the bluffs in my area. Made the experience so surreal. The line that gets me every time is "And at once I knew I was not magnificent" I think it could be about realizing how small we are on this beautiful planet.
I agree with this a lot....listened to it atop the bluffs in my area. Made the experience so surreal. The line that gets me every time is "And at once I knew I was not magnificent" I think it could be about realizing how small we are on this beautiful planet.
I agree with this a lot....listened to it atop the bluffs in my area. Made the experience so surreal. The line that gets me every time is "And at once I knew I was not magnificent" I think it could be about realizing how small we are on this beautiful planet.
I agree with this a lot....listened to it atop the bluffs in my area. Made the experience so surreal. The line that gets me every time is "And at once I knew I was not magnificent" I think it could be about realizing how small we are on this beautiful planet.
Well said benyjetr!
Well said benyjetr!
@benyjetr35 Do you live in WI or Minnesota? I went to college in La Crosse, and hiking the bluffs helped create some of my favorite memories. I left a love note for my then-girlfriend to find as part of a Valentine's Day scavenger hunt at the top of Grandad's.
@benyjetr35 Do you live in WI or Minnesota? I went to college in La Crosse, and hiking the bluffs helped create some of my favorite memories. I left a love note for my then-girlfriend to find as part of a Valentine's Day scavenger hunt at the top of Grandad's.
Sorry to digress, everybody. But, shit's cool. And, Bon Iver is a local to that area (ish).
Sorry to digress, everybody. But, shit's cool. And, Bon Iver is a local to that area (ish).