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Rating: Skillet is an American band, more precisely from Memphis, the city of the King of Rock, Elvis. The peculiarity of this band is the way in which light gothic influences are mixed with heavier electronic influences with classic alternative rock. The result is quite respectable, considering the many musical experiments seen in recent years in the field of modern rock; just as many have been flops, Skillet’s can be considered a satisfactory result.
"Comatose" from 2006 is their seventh album, which along with the penultimate "Collide" have marked the group’s career. These two works can be considered the only ones with relative success, given that their previous albums struggled even in the new continent.
The first single extracted from the album coincides, as in many cases, with the opening track of the same; "Rebirthing" has a great melodic and vocal impact. In particular, in this track, the vocal style and the base used by the band greatly resemble that of Evanescence feat. Paul Mccoy in "Bring Me To Life". In fact, the quartet includes two women, one of whom, Korey Cooper, is the 'backing vocals', accompanying her husband, and leader John Cooper in the choruses and instrumental solos. Notably, John is on bass, and she is on guitar and keyboards.
The latter have a fundamental importance in "Comatose", almost all the bases are abundantly seasoned with keyboards and piano, which makes the album vibrant but in the long run a bit predictable. The "Emo" influence, strongly present, can indeed seem a tad inappropriate if not the backbone of the work, but ultimately makes it appealing even to the more distracted listeners, as confirmed by listening to "The Last Night" and "Better Than Drugs". The title track "Comatose" is excellent, which almost undergoes the electronic seasoning as a side dish, in short, a piece to classify as nu-metal. The "Emo" wave returns with force in "The Older I Get" and "Those Nights". This will benefit newspapers, their wallets, and the record label, but it pollutes somewhat what could have been considered an album of excellent craftsmanship. The nu-metal of "Whispers In The Dark", is the last good piece of the CD, with good 'Emo/Dark' influences this time.
In conclusion, I would say that "Comatose" is worth listening to, in the car, at home after a day of work or after school, but don’t expect a masterpiece; not everyone born in Memphis can then become like "The King".
3 very, very sturdy stars.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Rebirthing (03:53)
I lie here paralytic inside this soul
Screaming for you 'til my throat is numb
I wanna break out
I need a way out
I don't believe that it's gotta be this way
The worst is the waiting
In this womb I'm suffocating
Feel your presence filling up my lungs with oxygen
I take you in
I've died
Rebirthing now
I wanna life for love wanna live for you and me
Breathe for the first time now
I came alive somehow
Rebirthing now
I wanna live my life wanna give you everything
Breathe for the first time now
I came alive somehow
Right now
Right now
I lie here lifeless in this cocoon
Shedding my skin 'cause I'm ready to
I wanna break out
I found a way out
I don't believe that it's gotta be this way
The worst is the waiting
In this womb I'm suffocating
Feel your presence filling up my lungs with oxygen
I take you in
I've died
Rebirthing now
I wanna life for love wanna live for you and me
Breathe for the first time now
I came alive somehow
Rebirthing now
I wanna live my life wanna give you everything
Breathe for the first time now
I came alive somehow
(I came alive somehow)
Tell me when I'm gonna live again
Tell me when I'm gonna breath you in
Tell me when I'm gonna feel inside
Tell me when I'm gonna feel alive
Tell me when I'm gonna live again
Tell me when this fear will end
Tell me when I'm gonna feel inside
Tell me when I'll feel alive
Rebirthing now
I wanna live for love wanna live for you and me
Breathe for the first time now
I came alive somehow
Rebirthing now
I wanna live my life wanna give you everything
Breathe for the first time now
I came alive somehow
(I came alive somehow)
Right now
I came alive somehow
Right now
I came alive somehow
03 Yours to Hold (03:42)
I see you standing here
But you're so far away
Starving for your attention
You don't even know my name
You're going through so much
But I know that I could be the one to hold you
CHORUS:
Every single day I find it hard to say
I could be yours alone
You will see someday
That all along the way
I was yours to hold, I was yours to hold
I see you walking by
Your hair always hiding your face
I wonder why you've been hurting
I wish I had some way to say
You're going through so much
Don't you know that I could be the one to hold you
CHORUS
I'm stretching, but you're just out of reach
You should know
I'm ready when you're ready for me
And I'm waiting for the right time
For the day I catch your eye
To let you know
That I'm yours to hold
CHORUS
CHORUS
I'm stretching, but you're just out of reach
I'm ready when you're ready for me
05 Comatose (03:50)
I hate feeling like this
I’m so tired of trying to fight this
I’m asleep and all I dream of
Is waking to you
Tell me that you will listen
Your touch is what I’m missing
And the more I hide I realize I’m slowly losing you
Comatose
I’ll never wake up without an overdose of you
CHORUS:
I don’t wanna live, I don’t wanna breathe
‘les I feel you next to me
You take the pain I feel
Waking up to you never felt so real
I don’t wanna sleep , I don’t wanna dream
‘cause my dreams don’t comfort me
The way you make me feel
Waking up to you never felt so real
I hate living without you
Dead wrong to ever doubt you
But my demons lay in waiting
Tempting me away
Oh how I adore you
Oh how I thirst for you
Oh how I need you
Comatose
I’ll never wake up without an overdose of you
CHORUS
Breathing life
Waking up
My eyes open up
Comatose
I’ll never wake up without an overdose of you
CHORUS
Oh how I adore you
Waking up to you never felt so real
Oh how I thirst for you
Waking up to you never felt so real
Oh how I adore you
Oh
The way you make me feel
Waking up to you never felt so real
06 The Older I Get (03:38)
The walls between you and I
Always pushing us apart
Nothing left but scars fight after fight
The space between our calm and rage
Started growing shorter,
Disappearing slowly day after day
I was sitting there waiting in my room for you
You were waiting for me too
And it makes me wonder
CHORUS:
The older I get
Will I get over it?
It's been way too long for the times we missed
I didn't know then it would hurt like this but I think
The older I get
Maybe I'll get over it
It's been way too long for the times we missed
I can't believe it still hurts like this
The time between those cutting words
Built up our defenses
Never made no sense it just made me hurt
Do you believe that time heals all wounds?
It started getting better
But it's easy not to fight when I'm not with you
I was sitting there waiting in my room for you
You were waiting for me too
And it makes me wonder
CHORUS
What was I waiting for
I should've taken less and given you more
I should've weathered the storm
I need to say so bad
What were you waiting for?
This could have been the best we ever had
CHORUS
Hurts like this
I'm just getting older
I'm not getting over you I'm trying to
I wish it didn't hurt like this
It's been way too long for the times we missed
I can't believe it still hurts like this
07 Those Nights (03:46)
I remember when we used to laugh about nothing at all
It was better than going mad
From trying to solve all the problems we're going through
Forget 'em all
'Cause on those nights we would stand and never fall
Together we faced it all
Remember when we'd
CHORUS:
Stay up late and we'd talk all night
In a dark room lit by the TV light
Through all the hard times in my life
Those nights kept me alive
We'd listen to the radio play all night
Didn't want to go home to another fight
Through all the hard times in my life
Those nights kept me alive
O-oh, O-oh
I remember when we used to drive anywhere but here
As long as we'd forget our lives
We were so young and confused
That we didn't know to laugh or cry
Those nights were ours
They will live and never die
Together we'd stand forever
Remember when we'd
CHORUS
Those nights belong to us
O-oh, O-oh
There's nothing wrong with us
O-oh, O-oh
Those nights belong to us
O-oh, O-oh
I remember when we used to laugh
And now I wish those nights would last
CHORUS
CHORUS
Those nights belong to us
O-oh, O-oh
There's nothing wrong
08 Falling Inside the Black (03:30)
Tonight I'm so alone
This sorrow takes ahold
Don't leave me here so cold
Never want to be so cold
Your touch used to be so kind
Your touch used to give me life
I've waited all this time, I've wasted so much time
Don't leave me alone
'Cause I barely see at all
Dont leave me alone, I'm
CHORUS:
Falling in the black
Slipping through the cracks
Falling to the depths, can I ever go back?
Dreaming of the way it used to be
Can you hear me?
Falling in the black
Slipping through the cracks
Falling to the depths, can I ever go back?
Falling inside the black
Falling inside, falling inside the black
You were my source of strength
I've traded everything
That I love for this one thing
Stranded in the offering
Don't leave me here like this
Can't hear me scream from the abyss
And now I wish for you my desire
Don't leave me alone 'cause I barely see at all
Don't leave me alone, I'm
CHORUS
Black
Black
Black
Falling in the black
Slipping through the cracks
Falling in the black
Slipping through the cracks
Falling to the depths, can I ever go back?
Dreaming of the way it used to be
Can you hear me?
Falling in the black
Slipping through the cracks
Falling to the depths, can I ever go back?
Falling inside the black
Can you hear me?
Falling inside the black
Can you hear me?
Falling inside the black
Can you hear me?
Falling inside
Falling inside, falling inside the black
10 Whispers in the Dark (03:24)
Despite the lies that you're making
Your love is mine for the taking
My love is
Just waiting
To turn your tears to roses
Despite the lies that you're making
Your love is mine for the taking
My love is
Just waiting
To turn your tears to roses
I will be the one that's gonna hold you
I will be the one that you run to
My love is
A burning, consuming fire
[Chorus:]
No
You'll never be alone
When darkness comes I'll light the night with stars
Hear the whispers in the dark
No
You'll never be alone
When darkness comes you know I'm never far
Hear the whispers in the dark
Whispers in the dark
You feel so lonely and ragged
You lay here broken and naked
My love is
Just waiting
To clothe you in crimson roses
I will be the one that's gonna find you
I will be the one that's gonna guide you
My love is
A burning, consuming fire
[Chorus x2]
Whispers in the dark [x3]
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