It was very surprising. I don't know why they would pick this track out of all of them to lead, but it's really really interesting.
For one the lyrical themes are surprising to me. They aren't sludged* over with heavy metaphor, yet pertain to reality. I like the direct approach. Very "spiritual healing" of Matt to do. That aside, the fast riff sounds just like the slow verse? That's crazy to me. Repetitive thematically, very much so, but still new and just kind of takes you off your feet, confused. That's one thing it certainly keeps from infected nations, that sort of sense of confusion. They really do some odd shit with riffs that you don't expect at points, but wow when the ETG style fast riff comes back, it really comes back in full force.
solo I'm not too crazy about, but if you listen carefully it's pretty interesting. I was surprised, again, that it took so long to pop in.
One thing I noticed is how the song builds. It keeps pulling and confusing, really coming into its own at the end there with the harmonies. Really well done.
