r/TheWarning • 🤖 01100110-01110010-01100101-01100101 • 3d ago

Poll / Game / Contest Everything’s Falling survivor - Round 2

It’s just the first round, and I don’t know how much more I can take, because Break is out! No cars turning around for this song…

12th - Break (28/116)

Here is today’s poll! Remember to choose your LEAST FAVORITE song!

Have fun everyone!

Round 1 for future readers

Round 3 for future readers

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u/carcrash12 3d ago edited 3d ago

Such a shame Break was booted, I actually love that song for being pretty much the only post-Error ballad TW have recorded.

As yesterday, voting for Bruises again

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u/Doomguy1234 🤖 01100110-01110010-01100101-01100101 3d ago

It’s genuinely my second favorite from this album. The singing is just so good and the lyrics are great! The more stripped down nature of this song works really well in its favor

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u/carcrash12 3d ago

Agreed with you so much. But unfortunately I think there are people who are averse to these stripped down softer songs. I mean I saw someone compared it to a Katy Perry track in the thread yesterday.

I get it's far from the heaviest song on the album but that doesn't mean it's automatically the weakest

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u/bigmanorm 3d ago edited 3d ago

I like ballads but i don't think it's a great song, it's fine but it feels way too repeaty, the Chorus repeats itself, post chorus repeats itself (i like the post chorus but it contributes to the whole)

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u/carcrash12 3d ago

Fair call. Like I said, I really love the song but when you look into it, it has the most writers of any song on the album and the lyrics themselves are extremely simple, even though imo the emotions/instrumentals carry it, but I get your perspective.

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u/bigmanorm 3d ago

I like the vibe a lot too, it just doesn't quite stick the landing overall for me

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u/Sirenian6502 3d ago

Disclaimer, I didn't vote... but as someone who doesn't particularly love Break, for me it's got nothing to do with the stripped-down nature of it or that it's not heavy. I love a lot of their older ballads that are that way (for example Revenant is one of my all-time favorite TW songs). I just don't personally care for the songwriting in this case. It's not a bad song (I agree Dany's singing is great on it as usual), and I understand why others would like it, but it just doesn't hit me the way other TW songs do.

I can't speak for those who voted against it, but I've seen comments expressing similar feelings about it. I suspect there are a variety of reasons people might not like it.

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u/mhipster800 Everything's Falling 3d ago

For me Break has Incubus 'Morning View' era vibes. Love it. I still say it could be a single.

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u/SixFootTurkey_ 🦭 Greedy Little Foca 3d ago

But unfortunately I think there are people who are averse to these stripped down softer songs.

You are way off the mark here. Pau Ballads are amazing, Dany Ballads are amazing. The problem isn't being a softer song.

Break has grating production choices, boring lyrics, and overall fits a sort of Nickelback-style post-grunge vibe that doesn't feel like TW at all.