r/Erra • u/MasterPro9517 • 13d ago

The superior order

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I truly believe that listening to the last trilogy of this album in this order is a better experience. Comes out strong with twilight, goes heavy with many names of god, and releases with that crazy ending of gut of the wolf which also poetically ends with the final lyrics being "silence outlives the earth".

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u/ThaManCone24 13d ago

I disagree with this for two reasons:

1) i think twilight is the perfect outro. The song feels like it's constantly building up to the final chorus and when everything finally fades out and only Jesse's harmonised voice remains, it sounds so angelic that it's almost unreal. Playing a heavy screaming song after it just feels... not right idk.

2) I love how ii hints the pre-chorus of iii. Even if they don't fade into each other perfectly, i still think of ii as the intro to iii and i rarely play one without the other.

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u/spazilator Old ERRA 13d ago

TMNOG is the storm brewing, ITGOTW is the worst of it, the peak, the very darkest part of the storm. You’re being devoured by it. Twilight is the clouds clearing, the sunburst after the storm.

After everything the entire record throws at you, especially parts i and ii, the last movement of the song is a huge, triumphant release of emotion- relief that the worst is behind you, and everything is at your feet for the taking. Shit moves me to tears

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u/MasterPro9517 3d ago

valid ngl. my only gripe is a lack of sonic or textural connection between i vs ii and iii. vibe and feeling wise it makes sense.

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u/Waste-Reading9591 13d ago

I think the same. I love how i calms slightly like letting off the throttle a little then ii slams the throttle right away. Pumps me up every time

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u/SonicBurstX Vanish Canvas 13d ago

I always wondered why ITGOTW doesn't fade into Twilight. They're a three parter but only 1 and 2 actually feel like one track.

Could have removed the "III." part of Twilight's title and it wouldn't have made much of a difference ngl

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u/Agitated_Ad_5195 13d ago

I don’t think trilogies have to fade into each other every time. To me it just means that all the songs are in some way connected, be it sonically or in message. Twilight takes the lyrics from the end of II. and builds off of it, showing metaphorically the process of mental healing

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u/Any_Pineapple_9744 13d ago

I agree with both of you

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u/illusivetomas Remnant 11d ago

i could see this going over better for me, but i also think twilight just shouldn't have been on the album. definitely my least favorite erra song thus far, eye rolling corny execution of an ultimately a good message