Avalanche

his greates solo song to date (april 21) parts of the song seem to make me think that it is about the down fall of the planet, yet people are still just having fun, and ignoring it.

Possibly my all-time favorite track from Matthew Good! Simply because I was going through tough times when I first heard it and immediately identified myself to it. But those hard times were soon gone and that's when the magic of this song hit me like a brick again! Sooo damn powerful!! A life savor for me. A Very positive song with a fatalistic disguise.

The song seems very personal the way he wrote it. It seems he was going through some tough times himself and suddenly he had enough, he wanted to be heard. Matt was always concerned about environmental and political issues. He's obviously a very sensitive person and it shows in the lyrics.

This song is one of my favorite, and surprisingly it is almost a love song (used to more dark and sad song from Matt). It slow start then it roll all over and at the end calm down.... kinda like an avalanche... great artwork.

One of the most powerful songs I've heard actually. Although I don't know the true meaning behind it all, the lyrics are incredible.

"One foot in front of the other"

"Avalanche, start inside of me"

These two lyrics and the menacing progression of the musical part of this song always struck me as meaning "mental illness" long before Matthew went public with his issues.. I have a mental illness so maybe that is why I picked that meaning out of the song.

I agree with Eterna but I think that the Avalanche is more about strength, sort of. Like he's finally decided to do something and it makes him feel alive.

I just like that this song is sort of gentle mostly but at the same time so very angry.

Any guesses on what that "this key's to your kingdom" bit is about? It's kind of stumped me.

I am not sure what I think this song is about but I love it regardless. Although I can tell you what it's not about...World War One, jeez like thats pretty abstract.

whoops, meant world war two but same thing

I see the highs and lows of life: the monotony followed by the rush. It's a highly emotional song briefly covering a lot of topics that are affecting his ability to function in this world.

Confusion, evil in the form of charm, self destruction, self improvement, destroying the world while building it into our modern way, selfishness, inheriting the good and the evil left behind by past generations, and trying to find a reason or distraction to maintain a positive mindset and keep going.

what does he mean by

This key is to your kingdom This key is to your heart Neither one a doorway But both of them a( )part

??
I understand the first 3 lines, but I don't get the last one.