Heart Ache

With this song I think that the first fifteen minutes or so are challenging on purpose, so that the overwhelming beauty of the last five minutes seems all the more beautiful - Almost a prize for accepting the challenge. When Broadrick sings 'How much can you take?', I think this is just emphasising that point - He's challenging us. 'But really there's nothing' seems like he's given up all hope, yet when he sings it in the final minutes of ambience, it's almost like he's just shrugging it off - 'Really, it's nothing'.

I'm pretty sure some of the lyrics up there are wrong, though. I dunno why, but the first couple of lyrics seem a little... odd. I never really noticed him singing 'But really there's nothing / But I believe there's nothing / But you believe there's nothing / But really there's nothing' either. I always thought it was just 'But really there's nothing' repeated, but I keep forgetting to listen out for this. And don't forget, the title's 'Heart Ache' - seems pedantic to point that out I know, but it isolates the two words on purpose to emphasise their meaning.

Still, an awesome song. Admittedly, I sometimes can't be bothered with the first fifteen minutes or so, but the climax to the song makes it more than worth it. There's a definite musical link with 'Wolves' too...

when I start to listen this track I though : "It's too heavy" but now I see beauty of this... it is so depressing...

this is one of my favorite jesu songs, i usually skip to 7 mins into the song and just listen from there, the end of the song is incredible