Screaming Into The Void

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"The Battle Continues..."

We all know and love the intro to The Night Does Not Belong To God and by now I'm sure we all know that it gets used again at the end of Euclid but did you notice it at the beginning of Infinite Baths?

By now I'm sure you have heard the idea that everything from TNDNBTG to Euclid is the cycle we hear about, it has ended therefore we have Even in Arcadia. I disagree with this idea, instead I think the cycle is much more complicated than we realize. Each album is seemingly the cycle repeating, each time we have a slightly altered version because though this is a repeating cycle, it's nearly impossible for it to always stay exactly the same every single time. What does this have to do with the intro of TNDNBTG? Well each time we hear that intro we are straying from the cycle in some way. This isn't the restarting of the cycle, it's a realization that the cycle must end.

We can tell from quite a few of the songs within Even in Arcadia that the cycle is altered and he is starting to break from it. Plenty of songs have this split between seemingly loving then hating someone, Infinite Baths is one of these songs. Within this we hear that someone is both keeping him in motion while he also says he is never going back pushing this idea that though we seem to have broken from this cycle, we haven't. Infinite Baths is a push in the right direction, distancing oneself from the cycle and gaining independence while clearly still being stuck in this cycle to some extent. This is why we hear 'the cycle must end' instead of something more along the lines of 'the cycle has ended' or why we hear 'the house must endure' and not 'the house has endured.'

So if the cycle hasn't ended, this battle hasn't ended. If a battle doesn't end, it must continue. I don't think this post about the battle continuing is to tell us the double album theory is correct or we are getting 2 more songs to complete the album. This album is a step towards breaking the cycle, so why wouldn't something random such as the number of songs break the streak of 12 song albums we had before? We also have to realize how many fans thought the singles were the end of the band. Emergence has lines about being close to the end, Caramel is about struggling with fame, and Damocles is about a fear of being no one after all this work rising to fame, none of which seem to push for the continuation of this band. To further stir up some publicity and push all the fears of this being the last album we have to rest, we get the cryptic post about the battle continuing confirming, this is not the end.

This idea popped into my head and gnawed at my brain until I couldn't take it any longer and 20 minutes later we have this. Apologies for my absence, College killed me for a second. Despite that, I do have Even in Arcadia on loop and have since it released. Provider seems to have consumed my entire brain and is holding it hostage.

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Anyone else remember those interviews Vessel did in 2017-19? Did you know those essentially disprove the existence of Sleep as a deity?

Don't get me wrong, this fun theatrical story of a deity and his torment of a person he uses to spread his message to the world is very interesting to think about but I constantly find myself stuck on certain details. Things just don't line up, you can't exactly create a coherent story without having to create part of it yourself or heavily infer major parts of the story. This alone has led me to creating a Google Doc to analyze the lore of this band and digging much further into the band. While working on a section dedicated to explaining the complicated existence of this deity, I came across old interviews with Vessel that fully disprove the entire idea of Sleep.

“He is the oldest God, a primal majesty that has endured the ages unperturbed by the mortality of a flawed and chaotic human race… He is everyone. He is you. There’s a power in music that binds us all, every note relates to another. He showed me a vision of a world filled with depth and texture.” (Metal Hammer, July 25, 2017)

 “There exists a considerable body of art that explores the deeper recesses of the human mind… Sleep Token serves as a means to explore this on an individual basis. The music is a representation of one individual’s deepest and most fundamental emotions and desires. This is what people connect to. They see themselves in this individual, and the music becomes about them.” (Metal Hammer, August 1, 2018)

Between both of these quotes, we can gather that Sleep does exist but isn't the deity everyone thinks he is. Rather Sleep is a personification of how one's emotions and desires push them in life.

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I wanted to mention something I didn't even think about before. A vessel within a spiritual context is someone who doesn't have direct communication with a god yet serves a specific purpose for them, usually spreading a message. Vessel doesn't have direct communication with his god, the fans minds. Rather he creates music as offerings to this god (rather these gods, the minds of fans), offerings the god can interpret in their own way, allowing this music to fit the deeper inner emotions and desires of each individual.

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Anyone else remember those interviews Vessel did in 2017-19? Did you know those essentially disprove the existence of Sleep as a deity?

Don't get me wrong, this fun theatrical story of a deity and his torment of a person he uses to spread his message to the world is very interesting to think about but I constantly find myself stuck on certain details. Things just don't line up, you can't exactly create a coherent story without having to create part of it yourself or heavily infer major parts of the story. This alone has led me to creating a Google Doc to analyze the lore of this band and digging much further into the band. While working on a section dedicated to explaining the complicated existence of this deity, I came across old interviews with Vessel that fully disprove the entire idea of Sleep.

“He is the oldest God, a primal majesty that has endured the ages unperturbed by the mortality of a flawed and chaotic human race… He is everyone. He is you. There’s a power in music that binds us all, every note relates to another. He showed me a vision of a world filled with depth and texture.” (Metal Hammer, July 25, 2017)

 “There exists a considerable body of art that explores the deeper recesses of the human mind… Sleep Token serves as a means to explore this on an individual basis. The music is a representation of one individual’s deepest and most fundamental emotions and desires. This is what people connect to. They see themselves in this individual, and the music becomes about them.” (Metal Hammer, August 1, 2018)

Between both of these quotes, we can gather that Sleep does exist but isn't the deity everyone thinks he is. Rather Sleep is a personification of how one's emotions and desires push them in life.

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There’s never been a story of a deity and his chosen follower behind Sleep Token.

With the release of Caramel I realized a lot. Caramel seems so much more personal than any other song we have gotten from Sleep Token and after that I truly did realize there’s absolutely nothing saying the songs are made to follow this story between a deity and his vessel. We have the 2017 Metal Hammer interview that confirms Sleep’s existence and why he is important but we have absolutely nothing saying we see a story between him and Vessel. I think it’s possible some earlier stuff (I’m talking pre-Sundowning) could discuss more of this relationship between Sleep and Vessel but I think it’s almost long gone. Sleep has a message he wants spread and I think it could be that music is for everyone. With how cryptic these songs are and how I’ve seen Atlantic alone have 5 vastly different interpretations, I really don’t think we have a set meaning for each song. I think they likely hold meaning to Vessel himself, likely one we will never know (outside of Caramel which is far too straight forward not to know). Otherwise, I think everything has been for the fans to interpret, I think what you choose to believe is meant to be up to you. It’s not set in stone, it’s the beauty of what makes music accessible to all. You’re not necessarily hearing the struggles of Vessel, you’re getting an emotionally charged song you can put your feelings to and interpret in a way that helps you and makes the music more meaningful to you. With how Vessel mentions just wanting to see people be happy and enjoy music within Caramel, I just can’t accept that we have a complex story between Sleep and Vessel. Vessel’s goal is to bring people together and bring them comfort through music, not to share a story we can’t even confirm is real.

This all being said, I conclude my thoughts on the “lore” behind Sleep Token. I don’t think this dance between Vessel and Sleep for one another’s love while battling and destroying one another is real anymore. It once seems to be the pushing factor behind this band, but it seems long gone to me. I think people are far too caught up in this story only further pushing the idea that a lot of these songs we hear aren’t still written by a real person and aren’t still emotionally charged. For anyone saying Carmel isn’t lore related, I agree. It simply puts into perspective (for me at least) that the lore doesn’t really exist. I think it would be cool if it did but I spent far too much time in my 2 months analyzing the lore trying to figure out plot hole after plot hole. One theory I created managed to explain those plot holes while also being incredibly weird feeling. It worked but it felt wrong, like I was simply saying stuff just to be saying it. I created far too many theories and have even used far too many of other’s theories trying to piece this all together and at the end of the day, it never lines up.

Caramel is such a beautiful yet bitter song. I’ve been left in awe over it. I’ve never been one to get emotional over music, I’ve never been phased by any sad Sleep Token song before but Caramel hit like a bus. Like being stabbed over and over. It almost feels too personal for me to listen to it.

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I realized a lot from Caramel and I want you to take almost everything I have said about Sleep Token and the story told, crumple it up into a ball, and throw it away.

I say this because we know Caramel is a sequel to Sugar. So if Caramel is about how bittersweet is to have such a level of fame, then working in reverse, the non bitter version would be one that longs for fame and loves the attention, right? So if Sugar is about wanting fame, then what are all the other songs about? Could this have started as a dream of a deity offering fortune and fame in return for spreading a message, only for Vessel to really realize he could make it and long for the fame? Is that who he refers to in a lot of these songs? Has he really been fighting with a deity, or has he been fighting himself with the idea of not knowing if he truly wants what he agreed to? Is he partially fighting fans at times or asking for fans to save him at times? Could this be exactly what the divide hints at? One side likes the spotlight and wants to endure what has been put upon him while the other wants nothing more than the cycle of fans getting parasocial to end. Hell this even could tie into the idea of being taken back to Eden, wanting to go back to utopia that no longer exists or going back to a simpler time in one’s life. Arcadia on the other hand could symbolize the blissful utopia like idea most people have of fame being lost. The idea of the quote “even in Arcadia, there I am” almost gives me an idea of Vessel realizing his vision of fame is gone, that utopia disappeared yet somehow he’s still there. He still has that same idea even though it’s been crushed. I feel it only shows our divide even more.

I’m rambling at this point, it’s far past my bed time and I have work tomorrow. Alas, I leave you with these thoughts and wish all a great time stewing with those thoughts because they do infact heavily imply that somehow Vessel predicted his own path to success. Farewell for now, I will return soon with my updated thoughts and how I see so many songs in a different light after the release of Caramel.

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So I have some questions within the Sleep Token story that I have been unable to answer until the new theory I created the other day. A huge one for me has been who is 'she' in Nazareth, Alkaline, and Distraction? Why does Vessel want to be consumed by a God when typical worship fashion (at least to me) is to consume the spirit of the God? Why does it seem in some songs, like TNDNBTG, Sleep and Vessel can only meet at night while others like Granite seems to be how Sleep constantly stays in Vessel's head, hence why they are fighting while discussing a typical street within a city as if Vessel is just awake wondering around? Why can a clear linear story not be created from the normal discography order and why does attempting to rearrange it not work?

So I bring a new idea. Sleep is the God reaching out to Vessel, not to manipulate him but instead to help him. Dreams about Gods often signify a need for growth and change. It's made obvious within Thread the Needle and multiple other songs that we are following a labyrinth, a long potentially difficult trail to the center often signifying personal growth and change. In Nazareth Sleep offers fortune and fame while seemingly also asking Vessel to kill a woman. I think that woman is a personification for an addiction. Far too many songs within this band discuss addictions and I just don't see a reason for Vessel to be addicted to Sleep so quickly as the 8 (9 if you count covers) songs before Sundowning don't seem to even bring that idea. Now with this theory of addiction, I have realized you can make an entirely much more clear picture of what the story being told is and how the discography order is the correct order. Also with this theory, Vessel isn't wanting to be consumed by a God, instead he wants to be consumed by what he is addicted to. This theory also makes the plot hole surrounding when Vessel and Sleep can meet or talk to one another disappear because Vessel isn't directing any of this at Sleep. This addiction could be something he gives into anytime, anywhere. I have spent entirely too much time thinking about how this theory works within this band and I have a lot more I could discuss and explain (which I am more than happy to explain anything anyone has questions about within this theory) but for now I leave this idea and continue my analysis.

Also this came to me because I was thinking about when we talked about addictions in one of my psychology classes (I am a psychology major) because of the line "synapses snap back in blissful anguish." I feel like it sounds insane to first mention but once you dive more into it, so much more makes sense. I even managed to place where each stage of recovery starts with this theory. I also don't want to discuss exactly what I think this addiction is to because I couldn't tell you in all honesty. I have my own thoughts and theories on that right now but I don't think that's something we are necessarily meant to know.

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I had a realization of how the cycle and the addiction mentioned through out the story within Sleep Token isn't ever specifically mentioned as being an addiction to a God and now I have to run two theories side by side in my analysis Google Doc. One is the more socially acceptable theory (that Vessel is addicted to Sleep), the other is significantly more out there yet to me leaves little to no plot holes unlike the more socially acceptable theory.

Stay tuned for more of my rambling soon. I created this theory less than 48 hours ago so I want to flesh it out and really look for plot holes and ways to debunk it before making a post.

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Often times our dreams have meanings even if it's not obvious. When having dreams about God(s) visiting your dreams it often signifies a need for guidance and change.

In Sleep Token we see Vessel's journey of becoming a new person. Though we are told this is a reoccurring cycle of abuse, I feel it still shows how Vessel is in need of guidance and change. Once he has gotten that guidance and has changed, his dreams may change, I think this could be what we are going towards with Even in Arcadia.

Of course I foresee a much more drawn out theatrical battle between the new, changed Vessel and Sleep but this is the summary I had and wanted to share!

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We talk a lot about Vessel wanting to be consumed by Sleep within the story we are told but I have a hard time with this. Vessel seems to push Sleep away more than anything, so why would he want to be consumed by the deity he seems to dislike most of the time?

I think Sleep wants to be consumed by Vessel. Teeth of God mentions the narrator/the director saying "I am the teeth of god." We know teeth are simply a smaller part of jaws. According to a 2017 interview, Vessel said jaws are the tools to tear apart. Going off the assumption that Vessel is the director, he is the one to tear things apart. We also heard in Teeth of God that God's blood fuels paradise. So with all the discussion of battling within the songs, we can assume Vessel is the one to consume Sleep with his aggression. All the mention of taking a bite is Sleep pushing Vessel to fight with him, to feed the plants of his paradise. I also wonder the line "but each time we battle, the blood and the fury takes us a little higher" from Higher could imply how Sleep himself is also fueled by his blood being shed. This leads to the song Ascensionism where I think Sleep is the one to ascend.

This all shows Sleep's need for a vessel. It's not to spread a message, I have found no message within the music that would support this idea. It could be to revive him through the music, to gain him followers through Vessel's pain but once again, you would see a message Sleep wants to spread through this. This would also seemingly make Vessel a prophet which I have discussed in other posts is not possible. Instead he is a vessel (hence the name Vessel), he has a specific purpose for Sleep. To fight with him, to forever battle, allowing him to live forever. Teeth of God even suggests the phrase 'show me how to dance forever' means show me how to fight forever.

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Anyone ever think about how Sleep could be a god in some ancient religion or mythology and we will never know because he's basically faded out of existence outside of Sleep Token?

Also I did try to research this but I feel like I can't determine enough about Sleep from the songs to say what he is a god of. Is he a god of sleep? Dreams? Night? Death? Hell he might not even be a god at all, after all the only person calling him god is Vessel and with all the manipulation he has done, it's possible he has Vessel convinced he is a god when he is actually some other omnipotent being fucking with Vessel this whole time.

I think my two months of analyzing the lore behind this silly little band has taken over my brain. I think too much, I need answers but the answers only leave more questions.

Also that leads me to another question, should I drop my analysis of each individual song (and Teeth of God because it's more lore inclusive than I thought), when I get closer to being done with my analysis? I would drop the whole google doc I have but you see, I'm on page 28 and I just finished Sundowning, I haven't touched This Place Will Become Your Tomb or Take Me Back to Eden.

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So the Ep Two is really cryptic seeming and I personally haven't found any analysis of it that covers every basis and don't have major plot holes in some way. This Ep has been eating at me for the entire month and a half I have spent analyzing Sleep Token's songs, thus I present my thoughts on Two.

So we know two of the song names are locations in the bible, Nazareth and Jericho, but whats going on with Calcutta? Calcutta is a real city in India (now known as Kolkata) but it's not mentioned in the bible like the other two cities. Despite this it does still have a tie to Christianity (bare with me here, I swear I get to Sleep Token in a minute). Thanks to google I discovered the saying some divisions of Christianity use, 'find your own Calcutta' which means to help those around you. Now majority of the song Calcutta details Vessel's struggle with insomnia because Sleep wont come but we then have the cryptic lines "Oh, she said you'd better believe it // I said you don't know // Oh, you said you'd better be there // I said you don't know" which I interpret as Sleep retelling a story of Vessel talking to a woman. This seems odd at first but given the events of Nazareth where a woman is tortured and killed, we can assume this is Vessel luring the victim. Within this song, Vessel is finding his Calcutta, he's helping someone around him. Why would Sleep want someone dead though? In the entry for day 61 in Teeth of God we learn Sleep is death and the god who created all. In ToG God's blood fuels Earth (or at least what Earth has become) and his blood is in everyone and everything, it's just a matter of the people tearing things open and spilling blood so life can continue. In other words, Vessel is helping give life to Sleep and earth through spilling the blood of God. As mentioned earlier, Nazareth is a city in the bible that nothing good comes from. The connection I get to Sleep Token through this is that nothing good comes from Sleep, after all Vessel commits a murder for him. Now why exactly would Vessel have to commit the murder? In many songs it's obvious Sleep can't interact with Earth (until the lunar anomaly in ToG), so all he can really do is threaten Vessel and manipulate him into doing his biddings for him. This leads us into Jericho, in the bible this is the first city visited in the promise land. The song Jericho seems to detail the after events of the murder and how Sleep has accepted Vessel in. I think this is where we truly start to see how hurt Vessel is because of Sleep, he seems remorseful of his actions in Nazareth while Sleep seems to see a new form of life in Vessel. This is how Vessel officially becomes the Vessel for Sleep.

Also a little weird note, Vessel tends to say he is spreading Sleep's message to the masses so we all worship Sleep together (or at least the only interviews we have from Metal Hammer in 2017 say this) but that means Vessel would instead be a prophet. In a religious context, a vessel has an extremely specific thing to do and that doesn't seem to include spreading a message. These songs could show how Vessel isn't here to spread Sleep's message yet instead he is here to spill the blood of God. To bring fuel to the fire that is life.

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Another random thought, the lines "I want to feel the stars align again // Even if the earth breaks like burnt skin // And the heavens just won't open up for me" from Blood Sport sounds a lot like the lunar anomaly in Teeth of God. Given that Sleep emerges from the moon in Teeth of God makes me question what Emergence is actually about.

So far in my analysis of every Sleep Token song I have discovered that Sleep tends to use the complex and complicated metaphors I have to research into. One example is the connection to incandescent light bulbs in Give with the line "I'll tear the fiber from the filament." This would line up with all the metaphors in Emergence, making Sleep seem even more manipulative to Vessel. For example, "are you carbide on my nano," is likely a reference on how nano carbide is often used to make things stronger. Sleep would then be asking if Vessel is meant to make him stronger which makes more sense then Vessel, who has been so hurt by Sleep, asking if Sleep is to make him stronger. Many songs reference how hurt Vessel is by Sleep, even going as far as to depict him pushing Sleep away the most notable to me currently is Take Aim. I also question who each side of the divide represents as Vessel seems to be a lot more like House Veridian, the house of truth and growth, than Feathered Host. After all, House Veridian just says 'the house must endure,' not that the cycle must continue. Vessel may just need to endure what Sleep has to inflict upon him. I feel we could see this in When The Bough Breaks as that song as a whole seems like one huge foreshadowing of how things are destined to never work out between Sleep and Vessel. In my analysis I believe a future version of Vessel is telling him he is alive for a reason, he endured for a reason while Sleep continues to manipulate Vessel while talking about the inevitable end of things when the bough breaks. If Feathered Host represents Sleep and Sleep is the main singer of Emergence, this would explain how Feathered Host is meant to seize the contribution. We could still see Vessel being the one to emerge from under who he used to be, but if so Sleep is the one coaxing him out with my theory. Vessel is a changed person now and Vessel coaxing him out could mean a plethora of things. Sleep could want to see the new version of Vessel he in a way has created. Sleep could also want Vessel to somehow step into a place of importance or prominence, furthering the idea that Vessel ascends and could become another god (which I have my own thoughts on but lets save that for another day of rambling).

My final thought is that we don't have enough to determine for 100% certainty who is House Veridian and who is Feathered Host let alone how they tie into Emergence. I really don't think we even have enough to determine who has most of the line's in Emergence. I so badly want to analyze this song yet I have such a hard time gathering my thoughts enough for one coherent idea because we just have so little to go off right now.

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The ep Two has stuck in the back of my brain for the longest time as I couldn't tie it into the story we hear between Sleep and Vessel until tonight...

So it's clear in Higher that Sleep owes Vessel a debt but what exactly is that debt? Well in Nazareth we hear Sleep promise someone a kingdom and wealth in return for a murder. I believe Calcutta hints at Vessel being unable to meet with Sleep again for some reason, this drives him crazy so when he does finally meet with Sleep and is given this request, he goes through with it. After all it seems he could be getting offered his own chance to become a deity alongside Sleep. The little tidbit 'she said you'd better believe' and so forth in Calcutta is a subtle foreshadowing and likely a part of Vessel's conversation with her to lure her into a place to murder her. Of course he goes through with it leading us into Jericho where he goes insane from the murder he committed. It makes him hate himself and who he becomes, even having nightmares from it. Sleep then thinks Vessel is a new person and seems to almost praise him with his reappearance. This is the debt Sleep owes.

Anyways I hope everyone enjoyed night 2 of my sleep deprived rambling but tonight im slightly less sleep deprived and fueled completely off the high of a new Sleep Token song

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Does anyone else agree that When the Bough Breaks is an altered version of Vessel talking to his past self telling him to endure Sleep's torment because if he doesn't and tries to find an alternative way out (I believe this would sadly be death) he will forever be stuck with Sleep? Sleep seems to push for this idea in a few lines within this song too. Yet if he endures this time with Sleep he can live to see a day when Sleep is no longer there.

Listen I sound crazy but hear me out, The song starts with someone seemingly telling another person to notice how they were left alive. I think this is future Vessel telling the past Vessel that he's alive for a reason despite Sleep's torture. Also the idea of running with death leads me to think Sleep is a stand in for death. Later lines about being released, flowing over sorrow days, and staying suspended when a bough breaks sounds very manipulative. This to me sounds like Sleep wants Vessel dead so they can stay together, maybe this is his fuel to torment Vessel. The thing that gets me is that they would stay suspended *even when* the bough breaks meaning we see the bough break. It's not a matter of if the bough breaks but rather when the bough breaks. A 'bough' is another word for a tree branch and the term 'when the bough breaks' warns against over-ambition and pride, basically stating those who climb too high risk a fall. With House Veridian considering themselves the 'unvanquished branch' in many posts leads me to think this is the over ambitious prideful side that risks to fall. Also with the use of different words for both the House Veridian and Feathered Host announcements for the new release tomorrow leads me to think Feathered Host has a chance to seize the moment while House Veridian is too prideful to think they need to fight back causing the bough to break.

Edit: This would kinda throw out my thread the needle idea but hey these two sides clearly don't come together in harmony. Looking back on my thoughts in that post I believe that would more likely fit early into Sleep and Vessel's relationship and not at all where we are now. If we are being honest I'm also far too sleep deprived right now to think through which idea makes more sense and seems to fit what know right now more.

Hey I could be completely and utterly delusional though, I have spent so much time analyzing this band to not ramble complete and utter nonsense. I also realize I have some wild theories about the possible story we follow and message we are supposed to gain from it, it's so bad in the last month of analyzing this band I have been asked if I'm ok more times than the other nearly 20 years of my time on this planet. Now if you will excuse me I have to go to bed so I can wake up extra early for the new release because it's dropping a whole hour before I have to go to work and if I don't get the child on Christmas morning energy out before work I might scare the new hire :(

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I do fear despite my sleep deprived state last night, I was onto something. If the contribution (of Emergence) was meant to be seized by Feathered Host and only observed by House Veridian, then the more angry rap parts of Emergence is the Feathered Host seizing the moment. Vessel flat out taunts Sleep in this song. Even the imagery in the glitches towards the end of the music video show that the bough breaks, the unvanquished branch falls.

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Does anyone else agree that When the Bough Breaks is an altered version of Vessel talking to his past self telling him to endure Sleep's torment because if he doesn't and tries to find an alternative way out (I believe this would sadly be death) he will forever be stuck with Sleep? Sleep seems to push for this idea in a few lines within this song too. Yet if he endures this time with Sleep he can live to see a day when Sleep is no longer there.

Listen I sound crazy but hear me out, The song starts with someone seemingly telling another person to notice how they were left alive. I think this is future Vessel telling the past Vessel that he's alive for a reason despite Sleep's torture. Also the idea of running with death leads me to think Sleep is a stand in for death. Later lines about being released, flowing over sorrow days, and staying suspended when a bough breaks sounds very manipulative. This to me sounds like Sleep wants Vessel dead so they can stay together, maybe this is his fuel to torment Vessel. The thing that gets me is that they would stay suspended *even when* the bough breaks meaning we see the bough break. It's not a matter of if the bough breaks but rather when the bough breaks. A 'bough' is another word for a tree branch and the term 'when the bough breaks' warns against over-ambition and pride, basically stating those who climb too high risk a fall. With House Veridian considering themselves the 'unvanquished branch' in many posts leads me to think this is the over ambitious prideful side that risks to fall. Also with the use of different words for both the House Veridian and Feathered Host announcements for the new release tomorrow leads me to think Feathered Host has a chance to seize the moment while House Veridian is too prideful to think they need to fight back causing the bough to break.

Edit: This would kinda throw out my thread the needle idea but hey these two sides clearly don't come together in harmony. Looking back on my thoughts in that post I believe that would more likely fit early into Sleep and Vessel's relationship and not at all where we are now. If we are being honest I'm also far too sleep deprived right now to think through which idea makes more sense and seems to fit what know right now more.

Hey I could be completely and utterly delusional though, I have spent so much time analyzing this band to not ramble complete and utter nonsense. I also realize I have some wild theories about the possible story we follow and message we are supposed to gain from it, it's so bad in the last month of analyzing this band I have been asked if I'm ok more times than the other nearly 20 years of my time on this planet. Now if you will excuse me I have to go to bed so I can wake up extra early for the new release because it's dropping a whole hour before I have to go to work and if I don't get the child on Christmas morning energy out before work I might scare the new hire :(

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Just a random thought, if 'thread the needle' can mean to bring to opposing sides together in harmony, could the song Thread the Needle possibly give us some insight on how the divide ends?

If so it seems we may end with House Veridian winning since Sleep would still be there to continue the cycle. There of course is also the idea that since Sleep isn't a physical being on earth while Vessel is that this is purely an internal battle that will never end in a way causing the sides to merge as one, meaning neither win.

Idk I have a whole ass google doc for my thoughts, theories, and analysis of Sleep Token and sometimes I just gotta brainstorm some shit. Idk if this even makes sense to anyone other than me.

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Just out of curiosity, has anyone else noticed the numbers in the background of show me how to dance forever?

Btw the image I used for this is enhanced to show the numbers better!