Between The Buried And Me - The Proverbial Bellow Lyrics

Anyone else know how to play or learning this on guitar? What a fucking fun song to play. Hell of a challenge too. Start to finish. Paul is unbelievable.

Can someone just answer the phone already

What the fuck.

Tommy and his clean vocals have come a long way. I love how they put more of them in

La genialità. Non c'è parola più appropriata per descrivere questo pezzo, come sempre questa band sforna capolavori incredibili ❤

Alien that just listened to this song: How would you describe this wonder?

Me: Sensory bliss.

BTBAM is one of the best bands of all time and I have been a fan over 13 years. Will never miss seeing them again live.

The ending solo sounds like something Pink Floyd would write

BTBAM is one of the few bands that over the years has been able to pull off staying 100% true to their original sound while also not getting stale or boring. This song kills.

THE SLIGHT HUM OF THE GRID!

One of the greatest songs of all time.

Song still gives me goosebumps

Claro que si chingada madre!

Love the mix on this album, its just perfect!

4:20 GO FUCKING CRAZY

Usually like their stuff but the lyrics are bad, not even just the word selection but in melodic arrangement. Just bad.

so beautiful

My only explanation for this song is that it was written by interdimensional wizards on their brief stopover on earth.

one of the most beautiful songs ever written. and my new fav btbam song! sorry SFP and STTM, THIS is the best btbam song!!

Song intro sounds like Dream Theater 90's

BRILLIANT,PHENOMENAL AND JUST SIMPLY FUKKIN MAGNIFICENT...PERIOD!!!

While the lyrics of this song are pretty cryptic, I'm pretty sure the song is about vacuum tubes used in audio amplifier circuits. Vacuum tubes are the electronic "switches" that were commonly used to build amplifiers, until they got phased out by the cheaper and more reliable transistor.

Here's the background on how vacuum tubes work:
In a vacuum tube, electrons are emitted from a hot cathode via thermionic emission, and into a vacuum. Thermionic emission is a phenomenon where you heat a metal so hot that electrons begin to leave the metal and eject into the space around it. With a vacuum tube, there is a metal coil in the center (the cathode) that is heated red-hot until electrons begin ejecting from the coil and into the vacuum. Once the electron is free in the vacuum, there are two different plates in the tube that influence the electron: the grid, and the collector. A positive voltage is applied on the collector which makes the electron accelerate towards it (opposites attract, and electrons are negative) and once an electron slams into the collector, it then enters the rest of the circuit, goes through your speaker, then it comes back to the hot cathode to be re-emitted.

The grid is very important - it is a metal screen through which the electrons must pass in order to reach the collector. We can apply a voltage to the grid which can either inhibit electrons from reaching the collector (which would reduce the current flow through our speaker), or we can enhance the rate of electron flow (thus increasing the current flow through the speaker). Therefore, by applying a tiny signal to the grid, we can make huge changes in the current flow between the cathode and the collector! Hence the signal is amplified.

The song is about an individual electron racing through the vacuum. "Electricity screams through the fingers below" - the fingers are the metal screen of the grid, which electrons are flying through.

"Tiny electric movements"... "A god-like floating sensation"... all which could be used to describe an electron being accelerated to the collector.

"The red glow creates shadows… mountains". The red glow is the black-body radiation being emitted from the cathode.

"Yellow eyes stare below me"... the electron is racing away from the cathode, but at a slower velocity than light - hence the electron will be able to "see" the light shining upon it.

"I’m now elevated"... The electron, which was once in a stable energy level in the cathode metal, has been given a huge amount of energy in order to leave metal via thermionic emission. It has thus been elevated, both in energy and physically in distance, from the metal.

"Beautiful eruption… we’ve made our creation
Sunshine beams on their faces… as they melt into one" - I believe this refers to the electrons slamming into the collector, where they rapidly decelerate and re-enter the circuit via the wire. The "sunshine" is beaming upon the faces of the metal atoms of the collector. This could also be taken to mean the faces of the crystalline structure of the metal.

Meanwhile, "THE SLIGHT HUM OF THE GRIIIIIDDDDD" is merely the small signal of the telephone/audio source being imposed on the grid, which controls the current flow through the circuit. Of course it is humming - it is being fed with music, and hence it hums at audio frequencies.

Now, the last line, "Please pick up the phone… it’s been ringing for years now
I’m so alone here", is interesting.... if the electrons were travelling at relativistic velocities, then they would surely experience time dilation. However, electrons in a vacuum tube only travel at about 10^6 meters/second, which is about 1/100 of the speed of light. At these speeds, relativistic physics don't really play a role in the motion of the electron.
However, it would make perfect sense that electrons feel "so alone here", as they are negatively charged, and hence try to distance themselves from other electrons as much as possible. Imagine trying to interact with someone who was just like you, but the Coulombic repulsion keeps pushing you apart!

Ultimately, this song is rather pantheistic in nature, as it ascribes sensation and perception to something as small and fundamental as an electron. It suggests that even the mere transfer of energy can be considered a form of consciousness. I wonder how the electrons in the wires of my house must feel - are they in pain? Or perhaps ecstasy? Is it morally justified to use electricity for any purpose, if we cannot know whether or not we are creating a searing hell for electrons all around the world?

Regardless, it's a great song, and a badass tribute to the great physicists and electrical engineers of the 19th and 20th centuries.

seeensory bliiiiss

my music taste evolves with this band's style i find myself listening to less heavy death stuff and enjoying melodic proggy stuff more and more as i get older

nice to hear someone learned how to play their instrument

This song on repeat forever

i feel as though iam a sinner, this came out in july and iam now hearing this for the first time, maybe because automata is amazing, granted ive been listening since the great misdirect, tho i listen to every single btbam album throughout the week

Automata is shit. This is utter shit. Goodbye between the buried & me. Sad 😥.

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These guys are too good. King Crimson should be proud to have inspired such a lightning in a bottle band like these guys.

Amazingly epic piece of music that draws you in and evokes many emotions. I haven't been listening to BTBAM lately, but I recently decided to check them out again and I am reminded why they will always be my favourite band. Their music holds up so well over time. When I'm 80 I'll still able to enjoy it.

Holy fuck......they've done it again

Is this Kansas re-incarnated?

I've been listening to BTBAM for 11 years now since Colors dropped and I can say for certain they've gotten better with time. The stuff they're putting out now is on another level.

12:39 that outro though

12:39 sounds so clean.

This is so good. Incredible return to form. I just want to know what exactly happened on Coma Ecliptic....

Let's stay here... FOREVER~ ;))

Jazz metal fusion?

Xisumavoid brought me here

Some next level shit right here.

The King Crimsom - Discipline tribute starts at 7:57

The soundscape of this song is pretty neat, it is very open, but becomes really centered at certain moments.

This song has a white walls feel to it as far as structure goes. I dig it.

I have a fun hobbie with a couple of friends, every wednesday we meet us at one friends house to listen to music , smoke pot, and eat pizza, we promised that we will be looking for good new bands to enjoy the moment, but every time we are there, we ended up listening to btbam, we´ve been doing this for 3 years. We celebrated Automata´s releases recently with double dosis of pot and pizza.

I wish I had friends like you.

Ruben Aguilar When I go to the movies I make sure everyone involved in the production likes popcorn before I eat any.

@Ruben Aguilar so are a lot of their fans. Well I'm not vegan, but I don't drink or consume drugs.

@Ruben Aguilar Most of the band is. Blake Richardson is 100% not a vegan

That’s not really a hobby.

BTBAM take my freakin Money!!

Cool song, but the lyrics are completely whack this time around I feel like...IDK, they're not as strong as the Parallax or Great Misdirect days.

I'm either going to blow my speakers, or my eardrums playing this so loud.

not gonna lie, this song made me pop a half-chub

Fucking hell, this song is heaven🤘🏻

First 2 minutes is when you put King Crimson, Yes, Transatlantic, Dream Theater and some black metal in a blender.

I also hear Haken, Tull and PT

I was waiting for a heavy moment this entire song and it never came. That short ending solo was good though

The "I am I, what is this?" part feels heavy. But i think youre looking for Parallax type heavy.

The "Sunshine Beams on their Faces" part wasn't satisfying? Man I was throwing myself on the wall at this part.

First time hearing this band. I'm sold

As is EVERYTHING from this band - EXCELLENT!

the little black metal teases at 1:11 and 1:40 make my life complete

Holy shit!

This is true sensory bliss. One of the best songs ever in the history of prog.

4:20 is soooo bangin

Looking forward to seeing you in a small venue in Detroit

Holy shit 4:21. The guitars are chuggy af

I'm saddened by the fact that we have to press LIKE everytime we come here... like YouTube can't remember that I've pressed like and must readminister some sort of re-admiration... c'mon, youtube... BTBAM deserves our support!

I love youtube more than I could ever possibly express, it's the greatest innovation in the history of the world. I'll play music for friends (and people I randomly meet) that blows their minds, and often get in response a variation of "wow, this is incredible/so on point/real as fuck, how did you discover him/her/these guys?" It's a secret that most people don't know about because it's hiding in plain sight, but if you're willing to endure the painful and exhausting research intrinsic to this method you can get the kind of results that I do. Here are the steps:

A. Play a song/album that you love/blows your mind/moves your soul on youtube.
B. Go to comments section and read the comments.
C. Come across this (almost inevitable) comment: "If you like these guys check out A, B, C, (and sometimes D, E, F, G...)" that multiple times (and in different genres) has become a jaw droppingly rich discovery of musical brilliance/straight up genius that's left me feeling like I won the lottery. In this case I was led here by a comment on an upload of Heir Apparent by Opeth (thanks Scriptorification!)

Rinse, lather, repeat.

You're welcome.

Happy hunting!

tomcaliforniasf soo true. Most my favorite music found these days is found in the depths of YouTube comments

1:21 is such a Colors part

One of the greatest songs I've ever heard... just, wow...

I feel like every comment about btbam not being the same as they used to is stupid. They have traversed past the older style of the previous albums (which are all great. Massive fan) , and now they are just making good music. Didn't take more than 3-5 listens to truly love this song for me.

Believe it or not one of the people in this band is my cousin NO LIE

Well I'm glad you gave us the option to believe you cuz we dont...

Hello new mr favorite btbam song. Fucking masterpiece👏💪😂

BTBAM is and always will be the best thing that happened in my music history. 🖤

Tommy looks like Father John Misty now. Amirite?

LMAO SPOT ON

0:48
AWESOME!!!

I'm getting a bunch of Dream Theater vibes.

Oscar Pelayo im not. stop comparing to them. they are not good. this band is however good. enough. thank you

@CAgrowin lol

@Jeff T lol what man? You silly bitch.

Always. I feel like DT and Pink Floyd are the backbone of BTBAM

This Just gets better and better with every listen... omfg btbam how do you do it... best band ever.

Is it just me or is this riff very similar to Turntail-Caligulas Horse? Very good nevertheless!!

9:25 so fucking cool

Every song on this album a click ia a masterpiece???

If you mean Automata as a whole, yes, you are correct.

Fucking Amazing

The sections of this song are just so fucking dense and intricate, it's mind-blowing. They packed in so much sick stuff into this one song, it's impossible not to respect the craftsmanship. Can't wait to see them play this whole set live.

I feel like crying this is so good

well, this automata is just... flawless

88/100
There were a lot of easily missed moments to be honest. I would have loved to have seen "I am I. What is this?" make an appearance at the end to tie everything up and a few stronger points in the solos/lead guitar; but other than that a fucking epic song guys. Great job.

Nicholas Foley well that would have been predicatble then and thats exactly what these guys are not about.

@CAgrowin meh, fair enough

This might be one of their most consistently and progressively grooviest tunes yet.

Listened to this song like 20 times already. Gives me goosebumps

I stepped away for a few days and it's kinda blowing me away now..

*Maybe* their best song.

A continuation of memory palace..?

0:00 to 13:18 best part

EPICNESS

This is like BTBAM studied Dream Theater when they were at their finest and refined that even further beyond. Amazing stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgRSgZ-fQ24
for those who like death metal ^^

very nice! - patrick bateman

The nine guys still left at metal blade. 👎🏻

Best Prog of year !

man, this is the prog greatness Dream Theater forgot how to do, i'm in absolute love

always a step above the rest of the pack

a review of their new album from a viewpoint of a musician :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJeLG0mzlts&t

I am I, what is this?

sounds like a question i would ask myself, on mushrooms, staring into the mirror.

I am I, what is this

Just completely epic on all levels