“Godspeed” by Anberlin, Thursday, November 3, 2022
Brace yourself for today's song. On Anberlin 's legendary third record, Cities , listeners are eased into one of Anberlin's fastest guitar-riff heavy tracks with an atmosphere-building track ( Début ). The instrumental track feels like Jerry Martin 's epic Sim City 4 score, using guitars and sampled recordings to paint a dingy, urban landscape. What Anberlin creates with their third record is a portrait of wandering anonymously through bustling but lonely metropolises. In contrast to the "thousand names" lead singer Stephen Christian talks about in " Hello Alone ," the singer talks about the theme of the album as "Man vs. Self," and those introspective lyrics can be heard throughout the record. THEY LIED WHEN THEY SAID THE GOOD DIE YOUNG. But "Godspeed" isn't so much an introverted emo track as it is a hard rock cautionary tale about rock stars who die too young, leaving their fans wrecked by the wasted potential celebritie