One listen.

A bit of a struggle to write due to how tired I am at the moment, but I felt the need to get this done. The song has been quite appealing to me over the past few weeks and I felt I could write about it. Not sure if I did well, but I tried.

I was hoping to get more imagery and mood out but that’s not what came forward. Not entirely, anyway. Bits here and there, and the writing feels fragmentary overall.

Shiva Affect’s “The Bridge” is from Yahweh.

I hope you enjoy.

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Descent on a guitar, and it fades. A rise, and percussion, and other strings become apparent. An arpeggio. Patterns forming, and bass comes in with a gentle force. Percussion begins to fill out more, the sounds fill out more.

This seems very much about sound, and could be a dark morning, or a dry day, or a slow afternoon. There’s something moody about it all as it all drifts on and finds its rhythm. Those earlier slow strums join the bass as it and the percussion become more full in a sense, stopping and starting and continuing on. The arpeggio seems to follow, seems to waver in and out, and seems more about its sound and texture than anything else.

More melody comes in, allowing a moment to be repeated until it rises and floats, seemingly fragile in a space quiet of activity. Everything then seems to peacefully descend.

Percussion pulls away and the two guitars are still lowering. Lowering, fragile, holding on a moment, and bass comes in, adding more breadth and drama. Once percussion returns things seem to pick up. Perhaps it is action or a strong wind, or something raging all around. It’s all peaceful and calm, but it all rages in a way. It rages with distance, builds and builds and folds into itself, and eventually lowers. Eventually it goes fully calm, but it feels like such a brief moment. It was there, firmly held, looking to grip, and it is gone.

And that lowering, that peaceful descent returns, decisive, seemingly alone, and okay at the song’s end.