these songs means so much more to me as the guitarist ryan passed away before they could release these music videos with him still around... but I always cry when i see him playing those beautiful lead melodies... and the way the video plays out from 3:30 3:49... it's a little dark and though I don't think the song was ever even about ryan... it almost foreshadowed the future of his own life... The cuts from his playing to the skulls in the ground and the vocalist Jamie visibly torn as he sings and leads into the breakdown almost like he's unknowingly expressing the pain of losing ryan before he had even left the world... And I always feel that the breakdown is ryan telling us... "don't worry about me guys. I may be gone and I may be missed... but I fought through every day of this life I had when i was here and I made sure to make every moment of it worth living for. love every moment of it... bring your colors out between the dark and the light of this world and stay strong. this life is your canvas to paint on. make sure you make a mark on it while you're still here." Ryan made a mark and he won't be forgotten.

R.I.P Ryan! Truly gifted talent that left us WAY TOO SOON! 🙏

This whole album is just phenomenal!

Omg thank you so much for this. This song already hit me deep and hung on to the lyrics. I’ve teared up so many times and your explanation about made me break down dealing with being “held captive with the confines of your mind”. That’s the line that stuck with me the most. I went through a heartbreaking traumatic separation last year with the woman/wife I’ve been with for 19 years and it broke me so much mentally and emotionally. We got back together thank God but so much damage has been done with me and I find myself driving back in that captivity due to insecurity of trust and feeling like I’m not good enough. That’s awesome you pray and cool you listen to metal as well. Have a blessed day!

6 months ago, let someone move in, unallowed by nsw housing. Said 2 weeks until he left. Then, yellin at me, stealing my food, tobacco, other stuff. On disability, he's on $500 a day. His dog shits and pisses on my carpet, he broke my stove, so cannot cook, and regularly abuses me. I took out restraint orders, not worked. Im so angry. ❤

You should do 'Come On' by Oktaf Kanis 🔥

Would love for you to react to with regards from the same album. Cheers !

Glad you are taking the Polaris rabbit hole. Masochist and Above My Head leave plenty to analize. Still waiting for you to find While She Sleeps

this song hit me harder after this explanation. i really love this kind of content, react to polaris' overflow next, please!! this song mean so much to me :,)

This song hits deep, the guitarist Ryan passed away just before this song was released to suicide. He was a massive part of the Australian music scene, the three film clips on this album were His last, he will be truly missed I encourage you to check out the other two singles from this album

The whole album almost feels retrospectively about Ryan, some of the best metalcore this year. Aviana's last album is pretty deep, Joel has outdone himself going solo. Obsession or Rage are the go-to. My pick would be Obsession because I hear a lot of my past in it, the frustration of staying with the wrong people and being left alone to deal with the consequences. (I carried the weight of the world on my shoulders Face split in two, lived the life of a coward I started giving up on myself Stared into darkness with faces I wish I'd forget)

Rhe miat beautiful riffs from Ryan, RIP dude, sad i never got to see you play live 😢

As an Aussie it’s not pol a ris It pol ar is Love ur reaction

This band is just amazing they can do no wrong there new album is just something great sadly there guitarist Ryan passed away but there going to keep kicking

Hands down my favourite Aussie band. I love you and I love that this exists

good song & chat but Overflow, the single after this one, probably would have been the song with lyrics better suited to your type of analysis. One line in particular stands out to me in that one: 'The things I love, i hold so tight I strangle them to death'

Fantastic song on a fantastic album. Have you listened to Tesseract? Their new album just came out and there are some really fantastic lyrics on it. I highly recommend giving them a listen.

I absolutely love this album, and it's heartbreaking to watch Ryan shred. A life gone far too soon.

If you want a really good one "forgotten" by The Plot in You is an amazing song

What’s crazy is that you were talking about saving someone from drowning and in another song by Polaris called Crooked Path the chorus is: “Reaching out please take my hand, the water’s getting higher and I can’t understand why I can’t pull you in, do you even care? Do you even want me there?”

Yes yes yessss❤️

If you think they went Hard on this, you should check out Dissipate!! That absolutely BANGS!!!! RIP Ryan!

It felt so relatable cuz I’ve been there before and even now isn’t fully out on the other side

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You should react to "Guide Us Home" by Currents

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Hi Taylor, you love mental health songs - then Overflow from Polaris will kick you out of your socks :) cheers

Hey. Thank you for sharing these reaction videos and sharing information about mental health issues. I would have one suggestion that you could react to, namely Nightwish's song - How's the Heart. It's a symphonic metal band from Finland and that song is about, as the name suggests, how rarely we really ask others what's really up to us. If you happen to react to this song, I recommend the acoustic live version :) All the best! Edit: Link to the song: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r7-knrOhq7_ef6M.html