Therapist reacts to METALCORE - Take Me Back To Eden

Therapist reacts to Sleep Token's Take Me Back to Eden and breaks down key lyrics and lessons for our mental health.

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[rotolotto]

This album dropped exactly 2 months after my wife left. This song in particular resonates personally, and comes across to me as a journey from sorrow and desperation to growing anger, then a step back in retrospection before a full blown rage attack. Take Me Back To Eden goes from a cry of longing and mourning, wishing to recapture the halcyon days, to a bloody and violent desperation, wishing for vengeance. "Take Me Back To Eden" [... so that I may see it burn.]

The journey isn't complete, obviously, but that visceral anger is very much part of the grieving process.

That's my take on this track. Overall, the album definitely helped me process my divorce and helped me to express and verbalize my grief. I wanted to go back to eden, but now I'm in my Rain phase, months later and in a much better space.

[BTSrocker]

"No amount of love will keep it around if we don't choose it" is one of the most painful, yet relieving things I've ever heard

[OkiMasako]

I love watching people react to this song for the first time. Makes me a little envious because I wish I could listen to it for the first time again.

[lucasbrand]

1. "I dream in phosphorescence...":

The speaker dreams vividly and elusively about their love, which used to be radiant and beautiful. "See you drifting past the fog" could symbolize the lover becoming distant and less tangible, obscured by challenges or emotional barriers.

2. "My, my, those eyes like fire...":

This repeated chorus might symbolize the intense passion they once shared. The imagery of a "winged insect" and "funeral pyre" could indicate how one of them is getting consumed by the fire of the other's intensity or how they are both self-destructive in the relationship.

3. "Well yeah, I spit blood when I wake up...":

The visceral awakening could represent the painful reality of their drifting relationship. The emotional turmoil is evident in their daily life, reflected in the tumultuous state described in this section.

4. "I need you to see me for what I have become...":

This is a plea for acknowledgment. As they drift apart, the speaker feels unrecognizable or misunderstood by their lover.

5. "I guess it goes to show, does it not?...":

This part emphasizes the inevitable nature of change and how love can be taken for granted. The biting and anger indicate the friction and conflict between them, and the loss of innocence speaks to the evolution and possible corruption of their love.

6. "I have traveled far beyond the path of reason, Take me back to Eden":

Eden, representing a paradise or an initial state of pure love, captures the essence of their earlier relationship. The speaker wishes to return to that untouched, innocent state of love before everything became complicated.

Viewed through the lens of two lovers drifting apart, the song could be about the tumultuous journey of their relationship, from its initial passionate stage to its present state of conflict and yearning. The intense emotions, vivid imagery, and deep introspection provide ample scope for such an interpretation.

[boxmouth]

I think the therapist needs therapy after that one

[stevesummerell]

For me the song is Vessel asking nicely to return to Eden, as the song builds you can tell he grows tired of asking nicely and the end is him letting his rage out, not asking anymore. To me it's the realization that no matter how much we love people, sometimes it's best to let them go, that returning to "Eden" is impossible.

[ApricityMoth]

'Im a therapist and I LOVE...
metal'
That's a nice introduction to the channel

[guilegale]

Exactly. Vessel is saying you can't go back to the way you were. The bygone days are bygones. There's no returning to the person you used to be, only accepting who you've become, and the people around you won't always accept or acknowledge that. And, as he says, no amount of love can keep things the same way they've always been if you don't put in the effort to stay that person you want to be, stay in those relationships. You have to want to be better, or you'll never be. Ignorance is bliss, and you can't unlearn something. You can't go back to Eden. You have to move forward. Even if the people around you are full of themselves, or offer empty words, you need to do what you have to to keep yourself moving. Even if you have to go beyond what is "reasonable, " even if you want nothing more than to go back to how things were, you can't. But you can do something about where you are NOW.

[joshuacalloway]

“Im a therapist that loves metal…”

Front-runner for sexiest sentence in the English language.

[Pepper_Jvck]

It seems like the takeaway most people have about the lyrics of this band is “damn… this guy’s going THROUGH IT.”

[lyricnoel]

This band has seriously changed my life since I discovered them. I suffer from borderline personality disorder and sleep token has really helped me cope with my symptoms a lot easier than usual! ❤

[Spewns]

Literally every time I hear this song, I get full body chills and I cry. It feels like a release of emotion each and every time. This song is so beautiful

[Gril_the]

Sleep Token always finds you when life is hard, worship

[knucker]

Some of the lyrics in this song really hit home for me.

The one that is highlighted is "we dont know what we have got until we lose it." Was definitely one. I grew up the only child of a happy and stable family with parents that loved me and each other. And i look back and realise just how selfish i was back then. When i was 9, my mother was diagnosed with cancer.

For 4 years, i became a young carer helping my dad, who was in the process of leaving the army as he had done his 22 years and couldn't get an extension.

In those 4 years, i saw things i still have nightmares about.

My mother died when i was 13, and i took a long time for me to properly process that.

Later in the song, he states, "I dont know what has me, but im about to bite back, with anger.But no amount of fury will bring back the glory of innocence."

This reminded me of how i acted and sometimes still do.

I would get these moods, and they would just make me angry and want to snap at people.

And i spent a lot of time coming to the conclusion that anger doesn't fix the problem and it can't fix that loss. i didn't realise i was still feeling.

[Eddie-lfvt]

“I guess it goes to show does it not, we have no idea what we’ve got until we lose it”…the way Vessel sang that hits the soul every time … and then that break down at the end!!! Unbelievable track from start to finish 🔥🔥🔥

[Mourners_Lament]

Love that bit from Chokehold at the end. "It was no accident"

[sevenjets]

You had me a Sleep Token and I really enjoyed the little lyrics snippets that you picked out. Vessel is such an amazing poet (and singer) who conveys emotions so well. Every Sleep Token song is like its own therapy session for me. Each and every one brings up memories and buried emotions that I often didn't even know were there and still needed to be dealt with though.
Thank you for your insights and please do more Sleep Token!

[waltermerchant]

This song feels like a late night drive that ends in a roadside emotional breakdown. It's holding things together until you get outside the city and then just screaming into the steering wheel.

[mystrose]

I love the Therapist's Reaction videos because not only does Taylor make a lot of sense and give good insight, but it's also introducing me to bands I don't know; I haven't listened to a whole lot of this type of metal. I really loved this and got a lot out of Taylor's reaction. <3 Thanks!

[ICRS]

The line "I guess it goes to show, does it not? That we've no idea what we've got until we lose it" hit really hard for me. My mind is never in the moment, its always on the worries of a tomorrow that has yet to happen. I have no idea how to live in the moment, or how to cope with the anxities that come from focusing too much on the future. Music like this song, or other songs, are what keep me grounded, even if its just for a moment.