Song Review // 2022-04-14

Wayfarer

A Romance with Violence

The Crimson Rider (Gallows Frontier, Act I)

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Vocals

I like this vocal. It sounds kind of hollow and deep. 

Music

I love how this has a unique sound to it. That intro and the guitar, especially around 7 minutes in, really gives it a western feel. Not something I really remember hearing mixed in with other genres like this. The song draws things out in the right way to keep my attention.

Lyrics

I think this song speaks to someone living life in the moment and only realizing too late that it is about to end. Specifically, this horse rider is seen as a hero. He has found himself as a legend after death. Some people live a calculated life, and some more free. Which one do you live?

See our hero, realize too late:
He was blind to the gallows, yet tied his own rope
As the platform falls from his feet, His last breath proclaims:
I am iron, I am death. I am the setting sun. I am the West

They’ll sing his song - of an era gone