Behold my fangs

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Do not forget my children,

Not all vampires suck blood

Just a heads up before Sunday: rock and metal awards at the Grammys are presented during the Premiere Ceremony, not the main event. The good news is that, unlike the main event, Premiere Ceremony is streamed online for everyone on live.grammy.com and YouTube, so you can watch wherever you are.

Tune in on Feb 5, 12:30 PM PT / 3:30 PM ET

& keep your fingers crossed for Ghost!

When Papa asks 'Can you hear the rumble?' for the first time, the drum is not there. When he asks again, 'Can you hear the rumble that's calling?' it's there and at the foreground too, impossible not to hear. The thunder in your heart.

Perhaps it's always been there but you never realized until he told you to listen to it. Or maybe he only wants you to think it's there. Either way, you are paying attention now.

He extends his hand and you accept it.

Going further, at 2:14 there is a sudden change in the dynamic range. We only hear the piano, the drum (less prominent now), and Papa's voice. The minimalist instrumentalisation makes the whole experience feel very intimate. It feels as if Papa is speaking directly to you. There is no one else.

You are entwined together.

The verbiage he uses now further strengthens this feeling - you and I see eye to eye; now there is nothing between us, from now our merge is eternal. The words feel like a warm embrace, a comfort.

Except... he is manipulating you. Isolating you. Coercing you into forming this emotional bond.

Notice how the music constructs an emotional setting within this context when at around 3:20 a sudden dramatic break occurs. Papa asks, 'Can't you see that you're lost?' and almost all the music goes dead. This is what it feels like to be alone. No sound, no warm embrace, no comfort. Nothingness. 'Can't you see that you're lost without me?' This will be your life if you don't follow him.

all those dads never gave you the things that you should’ve had