#veep token

Caramel has 3 very distinct sections with very different feels (You could argue 4 but I think the return to form is actually tied to the beginning rather than the end, cyclically. Emergence does this as well). Going from this music box & light almost playful summery pop first verse that introduces the concept almost abstractly like his thoughts and feelings are obscured by this mask. It's an attempt to create distance, to appeal to those who don't intend to look deeper. We then have the first chorus.

The second verse is less playful with that synth being gone and the verse being grounded by the drum parts. The mask is off, the metaphors are gone, he's speaking out of long-lasting hurt and cynicism, it's almost flippant "well I guess..." It's pointed, it's direct, it is not a token of sleep, it's not worship, it's a statement. Then we have the fuller second chorus.

The bridge has a similar feel before the drop that is just deep, deep rage. Understandable rage. Justified suffering. It's deeply cathartic. Certainly not only for Vessel but II as well. We are called to sit in this rage with them.

And then the cyclical slip back into the music box motif is so abrupt and in such stark contrast with what was previously experienced. It hurts more how easy then it is to loop back to start the song again. A cycle of hurting, of anger, of acceptance.