If you can't tell, I'm Marianas Trench trash, so...
After listening to their Ever After and Astoria albums, I came to the realization that my favorite album of theirs is actually Astoria.
Some of my favorite songs are included in there (One Love, Wildfire, Dearly Departed and Forget Me Not), which I just recently realized.
One Love is probably one of the most beautifully-written songs I've ever encountered because... look at this first verse:
I wake up tonight, feeling paper thin and I'm paper white
You say, "Just come back to bed"
Voice sounds strange, but I soon forget
And your sad blue eyes, like mine
Full of pity now, but I don't know why
The light dims without regret
'Til now you're nothing more than a silhouette
But just hold quick, you're fading right
In a cold trick of the light
I'm just so sick, I thought you might be here
But you di-disappear
At first, it kind of gives the illusion that someone is there with him, right? Then, the chorus comes on:
Now I wake up and I forget that you were gone
A phantom limb is all that I am hanging on
So don't stop, no stopping it yet
What if the one true love's the only one that you get?
And you've been wishing but you don't know how to stay
And I've been broken but I'm better every day
So don't stop, no stoppin' it yet
What if the one true love's the only one that you get?
...I don't know how many times I cried because of this song, but I cried.
Also, the bridge:
What if you still feel me too, still?
What if there was still a way of taking care of this?
What if I wake up tonight and you are real?
What if we could find a way to try to heal?
What if there's no stoppin' us yet?
What if the one true love's the only one that you get?
What if there was still a reason not to go?
What if there was still a little bit of hope?
Also, the song has a really good rhythm, and is very singable, so...
(Just adding a link to the song here, in case someone is interested):
I won't be reviewing anything for the other two because it's still great (like the rest of their songs are), but One Love is the one that tugs on my heartstrings.
Just go pass their creepy album cover, and you'll be met with good (
great) songs! My personal favorites are: Fallout, By Now, and So Soon.
Personal favorites: Good to You, Masterpiece Theatre II, and Perfect.
Fun fact (well, it's subjectively fun): I actually encountered Marianas Trench a few years back (their music, obvs), and their first song that I actually listened to is All to Myself because... well, I was actually searching up some... D18 (to anyone who doesn't know it... It's a KHR ship, and is probably one of the biggest ships in the fandom) doujinshis (to anyone who doesn't know what a doujin is... just look it up) on Youtube (don't ask me why I'm looking up doujinshis on YT). I actually really like it, but since I'm more of an "otaku"
read: weeaboo I quickly disregard any music that is English and deleted it ._. Now, in a twist of fate, I encountered Marianas Trench again last year (again, their music, obvs) because I was actually searching up some Phan edits. This time, it's Desperate Measures. I'm really glad for it though because I was running out of music to download (I try to look up songs/music which I rarely hear from my classmates, and it's actually just another reason to rant to a friend of mine who has the same taste in music as me).