lThe album consists of 11 hard-hitting songs- the atmosphere is usually heavy, there are no acoustic pieces, something that hadn't been done since "The Colour and the Shape". Every single track is different, powerful, and astoundingly real. The entire album was recorded on analog, in Grohl's garage- no pro tools, limited takes. The band was pushed, but in a different way- recording it in Grohl's house, with their families around, their wives and kids, it created a beautiful album.
The album is about time. It's trying to say- I recognize the pain in living. I've seen it, I've felt it, I've lived through it. But there needs to be this hope- and I will hold on to it, and move on.
Though I like every song on the album, my favorite song would be "I Should've Known".
I Should've Known
Its so fun to watch Taylor play
"I should have known
that it would end this way
I should have known
There was no other way
Didn't hear your warning
Damn my heart gone deaf
I should have known
look at the shape you're in
I should have known,
but I dove right in in
One thing is for certain,
As I'm standing here
I should have known
Lay your hand in mine,
Heal me one last time
Though I cannot forgive you yet
No I cannot forgive you yet
You leave my heart in debt
I should have known
I was inside of you
I should have known
There was that side of you
Came without a warning
Caught me unaware
I should have known
I've been here before
I should have known
Don't want it anymore
One thing is for certain
I'm still standing here
I should have known
Lay your hands in mine
Feel me one last time
Though I cannot forgive you yet,
No I cannot forgive you yet
To leave my heart in debt
No I cannot forgive you yet
No I cannot forgive you yet
You leave my heart in debt
I should've known
Maybe you was right
Didn't wanna fight
I should've known
Couldnt read the signs
Couldnt see the lights
I should've known
Though I cannot forgive you yet,
No I cannot forgive you yet
You leave my heart in debt
No I cannot forgive you yet
No I cannot forgive you yet
To leave my heart in debt
No I cannot forgive you yet
No I cannot forgive you yet
You leave us all in debt
I should've known"
It's probably the heaviest song on the album- so heavy that it would weigh in on your heart. Grohl's screams become so raw and true (he plugged his mike into the guitar amp), Taylor just crashes and goes crazy on the drums - and Krist Novselic played the bass for this song. He, Grohl, and Butch Vig (the Producer) hadn't been in the same room since the ground-breaking recording of "Nevermind" (of Nirvana) so many years ago.
I thought at first, before I realized Krist was playing, that the bass sounded different. The heavy, loud, precise sound of the bass, every note. Strong yet mellow.... it sounded kind of painful. But at the same time, so perfect and beautiful. He played it perfectly... Also, because it was him, I think it felt like this song rings a little more about Nirvana, and about Kurt.
But there are so many meanings that the songs could have. The song feels, at least to me, about life- more so, about losing someone, being in that helpless position. Not having noticed it earlier, not being able to forgive oneself for not doing something more, for not doing something less. Losing not once, but many, many times. Its about regret. And wanting the future to be different. Undoubtedly, when Grohl was writing this song, he did think about Kurt, how could one not? Seeing how things had turned out since then... But it wasn't just about him, it was about others- it was about that feeling.
"The idea is really more that you don't think about the specific person or who it's about. It's just about what it's about. I don't want to take that connection from you because it might have happened to you," he continued. "So when you're listening to it or singing it, you're doing it for your own reasons, not mine."- Dave Grohl on MTV News
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