Juggernaut

Just been checking out the new Coheed & Cambria track Here We Are Juggernaut on YouTube. Apart from the obvious greatness I was expecting, there's an killer lyric in there:

"No, this is not your playground

It's my home"

I love that - there's not many lyricists I stand in awe of (owing to my own superior skills in this trade - don't test me!) but Claudio Sanchez destroys. It's even better in the context of the song. I think I've figured out why I'm drawn to C&C; so much. They're the first band in 20 years of hunting that successfully combine beautiful and ugly, intelligence and stupidity, power and tenderness into a single punch. There's plenty of other bands that skirt my needs - Porcupine Tree are a good example but they're not emotive enough for me. When Claudio lets fly about a runaway bicycle or a dog, he means every word to the point where you forget about it being a bicycle and a dog. It becomes about sitting inside a man's heart and his desire to tell you a story.

Enamoured. Still.

There's not a whole lot to blog about right now - way too much 'proper' work going on to be having too much fun, but Eleanor has started looking to buy a house. As we all know, looking for a house is always loads of fun for all involved - stay tuned for tales of horror...