(Intro) - Mostly 7/8, however, they put an extra beat (making a bar of 4/4) on the bar at 4/4. (ERRATA: There's not actually a shift here.)
, which has the effect of shifting the downbeat. This is a *very* Yuyoyuppe trick, and you can see it all over his last album *Draw.* It comes up a couple more times here too, I'll point them out! Whenever I reference a shift, it's a bar of
- Another shift. You can see here how it allows an interesting transition between rhythms within the same meter; each third of this intro feels distinct, playing around the bar in different ways that are all justified, and in turn justify, the use of a shifting measure.
The beginning breakdown at kinda sounds like "Birdhouse" By Tiny Moving Parts, but this stuff is dope!
- One last shift leading into the verse!
You're still alone on the end of the citydrawing the sky of the earth of the Ptolemaic theoryThe amazing scenery that shouldn't existare saying more honestly than any reality[What if the world could be like this]You laughed with a lonely face
(Verse) - The last shift leads into a more straightforward 7/8 groove for the verse. No shifts here, leading the pre-chorus to feel slightly tenuous; as you've come to expect them by now.
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- A very sneaky shift!! You can miss this one if you're not keeping track. This leads into--
By the picture that no one understandsWhen the loneliness and cold camethose stars that were visible only to two of usIt was spinning around two of us vividly
(Refrain) - --a section in 6/8, which is a far more common time signature. Straightening out like this lends to the soaring, cathartic nature of this refrain. It's clarity, in a song filled with uncertainty.
(Post-Chorus) - Right back into the 7/8, no shift until the one present in the way this riff is written at 4/4 measure, but the way Yuyoyuppe writes them, they're a rhythmic tool in his kit, disguised as a standard metalcore trope.
(Verse 2) - Nothing to write home about here! More topsy-turvy 7/8 goodness.
. It's interesting; usually, these little transitionary licks are part of a
Those little Depression that hurt your mentalFor you it is too tender to draw on the earth
(Break) - This part oscillates between a bar of 6/8, and a bar of _5_/8, actually, leading to an overall feel of 11/8, if you'd rather phrase it that way. After the bar of 5 at 6/8 and stays there through...
, it moves to
In the helpless emptinessOnly the sky in the picture remains as usual
(Refrain 2) - ...the second refrain! No shift used here at all; we're still speaking the same rhythmic tongue through the chorus as in the break. Despite nothing else changing from the last chorus to this one, except the first stanza and a punctuated beginning, that smoother transition lends part of that sense of calm and introspection to this refrain, making it feel more conclusive. Maybe that's just me. :)
(Outro) - This is probably the strongest case for Yuyoyuppe's mastery over rhythm. This is the same riff as we saw used exclusively in 7/8 through this track, but now, *modulated to 6/8.* Through the use of clever phrasing and composition, it barely has to be *any* different to fit into a whole eighth note *less* time. The way it reframes the starting motif is _profound,_ and yet you can _completely miss it_ if you don't know to look for it!
