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According to the Oblivion Songfacts, after appearing at the 2007 Video Music Awards, frontman Brent Hinds (guitars/vocals) got involved in a brawl, which resulted in him being hospitalized with a life-threatening brain hemorrhage. He told MTV News that when he returned home, the songs he began churning out reflected the spiraling dizziness he felt in his brain. The singer explained: “The music I was diving into was more of a laid-back feel, because of the state I was in — the recovery state, in your pajamas, just taking it super easy. I had extreme vertigo… my equilibrium was totally messed up. For nine months, I was dizzy… I kind of got used to it after a while, and I didn’t mind that, but after a while, I told Brann (Dailor, drums), I was like, ‘Man, I’m kind of getting tired of feeling euphoric.’”
Inspired, he took those experiences and worked them into a story about an out of body experience, which became Crack The Skye. Hinds told MTV News with a laugh: “We’re not really in this record. I mean, not as much as in previous albums. But, I can look at some of the lyrics, like, ‘I flew beyond the sun before it was time,’ I look at that lyric as being about the VMA night, you know? Like I went beyond the sun before it was time. I took it too far, and they were trying to pull me back in.”
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  • riotstomp

    Agreed, that bridge and solo are just euphoric

    Saturday morning

  • IAmTheCoroner

    Surprisingly good video for a metal song. Too bad most of the metal bands never get the chance to do something similar.

    Thursday afternoon

  • harris4got

    "Leavin you behind with my awesome song.."

    8 days ago

  • mrbean667

    Everything in this song is perfect, but the bridge in the middle including the solo just takes me ot another place.

    17 days ago

  • Wuzzly

    Still not as fun as shouting "WHITE WHALE, HOLY GRAIL"

    last month

  • FlyingTanooki

    Favorite lyrics of any Mastodon song. " I'm leaving you behind with my lonesome song. Now I'm lost in Oblivion." So fucking good.

    last month

  • LucasBinge

    And the dual vocals part is simply outstanding.

    last month

  • LucasBinge

    This song has been stuck in my head a lot. [2]

    last month

  • Fearrademi

    Love!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    last month

  • monster_meal

    This song has been stuck in my head a lot.

    March 2012

  • davo421

    @ferociousdanny: please define Annoying vocals, I just saw you have Coheed and Cambria on your top played bands, so I am really wondering what annoying vocals really mean to you

    March 2012

  • MissNina84

    love this damn song!

    March 2012

  • toehairmonkey

    I would love this song to be my wedding song. If I were to ever be that dumb again to get married. LOL

    February 2012

  • nathanmorais

    VV How...?

    January 2012

  • usesidedoor

    V Annoying? How come?

    January 2012

  • ferociousdanny

    Annoying dual vocals. Banned.

    January 2012

  • Wuzzly

    Not perfect. It doesn't hit me as hard as other songs in terms of the instrumentation, however vocally they are top notch in this song.

    January 2012

  • Stuka87

    This song is pure perfection.

    January 2012

  • toehairmonkey

    Definitely my favorite Mastadon song. Such perfection.

    January 2012

  • aldrignedigen

    Prolly my fav Mastodon's song

    December 2011
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