Syntax

Syntax:

Divided into 12 sections.

1. Opening riff guitar time signatures (8 measure big 4 cycle):
1. Repeats at about 13 (seconds)—Riff Lesson part 3, 6:51
2. Short (10/16), short (10/16), long, short, long, short, long, short, long, short, long, short (3/16)
3. Plays this cycle twice (until about 0:25)
2. Verse 1 (“I am a carnal”) cycle:
1. 3/4, 3/4, 3/4, 3/4, 4/4 (16 beats, 4 measures big 4)
2. Intro of triple feel in rhythm guitar
3. Repeats 4 times (each lyrical line takes one cycle)
3. Verse 2 (“Self-inflicted”) cycle (0:50)
1. 3/4, 9/16, 13/16, 10/16 (44 16^th beats)
2. 8 measure cycle (repeats 4 times?)
3. In the 2^nd verse the vocals and melodic instruments increase their intensity by raising in pitch and changing to an unstable melodic relationship to the previously established tonal center. 
4. Interlude 1 (1:03)
1. Entrance of lead guitars (one in 3/4, one in 4/4)
2. Intro of triple feel in lead guitar
3. Same rhythmic cycle as Verse 1
4. Repeats 4 times
5. Verse 1a (“My receiving eyes”) (1:28)
1. Same cycle as Verse 1
6. Verse 2a (“Self-inflicted fractures”) (1:53)
1. Same cycle as Verse 2
2. Break
7. Interlude 2 (2:06)
1. Same cycle as intro
8. Verse 3 (“Baptized in”) (2:32)
1. Staccato bursts of 16^th notes
9. Guitar solo (2:57)
1. Solid, legato 16^th notes
2. Same rhythmic cycle as Verse 3
3. 3 note phrases, deviates always returns to triple feel
10. Verse 4 (“Disciples”) (3:21)
1. Following the triple feel of guitar solo, rhythmically goes into 4 over 3
2. Bent notes
3. Stays in big 4
4. Singer (for the most part, not at the beginning of the cycle, where he sings quarter notes) follows the feel of the band
5. “Lands” after breaks on 1
6. 4 measure cycle
11. Interlude 3 (3:47)
1. Continuation of 4 over 3 feel
2. Same rhythmic cycle as Verse
3. G, C, F; G, C, F, G, A, F, G

                                               i.     Melodic theme, extension of whole step motif from earlier riffs

4. Lead guitars play sustained harmony in higher register in 4/4 (return of other guitar in 3/4), this time a half step lower than the tonal focus at 1:06
11. Outro (4:12)
1. Double-tracked scream is withheld a little (first track drops out)
2. 3/4, 4/4, 3/4, 4,4, 2/4 (repeat)
3. Continues 4 over 3 idea with first two notes in each rhythmic phrase
4. First two times through cycle the larger 4 feel is implied (the overarching 4/4 is not played by any band members, on the third time the drums resume quarter note cymbal pulse and snare drum hit on third beat)
5. At 4:38 higher spaced-out guitar enters in 3/4, notes half-step apart, dissonance is created with sustained minor 2nd interval