LISTED: Goosebumps Vol.6 - Foo Fighters' Everlong


When we first decided to come up with this feature, the Goosebumps series, this song was one of the original tune that we had in mind when we tried to define what songs that gives us the chill, the goosebumps. When it comes to (an almost) perfect embodiment of artistry in a song, not many comes close to Foo Fighters' "Everlong". The words, though some still has us scratching our heads, is not a collection of random thoughts of the singer, or a tale of the singer in the form of the protagonist going through the trials and tribulations of daily life, but rather a carefully selected thoughts tailored together into one seamless tapestry that only surfaces to reveal its meaning if it is read and pondered upon carefully. And with that driving riff completing the experience, on a different day and on a proper listening with a proper understanding of the double serving of the tune and the lyrics, should move one to tears.

We'll leave it to you to interpret yourself what the lyrics could possibly mean because once you do, you'll see the magic of this song (and why it is considered as the greatest song Dave Grohl ever written, according to many fans). Because certain things is best enjoyed when you only truly understand it on your own accord.

And I wonder
When I sing along with you
If everything could ever feel this real forever
If anything could ever be this good again
The only thing I'll ever ask of you
Got to promise not to stop when I say when
She sang

Foo Fighters - Everlong from Tanya Andersen on Vimeo.