"Interface To God," Thorns (3:28-4:35)

Woozy, black-hole outro.

First off, I love this entire album. I think it's incredible. It is also riddled with great, unexpected moments, but there's just something about this outro that just blows me away. I think it's that mini break-down section, the pause, and then the alternating, repeating figure moving in half-time over the double-bass. It's sort of soaring and "inspirational" while also sounding menacing. It's a great combination of contrasting tonalities and speeds.

Sometimes, the fade-out seems like a cop-out way to end a song. Like "uh, we have no end so we'll just shred over the bridge section or repeat the chorus until the engineer gets sick of it." I might just be full of shit, but for whatever reason I think it works thematically here. Maybe because it follows that line about "eternity?" Whatever. I think it sounds rad.