The frequently prosaic lyrics often don’t dodge cliché, especially in the title track (“ I gave you my heart / But here we are / Saved you my heart / But here we are ”) and ‘The Glass’ (“ I had a person I loved / And just like that / I was left to live without him ”) but the intensity that seeps through Grohl's depictions of haunting absences and the loss of past solace have an immediacy to them that truly make the songs soar. The third chapter of the opening act is a more dreamy, less radio-friendly affair: ‘Hearing Voices’, which repeats the lyrics “ I’ve been hearing voices / None of them are you ” as a chant to exorcise a heavy presence paradoxically characterised by an even heavier absence. ‘Under You’ follows, a thrashing 90s throwback that manages to weave powerful emotion (“ Pictures of us sharing songs and cigarettes / This is how I’ll always picture you ”) within killer riffs. The opening lines on ‘Rescued’ - “ It came in a flash, it came outta nowhere / It happened so fast, and then it was over” - thrum with raw urgency before heading for stadium-ready, with “We’re all free to some degree to dance under the lights / I’m just waitin’ to be rescued / Bring me back to life.” This defiance can be felt throughout a lot of ‘But Here We Are’’s bruised ballads. The muscular tracks - which have Grohl on vocals, guitars and back behind the drumkit - are as anthemic as they’ve ever been, with the opening triple-tap of ‘Rescued’, ‘Under You’ and ‘Hearing Voices’ leading the charge. Not that the album is all misery, doom and gloom.
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