It falls flat, oh sure it's musically a lot closer a metaphor for death now. It sputters and dies tragically before it can get its last stand. It's still somewhat effective but just knowing that the solo piano version has more real impact on the death front obsoletes this one, and the bombastic drums version of '06 obsoletes the program scalpel job here as well. Videotape's album version is a song that tried to have the best of both worlds and ended up with a firm claim to neither. The next From the Basement performance somewhat redeems this version of the song, at least they let Ed make some of the guitar noises that coated the original live version in light.
In a perfect world, the production job would have been saved for Codex.
7/10
Pyramid Song
Where I End and You Begin
Everything In Its Right Place
A Wolf At The Door
Little By Little
Videotape
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