"Whispers in the Dark" by Skillet from Comatose

"Despite the lies that you're makin', your love is mine for the takin'. My love is just waitin' to turn your tears to roses."

This might be my favorite song by Skillet—or at least my favorite song that appears on their 2006 album Comatose. Nice electronic guitar use. The song overall has an electronic tone (including the vocals, like Amy Lee at the beginning of the Evanescence song "Tourniquet"), but that trait is nicely subdued to keep the song's sound from being outright grating.

I love this song's (perhaps unintentional) emphasis on God's sovereignty. It doesn't matter what lies you tell yourself to try to avoid Him—if you're His, He won't let those fly. He "will be the one that's gonna find you" and "guide you" from the dark to draw you to the light. No touchy-feely 'I'm so great that I can make myself follow God' nonsense. (Romans 1, people. 'Kay—'nuff theology.)

I've compared the lead singer John Cooper to Seether before. The interesting voice of his wife, Korey, doesn't appear in this song that I can hear. It's not my favorite vocal style, but I think that should make my liking of the song say all the more.

The video for "Whispers in the Dark" came out at the same time as the video for the song "Rebirthing." It similarly doesn't seem to have any overarching story that it tells, so you can decide if you want to bother looking it up or not. I wasn't impressed. (Except by the band's refusal to doff shirts and have long hair just because it's considered 'cool'. Having fun seems to be more important to these folks than looking like your normal rock band, not that I can really identify what gives me that impression. Something about how they dance, maybe?)

Now, "Whispers in the Dark" does use the minor key tonality, and this is the band that some people call "creepy." (Personally, I like the sound and find it soothing. But different people respond to the minor key in different ways.) If you can't stand the minor key or hard rock, avoid the band.

But if you do like minor key and hard rock, enjoy!

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Lyrics: 5/5
Music: 5/5
Vocal(s): 4/5
Overall: 9/10