Pilgrimage

Man, I just love this song. How do I love it? Let me count the ways:

1. A guitar-driven band starting the second track on their 1st album with a piano riff, doubled with the bass.
2. The effect of a crazy time signature (it's really 4/4 throughout, just feels off kilter).
3. The southern religious imagery of speaking in tongues and pilgrimage.
4. The lyric "your hate, clipped and distant".
5. The big lift at the chorus, and how it demands you sing along.
6. The punchy staccato bridge.
7. Everything going on with the background vocals.
8. The messy alternate chorus near the end.