Same here, took me a few spins to decipher what's going on in those songs. Kind of miss the days when lyrics were just, you know, about something instead of vague poetic impressions.
Yeah, I felt the same way about their last album. I love how they always challenge the norm, but sometimes I wish they'd simplify the message and just let the music speak for itself.
same here, always find myself re-listening to try and decipher what they're really getting at, lyrics that seem super obvious one day and super deep the next