I'm genuinely surprised so many people seem to like this song. It's one of the blandest, by-the-numbers (in the worst possible way) songs they've ever done. And quite easily the most complacent they've ever been in their songwriting. Maybe if there had never been a Beautiful Day I'd rank its doddering rhythmic sensibilities a little higher, but it just comes off as a poor man's limp BD. Can't really take the video seriously when it acts as a backdrop to such a banal pop song.
Easily the worst song on the album. American Soul is weighed down tremendously by the Volcano bits, but its verses are actually pretty good.