I can't believe it's been 15 years. I still remember being a young teenager, headphones in ears...crying listening to everything death cab. Now I'm double the age, still crying.
i remember being in my early 20s thinking i was too cool for death cab for cutie and what a fool i was finally discovered death cab and MCR in the past couple years and feel like an idiot for not listening sooner
Today is an incredibly dark anniversary for my family. And I'm hearing this song for the first time, absolutely weeping. Thank you for making powerfully raw music. It's important.
Saying sorry means nothing I know from loss but I am, but for this brief second of reading this, you and him were remembered together by a stranger which therefore makes you smile I hope. You've touched others with this small gesture of a comment you made, I think that means alot and and shows the love you had for each other and what a memory to have, take care x
What a genius music video. The imagery of the tiny hole (Idea of death) growing from the minuscule thing we never think of as a child. Gradually growing larger and larger to when it's unavoidable later in life. Then the reality that maybe it's nothing to be scared of or worried about.
Not to mention the hole is foreshadowed at the beginning of the video with thr shot from inside the guitar. Maybe to represent birth, coming into light as opposed to moving away from it
The foot through the hole is a milestone, like an accident or something that initializes his decline into death. When he falls in the hole it symbolizes him dying. He stomps the ground like saying “What the…? This ain’t so bad”.
Good God, has it really been this long? My daughter really loved this band and she saw them twice before she got cancer. This was one band that helped carry her through the treatments along with a local radio station. Her fiance sent a letter to the band letting them know how important they were to my daughter during this. To this day I still am not allowed to play this CD around my daughter's fiance. And I still cry hearing certain songs because i miss her every single day. But hey, For Aletha's sake Stay Beautiful.
My grandfather died 2 weeks ago and my grandma followed him 3 days ago. She really followed him into the dark. Although we miss you both a ton, we hope both of you are happy together
I used to think it was really really sad, but now that I'm older, a little wiser, and have someone whom I love with all of my heart, I see it as a dark but really sweet and comforting song. I really would and _will_ follow her into the afterlife, no matter what it is. Whether it's heaven, hell, or absolutely nothing at all, I'll be at her side for it.
i felt a love as deep as what this song portrays, to someone i connected with the most in my life.. only for him to cheat. now, i don't know where that exact love goes.. maybe it just goes..
@@filipinagirl7393 I'm not religious, but I firmly believe in the passage "Love is patient, Love is kind", which contains "Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth". Your man could not be honest with you (he cheated), so his love for you was not as yours was for him. The man you loved wasn't actually the man himself, but a better man that who he could be. It's so sad that he was not worthy of the love you had for him, but so it goes. You will, in time, find another that does, and realise that above all else in a relationship - there must be "truth". I hope you are ok.
Sitting next to my exwife (I love her so much, but we let life get in the way) she is slowly moving on to her next destination in this journey. The pain from the cancer treatments were too much and she decided that she had had enough. I played this song for her, I held her hand and kissed her.
You are better off without her sir get what you deserve. Any women that left when you got cancer isn’t cool. I know you had a lot of memories I’m sure but you deserve better.
@@TheHappys you're making some wild assumptions here. The way I read his comment is that his exwife is/was the one with cancer, her treatments were too painful so she elected to stop the treatments and move on to the next step in the journey of life, and that OP was by her side because he loves and cares for her still. I recognize where you came to your conclusion, the wording is subject to interpretation, however let's not by hasty in disparaging the character of a person you do not know and that another person has already stated they care for.
I first listened to this song when I was about 15 years old... 32 now and I still love it the same. Beautifully written. All of death cabs songs are! Thank you for being there for me through the different chapters of my journey.
I sing this to my daughter all the time. She's five. She has cerebral palsy. She was born very very early and she and I both passed away during birth. It was very traumatic but we both survived. She's now a healthy vibrant little thing, fighting the good fight as we diligently try to help her learn to walk and live the best possible life. She is such a bright happy white light and what can sometimes be a very dark situation and pulls both of her parents through everyday. She loves to hear me sing this song. She can't fully talk yet but she sure can hold a note. This might be one of her favorite songs that her mama sings. Children with cerebral palsy don't have a very long life expectancy. When she decides it's time for her to go, I'll be right there with her. 💜
TY for sharing you and your precious daughters story. You both have a purpose and I'm so glad you both are still here ❤ Sending all the hugs and positivity!
This is the most heartwarming heartbreaking comment. You are such an incredibly brave woman and mother. My heart goes out to you, and I hope the best and brightest of days come for you and your daughter
I've been singing this to my son since he was 1 year old and he dis now 5 years old. This and Tiny Dancer by Elton John are 2 songs that I sung to him all the time when he was just a little baby. For some reason they both reminded me of mine and his relationship.
One of my best friends committed suicide after a long battle with depression and this was the song we sang for his sendoff before they pulled the plug on his life support. Fly high and free, Kyle.
I'm chronically ill and my health has completely failed me. I turned 31 yesterday, I married my wife four years ago and intended to get a tattoo related to this song. She is an artist and she actually became a tattoo artist and she tattooed it on me herself for my birthday. I'm totally disabled and she's my sole caretaker. I've tried to get insurance to help but they won't send me home health nurse to alleviate my wife from caring for me. We've always loved this song and it's especially been meaningful given our situation and my failing health. I love her to pieces, sometime I just feel really bad, like I'm a burden at 31 years old. It sucks but I'm glad she loves me and we can share music like this that we grew up on and really cherish it together. It eases some of the pain being able to feel loved and validated hearing words that we both hold dear for each other. What a wonderful song that holds so much meaning for so many different people.
Rest well jessica. J.R.K. its been a few years since you passed but you are so missed, i havent listened to this song since you passed.. I just couldnt do it. I tried to follow you to the dark but unfortunatley couldnt make it there. Til we meet again. Always love, phil.
I lost my best friend last October and I’m still struggling with this loss, but I know the amount of pain that one person can make by cutting their life short. I still feel so empty without them. It’s not like every day is bad, but there’s moments of light when I remember them and I can’t help but to cry because I wish they were still here. You were an amazing musician, singer, and artist. I never understood why you never reached out when you knew I would be there for you without any judgement. I miss you so much, and wish we could’ve gone through this life together.
@Whiteplumthats my old account, and I haven't listened to to this song since I wrote that. Shit sucks man, I hope it doesn't continue for you, I hope everything gets better for you man. It seems like I been floating over and just watching myself on autopilot for 15 years or so now
an end of an era for me graduated high-school about a year ago, took a gap year and have worked in construction for the remainder of it. i've applied for a local nursing program and the results will come in two months, i don't know whether i'll make it or not, but it'll all be alright. it'll workout the way it's supposed to, the only thing i can hope is that my life is a good one and that my last thought will also be a good one. whoever's reading this, thanks i guess
@@tomskimcdouglegaming806 Died before Covid. Not that it has anything to do with it. Meanwhile thousands of idiots like you died of Covid 19 because you insisted on doing so. Good riddance to bad garbage. Retard. And you all continue to die. And I laugh and laugh and laugh.
September of 2020 i lost my father to brain cancer. He was such a caring person, he loved helping anyone in his family. Losing a parent suddenly is a pain I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. Now my best friend has 6 months or less to live and I can't do anything to help her. The fact that I lost my father and now im losing my best friend is the hardest thing right now. But I hope when my time comes I'll be able to see them again to hug them and tell them how much I love them
For whatever reason this song has always had a very visceral effect on me. That lump you get in your throat right before crying appears whenever I try to sing it all the way through. Been a singer all my life and this song is the only one I find it difficult to resist crying during....
I can't believe I remembered the existence of this video so conveniently that I completely missed the period of time where the audio got taken out, and came back just as it returned
Same here! I just remembered this song a few minutes ago and that I listened to it and watched this video when I was 14 years old (today I’m 26). Back then the audio was totally fine.
Synchronicity. Timing is key as is patience. Never cut out unless you are sure its a lost cause. I hate those love stories where the soulmates keep missing one another by a hair. If one had been patient and waited, they would have reunited. Always stay.
Lyrics: Love of mine Someday you will die But I'll be close behind I'll follow you into the dark No blinding light Or tunnels, to gates of white Just our hands clasped so tight Waiting for the hint of a spark If Heaven and Hell decide that they both are satisfied Illuminate the no's on their vacancy signs If there's no one beside you when your soul embarks Then I'll follow you into the dark In Catholic school, as vicious as Roman rule I got my knuckles bruised by a lady in black And I held my tongue as she told me "Son, fear is the heart of love, " so I never went back And if Heaven and Hell decide that they both are satisfied Illuminate the no's on their vacancy signs If there's no one beside you when your soul embarks Then I'll follow you into the dark You and me have seen everything to see From Bangkok to Calgary And the soles of your shoes are all worn down The time for sleep is now But it's nothing to cry about 'Cause we'll hold each other soon In the blackest of rooms And if Heaven and Hell decide that they both are satisfied Illuminate the no's on their vacancy signs If there's no one beside you when your soul embarks Then I'll follow you into the dark Then I'll follow you into the dark
I lost my fiancé 3 weeks ago because of liver failure. this was one of our favorite songs before we knew she was sick. it is spot on. Lisa, till we meet again...
Lost my heart on 3-30-13. Just coming back to life now. Miss you, pup. Thankful for this 2nd chance though and I just know you're right there with me. Also, I'm speaking about a human man lol. I followed him right into the dark and I can't believe I get a 2nd chance at life. Love to you all... honestly.
This song makes me cry every time I listen to it... My grandparents were married over 50 years. After my grandmother passed away my grandfather went from being healthy to in a wheelchair with multiple tumors in his brain in just two months... He couldn’t walk and hardly talked.. Je passed away 3 months after my grandmother.. It was the broken heart 💔 that broke his body down... Thank you for making this song and reminding everyone what true love is like. It’s an ocean that can be the most fun you’ve ever had but can also consume every part of you.
@@freedom_foz_6337 its one of my favorite pastimes with my life I just feel bad for all these young people nowadays it seems like love is dead and gone for them
I lost 3 out of the 4 loves of my life to cancer and infection.. Kellie In 2015, Tasha in 2018 and Beatrice in 2019 I had been apart from them but still loved them all deeply. Then my brother and sister in 2022 3 months apart... My guitar player that I played in working bands since 87' he passed in 22'.. it's been a lot and I'm still grieving almost everyday!
Oh my heart hurts for each of you. A beautiful song and a beautiful video, please never feel alone, okay? Music that touches you deep inside is a good thing. And the person you love who is dead would not want you to end your life. Promise.
This is my song with my wife. I don't take it as darkly as many below do but rather as a sign of my dedication to her, and her to me...and tonight is our 10th anniversary!
My friend Hannah used to listen to DCFC a lot before she died amongst other music. I always attached myself to this song after she passed. I miss her every day. 9 years and still not easy...
I lost my wife 8 years ago. Last year I dated a woman who ended up breaking up with me, partly because her whole existence has become avoiding the grief of losing her sister and mother within a year of each other 25 years ago. If you don’t do grief, the whole only gets bigger. Eventually you are forced to walk into it. Love this song.
That’s why im here now, my dog was my best friend, and I just recently lost her. I just went upstairs to get something and saw some of her stuff and her ashes…and I just broke down and came to this video. We fought her cancer hard and did everything we could but she had the worst lymphoma diagnosis you could have. I thought it would get easier, but it’s unlike any other loss I’ve ever gone through.. a piece of me is missing. Cherish your time with those you love y’all, and be well
I've been listening to this song constantly the last few weeks as I've had some rough times with my dog as well. It helps, but I always tear up hearing this song. I know when it's time I'll be with her
My little sister showed this song to me when we were little. Fast forward over a decade and she was taken from this earth way too soon. I listen to this song every time I have a chance to hide behind doors thick enough that people can’t hear me. I love you so much, Ash. Always ❤
I discovered this song in high school nearly 20 years ago it’s imprinted in me. 5 years ago my partner died when I was 30. This song takes on a whole new level of meaning now. 5 years out now, and moving to Calgary to start over. heard this song playing in my head one morning, listened to it on pandora, and was blown away… when this song comes on I view it as a sign
I just came here because I lost so many people in my life this year. My Grandfather, 2 of my uncles and 2 of my teachers and a ton of people I’ve watched on tv. It really taught me how I should never wish death upon anyone and how I must cherish all the relationships I have in life.
I'm sorry. That is so much loss in one year. It is a good lesson to learn in a dark time. But I wish the past year had been much kinder to you, those you lost, and everyone else who's been touched by the nightmares these past 20 months or so.
As sad as it sounds, I was introduced to this song by a girl from Canada that I never met in person. We met somewhere around 2001 on MSN chat and talked for hours a day for years and one night on video chat she just started singing, it hit me on a deep level. That was well over a decade ago and it's just stuck with me like a bad habit. Sadly we grew up and drifted apart.
Its so sad, many people you know on Internet and you talk with them, and someday you just stop talking with them for no reason, sorry for my bad english, its not my main language
@@ScienceFoundation yes man, its so sad, I think that the internet and all of this stuff is depressing a little bit too, you see to many sad things, so many people that have this problems that you wish you can solve for them, damn man
Same, someone on MSN introduced me to Death Cab and I’ve loved them since. It’s sad how close we were to friends on MSN and then just all grew apart. I often wonder how they are now.
@@db19892k7 No, I was surfing TH-cam. I'm an indie artist myself. Check out my tunes if you like female singer-songwriters. Thanks for the clarification! Take care.
9pm at night. Driving a car up a winding NY mountain road, a light drizzle and windy with the leaves falling on cold and chilly fall night back in November 2007. Listening to this song after losing some people dear to me at the age 16. Heart wrenching but also soothing. Never changes Great song
So I'm an alcoholic, and the first time I tried to get sober a couple years ago, I basically, in a nutshell, hallucinated that a ghost more or less was trying to kill me and make me it's friend forever. Crazy I know, but I would hear this song being played somewhere outside in the distance, and when I would walk through my yard, the sound would change direction, but the song would play on repeat for hours on end, (all while dealing with this "ghost") and I swear I had never heard this song before. I googled the lyrics and here I am. I still swear that I've never heard this song before then. I'm a year sober now and this song still scares the shit out of me
13 years ago this song came into my life. I'm 24 now and I didn't know it then, but these lyrics and this melody would change my life for the remainder of my days on this earth. This song makes me so emotional. I listen to it to help me cry when I need to release my feelings. Thanks, Death Cab. Your hurt helps others deal with their losses in a way you can't begin to imagine.
Oh what I wouldn't give to be 24 again.. I'm in my late 30's & although I'm now over 6yrs sober after a decade long opioid addiction,I feel much older than I am. I remember hearing this song in the midst of those dark times yet it reminds me of how I dug myself out of my own pit of misery even if it took a few tries. If I could have a redo I'd surround myself w/good people,finish school and make something out of my life but I obviously can't redo my life so I'll try to make the best out of the rest of my life,God willing. If you're still young and are reading this try not to be so hard on yourself,do the best you can do that you feel proud of YOURSELF years down the road,try not to spend time worrying so much about people who won't/don't respect you or who bring you down,be your beautiful,unique self and make sure you don't lose yourself in the madness of the world. As the saying goes: "Wherever you go,there you'll be" Make it a good life.
my father is 37, and going through some addictions. he introduced this to me, an 11 year old. best experience ever. this was actually their wedding song! :) I’ll follow him into the dark, anytime.
1st time I heard this,I ugly cried!! I cried because of how beautiful but heartbreaking I found the lyrics and never knew just how personal they would become. I just turned 55 in February and this still is my go to when I need a good ugly cry!🙏💜🎶
I just lost my little dog. He had a wonderful life and I know I did what was the very best for him. This song is helping through some things right now.
My bf and I would send this song to each other when we were younger and feeling hopeless. He was 9 hrs away and never met him in person until Christmas of 2021. This is now our official song
I remember sitting in his car 9 years ago showing this song to him, holding his hand and we both cried. I still love him. I always will. I wonder if he remembers this.
Hi Ben 👋🏻 I listened to this song in visiting SF for the first time with my friends family and they put on some death cab and postal service and it SENT ME. I remember hearing this song for the first time and it was all my body focused on was this work of art. We were in the car and everything around me just went hazy and it was just me and this song. Ben you’re the only artist to completely send me into another realm lol I was blessed to have seen you in LA with my same friend and it was like a spiritual journey and I’ve never looked back. Thank you so much.
One of my best friends and his girlfriend died together in a car accident in 2020, his little sister added this song to their slide show during the service. Every once in a while I come back and listen just to feel them again.
"I still didn't believe in the idea of marriage, and I still don't. But I believe in her, and I've given up on the idea of being right." Here from one of Mike Birbiglia's stand up. Damn
It's been 27 days since I lost my brother and it feels like so much longer. I love you and I miss you. Constantly. It's overwhelming. I pray you're at peace.
I sing this on the streets Acapella. Over and over and cry.. Thanks dude. Can't forget her now. It was an "Our Tune" Nigel Planer style. And she made me learn it and play it on guitar and memorize the lyrics. Now love is in the great beyond. Thanks dude. Gob.
It’s comforting in a way to find that a lot of other people come to this song when losing a loved one. This is one of the few songs I can play on guitar, and I play it every time a loved one passes. Today I’m playing for my beloved Margot, rest easy sweetheart I’ll always cherish our time together and forever love you.
I first heard this song around a decade ago. I immediately fell in love with it and thought about it being a first dance song. I recently reconnected with someone who my heart bursts for. I mentioned listening to this song and she mentioned it being a first dance song with no prompting.
I lost my daughter 2 years ago. It is hard to find a song that truly captures the emotion like this. She died suddenly and unexpectedly of illness and I was not with her. It is hard to find out and not have had a chance to be there. I could not see her immediately after for this reason. I knew I could not walk back out of the room with her. I have a younger daughter. I had to stay strong for her. It is incredibly hard. I sit alone all of the time thinking of her. They both need me and I can only be with one.
Lost my identical twin brother Xmas of 2018. Was going through his stuff and found a piece of paper that said funeral songs, this was one of them. We both admired death cab. I reminisce with this for the intent of remembrance. Now onward, into the dark.
I had an amazing friend, he was an alcoholic and he went off to Indonesia to teach English. He introduced me to this song. It was his legacy and perhaps he knew his own fate before anyone else would. He married a local girl from Jakarta. They moved to Bali and I learned 10 years ago he had died from ingesting pure alcohol. I'll never forget you Ben Friend ❤
I lost a friend to the Club Q shooting last week. At a vigil at one of the clubs here in town, someone sang the song, but I wasn't really paying attention to the words until I just listened to it. And it brought tears to my eyes again, just like a week ago when I found out that he was no longer with us. I will miss you Derrick for the rest of my life.
I remember hearing this song for the first time on the radio and absolutely bawling my eyes out. I've had a severe and omnipresent fear of death since I was a child (unprompted by any event-- I just suddenly realized i would die and it has consumed my life since then), and this song was so soft and sweet and unafraid. It still brings a tear to my eye. I hope someday I can have this kind of comfort, and someone I love so much that I won't be afraid to join them when the time comes.
Get some help with that. It’s no way to live. What’s the point of life if you’re constantly consumed with the thought that you’re gonna die one day? We all die. It’s unavoidable. It’s also nothing to be afraid of. Most people that grow old are far more accepting of that fact. Some even long for the release. I’d like to believe that when I’m old as dirt and am on my way out I won’t be afraid. I’ll be ready to go. I’ll have lived my life, raised my children and accomplished what I wanted. What more could a person desire? I’ve always thought death will be a lot like it was before I was born. The absence of everything. No consciousness, no feelings, no thoughts, nothing. You wouldn’t even be aware of it. It’s really nothing to be scared of. You won’t have the ability to be afraid of it. So why let it control your life? I assume you’re young. Deal with your fear now so you can enjoy what time you have left. I’d bet if you do you’ll be ready and willing to go when your time comes.
@@JahWontPayTheBill that's a lot of wasted words (all of which i've either heard before or thought of myself at least a thousand times) all to add up to the ultimate stupid asshole advice: "lol just get over it!!!!!!!" I'm 26. This started when I was 7. stop for a single second, pull yourself out of your little savior-complexed ass and think about that. Nearly 20 years of constant awareness of your mortality. for nearly 20 years, you go to bed every single night and think "Another day is gone that I will never get back. I'm another day closer now." And just try to imagine nothingness. Can you? Can you really? Can you imagine not existing? Everything just being gone, forever, and none of it mattered? Can you honestly say it doesn't scare you at all? I've been to therapy. I've been to church. I've meditated. I've worked around dead and dying things. I've done just about everything that I've ever heard anyone say helped them "come to terms" with morality, and it's all been bullshit. But sure, Genius Stranger On The Internet. I'll just Get Over It because you said so.
Same thing happened to me when I was 10, I suddenly realized my parents and my grandparents would die and I just couldnt let go. That fear never went away, and I've seen my fear become true many times now...
As someone who's fiancée passed away. This song hurts but in a kind of cathartic way. I had thoughts of "following her into the dark" but I know she wouldn't have wanted that.
God bless you, I also lost my husband and my only child Daniel, an eclectic drummer, left this world at the age of 23, his mama is beyond grief and I’ll follow you into the dark son…xxx
i always thought that the song is about surrender and total acceptance to an inevitable truth that we're all gonna die someday. the acceptance that your loved ones will die someday. and the fact that he is willing to be part of the pain and the suffering when they're gone is both painful and beautiful at the same time.
A very close friend passed away this morning, and this song randomly played on my Alexia while I sorted out my feelings. I have never heard it before, and I am not familiar with the band. I don't believe in coincidence, as everything happens for a reason. I heard it as more of a message, letting me know he was tired and wanted to be with his Kathy by letting go of his earthly bonds. Thank you for letting me know you are at peace Tom, I will miss you until we meet again.
I think I'm late, but thank goodness y'all fixed the audio to this music video. I remember this video when i was a kid listening/seeing it for the first time on VH1 morning jump start. If you know, you know😢
The love of my life passed on the day of my babyshower, he was in love with the ocean and it took him out in a rip tide. We loved this song.. i always think of him when i drag myself to listen to this masterpiece. Even in 2024 i still yearn for him and his comfort
Losing someone you love leaves a hole in your life. Sometimes it’s small enough that you won’t it notice for a while. Sometimes it’s big enough that you fall in. Brilliant video. More brilliant song.
This songs helps with ptsd I had. One was my ex gf jumped out of a moving car at 24 after getting back into drugs. One friend who OD on accident, and another who committed suicide. They all were very pretty and had a lot of potential and it haunts me at times. Remembering them for the good times.❤️
My cousin Mikey passed away in 2018 when he was 17. My uncle took a video of him singing this song on the couch when he thought he was home alone and only realizes he’s being filmed halfway through. He was not a singer at all but he sang through the entire song (only to flip off the camera after when he saw my uncle was filming lol). I can’t listen to this song without hearing Mikey’s voice, and I like to think it’s the message he wanted to leave behind to us which is why he kept singing. My cousins and I are all really close and it’s not the same without him. I will follow you into the dark is such a comfort for our family.
This song gives me a sense of peace and nostalgia. I found this song when I was in middle school/high-school and 13 years later I still absolutely adore this song. I sing it to my fiancé and it means so much to me.
This song is as old as me. I've been told it's what my dad listened to driving my mom to the hospital. It's helped me through so much. I'm glad I get to grow with it, side by side
Jeezus... First time hearing this song and I've never felt so SINGLE in my life. Being middle aged and adverse to dating, I have zero plans of being in a relationship ever again, so this hits...
2 years ago i lost my mom and I sung this song for her I her death bed so she would feel that I'm always right beside her and I'll never forget about her and I'll always love her no matter what she was very kind and sweet to my kids she bought them toys and I know that she was apart of their childhood and I told them this and once I did they cried for weeks and weeks and after our dogs died and they only had them as their friends they loved them with all their heart I remember them playing together in our home when she came from Las Vegas..I love her and miss her so much she was the best to my kids I love them...
Heaven can't hold us, hell can't handle us... I lost my best friend recently when she passed after 28 years spent just trying to stay alive and out of the hospital. I sang this to her when she finally left that pain behind. She's been with me since that night, in ways that defy explanation, finding a way somehow to let me know that hey, don't worry, because we're all gonna be okay. It's not about where we end up after this life, where our souls might go... We're so much bigger than this mortal existence can contain, and so we must eventually break free of it and become far, far greater.
my father committed suicide in october. practically hemingway cursed family and i don’t even know how some of us haven’t already or won’t. god help us all that reside in these bodies here. regardless of species, the pain is the same. please think about that.
I might as well watch this video. The song is already stuck in my head. I've been singing this song all over NYC. From the Bronx to the Battery. New Yorkers love your song, dude. Death Cab for Cutie dude, New York City loves your song. I do it justice. I sing it in key and have memorized the lyrics.
May the memories of love outweigh the grief of death.
The price of love is grief
🙏
Well said
No Death Only Rebirth
They do and they will.
I can't believe it's been 15 years. I still remember being a young teenager, headphones in ears...crying listening to everything death cab. Now I'm double the age, still crying.
This is so good but you must hear “Winding Road” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🎹
SAME!!
same...
i remember being in my early 20s thinking i was too cool for death cab for cutie and what a fool i was
finally discovered death cab and MCR in the past couple years and feel like an idiot for not listening sooner
Man I love death cab and their songs, wonderful music but this really isn't good for us. The music is dark
Today is an incredibly dark anniversary for my family. And I'm hearing this song for the first time, absolutely weeping. Thank you for making powerfully raw music. It's important.
Lost my husband in the summer of 22. We both loved this song. Now it feels like a eulogy every time.
Wow sorry to hear that loss. 🌹
Saying sorry means nothing I know from loss but I am, but for this brief second of reading this, you and him were remembered together by a stranger which therefore makes you smile I hope. You've touched others with this small gesture of a comment you made, I think that means alot and and shows the love you had for each other and what a memory to have, take care x
What a genius music video. The imagery of the tiny hole (Idea of death) growing from the minuscule thing we never think of as a child. Gradually growing larger and larger to when it's unavoidable later in life. Then the reality that maybe it's nothing to be scared of or worried about.
Not to mention the hole is foreshadowed at the beginning of the video with thr shot from inside the guitar. Maybe to represent birth, coming into light as opposed to moving away from it
The foot through the hole is a milestone, like an accident or something that initializes his decline into death. When he falls in the hole it symbolizes him dying. He stomps the ground like saying “What the…? This ain’t so bad”.
Good God, has it really been this long? My daughter really loved this band and she saw them twice before she got cancer. This was one band that helped carry her through the treatments along with a local radio station. Her fiance sent a letter to the band letting them know how important they were to my daughter during this. To this day I still am not allowed to play this CD around my daughter's fiance. And I still cry hearing certain songs because i miss her every single day. But hey, For Aletha's sake Stay Beautiful.
My grandfather died 2 weeks ago and my grandma followed him 3 days ago. She really followed him into the dark. Although we miss you both a ton, we hope both of you are happy together
Maybe they're together forever. Hope so. *hug*
🙏 RIP 🌹
That is true love.. god bless both of them ❤
I used to think it was really really sad, but now that I'm older, a little wiser, and have someone whom I love with all of my heart, I see it as a dark but really sweet and comforting song. I really would and _will_ follow her into the afterlife, no matter what it is. Whether it's heaven, hell, or absolutely nothing at all, I'll be at her side for it.
i felt a love as deep as what this song portrays, to someone i connected with the most in my life.. only for him to cheat. now, i don't know where that exact love goes.. maybe it just goes..
@@filipinagirl7393 I'm not religious, but I firmly believe in the passage "Love is patient, Love is kind", which contains "Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth". Your man could not be honest with you (he cheated), so his love for you was not as yours was for him. The man you loved wasn't actually the man himself, but a better man that who he could be. It's so sad that he was not worthy of the love you had for him, but so it goes. You will, in time, find another that does, and realise that above all else in a relationship - there must be "truth". I hope you are ok.
Everybody dies and whether you believe in an afterlife or not you still wish to be reunited with someone you've lost when the time comes at least
The lyrics are something that will let your mind to all the way into your heart and deepest soul...love is amazing
@@zedzeduk it’s so hard not to fall in love with someone’s potential, especially when you believe in them so much.
Sitting next to my exwife (I love her so much, but we let life get in the way) she is slowly moving on to her next destination in this journey. The pain from the cancer treatments were too much and she decided that she had had enough. I played this song for her, I held her hand and kissed her.
You are better off without her sir get what you deserve. Any women that left when you got cancer isn’t cool. I know you had a lot of memories I’m sure but you deserve better.
@@TheHappys you're making some wild assumptions here. The way I read his comment is that his exwife is/was the one with cancer, her treatments were too painful so she elected to stop the treatments and move on to the next step in the journey of life, and that OP was by her side because he loves and cares for her still. I recognize where you came to your conclusion, the wording is subject to interpretation, however let's not by hasty in disparaging the character of a person you do not know and that another person has already stated they care for.
@@TheHappysYou may have just committed one of the worst misreads of all time my friend.
@@thomasmiller2395 To be fair, OP did call her his ex wife. I can easily see where the misunderstanding happened. But it was pretty terrible.
I'm so sorry
I first listened to this song when I was about 15 years old... 32 now and I still love it the same. Beautifully written. All of death cabs songs are! Thank you for being there for me through the different chapters of my journey.
My husband died 9 years ago...
Perfectly poetic for loss.
Thank you❣️
Sry to hear that. But life will move on. We will follow. Hopfully later than sooner. 👍
How are you now?
I sing this to my daughter all the time. She's five. She has cerebral palsy. She was born very very early and she and I both passed away during birth. It was very traumatic but we both survived. She's now a healthy vibrant little thing, fighting the good fight as we diligently try to help her learn to walk and live the best possible life. She is such a bright happy white light and what can sometimes be a very dark situation and pulls both of her parents through everyday. She loves to hear me sing this song. She can't fully talk yet but she sure can hold a note. This might be one of her favorite songs that her mama sings. Children with cerebral palsy don't have a very long life expectancy. When she decides it's time for her to go, I'll be right there with her. 💜
This is so good but you must hear “Winding Road” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🎹
TY for sharing you and your precious daughters story. You both have a purpose and I'm so glad you both are still here ❤ Sending all the hugs and positivity!
This is the most heartwarming heartbreaking comment. You are such an incredibly brave woman and mother. My heart goes out to you, and I hope the best and brightest of days come for you and your daughter
I've been singing this to my son since he was 1 year old and he dis now 5 years old.
This and Tiny Dancer by Elton John are 2 songs that I sung to him all the time when he was just a little baby.
For some reason they both reminded me of mine and his relationship.
My brother had cerebral palsy and passed away about ten years ago I sing this to him all the time.
One of my best friends committed suicide after a long battle with depression and this was the song we sang for his sendoff before they pulled the plug on his life support. Fly high and free, Kyle.
I’m rly sorry for your loss
I'm so so sorry. I hope you're doing well ❤
I don't know Kyle, but this comment fucked me up.
Rest easy buddy
rest in peace kyle u touched my heart
What a loser, sorry to say that, but yeah, people like this actually are.
This is truly one of the most powerful songs ever written in the English language.
I'm chronically ill and my health has completely failed me. I turned 31 yesterday, I married my wife four years ago and intended to get a tattoo related to this song. She is an artist and she actually became a tattoo artist and she tattooed it on me herself for my birthday. I'm totally disabled and she's my sole caretaker. I've tried to get insurance to help but they won't send me home health nurse to alleviate my wife from caring for me. We've always loved this song and it's especially been meaningful given our situation and my failing health. I love her to pieces, sometime I just feel really bad, like I'm a burden at 31 years old. It sucks but I'm glad she loves me and we can share music like this that we grew up on and really cherish it together. It eases some of the pain being able to feel loved and validated hearing words that we both hold dear for each other. What a wonderful song that holds so much meaning for so many different people.
I hope you’re doing better man❤️
I lost my husband a 40 years this is the first time I've had the courage to listen to this song I loved it for years and I will follow him
This song hits different now that my husband died at 53.
Rest in peace Ma’am.
@@InstaMemesio🤝🏼
So sorry for your loss
I'm sorry for your loss.
Sorry for your loss
Rest well jessica. J.R.K. its been a few years since you passed but you are so missed, i havent listened to this song since you passed.. I just couldnt do it. I tried to follow you to the dark but unfortunatley couldnt make it there. Til we meet again. Always love, phil.
I lost my best friend last October and I’m still struggling with this loss, but I know the amount of pain that one person can make by cutting their life short. I still feel so empty without them. It’s not like every day is bad, but there’s moments of light when I remember them and I can’t help but to cry because I wish they were still here. You were an amazing musician, singer, and artist. I never understood why you never reached out when you knew I would be there for you without any judgement. I miss you so much, and wish we could’ve gone through this life together.
@Whiteplumthats my old account, and I haven't listened to to this song since I wrote that. Shit sucks man, I hope it doesn't continue for you, I hope everything gets better for you man. It seems like I been floating over and just watching myself on autopilot for 15 years or so now
an end of an era for me
graduated high-school about a year ago, took a gap year and have worked in construction for the remainder of it. i've applied for a local nursing program and the results will come in two months, i don't know whether i'll make it or not, but it'll all be alright. it'll workout the way it's supposed to, the only thing i can hope is that my life is a good one and that my last thought will also be a good one.
whoever's reading this, thanks i guess
Did you make it Jacob? Hope you're doing well
Still one of the best acoustic songs, let alone songs of the last two decades.
I sang this song to a dear friend of mine as she was dying of cancer at the age of 46. I weep like a baby every time I hear this
How many vaxes?
@@tomskimcdouglegaming806 Died before Covid. Not that it has anything to do with it. Meanwhile thousands of idiots like you died of Covid 19 because you insisted on doing so. Good riddance to bad garbage. Retard. And you all continue to die. And I laugh and laugh and laugh.
September of 2020 i lost my father to brain cancer. He was such a caring person, he loved helping anyone in his family. Losing a parent suddenly is a pain I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. Now my best friend has 6 months or less to live and I can't do anything to help her. The fact that I lost my father and now im losing my best friend is the hardest thing right now. But I hope when my time comes I'll be able to see them again to hug them and tell them how much I love them
I’m so sorry for your loss and to hear this news it is so sad and I cannot imagine how you must be feeling
Ive got cancer myself.
I'm 2 years into the last 4 of my life....
I'm lonely.
Brother keep your head up. I wish you all the best.
I’m so glad the audio is back on this. Great video for one of the best songs ever.
Why was the audio removed in the first place?
Hands down one of the most beautiful songs about love and death.
honestly this is one of the best songs of all time, up there with the Beatles and Queen songs
It’s my song to my best friend of 30+ years. We love each other.
All of you here because your missing someone, I will not pretend to have the words. I hope you all find some comfort.
Wise. Thank you.
Thank you 🙏 ❤
Been 3 years and still I cry like it was that horrible day. ❤
Getting to the end and I want my significant other to know that I love her
@ralphfoulkes9384 I'm sure they do. Your concern speaks volumes.
For whatever reason this song has always had a very visceral effect on me. That lump you get in your throat right before crying appears whenever I try to sing it all the way through. Been a singer all my life and this song is the only one I find it difficult to resist crying during....
I could NEVER sing this! Completely get it.
no way, the audio is finally fixed :')
Fr... I can't believe thisssssss
Heyo frac
What was wrong wit it?
Just realized
So happy that they fixed it!!! 😊😊😊
I can't believe I remembered the existence of this video so conveniently that I completely missed the period of time where the audio got taken out, and came back just as it returned
Same here! I just remembered this song a few minutes ago and that I listened to it and watched this video when I was 14 years old (today I’m 26). Back then the audio was totally fine.
Hahaha me too!
Same
First time I've ever seen the video. Love the song
Synchronicity. Timing is key as is patience. Never cut out unless you are sure its a lost cause. I hate those love stories where the soulmates keep missing one another by a hair. If one had been patient and waited, they would have reunited. Always stay.
Lyrics:
Love of mine
Someday you will die
But I'll be close behind
I'll follow you into the dark
No blinding light
Or tunnels, to gates of white
Just our hands clasped so tight
Waiting for the hint of a spark
If Heaven and Hell decide that they both are satisfied
Illuminate the no's on their vacancy signs
If there's no one beside you when your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark
In Catholic school, as vicious as Roman rule
I got my knuckles bruised by a lady in black
And I held my tongue as she told me
"Son, fear is the heart of love, " so I never went back
And if Heaven and Hell decide that they both are satisfied
Illuminate the no's on their vacancy signs
If there's no one beside you when your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark
You and me have seen everything to see
From Bangkok to Calgary
And the soles of your shoes are all worn down
The time for sleep is now
But it's nothing to cry about
'Cause we'll hold each other soon
In the blackest of rooms
And if Heaven and Hell decide that they both are satisfied
Illuminate the no's on their vacancy signs
If there's no one beside you when your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark
Then I'll follow you into the dark
Thanks for this.
Thanks
Thanks 🙏
lol who doesnt have this shit memorised this is lik3 a 15 year old song
Thanks so much
I lost my fiancé 3 weeks ago because of liver failure. this was one of our favorite songs before we knew she was sick. it is spot on.
Lisa, till we meet again...
May she rest in peace. I hope she watches over you
I hope you're doing ok.
@@jellybeanx489 thank you, I'm sure she does
@@vickyvallejo1980 thank you
@@DawgYa1I’m glad you are here 🙏🏼
Lost my heart on 3-30-13. Just coming back to life now. Miss you, pup. Thankful for this 2nd chance though and I just know you're right there with me. Also, I'm speaking about a human man lol. I followed him right into the dark and I can't believe I get a 2nd chance at life. Love to you all... honestly.
Glad to have you back
@@domeplsffs I have chills. You've no idea how much your timing means. Thank you, kindly.
This is so good but you must hear “Winding Road” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🎹
This song makes me cry every time I listen to it... My grandparents were married over 50 years. After my grandmother passed away my grandfather went from being healthy to in a wheelchair with multiple tumors in his brain in just two months... He couldn’t walk and hardly talked.. Je passed away 3 months after my grandmother.. It was the broken heart 💔 that broke his body down... Thank you for making this song and reminding everyone what true love is like. It’s an ocean that can be the most fun you’ve ever had but can also consume every part of you.
This is beautiful after his wife died his body literally said nope not without the one I love
@@williampittam1 that’s right when two souls become one they can’t live without each-other. I think they missed arguing with each other too!
@@freedom_foz_6337 its one of my favorite pastimes with my life I just feel bad for all these young people nowadays it seems like love is dead and gone for them
Not many songs can make me cry. This one does every last time. Xx Mike & Ginger 🖤
Tumors dont just magically form lol. He had them more than likely a long time before she died. Dont let emotions cloud your reasoning.
I lost 3 out of the 4 loves of my life to cancer and infection.. Kellie In 2015, Tasha in 2018 and Beatrice in 2019 I had been apart from them but still loved them all deeply. Then my brother and sister in 2022 3 months apart... My guitar player that I played in working bands since 87' he passed in 22'.. it's been a lot and I'm still grieving almost everyday!
I am so sorry for your losses. 😥
🫂❤
Oh my heart hurts for each of you.
A beautiful song and a beautiful video, please never feel alone, okay?
Music that touches you deep inside is a good thing.
And the person you love who is dead would not want you to end your life.
Promise.
❤️ Well said!!!
This is my song with my wife. I don't take it as darkly as many below do but rather as a sign of my dedication to her, and her to me...and tonight is our 10th anniversary!
This song helped me a lot as a 14 year old and continues till today at 31.
thank you
My friend Hannah used to listen to DCFC a lot before she died amongst other music. I always attached myself to this song after she passed. I miss her every day. 9 years and still not easy...
It's so sad...
She knows you loved her ..death is a door way to another life I believe that
@@ronaldvaldez5955 thanks for your wisdom word...
I lost my wife 8 years ago. Last year I dated a woman who ended up breaking up with me, partly because her whole existence has become avoiding the grief of losing her sister and mother within a year of each other 25 years ago. If you don’t do grief, the whole only gets bigger. Eventually you are forced to walk into it. Love this song.
You are not alone , I lost my Husband years ago in a car wreck , it's hard but you have to go on .🙏✌️
I listened to this while my dog was dying. And I know I will lose my other dogs, and everyone I ever loved. Music remains.
That’s why im here now, my dog was my best friend, and I just recently lost her.
I just went upstairs to get something and saw some of her stuff and her ashes…and I just broke down and came to this video.
We fought her cancer hard and did everything we could but she had the worst lymphoma diagnosis you could have.
I thought it would get easier, but it’s unlike any other loss I’ve ever gone through.. a piece of me is missing. Cherish your time with those you love y’all, and be well
:(((
I've been listening to this song constantly the last few weeks as I've had some rough times with my dog as well. It helps, but I always tear up hearing this song. I know when it's time I'll be with her
My little sister showed this song to me when we were little. Fast forward over a decade and she was taken from this earth way too soon. I listen to this song every time I have a chance to hide behind doors thick enough that people can’t hear me. I love you so much, Ash. Always ❤
I discovered this song in high school nearly 20 years ago it’s imprinted in me. 5 years ago my partner died when I was 30. This song takes on a whole new level of meaning now. 5 years out now, and moving to Calgary to start over. heard this song playing in my head one morning, listened to it on pandora, and was blown away… when this song comes on I view it as a sign
I just came here because I lost so many people in my life this year. My Grandfather, 2 of my uncles and 2 of my teachers and a ton of people I’ve watched on tv. It really taught me how I should never wish death upon anyone and how I must cherish all the relationships I have in life.
I'm sorry. That is so much loss in one year. It is a good lesson to learn in a dark time. But I wish the past year had been much kinder to you, those you lost, and everyone else who's been touched by the nightmares these past 20 months or so.
As sad as it sounds, I was introduced to this song by a girl from Canada that I never met in person. We met somewhere around 2001 on MSN chat and talked for hours a day for years and one night on video chat she just started singing, it hit me on a deep level. That was well over a decade ago and it's just stuck with me like a bad habit. Sadly we grew up and drifted apart.
@A G I had friends here and there, online and IRL but me and this girl were thick as thieves. She wanted a family, two kids. I hope she got it.
Its so sad, many people you know on Internet and you talk with them, and someday you just stop talking with them for no reason, sorry for my bad english, its not my main language
@@ared.a I understood you perfectly my man. And it really is a heartbreak
@@ScienceFoundation yes man, its so sad, I think that the internet and all of this stuff is depressing a little bit too, you see to many sad things, so many people that have this problems that you wish you can solve for them, damn man
Same, someone on MSN introduced me to Death Cab and I’ve loved them since. It’s sad how close we were to friends on MSN and then just all grew apart. I often wonder how they are now.
I just discovered this band today. I have a great appreciation for indie groups that tell it like it is. DCC is definitely one.
After life brought you didn't it.
@@db19892k7 Not sure what you mean.
Sorry, I thought you had heard this song on Ricky Gervais after life TV show.
@@db19892k7 No, I was surfing TH-cam. I'm an indie artist myself. Check out my tunes if you like female singer-songwriters. Thanks for the clarification! Take care.
This is so good but you must hear “Winding Road” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🎹
9pm at night. Driving a car up a winding NY mountain road, a light drizzle and windy with the leaves falling on cold and chilly fall night back in November 2007. Listening to this song after losing some people dear to me at the age 16. Heart wrenching but also soothing.
Never changes
Great song
So I'm an alcoholic, and the first time I tried to get sober a couple years ago, I basically, in a nutshell, hallucinated that a ghost more or less was trying to kill me and make me it's friend forever. Crazy I know, but I would hear this song being played somewhere outside in the distance, and when I would walk through my yard, the sound would change direction, but the song would play on repeat for hours on end, (all while dealing with this "ghost") and I swear I had never heard this song before. I googled the lyrics and here I am. I still swear that I've never heard this song before then. I'm a year sober now and this song still scares the shit out of me
13 years ago this song came into my life. I'm 24 now and I didn't know it then, but these lyrics and this melody would change my life for the remainder of my days on this earth. This song makes me so emotional. I listen to it to help me cry when I need to release my feelings. Thanks, Death Cab. Your hurt helps others deal with their losses in a way you can't begin to imagine.
You’re not alone Bennett. I’m 25 I’m with you
Damn ya'll still so young I'm in my 40's and this song makes me think of my best friend who past on 9/11. Sad yet oddly comforting
Oh what I wouldn't give to be 24 again..
I'm in my late 30's & although I'm now over 6yrs sober after a decade long opioid addiction,I feel much older than I am.
I remember hearing this song in the midst of those dark times yet it reminds me of how I dug myself out of my own pit of misery even if it took a few tries.
If I could have a redo I'd surround myself w/good people,finish school and make something out of my life but I obviously can't redo my life so I'll try to make the best out of the rest of my life,God willing.
If you're still young and are reading this try not to be so hard on yourself,do the best you can do that you feel proud of YOURSELF years down the road,try not to spend time worrying so much about people who won't/don't respect you or who bring you down,be your beautiful,unique self and make sure you don't lose yourself in the madness of the world.
As the saying goes: "Wherever you go,there you'll be"
Make it a good life.
my father is 37, and going through some addictions. he introduced this to me, an 11 year old. best experience ever. this was actually their wedding song! :) I’ll follow him into the dark, anytime.
1st time I heard this,I ugly cried!! I cried because of how beautiful but heartbreaking I found the lyrics and never knew just how personal they would become. I just turned 55 in February and this still is my go to when I need a good ugly cry!🙏💜🎶
audio is here in 2020 cause they knew we needed it more than ever
the darker it is the easier the light can be spotted! thanks for your comment
Pretty sure audio is here bc that’s how it works but whatevs
@@lelandthacker8081 thats how it works but it wasnt working... audio was broken on this video for a while
@@lelandthacker8081 There was no audio on this for over 10 years
Hendrickso😂
I just lost my little dog. He had a wonderful life and I know I did what was the very best for him. This song is helping through some things right now.
My bf and I would send this song to each other when we were younger and feeling hopeless. He was 9 hrs away and never met him in person until Christmas of 2021. This is now our official song
I remember sitting in his car 9 years ago showing this song to him, holding his hand and we both cried. I still love him. I always will. I wonder if he remembers this.
RIP George from Scrubs. Classic episode.
“I think I want to take a little nap...”
Good bye George! * Shoots flare *
I just watched that episode. That show and this song hit differently, when you're terminally ill.
"will you be here when I wake up?"
"of course"
😢
@383SS350 rest easy where ever you are.
Mum last week. We were all there until the very end ❤️
One of the most beautifully written and scored songs I’ve ever heard.
it sure is..
Hi Ben 👋🏻 I listened to this song in visiting SF for the first time with my friends family and they put on some death cab and postal service and it SENT ME. I remember hearing this song for the first time and it was all my body focused on was this work of art. We were in the car and everything around me just went hazy and it was just me and this song. Ben you’re the only artist to completely send me into another realm lol
I was blessed to have seen you in LA with my same friend and it was like a spiritual journey and I’ve never looked back.
Thank you so much.
One of my best friends and his girlfriend died together in a car accident in 2020, his little sister added this song to their slide show during the service. Every once in a while I come back and listen just to feel them again.
"I still didn't believe in the idea of marriage, and I still don't. But I believe in her, and I've given up on the idea of being right."
Here from one of Mike Birbiglia's stand up. Damn
💥
Great music video, can't believe it took me almost 16 years to see it. I miss listening to this and zoning out
It's been 27 days since I lost my brother and it feels like so much longer. I love you and I miss you. Constantly. It's overwhelming. I pray you're at peace.
i’m with you 😔
Sorry for your loss. Your brother is an angel now.
I sing this on the streets Acapella. Over and over and cry..
Thanks dude.
Can't forget her now. It was an "Our Tune" Nigel Planer style.
And she made me learn it and play it on guitar and memorize the lyrics.
Now love is in the great beyond.
Thanks dude.
Gob.
It’s comforting in a way to find that a lot of other people come to this song when losing a loved one. This is one of the few songs I can play on guitar, and I play it every time a loved one passes. Today I’m playing for my beloved Margot, rest easy sweetheart I’ll always cherish our time together and forever love you.
I first heard this song around a decade ago. I immediately fell in love with it and thought about it being a first dance song. I recently reconnected with someone who my heart bursts for. I mentioned listening to this song and she mentioned it being a first dance song with no prompting.
I lost my daughter 2 years ago. It is hard to find a song that truly captures the emotion like this. She died suddenly and unexpectedly of illness and I was not with her.
It is hard to find out and not have had a chance to be there. I could not see her immediately after for this reason. I knew I could not walk back out of the room with her.
I have a younger daughter. I had to stay strong for her. It is incredibly hard. I sit alone all of the time thinking of her. They both need me and I can only be with one.
I feel so much Sorrow for her. But I bet she remembers and loves you. Be strong man.
I think of my partner of 25 years every time I hear this song. I would absolutely follow her into the dark, no questions asked.
Lost my identical twin brother Xmas of 2018. Was going through his stuff and found a piece of paper that said funeral songs, this was one of them. We both admired death cab. I reminisce with this for the intent of remembrance. Now onward, into the dark.
I had an amazing friend, he was an alcoholic and he went off to Indonesia to teach English. He introduced me to this song. It was his legacy and perhaps he knew his own fate before anyone else would. He married a local girl from Jakarta. They moved to Bali and I learned 10 years ago he had died from ingesting pure alcohol. I'll never forget you Ben Friend ❤
I lost a friend to the Club Q shooting last week. At a vigil at one of the clubs here in town, someone sang the song, but I wasn't really paying attention to the words until I just listened to it. And it brought tears to my eyes again, just like a week ago when I found out that he was no longer with us. I will miss you Derrick for the rest of my life.
I so sorry. What a horrible event, and it would be awful to lose someone close to something like that 🖤.
xxx
Oh my goodness I am so sorry for your loss.
Anyone else just burst into tears hearing this song?
Absolutely. Reminds me of my ex from when I was 17.
Always. You are not alone. Feel understood.. at least that's how I feel when the tears are coming out..
Be grateful that you have people you love to feel this way about some day in the future or in your past. ❤️ = 💔= ❤️
@@hayley8715 Hope you are alright
reminds me of a different day. brought me absolutely to tears and I'm not even sure why
I remember hearing this song for the first time on the radio and absolutely bawling my eyes out.
I've had a severe and omnipresent fear of death since I was a child (unprompted by any event-- I just suddenly realized i would die and it has consumed my life since then), and this song was so soft and sweet and unafraid. It still brings a tear to my eye.
I hope someday I can have this kind of comfort, and someone I love so much that I won't be afraid to join them when the time comes.
Get some help with that. It’s no way to live.
What’s the point of life if you’re constantly consumed with the thought that you’re gonna die one day?
We all die. It’s unavoidable. It’s also nothing to be afraid of.
Most people that grow old are far more accepting of that fact. Some even long for the release.
I’d like to believe that when I’m old as dirt and am on my way out I won’t be afraid. I’ll be ready to go. I’ll have lived my life, raised my children and accomplished what I wanted. What more could a person desire?
I’ve always thought death will be a lot like it was before I was born. The absence of everything. No consciousness, no feelings, no thoughts, nothing. You wouldn’t even be aware of it. It’s really nothing to be scared of. You won’t have the ability to be afraid of it. So why let it control your life?
I assume you’re young. Deal with your fear now so you can enjoy what time you have left.
I’d bet if you do you’ll be ready and willing to go when your time comes.
@@JahWontPayTheBill that's a lot of wasted words (all of which i've either heard before or thought of myself at least a thousand times) all to add up to the ultimate stupid asshole advice: "lol just get over it!!!!!!!"
I'm 26. This started when I was 7. stop for a single second, pull yourself out of your little savior-complexed ass and think about that. Nearly 20 years of constant awareness of your mortality. for nearly 20 years, you go to bed every single night and think "Another day is gone that I will never get back. I'm another day closer now."
And just try to imagine nothingness. Can you? Can you really? Can you imagine not existing? Everything just being gone, forever, and none of it mattered?
Can you honestly say it doesn't scare you at all?
I've been to therapy. I've been to church. I've meditated. I've worked around dead and dying things. I've done just about everything that I've ever heard anyone say helped them "come to terms" with morality, and it's all been bullshit.
But sure, Genius Stranger On The Internet. I'll just Get Over It because you said so.
Same thing happened to me when I was 10, I suddenly realized my parents and my grandparents would die and I just couldnt let go. That fear never went away, and I've seen my fear become true many times now...
This is so good but you must hear “Winding Road” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘
Bro how are you doing? I hope you are well .
As someone who's fiancée passed away. This song hurts but in a kind of cathartic way. I had thoughts of "following her into the dark" but I know she wouldn't have wanted that.
I’m so sorry for your loss. You’ll follow her when the time is right. She’ll be waiting for you ❤
@@chelsmac3179 Thank you
Gee I love my wife so much. 👩🏼❤️👨🏿
This is so good but you must hear “Winding Road” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🎹
God bless you, I also lost my husband and my only child Daniel, an eclectic drummer, left this world at the age of 23, his mama is beyond grief and I’ll follow you into the dark son…xxx
i always thought that the song is about surrender and total acceptance to an inevitable truth that we're all gonna die someday. the acceptance that your loved ones will die someday. and the fact that he is willing to be part of the pain and the suffering when they're gone is both painful and beautiful at the same time.
A very close friend passed away this morning, and this song randomly played on my Alexia while I sorted out my feelings. I have never heard it before, and I am not familiar with the band. I don't believe in coincidence, as everything happens for a reason. I heard it as more of a message, letting me know he was tired and wanted to be with his Kathy by letting go of his earthly bonds. Thank you for letting me know you are at peace Tom, I will miss you until we meet again.
This song is so equally beautiful and wholesome as it is dark and depressing and that’s what makes it such a classic
Exactly
I think I'm late, but thank goodness y'all fixed the audio to this music video. I remember this video when i was a kid listening/seeing it for the first time on VH1 morning jump start. If you know, you know😢
My dog Nemo died 2 days ago. His older sister died about 63 days prior to that. I adored them both. My heart is shattered.
bless you. same here. 3 days ago. how have you recovered? please tell me i will feel whole again.
Oh my God the audio is finally back, I waited for it like fifteen years!
literally forgot abt the fact that i was waiting for the audio 2 years ago, omg finally listening to the original audio
This song always reminded me of my mother after she lost my dad. Now that she's gone, this just reminds me that they're together again.
The love of my life passed on the day of my babyshower, he was in love with the ocean and it took him out in a rip tide. We loved this song.. i always think of him when i drag myself to listen to this masterpiece. Even in 2024 i still yearn for him and his comfort
Losing someone you love leaves a hole in your life. Sometimes it’s small enough that you won’t it notice for a while. Sometimes it’s big enough that you fall in.
Brilliant video. More brilliant song.
I loved her so much. Oh Eden... If you're still listening, I'll never forget you. I never have.
I'm so sorry dear.
I don’t know what happened
But, sorry
This song reminds me of my parents because it's their "song" for each other and now I can't stop listening to it, such a beautiful song
This songs helps with ptsd I had. One was my ex gf jumped out of a moving car at 24 after getting back into drugs. One friend who OD on accident, and another who committed suicide. They all were very pretty and had a lot of potential and it haunts me at times. Remembering them for the good times.❤️
My cousin Mikey passed away in 2018 when he was 17. My uncle took a video of him singing this song on the couch when he thought he was home alone and only realizes he’s being filmed halfway through. He was not a singer at all but he sang through the entire song (only to flip off the camera after when he saw my uncle was filming lol). I can’t listen to this song without hearing Mikey’s voice, and I like to think it’s the message he wanted to leave behind to us which is why he kept singing. My cousins and I are all really close and it’s not the same without him. I will follow you into the dark is such a comfort for our family.
This song gives me a sense of peace and nostalgia. I found this song when I was in middle school/high-school and 13 years later I still absolutely adore this song. I sing it to my fiancé and it means so much to me.
This song is as old as me. I've been told it's what my dad listened to driving my mom to the hospital. It's helped me through so much. I'm glad I get to grow with it, side by side
Wife has terminal breast cancer. This is now my song for her.
Much love to you all. . . . There's a Mako here, if you need one.
Best of luck to you and your wife, sir/madame
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Much love to you and your wife, my mother passed of breast cancer in 2019, it was the hardest thing I've ever been through. I hope you find peace.
I hope things have gotten better for you two
@@BreakfastK1ng thank you so very kindly
I would literally check at least once a year to see if the audio got fixed. I'm so happy it finally came back. Thank you to whoever fixed it ;A;
Just lost a friend a few days ago, and we both loved this song. I can’t believe he’s gone. He wasn’t even 40
Quoted this song in my wedding vowels, to think of everything we've been thru since then, but it still holds true. Beautiful song.
This is so good but you must hear “Winding Road” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🎹🎧
My heart breaks every time I hear this song! It’s soul. Can’t be without it ❤️.
This may be the best song written/composed for a long time. This song hits hard for 00' kids but my dad does/could also love
So this is what Dwight was getting up to in his spare time
Lmao
yeah, on his beat ranch
@@shithead-pf8hn He be growin beats in that hole
hahahaaahah
“Dwigt”
Jeezus... First time hearing this song and I've never felt so SINGLE in my life. Being middle aged and adverse to dating, I have zero plans of being in a relationship ever again, so this hits...
2 years ago i lost my mom and I sung this song for her I her death bed so she would feel that I'm always right beside her and I'll never forget about her and I'll always love her no matter what she was very kind and sweet to my kids she bought them toys and I know that she was apart of their childhood and I told them this and once I did they cried for weeks and weeks and after our dogs died and they only had them as their friends they loved them with all their heart I remember them playing together in our home when she came from Las Vegas..I love her and miss her so much she was the best to my kids I love them...
Heaven can't hold us, hell can't handle us... I lost my best friend recently when she passed after 28 years spent just trying to stay alive and out of the hospital. I sang this to her when she finally left that pain behind. She's been with me since that night, in ways that defy explanation, finding a way somehow to let me know that hey, don't worry, because we're all gonna be okay.
It's not about where we end up after this life, where our souls might go... We're so much bigger than this mortal existence can contain, and so we must eventually break free of it and become far, far greater.
I don't know what is more amazing, this song or the fact that I didn't realise it existed for 16 years.
I didn’t realize it existed either
I remember when it came out. I must have seen it on FUSE. Better late than never. It’s new to you so it doesn’t really matter.
I heard it 15 years ago. I later started to get the message.
There is a lot of catching up to do
This is so good but you must hear “Winding Road” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘
at 00:49 the sound cuts out completely.. does this happen to anyone else???
Skhet M I have a feeling that their own song got a Content ID match. I'm sure Warner owns the rights to the music. And this is why TH-cam sucks.
yep
yep
+Skhet M Yup
phew, at least it happens to other people... they should fix it!
my father committed suicide in october. practically hemingway cursed family and i don’t even know how some of us haven’t already or won’t. god help us all that reside in these bodies here. regardless of species, the pain is the same. please think about that.
I might as well watch this video. The song is already stuck in my head.
I've been singing this song all over NYC. From the Bronx to the Battery.
New Yorkers love your song, dude. Death Cab for Cutie dude, New York City loves your song.
I do it justice. I sing it in key and have memorized the lyrics.