@@sterlingarcher2653 very much of the last half of the song is eerily similar to what is happening today. Like almost word for word, whereas when the song was written, it was about past events that could easily happen again.
I wouldn’t even say now more than ever. War is just as bad as war has always been. The difference is that this is the first time we don’t have to be there to witness it. This is the first time it’s live on social media. This is the first time we’re super aware people may have friends and family somewhere in danger. It’s not worse, it just hits harder because we’re learning to care more.
Both good point of views. 👌 But let's smoke 420 because their no freedom y y you ask because human society thought they traded for sercurity now we being followed by the strings from the system who wouldn't lose their mind IN when being controlled
@@thedog5k worse when it comes to privacy and the government being all up everyone’s business. With the advancements technology has made throughout the years wtf even is privacy anymore anyways...
The song is more inspirational and motivational than it is depressing. I take it as seeing human potential, even a single human, more so collectively. It makes me get off my butt and work 💪
It's been heading that way steadily for a long time now...but everything is cyclical so it's not difficult to see it coming... just difficult to detect when
I've lived long enough to learn that that's because making people feel that way is what makes media profitable. The world is no worse today than it was 10 years ago, and in many ways it's better, it's just more profitable to say it's not.
the rhymes become less frequent in the last verse as a metaphor for the character's feeling of total control and autonomy over EVERYTHING, even language itself. he doesn't have to follow a rhyme scheme; he owns the world. this song is a masterpiece
This song is a representation of the division between the power that freedom grants. You can use the power to grow and become a better person. To know and understand more, learn about what you want and live a simply elegant lifestyle as you please. The flipside to this coin however, is the advantage that you can take because of the availability to exercise greed and corruption by controlling the free people for your own personal agenda. In the beginning these two friends were just that: friends. Nothing more or less. By the end they had both utilized their freedom differently, one for better and one for worse. They were the same in the beginning, which is quite noteworthy. We are all born the same curious and naive creatures until we either become sheep, sheepdogs, and wolves.
15 years ago is crazy. I was 15 years old. None of the same friends from back then. I have a child of my own. Live in a totally different place. Time doesn’t seem real sometimes.
Godamn it we're in the apocalypse, and have been for a minute. The old doctrine of the "Right of Conquest" reigns supreme. There is no force which exists that can oppose what is occurring. As the Bible says "who can make war with the beast?" . So the world is dominated, we will be guided to hell, and if you have any sense you will escape before you're trapped in hell.
They don’t music like they did when I was growing up I know every generation says it but 90s kids got it all we merged okay with tech maybe not as fast or advanced as these kids coming up but we aren’t like our parents chilling on flip or cheap cheap hardly working Android we truly are lucky and humbled we understand there’s bad issues in the world but just a tad to young to get to them yet once the old rulers go I have great faith we can fix the world at least a little
We had a service for my God daughter yesterday and her uncle made mention of this song in her eulogy. I knew it was going to make me cry if I came and listened to it, but I did it anyway.
This song is about the addictive nature of power, how seductive it is. It begins innocently enough but left unchecked it becomes a colossal evil. To me this is one of the most profound and prophetic songs ever written.
Yes, absolutely! You said it perfectly! That's where the "I can ride my bike with no handlebars" comes from. It's an innocent child saying "look mom, no hands!". And then that same kid can grow up to either become something great or destroy the world. And how it's so easy to give into the greedy temptation and lust for power and control. It's addictive and can start off as simply as learning to ride your bike without holding on and it just grows from there. Once you get a taste for that power, you keep chasing it until it's never enough and you keep needing to outdo yourself and it doesn't matter who or what you destroy in the process, even if you "end the planet in a Holocaust".
Hearing this song so many years later made me realize just how unsettling it was, going from a simple and innocent premise to ending the world is crazy
@@GunShot-1996 I mean, not bashing them for saying it, but that's what people have been saying for the last 10 years, I'm more surprised it's the first time you're seeing or realizing that meaning
The song is about the duality of man. We can use power for good or evil. The "no handlebars" intro and outro speaks to the duality of the act. It can be dangerous, or it can be skillful, it just depends who is behind the wheel. Brilliant song.
Yes! And it is written as a retrospective of a person’s life from the moment he first let go of the handlebars of a bicycle, as his thoughts, the choice that he makes on a certain stretch of life. And in this case, we see this boy as a result of a person of Hitler's scale. Brilliant, yes! Sorry my english
i used to sing this song all the time in rock band it was my favorite song ever i just remember it and i listened to the lyrics for the first time and i took it as he can ride his bike without using his hands making him feel strong as if he can do anything and he thinks he can do all this becuase the bike inspired him
I disagree with that interpretation, if only slightly. It's definitely about duality, but the message isn't about who is behind the wheel. The two friends aren't neccesarily that different. Instead, I'd see it as more personal.
@@MassivePonyFan This is what happens when societies steer away from liberty and capitalism, into corporatism or socialism, which inevitably leads to concentration of power and dictatorship.
We had to bury a childhood friend today. This was his favorite song and they played it at his funeral today. I can never hear it the same. Rest easy man.
This song depresses me. It does a good job pointing out how humanity is the bane of their own existence. It doesn't matter who you are, you'll want to do good. The bad thing is that one person's good is anothers bad.
I first heard this song when I was 8, one of my friends showed it to me. At the time I didn't think of it as more than just a rap song. Now however, as I'm in my teen years I've learned more about the songs meaning. As everyone else is saying, the lack of handlebars has a meaning of freedom, he has no restrictions on life and can do what he wants with no consequences. Then they lose that feeling as they separate, knowing that it will never be like how they wanted. Well one of them did, the guy who we first see can do most everyday tasks with no intervention. However the guy who went the other way decided to try to reach that feeling fully. So it seemed as if he bought a business or created his own, therefore gaining power politically. He begins to say he can do things that will get him noticed. As his building built up, he gained a following and ran for president or whatever office that would give him power. With the following he overthrew anything that downgraded him, and became a dictator. Then we go back to the first guy who is starting a rebellion. If you notice, its mostly people who have nothing to lose. He is literally the only person who seems to have any chance at staying with the rebellion. Then they revolt fully, and the dictator doesn't realize what he has become until it is too late. In the last shot they show two people riding bikes, as if the first guy is reliving the last truly free moments he had as he lay there, dying. The music fades as the memories fade. Also earlier, the music would get more intense as the dictator realized more and more of his power. That is simply my interpretation of the video, you can ask questions and I will answer to the best of my ability.
No its like your dad holding you up and you put all your trust in him.. And he let's go and u didn't even realize u were capable to do it on ur own, even though you r..hmm..u only crash when u give up.. Or u just become tired. :/
It's in human nature to do terrible things to each other. History repeats itself so it's easy to see the trends and the disease that is the human being. Just like Rorschach said "God doesn't make the world this way. We do!"
@@Dan-ger82 Thats an inherent contradiction in statement bro. To claim its human nature as if its an unavoidable bane cast on us by genetic evolution and then claim we have a choice as in we make the world this way, which the scripture makes clear, is inherently a contradiction. Furthermore if you actually do research you'd learn that the nature vs. nurture debate is pointless as epigenetics is the predominant theory which illustrates that our environment guides us to specific behaviors but lacks the infinite problem of environmentalism and relativism. In conclusion, read Proudhon and most other Anarchists discourse on human nature.
@@Feedbackking13a Marxist depiction? People like you bring Marx into EVERYTHING, and as a socialist, I honestly think your type is obsessed with Marx..... and it's freaking weird.
FlotBots .....ahead of your time. This song still moves me like it did back in 2009. This album fits so well in the times we are going thru right now. PEACE!
Some guy in here named Alistair Watt said that "Logan Paul deserves to be shot". His channel no longer exists, so I think Susan Heard that. Edit: Nope hes back
Here I am listening to this song because of nostalgia, just to find a whole new generation of people finding this song for the first time because of copyrights.
when I was a kid my dad was driving me somewhere and there was this dude literally riding his bike with no handlebars and my dad started singing this song. I finally found this song after 9 years
I wished someone made a song like this today. There was just this really odd era between 2000 and 2010 where everyone was so happy in their own lane. You'd get songs like this and no matter what genre you liked, you'd all like certain unicorn songs. This is one of them.
Ya cause it's not stupid it's about important things because when you first hear the first few lines were just like oh I can totally do that too but then after a while it gets more more important and you know they're just not bragging or joking about stupid stuff that actually trying to tell you something controversial and real
Just gonna drop this right here... "Jamie Laurie stated that the song is about "the idea that we have so much incredible potential as human beings to be destructive or to be creative." "And it's tragic to me that the appetite for military innovation is endless, but when it comes to taking on a project like ending world hunger, it's seen as outlandish. It's not treated with the same seriousness.[...] at the same time, I knew there were people at that moment who were being bombed by our own country. And I thought that was incredibly powerful." It is the contrast between these "little moments of creativity, these bursts of innovation," and the way these ideas are put to use "to oppress and destroy people" that the singer feels is both "beautiful and tragic at the same time." - WIKIPEDIA. So please, people, stop the hateful comments, and at least try to interpret the song seen from different perspectives... Believe it or not, as a human being you are allowed to "think" and reflect upon your own thoughts. Also... I don't think the artist is really singing about himself in this video :/ Though, this is what the world has come to... I fear for our future.
Aaron Jerrell, art can be interpreted subjectively, but the common cultural experience of the memes of this world gives some specific meanings. The specific interpretations of the memes and tropes may vary between person to person, but some things like showing well armed soldiers/police shooting unarmed protesters can not possibly mean that supporting the authorities are a good thing inherently. Also, the meaning of the artist's intent is not meaningless. It is the original intention of the work of art. (However, the audience is allowed to interpret any way they want in the limited ways it can be interpreted)
Not as much did they understand the future as they did history. When you understand history, the future becomes easier and easier to predict. The only danger there is it starts to become a self fulfilling prophecy when we forget about honor through reading about the dishonor of our past.
I wish everybody knew how powerful this song really is!!! I remember hearing this back in the day, but just hearing it now on everything that’s happened in the world. Wow!!!!!
Chills! This song encapsulates perfectly the wonders of being human and then the absolute potential for achieving anything including destroying ourselves by misusing our abilities. And watching the video over and REALLY seeing it, wow. What a timeless and perfect work of art! It was so sad how just disagreements and disregard for human life can turn best friends into enemies. His friend died and stood no chance against the elites and the businessman realized by the end, that not even he was in control of this monster he aided in creating. SO many things to unpack from this video
This song has aged like a fine wine. When your ego is your motivation it raises the stakes with every decision you make. Eventually human lives are at stake. If your ego is still making decisions at that point people die. The drone footage at Hard Island, New York shows the results coming to fruition.
@@thomasyoest6557 theres a mass grave in New York. Google Hard Island Drone Footage. Granted, that has always been a pauper grave yard. But never has it been expanded and worked on so fast and hard. It's a result of a lot of bad decisions being made in February when we still had a hold on the virus.
I don't get it. It's 2020, how is this relevant? It's like you're implying that an overgrown infant with maybe good intentions could let his ambition and ego rule him, and things could somehow get out of control? And that person could find themselves at last in the highest position he could find on the social ladder, riding a bike with no handlebars, when the world order started to unravel, and...wait. I get it.
@@robertholman4634 deblasio, cuomo, and the NYC council failed the people. Theyd like people to forget that they were urging people to go out and see movies or celebrate the chinese new year solely to spite trump for shutting off travel with China. Their own egos got in the way and because of it thousands of people died
Lyrically without the video I have always looked at this song as saying humans are so potentially amazing that we can literally do anything. But with unlimited potential comes the ability to lose sight of how far we “should” take things just because we can.
@@mechanomics2649 Probably because people have different interpretations, and don’t think the same as others. Jamie Laurie himself has a different interpretation than you, and he made the song. If you don’t know how someone got a different message than you from something, maybe consider that their thought process is different than yours and hear them out.
@Oluwanimike Makwini I agree with OC. The verses go back and fourth, one being the average joe happy with his life, two being the rise and corruption of the wealthy friend, and three being the demise and catastrophe caused by the uprising/clash. I always found it chilling that the verse that speaks about building a business/enterprise ends with “I see the strings that control the system” “I can do anything with no resistance” Think Jeff bezos / elon musk.. “I can make anybody go to prison just because I don’t like them” is another biggie in my opinion. When you think about the 0.01%, they COULD probably get any of us plebs incarcerated if they wanted to.
Listening to this 5 years later, I find myself speechless realizing the underlining, powerful message of just how much control government has...this was beautifully done.
Yeappers, echoes the rise of the ego in humankind. Some will do anything, say anything, step over anyone for recognition and fame at no concern of bodily risk, harm of ones self and others with zero thought on consequence.
When I was a kid I didn’t realize how deep and profound this song is, I just thought “haha funny song about riding bikes” little did I know. Now, seeing the state of the world, oooo weee. This song predicted the future. The video for disturbeds cover of land of confusion. So many warnings. Corporate greed is coming to an end soon.
Fuckin' hell, I remember a friend finding this around 2012 and how excited we were to hear it. It was validation for all our frustration and misery, like the singer had walked up, looked us in the eyes and said "I see you." Things were bad then, always have been, but it's so much worse now and coming back to revisit this song is like trying to remember what it was like to be very young, living in such a small world with so many small problems The most underrated song of its era, but I'm glad to see new comments
I had a similar experience but found it myself without a friend to share it with. It popped into my mind when I saw a thread of political songs and had to find it and share it. I second that sentiment about new comments.
My one best friend Tyler showed me this song years ago when we were 13 or 14. I miss you Tyler. I hope you and Johnny are playing call of duty zombies up in heaven. Love you bros.
So many people say this song hits different nowadays. It does... But this song wasn't written in a vacuum. It was talking about problems 10 years ago, and those problems are WORSE now. Look at Green Day, Rise Against, Rage Against the Machine, Antiflag, and of course Flobots. Their messages have not changed. But they are even more relevant now than ever before.
Except Rage Against the Machine went straight from "Fuck you I won't do what you tell me" to "Fuck you just do what they tell you". Absolute commie sellouts.
Damn just now realizing how powerful this song is. Last time I listened I was mad young and just thought the chorus was cool didnt care for the rest of the song but now I get it.
Damn this song always gives me a lot of memories when this band first started. I was 6 and living in a homeless shelter in Denver with my brother and one day these guys stopped by and handed out their fight with tools cd and constantly listening to this song over and over. Whenever I hear this it takes me back man. This song will always remind me of the lowest me and my brother were at and to see these guys have a successful career after, I have the most respect for these guys I guess this song is something that I listen to, to always remind myself that Ive been in worse places than now especially with this Covid. Flobots. If you guys see this I hope you guys are doing good and having the best time jamming out!
It's something when a band makes good music. It's something else when a band cares about people enough to do good deeds when no one else watches. God bless them and God bless you.
I bought this on single when it came out.... I have listened to it hundreds of times but today I came back to watch the video and it sent a shiver down my spine. Such a clever and well written song, it truly represents what is going on in the world today. It's scary how the world is being run and especially who by.....
deadbodymaan - Same here, man. Everyone in the comments are talking about “who is here from Logan Paul’s video?” but I’m just thinking, “I’m here because I listened to this song on repeat right before my high school graduation“ haha
Sanctioned Suicide. 2009 those were the days , no Donald trump , no wall , and no kardashions .then I thought that this was the coolest song ever . lol
+madie Candy it is??? you just have to find it for crying out loud. look up 'milo', hes an amazing rapper, tyler the creator, pouya, $uicideboy$, bones, yung lean, are also good rappers and so much more, there are a fuckton of music like this, dont be lazy.
@@ahhwe-any7434 lol nah it's just the meaning behind the line that gets me. I'm not over here like "fuck yeah, microphones are awesome!! I hope he has a Blue Yeti 🤤!!!!"
Tim.V I'd argue for Spose (the artist behind the song "I'm Awesome) that's the ONLY song anyone knows of his, even though he makes really good music lol.
As a kid I loved this song bc it was fast and catchy and "I can ride my bike with no handlebars" became a thing we randomly said around myself. Now that I'm older and know the meaning of the song, I love it for different reasons
I heard this is when I was Young and thought it was about being child, I now know it's about Corporate Greed over Freedom And Individuals. The difference between 8 year old me and 14 year old me
It is pretty much going down how I thought it would. Pretty prophetic song. Us conspiracy nuts not looking too nutty. Careful don't be too proud to be an American might make you racist
When I was 12 in 2009 I was like "lol this songs about riding your bike with no handlebars" Now I'm 20 in 2017 I'm like "wow this is some powerful shit"
Same here, except 9 & 16, I thought it was just a couple of people in a brag off and seeing the vid for the first time really changed my understanding of it.
Flobots is amazing. They actually do work in their communities and spread their love of music to others so that they could raise their voices. I wish more bands/artists would do similar things.
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Haunting song in the current year lol. It takes on a whole new feeling. It’s almost melancholic. If I had to guess, without doing any research and just my knee jerk reaction of how this song makes me feel, I’d say it’s an introspective about America.
@@AstralKama Right! 11 years ago, I don’t think anyone would have thought twice about. Now that we know that’s a communist power symbol and it’s been adopted by AntiFa and BLM, it’s crazy to think this was foreshadowing what’s to come. But they say n the song we know who the puppet masters are.
This song always reminds me of Edgar Allan Poe’s “the bells” because it starts off innocent and progressively gets angrier and angrier till everything just goes nuts ❤️
Good analogy...It's all about how our rich and powerful politicians are controlling the masses with false promises in their ivory towers until the people are sick of it and revolt. Only to be murdered for standing up for what is right. Flobots have some mad tracks about politics. They did a great diss track to logan paul too that is super tough.
the end kinda reminds me of big brother because of the camera's and stuff. i can imagine the beginning of big brother happening and building up is this. like if there is a movie on the book this would be the beginning of a flashback or something.
every single one of the references in the first verse were memories gen-x had growing up (yes, even "i can see your face on the telephone" -- AT&T had a failed launch of video phone calls in the 90s that was famous at the time). the later verses were literally observations of what life was like at the time the song was written. its powerful, its potent, its primal... its a lot of other 'p' words actually. but it wasnt prophetic. pure observation, my guy. pure observation.
Like I said the real world is like this one part of us is one thing one part of us is the other some of us still haven't learned to choose one like me of course I have discrimination between the two halves but one half lives one way to survive the other half needs the intelligence to understand the world it pretty much explains how we can identify in two different survival situations our existence these children these days never grew up when I did they never fist fight then there was nothing now I can't say fat I can't say anything anymore my freedom of speech was stolen from me I see that now I know that.
It isn't prophetic, it was accurate and felt deeply when it was made... We are now further into the mess that began before our time and people are "waking" from the blindness into the same cycle of every "civilized" society. History repeats itself while we act like it's brand new.
I was going into high school when this came out. first time hearing it in atleast 3 years and I'm proud to say I still remember a good part of the lyrics lol
Heard this when I was a child and I always inspired me to be an engineer or a scientist. Fast forward Im 24 and now understand what the song is about 😢
Hits different today...
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Dude as the last verse started to get louder I started getting chills. Scary how the meaning of songs can change over time to you.
In which way?? It’s still the same song. Nothing changed.
no joke. its a bit surreal.
@@sterlingarcher2653 very much of the last half of the song is eerily similar to what is happening today. Like almost word for word, whereas when the song was written, it was about past events that could easily happen again.
It’s not that this song was ahead of it’s time. It’s more that it’s timeless. If you sit back to think about it.. things have always been this way.
I wouldn’t even say now more than ever. War is just as bad as war has always been. The difference is that this is the first time we don’t have to be there to witness it. This is the first time it’s live on social media. This is the first time we’re super aware people may have friends and family somewhere in danger. It’s not worse, it just hits harder because we’re learning to care more.
Both good point of views. 👌 But let's smoke 420 because their no freedom y y you ask because human society thought they traded for sercurity now we being followed by the strings from the system who wouldn't lose their mind IN when being controlled
You think now is the worst?
@@thedog5k worse when it comes to privacy and the government being all up everyone’s business. With the advancements technology has made throughout the years wtf even is privacy anymore anyways...
The song is more inspirational and motivational than it is depressing. I take it as seeing human potential, even a single human, more so collectively. It makes me get off my butt and work 💪
I watch this every couple of years and it’s always strikingly relevant. Can’t help but feel like we are nearing the final stanza of this song
You woke up today, congratulations.
It's been heading that way steadily for a long time now...but everything is cyclical so it's not difficult to see it coming... just difficult to detect when
Yup
I've lived long enough to learn that that's because making people feel that way is what makes media profitable. The world is no worse today than it was 10 years ago, and in many ways it's better, it's just more profitable to say it's not.
@@DrumDrum83 Head+sand=you
the rhymes become less frequent in the last verse as a metaphor for the character's feeling of total control and autonomy over EVERYTHING, even language itself. he doesn't have to follow a rhyme scheme; he owns the world. this song is a masterpiece
This is one of those songs that you can go literal decades without hearing but know the lyrics instantly the next time you hear it.
Papa peli!
@@ranuigibson7177 spread the good word of his channel or he’ll assasinate everyone in a holocaust
SOOO TRUE 😅 i forgot all about that song for a whole decade, and somehow remembered the lyrics by heart 🤷🏻♂️
Bloody Legend
i don’t know the lyrics so you’re wrong
This song is a representation of the division between the power that freedom grants. You can use the power to grow and become a better person. To know and understand more, learn about what you want and live a simply elegant lifestyle as you please. The flipside to this coin however, is the advantage that you can take because of the availability to exercise greed and corruption by controlling the free people for your own personal agenda.
In the beginning these two friends were just that: friends. Nothing more or less. By the end they had both utilized their freedom differently, one for better and one for worse. They were the same in the beginning, which is quite noteworthy. We are all born the same curious and naive creatures until we either become sheep, sheepdogs, and wolves.
Thank you for explaining this Jesus
Love it :)
Wise words my friend
Jesus Christ I could not have explained that any better then you. the ending always moves me ngl
Jesus Christ Thanks Jesus
What a powerful message about bicycle safety. I can't stop listening to this song.
oh. my. god. yeah, I needed this. This is gonna give me a good giggle all day, for sure. :)
Lol I'll always Ride with handle bars BTW what's with this and the Logan Paul song of the same name
Have you ever taken the handlebars off your bicycle? It's not safe at all
@@skillfulskillz2217 it's an analogy
@@dylanklopotic2439 what's an analogy The part about always riding with handlebars or the Jake Paul song
15 years ago is crazy. I was 15 years old. None of the same friends from back then. I have a child of my own. Live in a totally different place. Time doesn’t seem real sometimes.
The escalation in this song is legit.
Like innocence to pure evil.
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It's not pure evil. It's a warning. We are here to save the world, but if you are intent on burning it, will make sure you burn first.
Godamn it we're in the apocalypse, and have been for a minute. The old doctrine of the "Right of Conquest" reigns supreme. There is no force which exists that can oppose what is occurring. As the Bible says "who can make war with the beast?" . So the world is dominated, we will be guided to hell, and if you have any sense you will escape before you're trapped in hell.
@@leadlobotomy I'm Jesus child, and I will save you
@@leadlobotomy Only unbelievers say that. But the book is written and what was said was said. Therefore it is, so we know who wins too.
Forgot how good this song was… it’s been YEARS. Nostalgia
2021 I’m asking “Were’s your head at?” 🎹🎼🎺🥁🎸🪕🎷🎻🪘🎧🎤
Yep
Factsss
They don’t music like they did when I was growing up I know every generation says it but 90s kids got it all we merged okay with tech maybe not as fast or advanced as these kids coming up but we aren’t like our parents chilling on flip or cheap cheap hardly working Android we truly are lucky and humbled we understand there’s bad issues in the world but just a tad to young to get to them yet once the old rulers go I have great faith we can fix the world at least a little
It’s great.. it’s almost better a decade latter.. more relatable.
Somethings telling me that 99% of people who still listen to this song seem to just pop in their head for no reason
Dylan Latta I didn’t know the song existed until it popped up in my head
Ummm yes this happened
Wtf
@@LAYLAMARIE_ bro same
This makes more sense. Funny it popped in my head too
We had a service for my God daughter yesterday and her uncle made mention of this song in her eulogy. I knew it was going to make me cry if I came and listened to it, but I did it anyway.
This song is about the addictive nature of power, how seductive it is. It begins innocently enough but left unchecked it becomes a colossal evil. To me this is one of the most profound and prophetic songs ever written.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely
Yes, absolutely! You said it perfectly!
That's where the "I can ride my bike with no handlebars" comes from. It's an innocent child saying "look mom, no hands!".
And then that same kid can grow up to either become something great or destroy the world. And how it's so easy to give into the greedy temptation and lust for power and control.
It's addictive and can start off as simply as learning to ride your bike without holding on and it just grows from there.
Once you get a taste for that power, you keep chasing it until it's never enough and you keep needing to outdo yourself and it doesn't matter who or what you destroy in the process, even if you "end the planet in a Holocaust".
Do you think it could also be phrased a fall from innocent ambition?
@Turbo Crystal Song was about bush
@Michael Primak You couldn't be more wrong.
Hearing this song so many years later made me realize just how unsettling it was, going from a simple and innocent premise to ending the world is crazy
Yea it’s all in his dark twisted mind
It's the same power being used: human intelligence and desire. I did it bc I wanted to...😊
The truth is stranger than fiction. We are fucking living this song.
It's called a metaphor for the Hubris of humanity
It's unfortunate how well this song aged... =/
This song perfectly defines how humanity has key to both their transcendence and doom .
You need more likes. I didn't think of that but your comment truly does sum up this song.
@@GunShot-1996 I mean, not bashing them for saying it, but that's what people have been saying for the last 10 years, I'm more surprised it's the first time you're seeing or realizing that meaning
No a rebirth more being more powerful than you could ever undersnd an the dumbed down are not invited. Sorry not sorry.
@@kellyrose5800 can you please explain what you mean to me?
@@ransom2610 You know what is met.
14 years later and i still can sing this song WORD for WORD
I can sing the words
Just from memory
Just from memory
@@ilovefilmseattlequality comment!! I'll give you the love you deserve lol
Same
Alright glad to see the gang is all still here
The song is about the duality of man. We can use power for good or evil. The "no handlebars" intro and outro speaks to the duality of the act. It can be dangerous, or it can be skillful, it just depends who is behind the wheel.
Brilliant song.
Yes!
And it is written as a retrospective of a person’s life from the moment he first let go of the handlebars of a bicycle, as his thoughts, the choice that he makes on a certain stretch of life. And in this case, we see this boy as a result of a person of Hitler's scale. Brilliant, yes!
Sorry my english
Thanks Sherlock
Nice
i used to sing this song all the time in rock band it was my favorite song ever i just remember it and i listened to the lyrics for the first time and i took it as he can ride his bike without using his hands making him feel strong as if he can do anything and he thinks he can do all this becuase the bike inspired him
I disagree with that interpretation, if only slightly. It's definitely about duality, but the message isn't about who is behind the wheel. The two friends aren't neccesarily that different. Instead, I'd see it as more personal.
Look at all of us coming back to listen to the song that we are currently living through...
I loved this song while stressed and depressed in 2014 through 2016 so when it all hapoened I was like oh... mygawd
true
skibbdy?@@roseclimbpaintcont
Listening and crying and listening and wondering when we stop this..
was thnking the same thing
This wasn't a prediction. This WAS. Shits been clear for a long time, i'm glad folks are still able to connect to this.
Amen
I mean they are just saying this that happen in life in a capitalist society.
Was, is, and will be.
@@MassivePonyFan This is what happens when societies steer away from liberty and capitalism, into corporatism or socialism, which inevitably leads to concentration of power and dictatorship.
@@bitcoinzoomer9994 no no no we are pretty deep in capitalism
December 2024. This song just randomly popped in my head, still one of my favorites. 👏
I’m the same…I’ve no idea why my brain thought of it but I’m glad it did. Random memories are weird
Yeah… so bloody random…
Hive minds
@@MichelleAllergy aren't we all
I woke up today and it was the first thing I thought of lol.
This song gives me depression and cures my depression at the same.
you are a genius
Ellie Bratface same
Ellie Bratface same here. I get too many memories with this song. 😂
Ellie Bratface
Good songs will do that to you
Ellie Bratface for real
Me listening to this song in 2021. "I'm beginning to see a pattern I'm not so sure I like."
too bad its 12 years later huh.
Long after shit hits the fan, once the dust settles, people this will seem completely prophetic.
Welcome to the woken world ......when you wake you stop sleeping ........ x
@@fallonwhitelock3667 when you wake from being woke you get to think for yourself.
How you feeling today?
We had to bury a childhood friend today. This was his favorite song and they played it at his funeral today. I can never hear it the same. Rest easy man.
Sorry for your loss
Amazing song to go out to ❤
Sorry for the loss of your friend
sorry for your loss
So sorry for your loss...🖤
I have a hard time believing this don't is 15yrs old right now. Such a great jam.
This song depresses me.
It does a good job pointing out how humanity is the bane of their own existence. It doesn't matter who you are, you'll want to do good. The bad thing is that one person's good is anothers bad.
Good people ruined. Friends separated by power. Humanity's lifestyle will lead to it's perish.
+Nano GAWDAMN dont depress me too. Shit.
+Nano Well said.
+Nano I didn't sign a permmision slip for this feels trip
+Nano agreed
I first heard this song when I was 8, one of my friends showed it to me. At the time I didn't think of it as more than just a rap song. Now however, as I'm in my teen years I've learned more about the songs meaning. As everyone else is saying, the lack of handlebars has a meaning of freedom, he has no restrictions on life and can do what he wants with no consequences. Then they lose that feeling as they separate, knowing that it will never be like how they wanted. Well one of them did, the guy who we first see can do most everyday tasks with no intervention. However the guy who went the other way decided to try to reach that feeling fully. So it seemed as if he bought a business or created his own, therefore gaining power politically. He begins to say he can do things that will get him noticed. As his building built up, he gained a following and ran for president or whatever office that would give him power. With the following he overthrew anything that downgraded him, and became a dictator. Then we go back to the first guy who is starting a rebellion. If you notice, its mostly people who have nothing to lose. He is literally the only person who seems to have any chance at staying with the rebellion. Then they revolt fully, and the dictator doesn't realize what he has become until it is too late. In the last shot they show two people riding bikes, as if the first guy is reliving the last truly free moments he had as he lay there, dying. The music fades as the memories fade. Also earlier, the music would get more intense as the dictator realized more and more of his power. That is simply my interpretation of the video, you can ask questions and I will answer to the best of my ability.
Hear hear, It was much the same for me. Now that I think about it much of the songs in my childhood had deeper meanings
Aye. Same here.
The only problem with riding a bike with no handle bars is eventually you'll crash
Same here
No its like your dad holding you up and you put all your trust in him.. And he let's go and u didn't even realize u were capable to do it on ur own, even though you r..hmm..u only crash when u give up.. Or u just become tired. :/
Not enough people talking about how prophetic this song has become.
Its just a Marxist depiction, its been true for all of history. Marx was a descriptive god and people talk too much about his prescriptive claims.
@@Feedbackking13 Marx was a moron that prayed on the low I q.
It's in human nature to do terrible things to each other. History repeats itself so it's easy to see the trends and the disease that is the human being. Just like Rorschach said "God doesn't make the world this way. We do!"
@@Dan-ger82 Thats an inherent contradiction in statement bro. To claim its human nature as if its an unavoidable bane cast on us by genetic evolution and then claim we have a choice as in we make the world this way, which the scripture makes clear, is inherently a contradiction. Furthermore if you actually do research you'd learn that the nature vs. nurture debate is pointless as epigenetics is the predominant theory which illustrates that our environment guides us to specific behaviors but lacks the infinite problem of environmentalism and relativism.
In conclusion, read Proudhon and most other Anarchists discourse on human nature.
@@Feedbackking13a Marxist depiction? People like you bring Marx into EVERYTHING, and as a socialist, I honestly think your type is obsessed with Marx..... and it's freaking weird.
This inspired me to take the remote control apart 15 years ago. I still haven’t put it back together. Thanks Flobots.
FlotBots .....ahead of your time. This song still moves me like it did back in 2009. This album fits so well in the times we are going thru right now. PEACE!
Has it really been that long. I was born in 2003 and I feel like I’ve listened to this song since I was born.
And soon we’ll be living the lyrics
2009 this in my head phones Samsung slide up back of the class stoned asf good times.
I literally was thinking this fits perfectly in today's time
@@quentingrant9080 Was born in 2003 as well, I feel exactly the same. Remember singing this song with my cousin when I was young.
So did we all just recently look up this song at the same time for no reason??
Yes
yea this is very likely because of the all of the same comments lately
Yes
Yes
Collective mind strikes again
This song just popped into my head after however many years
Oh, I've always have had this song with me. For 6 years.
Yes
Me too, hmm strange...
It never truly leaves your head
cradles - sub urban
Even after all this time... the message is still so strong.
this song STILL slaps. No one can really steal this gold.
GOLD more like shit
JK
Logan can though
@@tropicalfishexpert7901 Say sike right now.
Some guy in here named Alistair Watt said that "Logan Paul deserves to be shot". His channel no longer exists, so I think Susan Heard that.
Edit: Nope hes back
Here I am listening to this song because of nostalgia, just to find a whole new generation of people finding this song for the first time because of copyrights.
Frozen Element Well, better that than no ''promotion'' at all right ?
You don't need nostalgia to enjoy it. It's not bad that younger people are enjoying this song.
Found this video because of my recommendations list and I’ll say I’m not disappointed
Same here 😂😂
the ironing is delicious
when I was a kid my dad was driving me somewhere and there was this dude literally riding his bike with no handlebars and my dad started singing this song. I finally found this song after 9 years
@Nathan Ogiste 🤣⚠️😂🗣️stop making me *feel old kid*
:0
now thats kinda sweet xD
@@FeliX-TobiYahs-C that’s how you know we’re getting old the 90s kids have kids who internet now
I wished someone made a song like this today. There was just this really odd era between 2000 and 2010 where everyone was so happy in their own lane. You'd get songs like this and no matter what genre you liked, you'd all like certain unicorn songs. This is one of them.
Even Better. You're going to witness the greatest story ever told
One of the greatest songs of the modern era.
LOL
+patrickbama1234 ?
+patrickbama1234 you just understand the deep meaning behind this
+Hamza Arshad don't*
Ya cause it's not stupid it's about important things because when you first hear the first few lines were just like oh I can totally do that too but then after a while it gets more more important and you know they're just not bragging or joking about stupid stuff that actually trying to tell you something controversial and real
Thank you, Philip de Franco, for introducing me to the Flobots.
Sanna G same!
Yes! And it is such an amazing song
welcome tho
Same
Just gonna drop this right here...
"Jamie Laurie stated that the song is about "the idea that we have so much incredible potential as human beings to be destructive or to be creative."
"And it's tragic to me that the appetite for military innovation is endless, but when it comes to taking on a project like ending world hunger, it's seen as outlandish.
It's not treated with the same seriousness.[...] at the same time, I knew there were people at that moment who were being bombed by our own country.
And I thought that was incredibly powerful." It is the contrast between these "little moments of creativity, these bursts of innovation," and the way these ideas are put to use "to oppress and destroy people" that the singer feels is both "beautiful and tragic at the same time." - WIKIPEDIA.
So please, people, stop the hateful comments, and at least try to interpret the song seen from different perspectives... Believe it or not, as a human being you are allowed to "think" and reflect upon your own thoughts.
Also... I don't think the artist is really singing about himself in this video :/ Though, this is what the world has come to... I fear for our future.
Underrated comment.
MissRobb Yeah but music is art and art is subjective if somebody wants to see meaning then let them
Best comment, OP, that I've seen on TH-cam this year.
Then Jamie Laurie is an idiot, and the rest of women.
Aaron Jerrell, art can be interpreted subjectively, but the common cultural experience of the memes of this world gives some specific meanings. The specific interpretations of the memes and tropes may vary between person to person, but some things like showing well armed soldiers/police shooting unarmed protesters can not possibly mean that supporting the authorities are a good thing inherently.
Also, the meaning of the artist's intent is not meaningless. It is the original intention of the work of art.
(However, the audience is allowed to interpret any way they want in the limited ways it can be interpreted)
THINGS DON'T CHANGE ON THEIR OWN. HOPE FOR THE FUTURE IS DIM! BUT STAY STRONG, TO RESIST DESPAIR IN THIS WORLD IS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE FREE
They do today
wow him and his friends really did “understand the future.”
not the future but the machine.
@@LastbutNotFirst bruh
"I can hand out a million vaccinations"
Not as much did they understand the future as they did history. When you understand history, the future becomes easier and easier to predict. The only danger there is it starts to become a self fulfilling prophecy when we forget about honor through reading about the dishonor of our past.
@An Capall Mór I humbly disagree.
That went from 1 to 1984 quickly....
BADUM TSSSS
Down with Big Brother
👍
too good
That went from 1 to 1984. 1984. 1984.
This song has once again become so relevant to the American culture. 10/10 Truly a song that will withstand the test of time
It's just disappointing why it is relevant again.
#trump2020 !!! get wrekt
Jimothy1one hell yeah
Jimothy1one Can't wait for the impeachment.
Good luck on that impeachment ;)
I wish everybody knew how powerful this song really is!!! I remember hearing this back in the day, but just hearing it now on everything that’s happened in the world. Wow!!!!!
Chills! This song encapsulates perfectly the wonders of being human and then the absolute potential for achieving anything including destroying ourselves by misusing our abilities.
And watching the video over and REALLY seeing it, wow. What a timeless and perfect work of art! It was so sad how just disagreements and disregard for human life can turn best friends into enemies. His friend died and stood no chance against the elites and the businessman realized by the end, that not even he was in control of this monster he aided in creating. SO many things to unpack from this video
Damn I literally just watched your ragnarok video and then I see you here right afterwards.
Lol who tf are you
Good to see youtubers i follow comment on stuff. I fucks with your videos. Your verbalazion of annoynce is amusing. lol
@@artificiallystupidintellig8819 Oh shit didnt expect alteori here lol
@@whitebasilisk3993me neither
This song has aged like a fine wine. When your ego is your motivation it raises the stakes with every decision you make. Eventually human lives are at stake. If your ego is still making decisions at that point people die. The drone footage at Hard Island, New York shows the results coming to fruition.
What drone footage?
@@thomasyoest6557 theres a mass grave in New York. Google Hard Island Drone Footage. Granted, that has always been a pauper grave yard. But never has it been expanded and worked on so fast and hard.
It's a result of a lot of bad decisions being made in February when we still had a hold on the virus.
I don't get it. It's 2020, how is this relevant? It's like you're implying that an overgrown infant with maybe good intentions could let his ambition and ego rule him, and things could somehow get out of control? And that person could find themselves at last in the highest position he could find on the social ladder, riding a bike with no handlebars, when the world order started to unravel, and...wait. I get it.
@@robertholman4634 deblasio, cuomo, and the NYC council failed the people. Theyd like people to forget that they were urging people to go out and see movies or celebrate the chinese new year solely to spite trump for shutting off travel with China. Their own egos got in the way and because of it thousands of people died
This song, mixed with these visuals where so ahead of its time when released.
Danetzal Soriano hell yea
YeH
All of these things were just as relevant at the time as they are now.
true also ever heard of Gorillaz. they've been at it before I was even born
Not ahead of its time. History repeats itself.
I love this song forever! I still giggle about him saying “I can keep rhythm with no metronome" whilst singing to the rhythm of one lol
Lyrically without the video I have always looked at this song as saying humans are so potentially amazing that we can literally do anything. But with unlimited potential comes the ability to lose sight of how far we “should” take things just because we can.
Given what the lyrics say, I don't know how you got a relatively benign message out of it. I've always heard it as a song about class struggle.
Power corrupts always.
@@mechanomics2649 Probably because people have different interpretations, and don’t think the same as others. Jamie Laurie himself has a different interpretation than you, and he made the song. If you don’t know how someone got a different message than you from something, maybe consider that their thought process is different than yours and hear them out.
@Oluwanimike Makwini I agree with OC. The verses go back and fourth, one being the average joe happy with his life, two being the rise and corruption of the wealthy friend, and three being the demise and catastrophe caused by the uprising/clash.
I always found it chilling that the verse that speaks about building a business/enterprise ends with “I see the strings that control the system” “I can do anything with no resistance”
Think Jeff bezos / elon musk..
“I can make anybody go to prison just because I don’t like them” is another biggie in my opinion. When you think about the 0.01%, they COULD probably get any of us plebs incarcerated if they wanted to.
@@pyrophantom5150 "I can make anybody go to prison" was probably referring specifically to Guantanamo Bay.
Listening to this 5 years later, I find myself speechless realizing the underlining, powerful message of just how much control government has...this was beautifully done.
Ch0c0Kitty LOL! You would like to think the government has control. But in reality, they're as clueless as the general public. Pathetic if you ask me.
***** Cool! Get the fuck off the internet!
I will forever be impressed by the crescendo of this song, how as he achieves more and more power the music heightens with it.
*…how as WE achieve more and more…” it’s about our potential 😉
Yeappers, echoes the rise of the ego in humankind. Some will do anything, say anything, step over anyone for recognition and fame at no concern of bodily risk, harm of ones self and others with zero thought on consequence.
let's being impressed together cousin while we kill them cookies! =P
It literally makes my heart speed up
It still actually manages to give me chills, which is pretty rare.
When I was a kid I didn’t realize how deep and profound this song is, I just thought “haha funny song about riding bikes” little did I know. Now, seeing the state of the world, oooo weee. This song predicted the future. The video for disturbeds cover of land of confusion. So many warnings. Corporate greed is coming to an end soon.
Oh boy, I'm gonna be the greatest bearer of good news to you
Still listening to this song to this day.
It deserves it
:D
Saaaaammmmmeeeeee
#metoo
JoeDaddy same
Man this song hits differently when you get older.
Especially considering how capitalism is getting more and more out of control (and corrupt).
@@Omegalux Shit's on fire, yo.
It hit me when he said he can hand out a million vaccinations and send them to jail if you don’t like em. Got me thinking 🤔
Or just watching it play out in real life? WTH
this song was written during the Bush era. so fucking sad how shit's only gotten worse.
Fuckin' hell, I remember a friend finding this around 2012 and how excited we were to hear it. It was validation for all our frustration and misery, like the singer had walked up, looked us in the eyes and said "I see you."
Things were bad then, always have been, but it's so much worse now and coming back to revisit this song is like trying to remember what it was like to be very young, living in such a small world with so many small problems
The most underrated song of its era, but I'm glad to see new comments
I had a similar experience but found it myself without a friend to share it with. It popped into my mind when I saw a thread of political songs and had to find it and share it. I second that sentiment about new comments.
Never forget good music
At 36...I remember a time when "was like to be very young" was 8 years ago. If you revisit your comment at 36...see the Lulz
@jamiechapsz Hayleestayleyhaley wtfyo
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I was 20 when this came out now I’m 35 living in Shanghai and I just saw a man riding his bike with no handle bars and it reminded me of this❤
My one best friend Tyler showed me this song years ago when we were 13 or 14. I miss you Tyler. I hope you and Johnny are playing call of duty zombies up in heaven. Love you bros.
Tyler Clouser?
Tyler Mcintire
Awww man, this comment hella made me tear up :/ hope youre doing okay yourself, man
Rest In Peace Tyler 🙏 gone but never forggoten your somewhere out there remember energy can’t be created or destroy only transferred
This song still has bars and is darker than what I remembered.
It does seem a bit darker nowadays. No complaints ☺
Jazzy-J X it kinda is true nowadays..that’s scary
My 8 year old brain only remembered the first verse
You can also replace song with country and your statement would unfortunately still ring true
Same
This song aged like fine wine.
Yeah. The message of the Fight with Tools album has only gotten more terrifyingly relevant over the years.
Y E S S I R !
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It sure did.
I agree, it has aged but I don’t think I would call this a fine wine. I find it scary
Holy schneikees! I thought song was deep when it first came out. Easily I haven't heard in 12 years minimum. Hitsssssssss way harder in 2024.
Oh buddy, have I got a surprise in store for you
So many people say this song hits different nowadays. It does...
But this song wasn't written in a vacuum. It was talking about problems 10 years ago, and those problems are WORSE now.
Look at Green Day, Rise Against, Rage Against the Machine, Antiflag, and of course Flobots.
Their messages have not changed. But they are even more relevant now than ever before.
Except Rage Against the Machine went straight from "Fuck you I won't do what you tell me" to "Fuck you just do what they tell you". Absolute commie sellouts.
@@therealdvd8573 lol what
Accurate statement, my guy. It wasn’t written in a vacuum. Problems are always there. It’s up to us to choose which ones we let happen
lmao definitely not rage against the machine. more like siding with the machine.
@@therealdvd8573 to be fair they've always been a bit far left.
Damn just now realizing how powerful this song is. Last time I listened I was mad young and just thought the chorus was cool didnt care for the rest of the song but now I get it.
Rimes
Same
Nice Lain pic
Yeah what got to me when i was very young was the video... i didn’t understand the lyrics either until now
Damn this song always gives me a lot of memories when this band first started. I was 6 and living in a homeless shelter in Denver with my brother and one day these guys stopped by and handed out their fight with tools cd and constantly listening to this song over and over. Whenever I hear this it takes me back man. This song will always remind me of the lowest me and my brother were at and to see these guys have a successful career after, I have the most respect for these guys I guess this song is something that I listen to, to always remind myself that Ive been in worse places than now especially with this Covid. Flobots. If you guys see this I hope you guys are doing good and having the best time jamming out!
It's something when a band makes good music. It's something else when a band cares about people enough to do good deeds when no one else watches. God bless them and God bless you.
You're amazing!
wow
Really great anecdote, man.
We were all too young when this released to understand, but man - do we ever understand now..
Good thing you're here at the reunion to change the outcome
It's sad how this song becomes more and more relevant as time goes on.
7 years old and still as relevant as ever.
WHAT'S THE MEANING OF THIS!?
+Earth Alien qrr
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It's about how a little bit of courage and confidence led to much greater and powerful things ... and how that confidence can go too far.
Zarsa
I bought this on single when it came out.... I have listened to it hundreds of times but today I came back to watch the video and it sent a shiver down my spine. Such a clever and well written song, it truly represents what is going on in the world today.
It's scary how the world is being run and especially who by.....
Literally
Do yourself a favor and listen to the rest of the album... Eerily prescient.
@@willryan7968 will do! To be honest I did listen to it at the time but I haven’t since so I’ll give it another go :)
@@LFCGARY1 They were only 5 years early!
By who?
You mean,
JOooz?
i remember when this came out, man.. takes me back to the good ol high school days.
deadbodymaan - Same here, man. Everyone in the comments are talking about “who is here from Logan Paul’s video?” but I’m just thinking, “I’m here because I listened to this song on repeat right before my high school graduation“ haha
deadbodymaan Damn I used to hear this song on the radio lots. They couldn't play it nowadays though
I think this came out when I was in 6th or 7th grade. Holy hell I feel old
Same bro
me too
RIP Square. I'll never forget the first time we heard this song. My God, has it really been 15 years? I miss you.
This song aged like wine.
So good.
Fuck yeah
Yeah so good agreed
And it fits today's society
This is the definition of "that escalated quickly."
Two guys riding bikes.
In the span of two minutes, world domination.
Three Halves Yep, lol.
Evie Doodleberry wait wait wait...TEMMIE?+
nice pic and name
Evie Doodleberry THATS WHAT I SAY EVERY WHEN I HEAR THIS
These lyrics are so ironically relevant to 2017
What's great about the message of the song is that it'll sadly always be relevant
not ironic. the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
too true
Sanctioned Suicide. 2009 those were the days , no Donald trump , no wall , and no kardashions .then I thought that this was the coolest song ever . lol
This will never not be relevant, as long as there's power this will be relevant
That trumpet part still SLAPS!
I'm saying man, such a timeless song!
8 sided octagon C our real world is 6 sided hexagon representing benzene ring 💍 exct
I wish rapping these days was this good
+madie Candy I agree. I miss the 2009, 2010, and 2011 songs. :(
+2003knuckles this song came out in 2005
ThreeHowling Wolves Did it?!
It came on in 2008.
+madie Candy
it is??? you just have to find it for crying out loud.
look up 'milo', hes an amazing rapper, tyler the creator, pouya, $uicideboy$, bones, yung lean, are also good rappers and so much more, there are a fuckton of music like this, dont be lazy.
after all this time... 34 years old and still getting goosebumps at, "I can lead a nation with a microphone"
you've no idea...so just stop being pathetic...
Scarier when you can lead one without
It techs be like
@@ahhwe-any7434 lol nah it's just the meaning behind the line that gets me. I'm not over here like "fuck yeah, microphones are awesome!! I hope he has a Blue Yeti 🤤!!!!"
I just randomly remembered about this song
Same lol
Same lmao
Same
Same its si good
So relevant in today's world.
I haven't heard this song in so long!! I can't beleive I even remembered the lyrics. Such a good song!
I was searching 14 fucking years for this song, and finaly my quest is over, i can rest now
Congrats bro
damn we old asf now lol
Rest easy brother. Its over now.
I only searched for 11 years I heard it once when I was four and never heard it again till a few months ago
Good to meet you ❤
My interpretation is that these guys are the biggest one hit wonders ever
Tim.V Nah, that's Vanilla Ice haha
Nope, psy.
Tim.V I'd argue for Spose (the artist behind the song "I'm Awesome) that's the ONLY song anyone knows of his, even though he makes really good music lol.
Matthew Shaw i liked gee willekers the most out of all of his songs
Tim.V Holly wood Undead all day.
As a kid I loved this song bc it was fast and catchy and "I can ride my bike with no handlebars" became a thing we randomly said around myself. Now that I'm older and know the meaning of the song, I love it for different reasons
exactly. I used to love this song and always play it but i forgot about it. So i decided to come back now that I'm older and really understand it
You just have more shit to project onto it, that's all.
what's the meaning .-.
I heard this is when I was Young and thought it was about being child, I now know it's about Corporate Greed over Freedom And Individuals. The difference between 8 year old me and 14 year old me
You're now 14? And I thought America was doomed.
Still can't make it through this song w/o tearing up. In 2024, this song means more than ever before. Scary times in the US.
Not anymore. Your mind is going to be blown
If only 14 year old me knew how much this song would be spot on in my adult life..wild times in 2022
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It is pretty much going down how I thought it would. Pretty prophetic song. Us conspiracy nuts not looking too nutty. Careful don't be too proud to be an American might make you racist
@@jarredgreer2959 yeah I just say I'm a proud Polak now
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When I was 12 in 2009 I was like "lol this songs about riding your bike with no handlebars"
Now I'm 20 in 2017 I'm like "wow this is some powerful shit"
SaintsAwayOllie damn you were pretty dumb when you were 12 then
Fuck Me Can't say I disagree
SaintsAwayOllie I'm 11 and I perfectly get the idea of this.
Same here, except 9 & 16, I thought it was just a couple of people in a brag off and seeing the vid for the first time really changed my understanding of it.
SaintsAwayOllie truth brother
Flobots is amazing. They actually do work in their communities and spread their love of music to others so that they could raise their voices. I wish more bands/artists would do similar things.
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So? are you, a soul, created by GOD after HIS image, willing to go through also the same extreme suffering until DEATH? Do you take your only chance and LOVE GOD BACK. For HE clearly loves us all, that deeply.
Time to seek GOD/TRUTH, for this life is only 120 years, but what comes afterwards is FOREVER.
And no, none goes out from existence, that freedom is not given to us.
We either don`t repent and don´t born again, staying wicked sinners and go and pay for all of our sins in the GOD`S prison; HELL AND THE LAKE OF FIRE.
Or,
We come to REPENTANCE AND BORN AGAIN AND RECEIVE LIFE AND LIFE MORE ABUNDENLLY , AS WE INHERIT THE NEW EARTH AKA PARADISE.
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There were giants in the days of NOAH and so are there giants in the last days aka today.
These 3 are giants, created by lucifer and not by GOD. Giants are hybrid beings (angels + human) - they are not humans. Therefore they can´t go to heaven nor be redeemed, for salvation is only for humans and not for hybrid beings.
Please, start reading BIBLE (KJV) and be redeemed for good.
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All the actors in that series, all of them look;
- robotic, cloned,
- trans gendered,
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Do you, watcher also notice it?
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“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.”
1 Corinthians 2:9 (KJV)
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The Heaven fill open up only for those, who do the WILL OF GOD:
- COMING TO REPENTANCE,
- BORNING AGAIN,
-KEEPING HIS 10 COMMANDMENTS,
- EXPOSING THE EVIL DOERS.
Only then we would not be: THE CAST AWAY`S.
And no, it is not WORKS, it is: LOVING GOD BACK.
And doing so willingly = LOVING GOD BACK SINCERELY .
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Haunting song in the current year lol. It takes on a whole new feeling. It’s almost melancholic. If I had to guess, without doing any research and just my knee jerk reaction of how this song makes me feel, I’d say it’s an introspective about America.
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Just as good as it always was, gives me such a nostalgic feeling
That sad moment when you type in handlebars and this isn’t the first one to pop up :/ this deserves to be first!
Vyctoria Schmitt Yo I just did that and found Logan Paul rip off
Keep clicking this video when you search handlebars to change that
Jonni War Cancer is rampant nowadays
and this has more views
some dude called logan pal copied this
In 2021, this just hits different. Scary how accurate this was.
Honestly yeah, Shits crazy these days
I’m not ready for this new world..
Especially the ✊ symbols towards the end...
@@AstralKama Right! 11 years ago, I don’t think anyone would have thought twice about. Now that we know that’s a communist power symbol and it’s been adopted by AntiFa and BLM, it’s crazy to think this was foreshadowing what’s to come. But they say n the song we know who the puppet masters are.
Accurate or just plain truth and pre conceived
this song was relevant and has remained so...probably always will.
As a kid I just heard straight bars really. But as an adult, this hits totally different. WOW.
yeah..... Vote for Kanye
@Lordpickleboy Nahh, Kanye is a nazi... Trump or RFK are better candidates.
Same
Same
All these comments acting like this song is coming true. As if it hasn’t been like this for a very long time.
Exactly.
Hahaha exactly bro, spot on
True
The veil is just lifting off more people. This is the start of a big ass event that will be in the history books.
It was always true. People just realised that now.
I remember this song from when I was 11, now I'm 18. Damn how time flies 😌
You also find out the meaning of the song, time flies
+PiGamings very true
Wait until you're 32
+FassinTaak 18
+Drake Varvaxtra for me its how much media and society or money can change you basically as the result of the government and corporations
Who knew there would be so much foreshadowing in this song.
This song always reminds me of Edgar Allan Poe’s “the bells” because it starts off innocent and progressively gets angrier and angrier till everything just goes nuts ❤️
Little Mac attac I see that now! Omg wow
Good analogy...It's all about how our rich and powerful politicians are controlling the masses with false promises in their ivory towers until the people are sick of it and revolt. Only to be murdered for standing up for what is right. Flobots have some mad tracks about politics. They did a great diss track to logan paul too that is super tough.
I just read that poem, now I’m scared
the end kinda reminds me of big brother because of the camera's and stuff. i can imagine the beginning of big brother happening and building up is this. like if there is a movie on the book this would be the beginning of a flashback or something.
So... growing up?
This song was ahead of it's time. SO relevant now more than ever!
Not really. This has always been relevant
You can't ride your bike with no handle bars be quiet
every single one of the references in the first verse were memories gen-x had growing up (yes, even "i can see your face on the telephone" -- AT&T had a failed launch of video phone calls in the 90s that was famous at the time). the later verses were literally observations of what life was like at the time the song was written. its powerful, its potent, its primal... its a lot of other 'p' words actually. but it wasnt prophetic. pure observation, my guy. pure observation.
@lil werner bruh occupy was in response to Obama
@lil werner Funny the fist wasn't a conservative symbol... Projection.
If this was released today, some one out there would say.
"Well, that escalated quickly"
That's an old meme though.
That'd be me tbh
Well the movie is old but it didn't become a thing until like 2009/2010 ish
It was already a meme before this song came out.
Legit I just said that, then scrolled. xD
One of the best songs of all time and extremely ahead of its time
Nope, it came out at the right time.
It’s 2022… Still jamming this in my car and thinking how accurate this is for our time now. What a powerful song. Wow!
It's almost like he knew what was coming 🤔
Like I said the real world is like this one part of us is one thing one part of us is the other some of us still haven't learned to choose one like me of course I have discrimination between the two halves but one half lives one way to survive the other half needs the intelligence to understand the world it pretty much explains how we can identify in two different survival situations our existence these children these days never grew up when I did they never fist fight then there was nothing now I can't say fat I can't say anything anymore my freedom of speech was stolen from me I see that now I know that.
@@phoenixbrown105 this is all history and yea its going to repeat itself infinitely
The Pauls did it better....
Yeah right, 🧢
It isn't prophetic, it was accurate and felt deeply when it was made... We are now further into the mess that began before our time and people are "waking" from the blindness into the same cycle of every "civilized" society. History repeats itself while we act like it's brand new.
This is exactly how people that ride without holding the handlebars act.
Dude...lmao, nice
Lol
It’s true. I can do everything this guy can
Swish! Nothing but net dude.
😂
Damn this song is 8 years old. I remember hearing this on the radio as a kid and now I'm going into college
same man, it's weird how time seems to just fly by us.
+Creed Agris We will all be dead at one point m7
I was going into high school when this came out. first time hearing it in atleast 3 years and I'm proud to say I still remember a good part of the lyrics lol
I was in 1st or 2nd grade when this song came out ;-;
Was like 12 when this came out, lol.
Heard this when I was a child and I always inspired me to be an engineer or a scientist. Fast forward Im 24 and now understand what the song is about 😢
Me too. Growing up sucks.
You will be whatever you want!