Awesome!!! best thing since Talk Talk with a piano featured....love the vulnerability of the singer's voice, the tight playing and the unhurried development of the song, great playing all around....the unrequited nature of desire is shown and relatable...again, just Awesome!!! a total 10
He is trapped in a cold place with his love for her and her constant rejection. She just got over a bad relationship and is finally finding herself free. They are long time friends. She wants to be with him but she is scared that he might turn out like all the rest and that she will lose his friendship. Awesome song complimented by a good video.
well when they say a picture is worth a thousand words this song/band is a billion words ill listen to them from the cradle to the grave you guys rock and keep on rocking
New theory: The song reflects the tale of Narcissus, who fell hopelessly in love with his own reflection, and wasted away to death gazing longingly at it.
Are all the different locations and scenes she's walking through simply meant to show he's following her everywhere, or is it supposed to imply that she keeps moving to escape him (and can't)?
TheCarablanco They're not the same thing...that's why I asked. Being stalked is not the same as actually having to pack up and move somewhere else 20 times to different countries because of it.
Privacy Lover There is a very fine line between stalking and seduction. Perhaps she moves to various places for her profession. The impression here is the male is determined to be noticed and is willing to go wherever she goes in order to do so. This implies he's got the means and the wherewithal to do so. In the heady social atmosphere of jet-setting professionals and rock stars, it may be a common ground. There are so many layers of interpretation to both the video and the song . . . I prefer to think it is not sinister, although it may well be. ~ S ~
TheCarablanco That's a totally different answer than you gave the first time but I'll ignore that. "The impression here is the male is determined to be noticed and is willing to go wherever she goes in order to do so." I understand you saying that you want to view it positively but even if she was moving for her job, it's sinister and frightening that he would move to follow her. If she was interested, she'd be with him. She's not, so by following her even to other countries, he's not showing "he's got the means and the wherewithal" he's just stalking her and making her life difficult. If someone's not interested it's _not_ okay to keep trying to force yourself on them. Contrary to what you see in movies, it won't endear you to them.
I think of it as them being friends and going on all these adventures together, but she doesn't seem to really pay attention to him while he is constantly focused on her. The camera being the viewpoint from his eyes.
Mike B Japan would be pretty cool. It seems a little too crowded and busy though. I like the tropical climate of Thailand.But I would love to just travel anywhere really.
I think about my G/F every time I listen to this song... Nobody is perfect but she seems to be made for me. Kinda sad but I even enjoy our fights because we resolve our issues. Not the fight I enjoy, just the resolution. We've been together 6 months and every day it gets better. This song says it all.
This song totally reminds me of Ansem SoD about Riku. It fits how he acts...and people actually like them together as a pairing. **scared** Kingdom Hearts fan here, don't mind me. XD
My boyfriend and I found this song fit us. Not necessarily that we needed to spend more time together because we didnt, but that we needed to wait just a bit longer and get to know each other before getting together... and what a glorious 6months it has been since we started dating
I can totally relate to this song. Sometimes you “do this or you do that” to get a girls attention and she just doesn’t even think about looking your way. It’s frustrating because you really really like the girl, and she doesn’t even appreciate the sentiment. Then you fantasize to yourself that if she only took a few minutes to get to know me… Then she would probably like me.
How I wish you could rub those essential, those essential oils all over you and me. It's like a roll of dimes elegantly bound but, in a currency that you can't exchange. Just yet. You're gonna spend some time, Love. You're gonna spend the rest of time with me, And I know that you'll love, me I will possess your soul. You're gonna spend some time, Love. You're gonna spend the rest of time with me. And I know that you'll love, me I will possess your soul. There are nights I stand outside your window I see the cops as I slowly pass, and I long for a lock of your nice hair I'll make sure that we'll be lovers, lovers that last. You're gonna spend some time, Love. You're gonna spend the rest of time with me. And I'll make 100% sure that you'll love, me I will possess your soul You're gonna spend some time, Love. You're gonna spend the rest of time with me. And I know that you'll only love, me I will possess your soul. I will possess your heart. I will possess your tooth brush. You reject my... advances... and home made gifts... I won't let you... out of my basement... so easily. So easily. You're gonna spend some time, Love. You're gonna spend the rest of time with me. And I know that you won't escape, love I will possess your soul You're gonna spend some time, Love. You're gonna spend the rest of time with me. And I know that you'll love, me I will possess the deadbolt key You're gonna spend some time, Love. You're gonna spend the rest of time with me. And I know that you'll find no way out, love I will possess your cat. I will possess your clothes. I will possess your soul.
WTF EVERYONE. THIS IS NOT A STALKER SONG. ITS BASICALLY JUST A GUY SAYING "Hey I'm your average guy, but if you spend some time with me and get to know me, I think you'll like me." THERES NOTHING CREEPY ABOUT THAT
Yeah, but people can also have their own idea on what a song means. Its like poetry, the author has an idea in mind, but it is ultimately up to the reader to determine the meaning of the piece. Its the same with music.
Holy Smokes Dude! I didn't expect quite an extreme and brash response. All I was saying was that everyone can come up with their own way of interpreting a song/poem/story etc. People take different messages from different works of art. I am NO WAY saying that you are wrong, or that this song is not a stalker song. All I am saying is that everyone has a right to have their own opinion and that is what makes work of art great.
ben gibbard has always had amazing lyrics in his song, so unique and just so fitting and really makes you think, and his lyrics have always had that mysticism with them ever since the beginning like in the postal service and DCFC.
I've been looking for this song for almost 5 years now. Found it on my friends ipod. I kept the hook like inside my head all this time constantly singing it and I've never found it. Until TODAY! AHHHH!
I've never heard the radio edit. It sounds SO empty compared to the actual version. Gotta love when he hits the drums, and snow bounces off. Great video.
Gotta love their long intros!!! Although not much is showing at the beginning. Some girl walking around and staring out a window all serious like. Haha, try opening the internet twice and listening to the song running at two different times. Even off beat it sounds awesome!
I love this song. It sounds sweet, and you think it's a catchy love song until you actually listen to the lyrics. It shows how dangerous certain kinds of 'love' can be.
I'm convinced I could listen to this bass line for hours and never get tired of it. So simple and so ridiculously catchy.
Listen to the album version bout 4 more minutes of it. 🥰
"I won't let you let me down so easily, so easily." Some of the best lyrics I have ever heard for not giving up on someone.
It's supposed to be creepy
@@autumnanderson2695 we are too touched that someone is loyal to be bothered
@@autumnanderson2695 It's endearing or creepy situationally though.
@@quirogatnonerrat3214 Loyal doesn't need to be obsessive.
I kinda forgot how amazing this song is.
Awesome!!! best thing since Talk Talk with a piano featured....love the vulnerability of the singer's voice, the tight playing and the unhurried development of the song, great playing all around....the unrequited nature of desire is shown and relatable...again, just Awesome!!! a total 10
I've had this song in my head all day. Glad I have really, such a brilliant song.
I'd forgotten how much I love this song!
Glad it was on the front page!
Fave'd. ^-^
i love this song and i like how they put the huge intro its like telling you how love takes time and pasience
He is trapped in a cold place with his love for her and her constant rejection. She just got over a bad relationship and is finally finding herself free. They are long time friends. She wants to be with him but she is scared that he might turn out like all the rest and that she will lose his friendship.
Awesome song complimented by a good video.
I was 10 when I first heard this on the radio, I miss those times
Reminiscing about those days right now
The rhythm section in this song owns. Oh, and so does the four minute intro.
amen (:
i think the intro is awesome and in your words: "it grooves into the lyrics"
My boyfriend sang this to me after telling me he loved me for the first time.
He's been my heart for over a year.
I love everything about this, this is only my second time hearing the song and it's amazing. The lyrics are great, video's cool... yeah.
well when they say a picture is worth a thousand words this song/band is a billion words ill listen to them from the cradle to the grave you guys rock and keep on rocking
This is a beautiful song, but I sure as Hell wouldn't ever want anyone to ever feel this sort of entitlement towards me.
My boyfriend played this song for me and dedicated it to me. I was so excited that the love of my life dedicated such a masterpiece to me
Beautiful!!
I love this song, its like my most played on my itunes...first time i've seen the vid so cheers :)
Nice to see some REAl old school poetry in music again.
Man it took forever to remember the name to this song
Some of you are insane. This is their best single thus far.
New theory: The song reflects the tale of Narcissus, who fell hopelessly in love with his own reflection, and wasted away to death gazing longingly at it.
Well you know that's what happens to men in they're masculine egocentric ways when they don't admit being gay😬
The non-radio version builds it up so much more in the beginning, i love it!
This band is so underrated it's crazy
i hear this all the time on sirius.. have it on my seek list... this song does not get old... beautiful music, beautiful lyrics, ben's excellent voice
in love yet still bothering her when she "rejected her advances", "looks outside her window"
Dude that's stalking
I love this song! I am very unusual but so lucky that Paul turned me on to this band
"Song of the friend zoned"
The true title to the song
Why do people waste there time saying it's bad.
If you don't like it, don't listen?
I really like it.
Apparently, Zooey Deschanel didn't like the potential of Ben and her...
this has got to be one of their best songs that they've created in a while. it's a very pretty song
Are all the different locations and scenes she's walking through simply meant to show he's following her everywhere, or is it supposed to imply that she keeps moving to escape him (and can't)?
Privacy Lover Both, obviously.
TheCarablanco
They're not the same thing...that's why I asked. Being stalked is not the same as actually having to pack up and move somewhere else 20 times to different countries because of it.
Privacy Lover There is a very fine line between stalking and seduction. Perhaps she moves to various places for her profession. The impression here is the male is determined to be noticed and is willing to go wherever she goes in order to do so. This implies he's got the means and the wherewithal to do so. In the heady social atmosphere of jet-setting professionals and rock stars, it may be a common ground. There are so many layers of interpretation to both the video and the song . . . I prefer to think it is not sinister, although it may well be. ~ S ~
TheCarablanco That's a totally different answer than you gave the first time but I'll ignore that. "The impression here is the male is determined to be noticed and is willing to go wherever she goes in order to do so." I understand you saying that you want to view it positively but even if she was moving for her job, it's sinister and frightening that he would move to follow her. If she was interested, she'd be with him. She's not, so by following her even to other countries, he's not showing "he's got the means and the wherewithal" he's just stalking her and making her life difficult. If someone's not interested it's _not_ okay to keep trying to force yourself on them. Contrary to what you see in movies, it won't endear you to them.
I think of it as them being friends and going on all these adventures together, but she doesn't seem to really pay attention to him while he is constantly focused on her. The camera being the viewpoint from his eyes.
badass song right herr!
i heard it for the first time 3 days ago. and i immediatly loved it. and it gott stuck in my head.
OMG I WENT TO THAT AIRPORT WHEN I WENT ON HOLIDAY :D
i love the drums and how the water jumps off. It looks sooo amazing!
I wish I was in Thailand roaming the streets looking for adventures...
what about Japan!!!
Mike B Japan would be pretty cool. It seems a little too crowded and busy though. I like the tropical climate of Thailand.But I would love to just travel anywhere really.
I think about my G/F every time I listen to this song... Nobody is perfect but she seems to be made for me. Kinda sad but I even enjoy our fights because we resolve our issues. Not the fight I enjoy, just the resolution. We've been together 6 months and every day it gets better. This song says it all.
Hows it going now ?
i like the version with the long intro.
I love everything about the video: the way it was shot, edited, acted, lit... beautiful.
man... every time I go to sing this song, I end up feeling like a creep :(
Heard em at bumbershoot just now. great performance, good choice of songs.
This song totally reminds me of Ansem SoD about Riku. It fits how he acts...and people actually like them together as a pairing. **scared**
Kingdom Hearts fan here, don't mind me. XD
Hey, I am 44 and I love this song!
Everyday i wake up to go and stalk her i go listening to this song ;)
foxdroad o
thats so fucked up
@@andreywittmannlopes5426 You didn't think this song was about a warm and tender and consensual relationship now did you?
My boyfriend and I found this song fit us. Not necessarily that we needed to spend more time together because we didnt, but that we needed to wait just a bit longer and get to know each other before getting together... and what a glorious 6months it has been since we started dating
the perfect song to stalk my senpai to
Michael M i find its the perfect song to stalk you to 0.o
Arthas Menethil (ﾟ ロﾟ)
+Michael M ლ(́◉◞౪◟◉‵ლ)
+Michael M HA! WEAAAABOOOOOOO
+The CraVen ayyyyyyyyyy lmao
Man...this band's progressed into somethin else. very interesting sound...can't wait for the new album.
I love this song, ever since the first time I heard it!
I love this song but it's so creepy
I know but who hasn't felt that way about someone before?
Its not creepy. You just aren't a real Hipster....smh
I can totally relate to this song. Sometimes you “do this or you do that” to get a girls attention and she just doesn’t even think about looking your way. It’s frustrating because you really really like the girl, and she doesn’t even appreciate the sentiment. Then you fantasize to yourself that if she only took a few minutes to get to know me… Then she would probably like me.
from the best album of the last 2 or 3 years...no contest.....cannot wait for them to play Belfast
How I wish you could rub those essential,
those essential oils all over you and me.
It's like a roll of dimes elegantly bound but,
in a currency that you can't exchange.
Just yet.
You're gonna spend some time, Love.
You're gonna spend the rest of time with me,
And I know that you'll love, me
I will possess your soul.
You're gonna spend some time, Love.
You're gonna spend the rest of time with me.
And I know that you'll love, me
I will possess your soul.
There are nights I stand outside your window
I see the cops as I slowly pass,
and I long for a lock of your nice hair
I'll make sure that we'll be lovers, lovers that last.
You're gonna spend some time, Love.
You're gonna spend the rest of time with me.
And I'll make 100% sure that you'll love, me
I will possess your soul
You're gonna spend some time, Love.
You're gonna spend the rest of time with me.
And I know that you'll only love, me
I will possess your soul.
I will possess your heart.
I will possess your tooth brush.
You reject my... advances... and home made gifts...
I won't let you... out of my basement... so easily.
So easily.
You're gonna spend some time, Love.
You're gonna spend the rest of time with me.
And I know that you won't escape, love
I will possess your soul
You're gonna spend some time, Love.
You're gonna spend the rest of time with me.
And I know that you'll love, me
I will possess the deadbolt key
You're gonna spend some time, Love.
You're gonna spend the rest of time with me.
And I know that you'll find no way out, love
I will possess your cat.
I will possess your clothes.
I will possess your soul.
lololol
Wesley Adams bravo lmao
if this song weren’t already 8 minutes long these lyrics would be perfect for an extended version
Not the right lyrics
Luv'd the phrase: I will process you, which is being done
WTF EVERYONE. THIS IS NOT A STALKER SONG. ITS BASICALLY JUST A GUY SAYING "Hey I'm your average guy, but if you spend some time with me and get to know me, I think you'll like me." THERES NOTHING CREEPY ABOUT THAT
"there are days when outside your window I see my reflection as I slowly pass"
+matrixground And don't forget the line "You reject my advances & desperate pleas" at 2:54. Clearly the girl is afraid of of him.
Yeah, but people can also have their own idea on what a song means. Its like poetry, the author has an idea in mind, but it is ultimately up to the reader to determine the meaning of the piece. Its the same with music.
Holy Smokes Dude!
I didn't expect quite an extreme and brash response. All I was saying was that everyone can come up with their own way of interpreting a song/poem/story etc. People take different messages from different works of art. I am NO WAY saying that you are wrong, or that this song is not a stalker song. All I am saying is that everyone has a right to have their own opinion and that is what makes work of art great.
i agreed with you NB
I have decided, after the 14th listen, that this is a work of absolute genius.
Thus Spake The Bufton, Thus Shall It Be.
"song of the friendzone"...never has something been so true
i just heard this song on the radio and had 2 look it up. awesome song!
She looks lonely.
no it's true, the moment i hear the music the lyrics start to stalk my mind and wont leave it alone, it just wont leave me alone!!!
So honest and true.
I've felt the same way several times in my life...
ben gibbard has always had amazing lyrics in his song, so unique and just so fitting and really makes you think, and his lyrics have always had that mysticism with them ever since the beginning like in the postal service and DCFC.
I've been looking for this song for almost 5 years now. Found it on my friends ipod. I kept the hook like inside my head all this time constantly singing it and I've never found it. Until TODAY! AHHHH!
I've never heard the radio edit. It sounds SO empty compared to the actual version.
Gotta love when he hits the drums, and snow bounces off.
Great video.
this song is so awesome!! it has a great beat and lyrics! I've listened to it like 10 times today!
i love this song.
i could hear it over and over again!!
^.^
Whoah this is like half the length of the full version !! My imagination goes wild when I listen to this !!
I love this song, it's such an amazing song, the instruments and vocals are all great.
I been looking for this song for years I’m so happy right now
what music.thts amazing!!!!great drumming,good guiter work too!
This song is great, I love the melow tones.
This song is so freakin' awesome. And this is someone who grew up in the 1980s. This band sort of sounds like it could be from then.
how can anyone not love this?
Now, I love this edit better...Gets quicker to the lyrics of the song...that is oh so beautiful.
This is awesome!!! Cannot wait for the album.
This song is Pure Brilliance, its so good, Its amazing
God I love you guys.
You're amazing.
i love this song...
even thought it kinda saddens me when i listen to it...
does anyone else feel that way?
man in just two,three weeks this song is so popular this guy rocks
amazing song. i get chills every time i hear it.
This whole song is completely hypnotic.
catchiest chorus ever! love it
AWESOME SONG!!!!
i just love his voice!!
this song is incredible, I love it
Goodness this takes me back...
i love love love LOVE this song!!!
its not stalker-ish at all.
he's determined, and in love.
the lyrics are so beautiful.
Gotta love their long intros!!! Although not much is showing at the beginning. Some girl walking around and staring out a window all serious like. Haha, try opening the internet twice and listening to the song running at two different times. Even off beat it sounds awesome!
I love the 8 minute version, Ben Gibbard is brilliant.
i luv this band and this song!!
love love love this song !i can honestly listen to it all day long
Beautiful double entendre
I just saw them play this song on David Letterman last night and it was just as good live!
Absolutely fantastic music!
If this song had been around in 1980, John Hicnkley, Jr would have played it repeatedly.
I love this song! Its on my top 10 favorites!
I can feel it and love this song!
I'm so glad to hear Placebo on the radio again.
I love this song. It sounds sweet, and you think it's a catchy love song until you actually listen to the lyrics. It shows how dangerous certain kinds of 'love' can be.
im only talking for myself
but i think soul meets body is a great tune
if you have not heard it yet have a listen and
see for yourself....
I am obsessed with this song!
I love this song
I love this song! The video rocks!