The Wonder Years - Cardinals (Official Music Video)
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- The official music video for "Cardinals" off of the new full-length 'No Closer To Heaven' out now on Hopeless Records!
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Directed by Kevin Slack
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Lyrics:
Cardinal crashed into my window; I think he might die. I'll plan him a funeral.
I'll read his last rites because I know what he saw. In that reflection of light on the glass was a better life.
Staring at a hole in your chest that's been dug there for decades: American broken promises.
Caught between the lies you've been fed and a war with your bloodstream. I should have been there when you needed a friend.
I was off on my own again, selfish and stupid. If you call me back or let me in, I swear, I'll never let you down again.
I know the devil you've been fighting with. I swear I'll never let you down again.
I had that nightmare again; you're seven and helpless, angry as hell and you balled up your fists but I laughed at your swings and I beat you half-conscious.
I know that I failed you. Woke up in a sweat. I want those years back. We're no saviors if we can't save our brothers.
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This is the third part of a trilogy. You Made Me Want to Be a Saint, Cul-De-Sac, Cardinals. Each song explains one part of the story. Just read the lyrics of each song and it tells the story in full. Dan Campbell is a lyrical genius. I'm completely blown away...
Whelp Cardinals II is on it's way, so make it a quad.
@@GOTTALOVELOGOS We won't bury you is about the same guy too. Cardinals II is awesome, cant stop listening to it.
Also Cigarettes & saints, about the same person
Writer is powerfully supreme rocker❤🤘🤘😘
Cul De Sac isn't about Mike.
But We Won't Bury You is.
"I know the devil you've been fighting with
I swear I'll never let you down again"
beautiful track.
THE BEARD BOUNCE IS REAL.
Ryan Lynch Literally about to post that too
*****
This song should be called "Prepare to cry"
This settles it. The Wonder Years cannot make bad music for the life of them.
Elijah Fiore Someone didn't listen to Get Stoked on It! album >.>
VaxXi still a great album
VaxXi Hey man Get Stoked On It kicked ass
Sure, it kicks ass if you were 13 and liked really whiny pop punk akin to that of Panic! At the Disco. The Wonder Years from "Wont Be Pathetic Forever" onwards is good.
VaxXi well I think that band was much different than the one from "Won't Be Pathetic Forever". I think its pretty clear that "Get Stoked On It" was just some dudes writing funny songs and just having fun.
My theory you ask? The guy in the music video being carried by soupy signifies Mike Pelone, a friend of the band who died in 2010. The ambulance is a symbol of the help Mike needed when he was addicted to drugs looking for his "pill bottle vision quest", the ambulance is also a symbol about Mike who was in the band "Emergency and I". Soupy wants him to call him back but he knows he won't "because nobody's listening" (cul de sac). Soupy refers to himself as being selfish, the guilt comes from him being to busy whilst recording the upsides to spend time with his troubled friend. And we all know what the devil in his bloodstream stands for. By the end of the video soupy can't get to the help, he was too late, unfortunately
Just Brandon Okay? This ruined me.
Just Brandon Okay? Real tears.
Who's being carried in the music video?
If you mean Mike Kennedy being carried, then I'm sorry but your theory is good but that's not Kennedy.
Just Brandon Okay? First thing I thought about too, and when I actually read the lyrics to Cul de Sac it clicked too.
Stop cutting those onions, jeez, mad feely song and video. So stoked on the new album.
Mitchel Edward Wavra Get stoked on it!
That album made me start saying that phrase. Thank you The Wonder Years.
AjDaPigeon my favorite album....ever...
"Cardinal crashed into my window, I think he might die
I'll plan him a funeral, I'll read his last rites
Cause I know what he saw in that reflection of light
On the glass was a better life"
Holy fucking shit
+Connor Moritz serious chills everytime i hear that
Yeah pretty cliche nonsensical lyrics.
Taylor Harris not very nonsensical if I understood it
+Taylor Harris you fucking idiot
Wait I'm confused what does that refer to?Its in the tip of my tongue
The way he sings "I want those years back" kills me every time
Ilaria Ratti one of the few songs that makes me cry. So relatable, and it really hits the heart hard.
Going back and listening to this after Cardinals II just hits so emotionally.
Trust me
I’m sobbing
It's crazy to think that this song hit so differently than the other ones, and cardinals II got me even harder. You guys are awesome. The new single is pretty good too. #GODDAMNITALL❤🎉
I met the lead singer btw.
This is why your lower back disagrees.
Hahaha fuck
***** XD
***** Lol I wonder if the band thought of that when they made the video. I know they love their references to past albums. It's fitting that someone with a name like yours would find that too!
***** You win all the Internet.
***** bahahahahhahahhahahahhahaha win
The way he sang "I want those years back." My heart.
Thanks everyone for checking this out! The new record is amazing!! Check out the preorder options here thewonderyearsband.com
Hopeless Records "the new record is amazing!!" Don't tease us, you bastards! haha
I would pay the 123 dollars just for the new record so hella hyped
Hopeless Records I really like this music video. Already pre-ordered on iTunes.
Hopeless Records Does anyone know if the Vinyl will also include a CD? Last time I ordered a Vinyl it came with a CD version of the album and I would really like both, for listening at home as well as screaming along in the car.
Mitchell Toler More than likely it would come with a digital download password
absolutely beautiful
MY BOY PULSE
I did not pulse listened to them
Pulse came here from Seth Rollins
Still true today :)
2024 … in 2018 I got clean my younger brother dedicated this to me as a brother who has an addict for a sister. It really helped me understand that he understands and how he feels. I love him so much🥹
This song reminds me of my friend Paul who was battling his own demons but was a fighter. He sadly passed away in 2020.
R.I.P. Paul ❤
I love you so much and miss you everyday 😢
Its been almost 10 years since I lost mine. His name was Jason. I wont tell you it gets better, but it gets easier. It's okay to be angry, I was for a long time. But the best advice I can give you is to just feel it when it comes and process it. Love you.
@thunderchamp07 thank you so much. I definitely bawl the majority of the time blasting this in my car joy riding after long work days. I recently drove 12 hours to see The Wonder Years in Salt Lake City and I definitely let out my emotions and frustrations at the show in the mosh pit. Definitely bawled to this song and Passing Through a Screen Door
Awesome to hear these guys sound different yet still true. Still not over how killer last album was. So sick - have been waiting for this.
Mike Kennedy may be a bad friend, but Casey Cavaliere is a bad paramedic.
FUCK HAHAHA
Josh Lopez mike's not in the video he's obviously driving the ambulnce there for mike kennedy is still bad friend
dj meth I like to think it was somebody in the Hank costume driving the ambulance.
nice profile pic
minersteve522 Thanks man. #LGD
After Cardinals II this song just hits way harder tenfolds
I love how simple yet meaningful this music video is
No song more perfectly carries the heartache and absolute tragic feeling of losing my little brother to an overdose.."If you call me back or let me in i swear ill never let you down again!" 10-3-2020 miss you Ryty..
I LOVE THIS SONG
My god, YuB is a fan of TWY? How has nobody noticed this comment?
These guys deserve so much more attention. This song and music video are so damn powerful. The camera angle switching to the side and showing other people in the background is pure genius imo. It just shows this disparity between Soupy's reality who could not save his friend and the reality of the people just living their everyday life and starring at him while he "fights for his life".
just for all the Jarrod Alonge ppl. this video is about Soupy having a nightmare. *the more you know*
Yup, It's pretty obvi that it's a nightmare situation, I mean common the ambulance driving away running with your friend with the EMT telling you to catch up, it's contradicting itself
The dude OD'd and fell into a pool is what I get from it. In a dream. Not that hard to understand.
YESSSS FINALLY. THANK YOU BASED WONDER YEARS
XxIsolationistxX THAT WONTON SOUPY
I can’t get over this song.. I should’ve listened to theses guys along time ago
Dude I know how you feel, first heard these guys in like 08/09, didn't really listen to em ever again, (besides hearing this song 1 time back when it originally released from seeing it on my facebook feed) my girlfriend loves a band called hot mulligan, so I bought her tickets to see them on tour with the wonder years, in preparation to see them i started listening to them about 3 weeks before I see them tomorrow, completely blown away and saddened that I didn't watch their set at all the warped tours I went to. I love these guys
Hearing this song live and being able to yell the lyrics while looking at soupy has been the best experience of my life
Right in the fucking feels
The feels are overwhelming
Tony Murguia It's like a fist full of feels straight to the face.
Celeste Cornelius wait
Thank you for this song/video/album. I lost my best friend to heroine and I can't talk about it adequately but when I hear your music it's exactly what's on my mind. Seeing this video tears me to shreds, doing everything you can do but being just out of reach. Failure clinging to you, loneliness, sadness. I still think about him every day.
Last November you guys played here in Buffalo and when you played this and Cigarettes and Saints, I openly wept, in public. It just felt like for a moment I wasn't alone in these awful feelings and I can't express enough that what you're doing is meaningful and please, keep doing it.
Stay strong brother. I'm sorry for you loss.
I'm here with you. I've lost two of my closest friends to suicide. One of them was a brother to me, and this music give words to the pain. I'm hoping I'll get the chance to hear this live.
I guess... just know that we're fighting the same fight, and I, a random stranger on the internet, has your back. I'll keep you with me man.
💜
I think No Closer To Heaven lyrically was more of a "You" album, and The Greatest Generation was more of an "I" album.
He wrote this whole album in honor of his friend who commited suicide.
can I thank you for knowing about the mountain goats
I WANT THOUS YEARS BACK!!!
From someone who's been in the military pushing a decade. I appreciate this.
"Caught between the lies you've been fed and a war with your bloodstream. I should have been there when you needed a friend.
I was off on my own again, selfish and stupid. If you call me back or let me in, I swear, I'll never let you down again..... We're no saviors if we can't save our brothers."
for those who don't know, this song refers to the song "we wont bury you" off of their album, the upsides. To make a long story short, one of Dans' childhood friends, Mike Pelone, died of a drug overdose a few years ago. in "we won't bury you", Dan revealed that before he found out what happened to Mike, he left a message on his voicemail saying that he was worried about him and that he wasn't about to bury his friend. The line "So if you call me back or let me in, I swear I'll never let you down again" in this new song is saying that if he called earlier and let Mike open up to him, he might have been able to save his life. However, the music video tells a different story. It shows Dan carrying a person symbolizing Mike, and we are led to believe that he is trying to save him from overdosing, trying as hard as he can to catch up with the ambulance in front of him but failing. with this in mind, the video contradicts the lyrics of the song suggesting that the lyrics are too optimistic, and that Dan isn't sure if he could have made a difference if he was given a second chance to save his friend.
"It's like I'm chasing ambulances"- It's never sunny in south Philadelphia. God the wonder years know how to do it
The lyrics match the video so incredibly well, they never fail to give you the feels. The emotion within this song is unreal.
2020 im the addict black sheep runaway misfit of my family. Im 30 my younger bro is 25 now... he dedicated this song to me when i got clean 2 years ago. I cry with a huge smile every time i hear this song.
yes Yes Yes! YES! YESSS!!!! YAASSSSS!!!!!!
Heropon Ike I feel like you're the only person who is nearly as excited as me omfg THIS IS THE BEST THING TO EVER HAPPEN
Hey I see you on Etika's channel dude!
RoyalBonzai ayyye I'm always chillin over at Etika News Network ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) #datpiff
I think I saw you in Alpharads channel. Smash4lyfe.
Cristian Hernandez Ya boy beat alpharad 2-0 in his 50k subscriber tournament ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) the man needs to spend some more time training in the lab and less at the science museum
Sometimes I wonder if my friendless existence is a blessing in disguise because I never had to experience the pain of losing a loved one
I'm so stoked for this new album
Sunrise Skater Kids brought me here. Thanks Jarrod Alonge :)
So I'm guessing Soupy's beard is about to start its own side project?
Yeah its called Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties
Ashley Boyer kek
Mfw top kek
Eric McIntyre Uh, yeah I love that project. I was making a joke?
Ashley Boyer hahah i know you were, i was as well. its just he tends to most often have the beard when hes in AWATRT
the most powerful part of this video for me is how the song and the lyrics tie together. he says "i'll never let you down again" and in the end of the video when mike fails to get the help he needs and the abulance drives off dan just sits there holding him realizing he will have to continue to hold and carry the burden for failing him the rest of his life
soupy has such an incredible talent for injecting just pure, raw emotion into his voice. the lyrics are obviously fantastic but the way he sings them is what rly gets to me. its been years and this track and so many others are still so resonant. what a band
Album of the year. Calling it.
Such a simple, yet powerful music video.
I dedicated this to my brother at his funeral in 2016 after he committed suicide at the same age our dad committee suicide and with the holidays I wrecked again and listing to this song makes help me remember him...
The Wonder Years know how to make me cry. I want those years back.
I love anything the wonder years puts out, reminds me of new taking back sunday
I lost my cousin….almost lost a couple of my best friends…also lost myself. This song is one that saved me since it first came out. I have a cardinal on me the size of my forearm now. I love this song so insanely much
This song gave me chills. No question I'm preordering.
This could be their best song yet. Soupy carrying his dead friend is symbolic of the weight he's carrying that's regret that he didn't save his friend. Perfect for these times as heroin is taking more lives everyday. This one resonates well with me.
dogs heavier than humans confirmed
asuh Dude
+Jake king lets go get some food
+Maarten Van Gestel for some of that dank ass weed
it´s all i need
Toniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight
Man this band is incredible. Live is something else
All i can say is, if you've never seen these guys live, do it asap. It fucking changes you.
Listened to them, was pretty good but I didn’t get the hype. Saw them live a few nights ago… now I can’t stop relating to their songs. Idk Dan’s stage presence is something else
Their last album, was probably one of my fav albums, in its entirety, the album just made sense.
I'm a severe alcoholic and my best friend was a heroin addict. He died this last december, i was too caught up in my shit to know he was struggling, He told me he was doing better, tolerance loss got him. I listen to this song often. I wasn't there, he died. I feel i let him down, i would reverse time if i could. It made me fight for myself in a way, because he would never want me to go down too. Fighting is the only way "I won't let him down again"
No idea how people dislike this song. It's so powerful
Great song. Sounds like soupys songwriting has improved.
Dickslap Mcgee I think Aaron West is to thank for that.
Kevin Moyers probably. Do you know if he's planning on doing anything new with that project? It's great stuff
Dickslap Mcgee Yes it is. I even like it better than TWY, but I don't think he will. It seemed like a one-off kind of thing in the first place. I wish he would though.
Dude I Just Want To Sell Out My Funeral is a songwriting dime...
Alex Palmer Yeah, but Aaron West was better.
I love how he adjusts his grip right when he sings "I'll never let you down again".
Saw em at warped tour today, can't get over how awesome they are.
6 years on you still gonna hit this hard...
What a beautiful night to listen to this
I can't stop listening. It's just so good, so real, and so relatable. I wouldn't expect anything less.
the fireman carry would be a much more preferable tactic in this situation
My brother and I no longer have a relationship. We live in the same house and never speak to each other. I don't fight his battles with him like I'm supposed to. I blame it on the fact that I pushed him around so much as a kid. His desire to be my brother died slowly over time. What ever sense of duty he felt to continue letting me back in eventually went away. I'd kill to have a second chance. This song hits harder than TWY probably intended. But this is absolutely what it is like knowing you let someone who looked up to you, down.
Try to fix your relationship homie! Life is too short
Man Soupy is amazing at lyrics! He keeps getting better and betterer
It feels like the very first time I heard this song each and every time I replay it. Like a virgin touch for the very first time.
There is music then there is music that burns straight through to the core of your being. Everything the Wonder Years does means something and maked you feel something when listening to it. And the world is a better place with them in it. I can count on one hand the bands that have truly affected me in inexplicable ways and they are definitely one of them.
3:20 Soupy doesn't skip calf day.
Riding his bike
@@lukaswalding4458 is this a breakless reference
Came here right after watching Friendville by Sunrise Skater Kids
same my dude
First found these guys through a gaming channel, then remembered them while listening to Sunrise Skater Kids. Damn am I disappointed that I forgot about this incredible song until just now.
Achievement Hunter?
Can everyone just stop for a minute, and know how amazing the song and video are.
No closer to heaven is my favorite Album from TWY. This is my second favorite album this year next to HARMLESSNESS by The world is a beautiful place and i am no longer afraid to die
Im usually very critical of the new age pop punk bands but The Wonder Years are amazing. Big fan.
This is so awesome. Has anyone noticed the amount of 3/4 time signatures being used in pop punk recently?
Technically it's 6/8, but yeah I love the feel of it
Loads of unique time signatures in the new The Story So Far record too!
It's in 3/4, not 6/8, no 6/8 feel at all haha
Max PB okay whoops I was listening to the last chorus when I wrote my comment, which is definitely in 6/8 but most of the rest of the song is in 3/4
Yifan Wu Yeah the song is in 3/4 then 6/8. So we're all right here hahaha
Pure emotion. Wouldn't expect anything less from The Wonder Years. I'm officially stoked.
You can never love someone enough to get them sober.
loving the subtle parallel between this video and the 'cigarettes and saints' video. in this one, soupy and the guy he's carrying are soaking wet, and in cigarettes and saints, the girl fills her bag with rocks and gets ready to jump into a lake, implying she's about to commit suicide by drowning. seems like soupy was too late to save his friend but hopes their music can save others from the same fate
I like that, good theory
The Wonder Years never disappoints
To this day, this album still makes me bawl like a baby
I love this song, my awesome son brought me to a Summer Festival at Pier 17 on top of a tall building in front of the George Washington Bridge, it was like 110 degrees. I’ve been begging him to take me to see the Wonder Uears ever since I heard this song. It came out right after my daughter Raven Jessica (forever 30) passed away, unfortunately to an overdose. So, yes this song is special to us. Vinnie got the Cardinal from the album tattooed on his right shoulder in honor of his sister, and has the lyrics “I know the devil you’ve been fighting with” it’s beautiful. I love and miss my daughter every day... TIP baby girl Mommy loves you...
"It's like I'm chasing ambulances, trying to pull out something from the wreckage..."
You guys never disappoint, great song. Can't wait for the new album!
this song never fails to give me goosebumps....
Love the simplicity of the video. It allows you the time to take in the song lyrics and feel the loss of endurance and strain that it takes to carry someone all on your own. Quite powerful.
I recently started listening to this band, and honestly it could of have never come at a better time in my life, thanks guys for inspiring me to keep going and stay positive your tunes keep me going#Life
301 club. Awesome song.
I've listening to this song like for some time already. November 29, 2020 I lost one of my bestest friend. He's been dealing with his depression for some time. I've made sure that he's fine before leaving him alone. The day he was gone, my neighbor shouted outside my house calling name saying that my friend is dead. I ran into his room, I expected that the ambulance brought him already. Unfortunately, he's still hanging on the ceiling. I was shocked. Cant believe a thing. You know what hurts the most during that time? I've been trying to save him, but in the end, I was the one who cut him down from the ceiling.
Rest well, my buddy.
This just keeps getting played over and over again tonight with no end in sight.
Wow. Was not expecting a music video like this. One take. All perfect.
Worst. Paramedic service. Ever.
Worst wedding band ever😂😂😂
This comment almost aged great. Then covid was the worst pandemic response
@@americanzero2114 some selective reading on your part. Where was there mention of a pandemic?
@@GolfCoyote SHIT! I was half asleep watching this video. I thought you said pandemic. I thought it was weird, but I went with it.
Damn dude. My bad
My love for them will never fail me.
I am in love with this song..I miss you my friend.
This album is going to be so good!
Jason LovesPWD Either twy or state champs
Jason LovesPWD The new Neck Deep album is going to be amazing. I'm glad Jeremy from ADTR had a had on it.
This just reminds me of It's never sunny in south Philadelphia
' its like I'm chasing ambulances '
Thank you RoosterTeeth for introducing me to such a wonderful band
Seeing the Wonder Years tonight for the 10th time. The 2nd verse of this song hits so hard. Really hope they play it
Call me back, let me in. Never let you down again
Devil
American
Bloodstream
Birds
Funerals
Beards
The Wonder Years
DABBFB?
Matt M Those two B's right next to each other...damn
YOU ARE COMPLETELY RIGHT
Brian Huntress not being sad anymore? I guess that cardinal isn't sad anymore huh?
Michel Cannon Wright it's fuckin dead bro
I've become obsessed with this song for song reason this past 3 days for some reason. I've already like the song but I played it 3 days ago and I've just had it on repeat everytime i have a moment
This song kills me everytime I hear it and I think about my brother and where he has been as the result of his choices...and mine. Like a ton of bricks to the chest, this video encompasses that feeling 😔