"but I just feel too tired to be fighting, guess I'm not the fighting kind" - Your best track EVER and the best track that has ever been written. Thank you for keeping me high for my entire youth with your music! True musicians. You will live forever!
The verse that sums up loss and estrangement: "I wake up its a bad dream, No-one on my side, I was fighting, But I just feel too tired to be fighting, Guess I'm not the fighting kind, Wouldn't minded if you were by side, But you're long one, yeah you're gone now...." Brilliant.
[Verse 1] Why do I have to fly Over every town up and down the line? I'll die in the clouds above And you that I defend I do not love [Chorus 1] I wake up, it's a bad dream No one on my side I was fighting But I just feel too tired to be fighting Guess I'm not the fighting kind [Verse 2] Where will I meet my fate? Baby, I'm a man; I was born to hate And when will I meet my end? In a better time you could be my friend [Chorus 2] I wake up, it's a bad dream No one on my side I was fighting But I just feel too tired to be fighting Guess I'm not the fighting kind Wouldn't mind it If you were by my side But you're long gone Yeah, you're long gone now [Bridge 1] Yeah Where do we go? I don't even know My strange old face I've been thinking about those days I've been thinking about those days [Instrumental interlude] Ooh [Chorus 3] I wake up, it's a bad dream No one on my side I was fighting But I just feel too tired to be fighting Guess I'm not the fighting kind Wouldn't mind it if you were by my side But you're long gone Yeah, you're long gone now Yeah
Before a concert, Tom explained what this song means. It's about a soldier going to war. In fact, a lot of the album is about disillusionment with the ways of the world and all the current events (war, etc.) But I love how the lyrics are vague so most people end up spinning it to be about failed relationships and other sad themes....let's break it down and it'll all make sense. Why do I have to fly? (GOING TO WAR) Over every town up and down the line? I'll die in the clouds above And you that I defend, I had do not love (NOT NECESSARILY CARING ABOUT THOSE YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR, MOST ARE STRANGERS ANYWAY) I wake up, it's a bad dream No one on my side (IT'S WAR) I was fighting But I just feel too tired To be fighting Guess I'm not the fighting kind Where will I meet my fate? (FEAR DEATH) Baby I'm a man, I was born to hate And when will I meet my end? In a better time you could be my friend (ABOUT THE ENEMY, HE DOESN'T REALLY "HATE" HIM BUT IT'S WAR SO YOU HAVE TO KILL; IN ANY OTHER CIRCUMSTANCE THE ENEMY COULD HAVE BEEN SOME PERSON YOU BEFRIENDED) Where do we go? (POINTLESSNESS OF WAR) I don't even know My strange old face (FIGHTING AND TIME HAS AGED THIS SOLDIER) And I'm thinking about those days (BEFORE HE HAD TO FIGHT, BEFORE HE WENT TO WAR, FRIENDS, FAMILIES, ETC) And I'm thinking about those days
Thank you for this profound comment. It has made me ponder on my musical choices. It is not simply because "I'm in the mood for Keane." It is so much more 😊
When I was 17, one day I came home and saw my dad crying. He told us that he has been addicted to alcohol and he sold our house due to financial problems because of the addiction. I had to leave most of my things there and so all my childhood memories. My parents divorced and my brother had serious problems with depressions and alcohol addiction, too. Today, I am 10 years older and still remember that when it was the worst, I used to listen to "A bad dream" hoping, that is is just a bad dream.
This song helped me through a really difficult time, and I’m kind of comforted by reading that it helped someone else this way. And yes, many thanks to Keane for this gem.
I was working at Camp America in North Carolina in 2007 & my co counsellor got run over by a speed boat & died in front of a group of 6 year old kids. It was awful. This song got my through it x
Wow ! Thanks for sharing this privacy. As a former french prime minister said, "Good things make times to come". We all have our bad experiences of life and familie's struggles, which become with time bad dreams. 15 years ago, I was working with shifted hours and didn't have possibility to change easily of work, missing my children growing. Thanks to my wife and to the Creator, I succeded to change the situation and rebalance our family's life. In this period, I was listening to this album. This song was one of my favorite...
Why do I have to fly Over every town up and down the line? I'll die in the clouds above And you that I defend, I do not love I wake up, it's a bad dream No one on my side I was fighting But I just feel too tired To be fighting Guess I'm not the fighting kind Where will I meet my fate? Baby I'm a man, I was born to hate And when will I meet my end? In a better time you could be my friend I wake up, it's a bad dream No one on my side I was fighting But I just feel too tired To be fighting Guess I'm not the fighting kind Wouldn't mind it If you were by my side But you're long gone Yeah you're long gone now Where do we go? I don't even know My strange old face And I'm thinking about those days And I'm thinking about those days I wake up, it's a bad dream No one on my side I was fighting But I just feel too tired To be fighting Guess I'm not the fighting kind Wouldn't mind it If you were by my side But you're long gone Yeah you're long gone now (from azlyrics)
Carlas goodbye to Laverne with this playing in the background is still one of the most emotional scenes ive seen in a Tv show-Its like she's actually saying it to a real life person-rather than a character
Thank you for this song Keane ...in my darkest years this song described exactly my life...I was lost ..depressed and lost all hope in life..lost hope in everyone...this was one of those songs that help me get by...it was my daily therapy....thank you for saving my life...
This is lyrically one of the greatest songs ever written. By all acounts it was written to depict the thoughts and emotions of a soldier that's been sent out to war. But you can interpret these words anyway you want. Could be a loved one that has passed away, maybe you had a turbulent relationship with them when they were alive or maybe you didn't. Could be a partner that you have separated from and this is describing the pain that you are feeling. And I'm sure there are plethora of other scenarios that could be related to this song, and that is the genius of it !!!
This part is me: "Could be a partner that you have separated from and this is describing the pain that you are feeling." I am no longer feeling the strong feeling of pain. I think I am in the stage of acceptance. Beautifully written and performed. I love this song. 💙💙
As one of the comments above says, much of it is taken from Yeats. The poem begins: I know that I shall meet my fate Somewhere among the clouds above; Those that I fight I do not hate, Those that I guard I do not love
Man, this song really helped me a lot during some low times... When no one cares, no one understands, it helps to have music like this that makes you feel not alone.
Love you, Keane. Your music is one of the best and i remember thinking: "I'm so happy and lucky to live at the same time with you, guys, and so happy to be able to listen to your music" ❤ Love you and keep going.
Cuando ya te has recuperado completamente de algun mal episodio de tu vida, cantar esta cancion adquiere una dimension completamente diferente! Se siente maravilloso!
Concuerdo contigo!!! Hace unos años, me sentia perdido. Sin razon de existir. Vivia, pero no sentia ganas de vivir. Conoci a mucha gente, mucha gente querida y mucha por la cual senti muchas cosas, y aun asi, no me sentia motivado. Hasta que hace un año, conoci a una persona muy especial. Y ahora.... Nunca me habia sentido tan vivo. Tan inspirado a mejorar y a vivir. Este tema me recuerda mucho a ese yo de antes. Y claro, ahora todo eso es solo un recuerdo. Un mal recuerdo. Un mal sueño.
I can't get over this videoclip. As soon as he gets out of the darkness and reaches the light, darkness peaks again. It's like a cicle. You'll have to keep looking for light, hopefully you'll not get tired, every time you reach it, there will always be darkness to face again, so you can look for light and face another darkness and on and on.
2:08 ... is almost celestial to me To say “ moving” is an understatement Me and my mum used to listen to this together She said this song was like a prayer. R.I.P mum I still listen and still feel us both still listening together.💗
Why do I have to fly Over every town up and down the line? I´ll die in the clouds above And you that I defend, I do not love I wake up, it´s a bad dream No one on my side I was fighting But I just feel too tired To be fighting Guess I´m not the fighting kind Where will I meet my fate? Baby I´m a man, I was born to hate And when will I meet my end? In a better time you could be my friend I wake up, it´s a bad dream No one on my side I was fighting But I just feel too tired To be fighting Guess I´m not the fighting kind Wouldn´t mind it If you were by my side But you´re long gone Yeah you´re long gone now Where do we go? I don´t even know My strange old face And I´m thinking about those days And I´m thinking about those days I wake up, it´s a bad dream No one on my side I was fighting But I just feel too tired To be fighting Guess I´m not the fighting kind Wouldn´t mind it If you were by my side But you´re long gone Yeah you´re long gone now
Eres mi calma en momentos de completa miseria y ansiedad. Tu música es medicina para el alma. Recuerdo haberte escuchado por primera vez hace 15 años atrás, no dejaba de escuchar este tema una y mil veces.
Started listening to Keane last year. They ended up being my top artist on spotify, and somehow their songs seem to get more and more special as I keep on listening. Thank u Keane
Tom Ryder That reads a little odd, but I actually get it. I had some built up problems in the past with people who refused to treat me like a person, but we had mutual friends and they just didn't want to pick sides and wouldn't acknowledge the other person truly being a jerk. So yeah, started feeling a lot of pent up anger. Then one day someone responded to a status and told me that anger was a normal and necessary emotion like the rest and it wasn't fair that people would try to deny my feeling it in a piss poor attempt at non-confrontation, that it wasn't healthy to only feel or at least present the "good" emotions, especially if circumstances didn't make them appropriate/natural to feel. Sad that I'm not even that close to the person who said that, but it was one of those forever helpful moments. It's not fair if you're being hurt or disrespected to not express anger at that and to always brush it off. Some people, it seems more so these days, do not see that as being the bigger person, only someone they can continue to direct their negativity at without consequences.
The only part of the lyrics I actually could never feel (lol) and therefore refused to sing, back when I was listening to this song almost every night.
And then just when you least expect it, love finds you in the form of your significant other your age as they embrace you with a hug that tells you "everything's okay and I love you."
I liked Coldplay before... But as soon as I heard Keane .. such depth of feeling ... only their music was able to grab me completely. Keane is unigue (by music voice words)
I don't think it would be surprising to say that my top favourite bands ever are Keane, Coldplay, and U2. Especially Keane and Coldplay, to me it's a tie, truly they're both at no. 1. Great artists!
+Montse Ma I think I feel what you feel. No one else that I know feels that connection. It is hard to describe. I have seen them four times all over the U.S. They were a great band and who actually said something in their lyrics. Miss them.
+Jim H I only have seen them once when they came to Barcelona some years ago. I couldn't imagine that I would have the privilege to listen to them... I'd like to repeat that experience again!
Amo esta canción y me recuerda mi tiempo de estar en la preparatoria, (nostalgia on) cuando gastaba mi dinero en el cibercafé viendo videos de música sobre todo de Keane 💜🤓
Me encanta esta canción siempre veo el video y me da a entender que uno sale de su momento de oscuridad un momento ,ve la luz y prefiere regresar a sufrir pero me hace entender que no es el fin de todo uno regresa para arreglar todo de raíz
"Remember my first day, when that patient came in and started bleeding out on me, and I was so shocked I could barely move. But you stood by my side, and you guided me through it. And then you did the most amazing thing of all, you made me laugh. For the last 15 years you've been my role model, but most of all you've been my friend. And I don't know what else to say but I'm gonna really really miss you. Goodbye."
music like this brings me the deepest sense of nostalgia. idk how to explain it other than i feel outside my body when i listen. absolutely love and miss early 2000 classics like these
The whole song is a work of art, but the 15-second introductory piece at the start is truly soul-stirring. Thing is though, what is that sort of chirping sound going on in the background of that bit? Seriously, if you turn up your volume and listen carefully, ideally through decent headphones, you can hear something that sounds like either some kind of bird or a woodwind instrument. Someone tell me what is making that sound because for me it defines the piece as the finest easy-listening to bless the ears of humankind.
The piano and the synthesizer makes a really good background, all note of piano is extended, the finish is for example if you plays normally: tum, tum, tum, the finish as the same, but in this song sounds: tum, tum, tummmmmmmmmm. the last part, this mmmmmmmmmmm, make an effect incredible when is mixed with the synthesizer.
If you watch the live version of this song from the O2 show in 2007, Neil Hannon reads out the poem this song is based on before it is played, and the sound you mentioned is being played in the background.. It's available on here if you search, really haunting sound
Some years ago I was on a travel on bus, during it, was listening some music and spending time with my inner toughts, watching throught the window, remembering the past, coping with the present and wondering what the future holds. Then this song started playing and it felt special, it was special moment I cant explain it well, but made that mundane moment on the road to mean something more profound even if it was for just a few minutes, noticed time passing (years) and was grateful for been alive. Im Still.
It still feels like a bad dream after my mother died in January from cancer. Each day I wake up and like to imagine that's all it was. This song helps though. Keane are a special band.
This hits me to the core. The sound of this song explains every feeling of loss I've experienced as a human being. It's tragically beautifully and heartbreaking...I cannot stop listening
"But I just feel too tired to be fighting" has stuck with me for years and is what keeps bringing me back time after time when I'm just feeling a little tired of everything. Beautiful song.
Tom, you are so beautiful to me!!! and when I hear your voice is heard the voice of an angel and I feel like flying !!. I love you so much!!!. Keane Forever!!!
I'd first listened this song couple years ago watching Scrubs. Never known about this group and never listened again since. I discovered it 2 days ago and went to this one song in my earphones while being in a bus travelling some towns and obviously roads, watching by the window. That was a blast in my mind and heart. Man that one hit hard when you go through something really bad for yourself.
R.i.P. Laverne watched Scrubs years ago, too. still remember the scene as it was yesterday. great songs just stuck in my head with everything that came along with them... or it's the other way around... great scenes stuck in my mind with also the music that was playing at that moment.
Habemos personas rotas y renacidas que vivimos esto todos los dias! Semanas, meses o años enteros en absoluta oscuridad, derepente llega a nosotros esa lucidez que nos dura de la misma forma, dias, semanas meses o años sin embargo es mas comun que sean horas o minutos; este clip es el mejor ejemplo representando la depresion en una persona! Leo bastantes comentarios hablando de nostalgia, sobre el año que la escucharon, sobre sus dias de estudiantes incluso de remembransa por un amor! Y lo respeto.. aunque en mi cabeza, nada se compara con vivir el video en carne propia! LES DESEO DE CORAZON FUERZA, TEMPLE Y CORDURA PARA NO COMETER EL ERROR DEL SUICIDIO, NO ESTAN SOLOS! YO SIENDO UN EXRAÑO AQUI ESTOY PARA USTEDES!
I love Tom singing from the most danceable, peaceful, romantic songs to the darkest and most reflective. In addition to her beautiful voice, the song's lyrics and melody bring emotion!
Gorgeous! I also frequently turn my poems into songs, and it is magical when the music just bursts forth as if it was meant to be, thank you for sharing this.
Back then it was just a nice song along with many others, now after many years I listened to it again and somehow it became one of my all-time favourites...
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"but I just feel too tired to be fighting, guess I'm not the fighting kind" - Your best track EVER and the best track that has ever been written. Thank you for keeping me high for my entire youth with your music! True musicians. You will live forever!
Je l'adore ❤❤❤❤❤
2024
I love this song so much, its my very favorite one at the moment
The verse that sums up loss and estrangement:
"I wake up its a bad dream,
No-one on my side, I was fighting,
But I just feel too tired to be fighting,
Guess I'm not the fighting kind,
Wouldn't minded if you were by side,
But you're long one, yeah you're gone now...."
Brilliant.
This is an absolute classic.
"In a better time, you could be my friend". Wow. That line floors me.
Very deep
@@Ali-lw1tocdepends how you see and hear it , different to everyone
This man has one of the most beautiful voices I've ever heard
Agreed
I completely agree with JB! So plaintive, and sincere sounding
Tru dat.
With some of the best hair
@@skunkrat01 agreed. He's very good looking. That's coming from a man.
Most people would go with "Somewhere Only We Know" or "Everybody's Changing", but I think this is their absolute best song.
They got a lot songs like that! Bedshaped is probably mine.
el no tiene una cancion absoluta. para mi todas son hermosamente maravillosas .
'Nothing in my way' is also good too, i suppose.
Yes, i agree with you.
I'd go with "Leaving so Soon"... one of the bests.
2022 and still listening to this fabulous song. A timeless masterpiece.
Absolute masterpiece.
Scrubs
🔝🔝🔝
Yes it is
Completely agree. A great piece of musical genius
After 7 years struggling with depression, this song still makes me feel understood and less lonely, thank you Keane, your music saves me everytime.
wow that's incredible
I've been struggling depression since 2015 till now oh God shit
I suffer from panic attacks and anxiety. Your not the only one ❤️
You are welcome
Just stumbled on this song recently and I honestly can't get it out of my head. It helps to explain the depression I have to repress right now.
Hi Marian,I've suffered depression for 15 years .You never alone love ,I hope you pull througb
This is the kind of song you listen to when you feel broken to the core.
It won't heal you but you'll listen to it anyway.
so true man .
so true
Magnificently said.
Who ate your heart? You're cold inside.
Shubham Prabhakar yessssssss😢
The best thing about Keane's music, is that everyone listening hears what they need for whatever they are going through. Beautiful!
True. In fact this is based off a poem about a WW1 pilot
Cuánta sabiduría, es correcta tu apreciación 👍🏼.
Son como el ajonjolí de todos los moles.
[Verse 1]
Why do I have to fly
Over every town up and down the line?
I'll die in the clouds above
And you that I defend I do not love
[Chorus 1]
I wake up, it's a bad dream
No one on my side
I was fighting
But I just feel too tired to be fighting
Guess I'm not the fighting kind
[Verse 2]
Where will I meet my fate?
Baby, I'm a man; I was born to hate
And when will I meet my end?
In a better time you could be my friend
[Chorus 2]
I wake up, it's a bad dream
No one on my side
I was fighting
But I just feel too tired to be fighting
Guess I'm not the fighting kind
Wouldn't mind it
If you were by my side
But you're long gone
Yeah, you're long gone now
[Bridge 1]
Yeah
Where do we go?
I don't even know
My strange old face
I've been thinking about those days
I've been thinking about those days
[Instrumental interlude]
Ooh
[Chorus 3]
I wake up, it's a bad dream
No one on my side
I was fighting
But I just feel too tired to be fighting
Guess I'm not the fighting kind
Wouldn't mind it if you were by my side
But you're long gone
Yeah, you're long gone now
Yeah
This song is undeniably beautiful
This song is hauntingly beautiful. I always get chills listening to it.
Scott Jacobs 2:10 to 2:54
OC and Scrubs brought me here. Years later and this song is still gold.
Based on the poem "An Irish Airmen Foresees his death"
Beautiful poem, beautiful song.
Context is always important with art in a musical form, thanks for enlightening us
Jesus is the way the truth and the life. Hell isn’t just a bad dream, it’s a real place
seconded@@Elvisism
Wow, Glad to know this!!!!❤❤❤
@Alice-lw1to You dont know that
Quien en 2024 escuchando a KEANE ✌🏼
Yo
Todos los años de mi existencia lo hago
Before a concert, Tom explained what this song means.
It's about a soldier going to war. In fact, a lot of the album is about disillusionment with the ways of the world and all the current events (war, etc.) But I love how the lyrics are vague so most people end up spinning it to be about failed relationships and other sad themes....let's break it down and it'll all make sense.
Why do I have to fly? (GOING TO WAR)
Over every town up and down the line?
I'll die in the clouds above
And you that I defend, I had do not love (NOT NECESSARILY CARING ABOUT THOSE YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR, MOST ARE STRANGERS ANYWAY)
I wake up, it's a bad dream
No one on my side (IT'S WAR)
I was fighting
But I just feel too tired
To be fighting
Guess I'm not the fighting kind
Where will I meet my fate? (FEAR DEATH)
Baby I'm a man, I was born to hate
And when will I meet my end?
In a better time you could be my friend (ABOUT THE ENEMY, HE DOESN'T REALLY "HATE" HIM BUT IT'S WAR SO YOU HAVE TO KILL; IN ANY OTHER CIRCUMSTANCE THE ENEMY COULD HAVE BEEN SOME PERSON YOU BEFRIENDED)
Where do we go? (POINTLESSNESS OF WAR)
I don't even know
My strange old face (FIGHTING AND TIME HAS AGED THIS SOLDIER)
And I'm thinking about those days (BEFORE HE HAD TO FIGHT, BEFORE HE WENT TO WAR, FRIENDS, FAMILIES, ETC)
And I'm thinking about those days
bravo!! maravillosa interpretación.
This should be top comment so people understand this masterpiece of a song. Beautifully explained. Thank you ❤️
It's actually about an Irish man in the British army. 'Those who I defend (The Brits) I do not love.'
It’s actually an adaption of a famous poetry, “The Irishman”
Now I have read your comment, I love this song more
2024 ... This is an absolute classic music ❤️🩹
I just love this band so much.
When I need to return to myself at the end of the day, I listen to them.
2024 and still listening...
yes bro.
Thank you for this profound comment. It has made me ponder on my musical choices. It is not simply because "I'm in the mood for Keane." It is so much more 😊
when a poet is also a musician. Keane.
Nandaka Bimantara
I agree
It's based on a poem.
Truly. 🙏💜
try "Poets of Th Fall"!!!!
try poets of the fall
So underrated… Tom's voice is everything here.
El grupo más infravalorado de la historia de la música 😢😢😢 los amo❤
la verdad que si
It's been years since I first heard this, still touches me deep inside. One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.
When I was 17, one day I came home and saw my dad crying. He told us that he has been addicted to alcohol and he sold our house due to financial problems because of the addiction. I had to leave most of my things there and so all my childhood memories. My parents divorced and my brother had serious problems with depressions and alcohol addiction, too. Today, I am 10 years older and still remember that when it was the worst, I used to listen to "A bad dream" hoping, that is is just a bad dream.
Wow thanks, I relate to your story. So you give me hope.
This song helped me through a really difficult time, and I’m kind of comforted by reading that it helped someone else this way. And yes, many thanks to Keane for this gem.
Aw xxx its a very emotional song. xxx
I was working at Camp America in North Carolina in 2007 & my co counsellor got run over by a speed boat & died in front of a group of 6 year old kids. It was awful. This song got my through it x
Wow ! Thanks for sharing this privacy. As a former french prime minister said, "Good things make times to come". We all have our bad experiences of life and familie's struggles, which become with time bad dreams. 15 years ago, I was working with shifted hours and didn't have possibility to change easily of work, missing my children growing. Thanks to my wife and to the Creator, I succeded to change the situation and rebalance our family's life. In this period, I was listening to this album. This song was one of my favorite...
Why do I have to fly
Over every town up and down the line?
I'll die in the clouds above
And you that I defend, I do not love
I wake up, it's a bad dream
No one on my side
I was fighting
But I just feel too tired
To be fighting
Guess I'm not the fighting kind
Where will I meet my fate?
Baby I'm a man, I was born to hate
And when will I meet my end?
In a better time you could be my friend
I wake up, it's a bad dream
No one on my side
I was fighting
But I just feel too tired
To be fighting
Guess I'm not the fighting kind
Wouldn't mind it
If you were by my side
But you're long gone
Yeah you're long gone now
Where do we go?
I don't even know
My strange old face
And I'm thinking about those days
And I'm thinking about those days
I wake up, it's a bad dream
No one on my side
I was fighting
But I just feel too tired
To be fighting
Guess I'm not the fighting kind
Wouldn't mind it
If you were by my side
But you're long gone
Yeah you're long gone now
(from azlyrics)
YuusukeLuka96
YuusukeLuka96 great tune
YuusukeLuka96 great tune
in 76 w
"My strange, old fate"
+Andy Finely H
Absolutely love this song the lyrics and toms vocals are awesome ❤😢❤
This song still gives me all the feels a decade later. His voice does somethin to my soul. I wish music was still this good😭
I agree on all three of your statements here. Hardly anyone makes music this passionately anymore these days. :(
This song hits me hard. Even as I type this it’s so hard to stop the tears. Beautiful song.
This song always makes me sad and think about memories .
Who agrees
✋✋
me too
me too reminds me of my gran and grandad and pap who have all passed away, awesome band.
Agree but solitudes
yes true, memories of my soninlaw who passed in aug 2007.he loved this song and keane. cancer so cruelly took him aged 31. miss you everyday ian.
Carlas goodbye to Laverne with this playing in the background is still one of the most emotional scenes ive seen in a Tv show-Its like she's actually saying it to a real life person-rather than a character
Indeed, so sad and emotional, still have tears watching that scene
Where I first heard it and hav cried everytime I ve seen that scene
If you look closely in that scene, you see actress Aloma Wright has a tear going down her cheek as Judy Reyes is saying goodbye
Thank you for this song Keane ...in my darkest years this song described exactly my life...I was lost ..depressed and lost all hope in life..lost hope in everyone...this was one of those songs that help me get by...it was my daily therapy....thank you for saving my life...
same her bro
This is lyrically one of the greatest songs ever written.
By all acounts it was written to depict the thoughts and emotions of a soldier that's been sent out to war.
But you can interpret these words anyway you want.
Could be a loved one that has passed away, maybe you had a turbulent relationship with them when they were alive or maybe you didn't.
Could be a partner that you have separated from and this is describing the pain that you are feeling.
And I'm sure there are plethora of other scenarios that could be related to this song, and that is the genius of it !!!
This part is me: "Could be a partner that you have separated from and this is describing the pain that you are feeling."
I am no longer feeling the strong feeling of pain.
I think I am in the stage of acceptance.
Beautifully written and performed.
I love this song.
💙💙
i suspect that most of it lifted from the superb 'An Irish Airman Foresees His Death' by WB Yeats.
As one of the comments above says, much of it is taken from Yeats. The poem begins:
I know that I shall meet my fate
Somewhere among the clouds above;
Those that I fight I do not hate,
Those that I guard I do not love
That is so powerful and true.
Man, this song really helped me a lot during some low times... When no one cares, no one understands, it helps to have music like this that makes you feel not alone.
This right here gets me teared up... It takes me back to a time I was contemplating suicide. Am now a father of two amazing kids. 😭😭❤
♥️♥️♥️💪
Love you, Keane. Your music is one of the best and i remember thinking: "I'm so happy and lucky to live at the same time with you, guys, and so happy to be able to listen to your music" ❤ Love you and keep going.
one of my alltime favourite songs ever. its timeless. everytime i hear it, it gives me chills like it did when i first heard it years ago
Cuando ya te has recuperado completamente de algun mal episodio de tu vida, cantar esta cancion adquiere una dimension completamente diferente! Se siente maravilloso!
Concuerdo contigo!!! Hace unos años, me sentia perdido. Sin razon de existir. Vivia, pero no sentia ganas de vivir. Conoci a mucha gente, mucha gente querida y mucha por la cual senti muchas cosas, y aun asi, no me sentia motivado. Hasta que hace un año, conoci a una persona muy especial. Y ahora....
Nunca me habia sentido tan vivo. Tan inspirado a mejorar y a vivir.
Este tema me recuerda mucho a ese yo de antes. Y claro, ahora todo eso es solo un recuerdo. Un mal recuerdo. Un mal sueño.
+Riuka Soulripper que super tu comentario!! Me alegro mucho por tí. si, gracias a Dios, solo ha sido un mal sueño. a bad dream and it's over☺
Sí. Se vuelve más bella y profunda. Se ha madurado un poco.
Salu2 : )
Percibir esta canción después de una difícil situación es sentirse libre y con una gran paz.
Son artistas...
8 years and still the lyrics are fresh in my head! That's the power of Keane
Keane's music as a whole is their superpower. Period.
@@TheShadowMystik i second your words ❤️
@@ParadoxicalSerenity Keane is also still a serious breath of fresh air in a world of fake music...
@@TheShadowMystik so true ! OMG! But there are still some gems that are there but you need to find a lot
@@ParadoxicalSerenity I agree, and have found those gems so far! :)
Just Watched them today 19/10/2024 at Co-Op Live in Manchester. Wow. Special people. Special performance. ❤
so did I mate , they were great ❤
I was there too, they were amazing!
I can't get over this videoclip. As soon as he gets out of the darkness and reaches the light, darkness peaks again. It's like a cicle. You'll have to keep looking for light, hopefully you'll not get tired, every time you reach it, there will always be darkness to face again, so you can look for light and face another darkness and on and on.
Oh my gosh, as soon as I hear this, goose bumps all over. I remember fondly, 'Keane Chatter.' x
Qué recuerdos, buenos y malos... como pasa el tiempo.
De lo mejor entre lo mejor de Keane.
The scene where Carla says goodbye to Laverne to this song is one of the reason why Scrubs is one of my all time favorite TV shows ever!
So true! only got known this Song because of Scrubs.
May be the best combination of music and scene for the whole series. th-cam.com/video/bjAcG0zTVUs/w-d-xo.html
I am Crying again 🥺🥺🥺
Her belief was... Unshakeable.
I think we all learned something from Laverne that day.
2:08 ... is almost celestial to me
To say “ moving” is an understatement
Me and my mum used to listen to this together
She said this song was like a prayer.
R.I.P mum I still listen and still feel us both still listening together.💗
Why do I have to fly
Over every town up and down the line?
I´ll die in the clouds above
And you that I defend, I do not love
I wake up, it´s a bad dream
No one on my side
I was fighting
But I just feel too tired
To be fighting
Guess I´m not the fighting kind
Where will I meet my fate?
Baby I´m a man, I was born to hate
And when will I meet my end?
In a better time you could be my friend
I wake up, it´s a bad dream
No one on my side
I was fighting
But I just feel too tired
To be fighting
Guess I´m not the fighting kind
Wouldn´t mind it
If you were by my side
But you´re long gone
Yeah you´re long gone now
Where do we go?
I don´t even know
My strange old face
And I´m thinking about those days
And I´m thinking about those days
I wake up, it´s a bad dream
No one on my side
I was fighting
But I just feel too tired
To be fighting
Guess I´m not the fighting kind
Wouldn´t mind it
If you were by my side
But you´re long gone
Yeah you´re long gone now
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Amazing!!! 🎵🎵🎵👌
badass.john Lennon would dig it..badass. Denise lewis from Taylor...where r you? I'm sorry.
Beautifel.
Christian Noa thanks
Keane has always had those magic in their songs. I cannot Tell…
Eres mi calma en momentos de completa miseria y ansiedad. Tu música es medicina para el alma. Recuerdo haberte escuchado por primera vez hace 15 años atrás, no dejaba de escuchar este tema una y mil veces.
Una gran medicina 😍😍 me encantan
Started listening to Keane last year. They ended up being my top artist on spotify, and somehow their songs seem to get more and more special as I keep on listening. Thank u Keane
Have you heard bed shaped? It's an absolute gem
Happy you found them. This was part of a really great album
This is the Keane.
@@webi3 absolutely!
@@karolseghabi they're fantastic
All of Keane's songs are equally beautiful.
All of albums are just so beautiful arrangements with lovely songs and music for all time since my childhood.
"Where will i meet my fate? Baby' I'm a man, I was born to hate."
Damn. Some powerful lyrics there
ריגשת ;-)
People give hate a bad rap.
Tom Ryder That reads a little odd, but I actually get it. I had some built up problems in the past with people who refused to treat me like a person, but we had mutual friends and they just didn't want to pick sides and wouldn't acknowledge the other person truly being a jerk. So yeah, started feeling a lot of pent up anger. Then one day someone responded to a status and told me that anger was a normal and necessary emotion like the rest and it wasn't fair that people would try to deny my feeling it in a piss poor attempt at non-confrontation, that it wasn't healthy to only feel or at least present the "good" emotions, especially if circumstances didn't make them appropriate/natural to feel.
Sad that I'm not even that close to the person who said that, but it was one of those forever helpful moments. It's not fair if you're being hurt or disrespected to not express anger at that and to always brush it off. Some people, it seems more so these days, do not see that as being the bigger person, only someone they can continue to direct their negativity at without consequences.
It's about war guys
The only part of the lyrics I actually could never feel (lol) and therefore refused to sing, back when I was listening to this song almost every night.
This is the song that made me fall in love with this band... A masterpiece
una de mis bandas favoritas, y son muy infravalorado
One of the best songs of Keane .
So beautiful and emotional.
Keane masterpiece, genius.
this is one of my favorite song.....the lyrics thats what i really feel inside...
i like this song, keane the best band
+Fabiano L I agree :))
+Puyi so great song , great band :D
+Puyi so hey best is nothing in my way... .)
Rickardo Galo Rojas yah i aslo like that ...😊
estupenda canción una de las mejores que he escuchado Mas música como esta KEANE
Esa sensación de paz que siento al escuchar esta canción, la adoro! 😍
This song helped me when I was down, when I was sad with nobody next to me... I love this song
And then just when you least expect it, love finds you in the form of your significant other your age as they embrace you with a hug that tells you "everything's okay and I love you."
at least your not alone@gook
la musica é sempre con noi.
@@user-ku7mm8bg3j 🤛
@@user-ku7mm8bg3j ❤🤝
I liked Coldplay before...
But as soon as I heard Keane ..
such depth of feeling ... only their music was able to grab me completely.
Keane is unigue (by music voice words)
keane and coldplay
Your child must know them,even your grandchild too
Know exactly what you Keane...sorry mean.....
Same, if i never listened to coldplay, i would have never have discovered this band
So much better than Coldplay.
@@theresaq8321 at least Keane's album are consistent, compared to Coldplay, turns out to a woke album in their latest
Like a mixture of Coldplay, Radiohead, U2 and Travis, and yet this song is still unmistakably Keane.
Don't forget crowded house
I don't think it would be surprising to say that my top favourite bands ever are Keane, Coldplay, and U2. Especially Keane and Coldplay, to me it's a tie, truly they're both at no. 1. Great artists!
....bit of Superdrag, too.....
Coldplay and keane are my best ❤❤
@@MikeAlabbasiand radiohead too
11 years and still chills to my spine.. Please create more songs
Listening to this live was probably one of the best moments of my life.
Phenomenal tune .. absolutely phenomenal .
Once in a lifetime song
I wonder if anyone could feel what I feel when I listen to them...this kind of feeling is only produced by music of this level. They are awesome.
+Montse Ma I think I feel what you feel. No one else that I know feels that connection. It is hard to describe. I have seen them four times all over the U.S. They were a great band and who actually said something in their lyrics. Miss them.
+Jim H I only have seen them once when they came to Barcelona some years ago. I couldn't imagine that I would have the privilege to listen to them... I'd like to repeat that experience again!
+Montse Ma Just remember you're not the only one :)
+Montse Ma - Keane make me feel human, and I understand the true meaning of pain and joy at the same time.
Montse Ma Keane songs get in your heart ❤️ & soul, Tom Chaplin has the voice of a angel 😇 🎶
Amo esta canción y me recuerda mi tiempo de estar en la preparatoria, (nostalgia on) cuando gastaba mi dinero en el cibercafé viendo videos de música sobre todo de Keane 💜🤓
THATS SOOOO COOL!! LOVE IT!!!😃😇💞💖💞
Me encanta esta canción siempre veo el video y me da a entender que uno sale de su momento de oscuridad un momento ,ve la luz y prefiere regresar a sufrir pero me hace entender que no es el fin de todo uno regresa para arreglar todo de raíz
Y sigo volviendo a ver este video me atrapa ese misticismo de salir de la oscuridad a la luz para volver a ella nuevamente
"Remember my first day, when that patient came in and started bleeding out on me, and I was so shocked I could barely move. But you stood by my side, and you guided me through it. And then you did the most amazing thing of all, you made me laugh. For the last 15 years you've been my role model, but most of all you've been my friend. And I don't know what else to say but I'm gonna really really miss you. Goodbye."
to laverne !
To Laverene!
Who r u talking about
To Laverne
Just watched the episode. 😢
The genius of this song is that it can be interpreted many different ways. Songwriting like this just doesn't happen as often as it should.
Yes. Great records from these guys.
R.I.P Laverne.
:'(
😢
PozitivMovie
did he die????
Deborah Verena *she
linda linda linda linda....como existe pessoas que são capazes de fazer músicas lindas assim????????
É sensacional!!! :)
Muito bom! ;)
"Keane - bedshaped", and "Bad Dream" are the best in the bunch. -2020
music like this brings me the deepest sense of nostalgia. idk how to explain it other than i feel outside my body when i listen. absolutely love and miss early 2000 classics like these
Gracias eternas, gracias por esta genialidad. Toda esta música es increíble.
Gracias Keane! 😍
un de los mejores grupos !!! Keane 💓 me encanta
Com certeza!!!
...keane é magnífico
The whole song is a work of art, but the 15-second introductory piece at the start is truly soul-stirring. Thing is though, what is that sort of chirping sound going on in the background of that bit? Seriously, if you turn up your volume and listen carefully, ideally through decent headphones, you can hear something that sounds like either some kind of bird or a woodwind instrument. Someone tell me what is making that sound because for me it defines the piece as the finest easy-listening to bless the ears of humankind.
the best comment about this song
I had already noticed this sound too, it's the sound that only plays on the left side until 0:39. I think it is just a synthesizer.
The piano and the synthesizer makes a really good background, all note of piano is extended, the finish is for example if you plays normally: tum, tum, tum, the finish as the same, but in this song sounds: tum, tum, tummmmmmmmmm. the last part, this mmmmmmmmmmm, make an effect incredible when is mixed with the synthesizer.
Ooh aka doo aka dey
If you watch the live version of this song from the O2 show in 2007, Neil Hannon reads out the poem this song is based on before it is played, and the sound you mentioned is being played in the background.. It's available on here if you search, really haunting sound
I am just floating.....simply ethereal.
Some years ago I was on a travel on bus, during it, was listening some music and spending time with my inner toughts, watching throught the window, remembering the past, coping with the present and wondering what the future holds.
Then this song started playing and it felt special, it was special moment I cant explain it well, but made that mundane moment on the road to mean something more profound even if it was for just a few minutes, noticed time passing (years) and was grateful for been alive. Im Still.
It still feels like a bad dream after my mother died in January from cancer. Each day I wake up and like to imagine that's all it was. This song helps though. Keane are a special band.
This hits me to the core. The sound of this song explains every feeling of loss I've experienced as a human being. It's tragically beautifully and heartbreaking...I cannot stop listening
"But I just feel too tired to be fighting" has stuck with me for years and is what keeps bringing me back time after time when I'm just feeling a little tired of everything. Beautiful song.
A piece of my soul dies from pleasure every time I hear this song.
It’s just full of emotion and beauty for me.
Tom, you are so beautiful to me!!! and when I hear your voice is heard the voice of an angel and I feel like flying !!. I love you so much!!!. Keane Forever!!!
RIP Dad. You kept fighting til the very end.
thats what dads do
+Amanda Starr Sorry to hear that. I hope you can move on, but keep the memories of your dad and capture each day.
How beautifully said.
Rest in Peace
Amanda Starr he’s never gone when you mention him Lady Amanda ♓️♊️❤️🖤🌹⭐️✨🙏☘️
I will see them in November this year! Can't wait!
Something about this song really hits me emotionally and I don’t even know why, it’s absolutely stunning
Same man, I rarely get really emotional by music but this song just hits me so hard. Can never finish it without tears in my eyes
Imagine if you heard this song for the first time in the days after a traumatic event like a break up. It takes me back to that time
I'd first listened this song couple years ago watching Scrubs. Never known about this group and never listened again since. I discovered it 2 days ago and went to this one song in my earphones while being in a bus travelling some towns and obviously roads, watching by the window. That was a blast in my mind and heart. Man that one hit hard when you go through something really bad for yourself.
R.i.P. Laverne
watched Scrubs years ago, too. still remember the scene as it was yesterday.
great songs just stuck in my head with everything that came along with them...
or it's the other way around...
great scenes stuck in my mind with also the music that was playing at that moment.
Absolute magic of the voice and music.....
The top, bravo!
Yes!
Canzone meravigliosa di un gruppo musicale fantastico ❤
Keane nunca vai sair da minha vida... Desde os 13 anos escutando e até hoje não consigo escolher qual música me emociona mais...
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A mim também, e são poucas pessoas no brasil que consigo ver gostar dessa banda tão maravilhosa
Amo eternamente
2020 - Still Love this song, and the way Tom sings it: with all his heart, bringing truth in every line ♥♥♥♥ no Doubt why i love this band so much♥♥♥
Literally my thoughts.
I can't get enough of listening to this song for just one time, I have to play it over and over again...
Habemos personas rotas y renacidas que vivimos esto todos los dias! Semanas, meses o años enteros en absoluta oscuridad, derepente llega a nosotros esa lucidez que nos dura de la misma forma, dias, semanas meses o años sin embargo es mas comun que sean horas o minutos; este clip es el mejor ejemplo representando la depresion en una persona! Leo bastantes comentarios hablando de nostalgia, sobre el año que la escucharon, sobre sus dias de estudiantes incluso de remembransa por un amor! Y lo respeto.. aunque en mi cabeza, nada se compara con vivir el video en carne propia! LES DESEO DE CORAZON FUERZA, TEMPLE Y CORDURA PARA NO COMETER EL ERROR DEL SUICIDIO, NO ESTAN SOLOS! YO SIENDO UN EXRAÑO AQUI ESTOY PARA USTEDES!
A masterpiece of music played by proper artists and very talented trained musicians thank you Keane for keeping real music alive :-)
countries have anthems
broken hearts have this.
It's about war but OK.
I love Tom singing from the most danceable, peaceful, romantic songs to the darkest and most reflective. In addition to her beautiful voice, the song's lyrics and melody bring emotion!
Todos os dias ouço as mesmas músicas 😂😂 sempre keane ❤❤Amarei até a eternidade
Gorgeous! I also frequently turn my poems into songs, and it is magical when the music just bursts forth as if it was meant to be, thank you for sharing this.
"when words fail, music speaks" Hans Christian Andersen
The instrumentals are amazing! This whole song is great. Been listening to these since 2004.
Back then it was just a nice song along with many others, now after many years I listened to it again and somehow it became one of my all-time favourites...
The O.C. Anyone. ❤
The OC brought me here😂poor marissa
@@cj221983 I know but she wasn't my favourite character.
I come from oc too 😂