Amanda Palmer - The Ride (Official Audio)
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My baby cousin died November of 2022. She was four days old.
She was so beautiful, in her white coffin, with a crown of flowers around her head.
We said the Holy Mass for her, it was one of the most surreal experiences I've ever taken part of.
Afterwards, her father and his brothers carried her casket out to the gravesite.
Everyone followed, nobody made a single noise. Not the children, not the animals, not anything.
There was frost on the ground, the sun was just coming out again, and there was such a.....starkness to everything.
We then gathered around the grave as the priest blessed it. Total silence.
She was lowered into the ground, her tiny little coffin.
The immediate family members sprinkled holy water over her.
Her father began to bury her - and his little son, my baby cousin's brother - started pushing the dirt to help his daddy.
And I smiled then.
She was due around Christmas, but was born premature, and couldn't survive this world.
She's a Saint now, and she is so loved to this day. I have a picture of her in her daddy's arms, right before she passed.
I never even got to meet her when she was living, but she'll always be in my prayers.
I love her so much.
This song never fails to make me feel better. It's a reset. "Everyone you love is going to die" is hard to hear, but it's also somehow comforting. It's like saying "These are things that you cannot control. Accept them and embrace them." That idea is relief for this control freak. I need to be reminded that there ARE things outside of my control and that my repeated efforts to change that are detrimental to my mental health.
Yes, mindfulness helps me get into the flow. I see when I do mindfulness...I am not the body...I am not even the mind... freedom. Expand into the awareness and flow. Its really a great feeling when we practice just BE in g
You always manage to say something I didnt realize how badly I needed to hear someone else say out loud.
She has a miraculous way of doing that, I concur
lelkyx This song is everything.
I'm sitting here crying my eyes out at this song. Admittedly, I am on my third can of beer and it's not 8am, which, y'know, would likely tend to make you over-emotional. But it felt good to feel the tears. Like something was pulled out of me that needed to be... drained? Well! That doesn't sound very emotional does it. That feels more like talking about plumbing. Anyway, thank you for such a beautiful and moving song.
I hope you get the support you need.
Been there. Beware of the Sloth Demon. He is real. He loves to see us wallow in self pity. Find your strength inside because no one can help you. But you
I just found out my friend died and we always talked about Amanda's music... and when I found out I just youtubed Amanda Palmer again after not doing it in a while. And I just knew I'd find something here... thank you...
How are you dealing after 1 year
@@dutchgirl2 a little better. It's still incredibly hard. They were the first significant death in my life. And maybe I'm wrong but it feels like I could carry it forever
As a person who has been depressed throughout most of their life, this song has moved me to tears like not many things have ever had. It's weirdly calming to think of life as a ride, yet it's also incredibly sad to realize that I might not ever find true meaning in what I do or at least struggle to understand the meaning of it all. It's okay because we might all feel that way, we're all along for the ride and it's less frightening when we have someone besides us. Thank you, Amanda for making me feel like you where there, sitting and singing beside me. ❤
Mojo
It IS just a ride, that IS the meaning.
You are not alone.
I see you. ♥️
entheogens helped me, when it comes to the meaninglessness and depression.
I’m right alongside you. I’ve discussed this song in therapy. It’s everything to me right now.
same thing happened to me. I haven't saved it, playlisted it, I just forget about it and then in my darkest times I come back for it for those 10 min of release it gives. that's the art of amanda.
its such a rare thing in music to find a song so beautiful it just stops you in your tracks and reels you in for every perfect second of it.
When I know someone is feeling suicidal I send them this
The greatest song ever written. Fight me.
Try Napalm Death - You Suffer !
i agree!
Nobody can ARGUE!! I'd take an assault charge if I had too!! I'm singing and sitting behind you!! My name is Danielle :) nice to meet you!!
@@daniellewieners4750 Speaking for my wife Danielle, she also is listening!
I won't fight you. No need to agree or argue. This is amazing.
Sadly this song comes at a perfect time, in its whole. The memories of my oldest sister singing to me and the youngest. And the tragic ride will have though not alone and alone at the Same time. She has just been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. And OH, how I love her.
you can’t imagine how much I need this song these days.
Yeah that shit be hitting different
"Everyone's getting real scared to come out, because coming out's going down badly/feel the city breaking and everybody shaking, and I just want someone to hold me" :/
isn’t it nice when we all can cry at the same time
I think she can that’s exactly why she made it. For you and yours and your times. Love to you!
Love is all around
Price little People who viewed the property of the day
Lyrics:
everyone's too scared to open their eyes up
But everyone's too scared to close them
Everyone's frightened they don't know what's coming
But everyone's frightened of knowing
Everyone's reading the rules of engagement
And everyone's starting to doubt them
Everyone's reaching to put on a seatbelt
But this kind of ride comes without them
I want you to think of me sitting and singing beside you
I wish we could meet all the people behind us in line
The climb to the crest is less frightening with someone to clutch you
But isn't it nice when we're all afraid at the same time?
(chorus)
And it's just a ride
It's just a ride
And you've got the choice to get off anytime that you like
It's just a ride
It's just a ride
The alternative is nothingness
We might as well give it a try
Everyone's terrified that they'll be justified by the collapse that will happen
Everyone's placing their bets just in case
The whole thing's a profound disappointment
Everyone's trying to stay on the side where the water's just boiling more slowly
Frogs in a pot, well that's one thing I've got
At least some of the frogs in here know me
[Pre-Chorus]
I want you to think of me sitting and singing beside you
The chain pulls us up and we know that we're all gonna dive
The blur and the noise of the screaming can blind and distract you
But isn't it nice when we all can scream at the same time?
[Chorus]
And as we all go down
And as we all go round
And as we pitch from side to side
Everything is gonna be alright
Everyone's getting real scared to come out because coming out's going down badly
Feel the city breaking and everybody's shaking
And I just want someone to hold me
Some are too scared to let go of their children
And some are too scared now to have them
Suicide, homicide, genocide, man, that's a fuck-ton of sides you can choose from
I want you to think of me sitting and singing beside you
I wish we could meet all the people who got left behind
The ride is so loud it can make you think nobody's listening
But isn't it nice when we all can cry at the same time?
[Chorus]
And as we all go down
And as we all go round
And as we switch from side to side
Everything is gonna be just fine
Everyone you love is gonna die
Hopefully, this song will come remind you
That's it's just a ride
It's just a ride
From the sister you miss
To the father you don't want to write
It's just a ride
It's just a ride
From the lover you loved to the one that you're frightened to find
It's just a ride
It's just a ride
From the baby you lost to the one that you're growing inside
Come out darling
And don't you cry
It's just a ride
Sarah Rodrigues thank you
I last listened to this when I was in labour with my daughter. I had lost a baby prior to her and during my pregnancy I was terrified and often put this on for an emotional release. I just listened to it now for the first time since she was born (2.5 years has passed) and the song has completely changed meaning, I'm no longer crying listening to it, I feel strangely energized and eager for tomorrow to arrive. Amanda is a true artist, I feel like her songs are starting to weave themselves into my journey through this life. Just, amazing.
When my son-by-choice was born, and I was routinely overwhelmed - terrified of raising him in this world, terrified of what kind of parent I'd be, terrified of how my life and our complicated relationship would change, I sang this song to him in the dark. I half sang it for him and half for me, and now I realize there was a third half - for wishing somebody had sung something like it to me long ago. So, thanks.
2 years and counting, he still loves it as a bedtime song. :D
I cry every time hear this song, actually I listened to the whole album when she released it to us Patreons and I sat and listened to the whole thing with my fiance' and went through a whole box of tissues. God I love you AMANDA!!! I can't wait to see you in MAY!!!!
This song was there for me when my mom passed in 2019. When the world is too much now I put it on and just listen and feel.
My friend showed me a Dresden song and then I watched your TED talk, and omg. You are a beautiful person. Thank you for everything you do.
Wow, I tend to hold back on expressing certain emotions, especially ones that would bring a tear to my eye. Not quite sure what I am feeling after the song, but it's making my eyes water. Very nice work.
You say such nice things here how you conceive the song. How perfect is this song with so many natural changes in her music. She takes us through landscapes and events of our lives. Along to deep feelings and embracing compassion. The perfection of this jewel in art is so much more than just from this world. It's like she has been invited to heaven one day and God himself gave her the inspiration and imagination to make this massage of comfort for all of us. What a perfect jewel. Thanks Amanda.
My friend got off the ride the other day. It hurts. Thanks for holding me in your heart Amanda. It helps a lot.
Thank you, Amanda. This song really made me feel less anxious, somehow. Like a wave that washes away bad feelings.
vascello0o, it’s odd that you say this. This song is the only thing that can calm my 2 year old down. I’m talking screaming, uncontrollable toddler emotions to sleeping peacefully. Just complete relaxation... and the only thing I’ve found that works reliably currently. 💕💕
How substantially and overwhelmingly relevant this song has become on a societal scale. Fuck…
Amanda Palmer I must thank you , this is such a truthful some " life is a ride and some fool stole the brake , "
This Piece of Art is so beautiful and perfect in every way possible it just hurts in the best way possible.
This in 2021, is heartwrenching and true
This is my favorite from the album. It speaks to me on all levels and gets me bawling every time. Love you lady....
I feel the same, but I love so many other songs too, but I bawl every time to this
@@Asphyxiadyslexia Me too. I cry my eyes out to this one in particular. My sister in law is dying of cancer right now. She doesn't have long left. She's 42 and her daughter is only 10. My heart is breaking every damned day at the minute, but I find this song strangely therapeutic even if it hurts.
This is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. It has such a powerful effect on me, so emotionally raw and honest. I keep coming back to it over and over. Thank you so much for creating it
Amanda, you make me cry in the best way and you make me feel heard. Thank you for your art.
"The alternative's nothingness might as well give it a try"
True
I should've been listening to this repeatedly for this past year.
Saw you with my girlfriend on her birthday at the last Queen Elizabeth show in Toronto and had the pleasure of fulfilling a childhood dream of hers by meeting u Neil and your beautiful boy!!
I was an instant superfan...
Went home and looked up all your stuff.
The Ukelele Anthem (among tonnes of your stuff) is a work of genius. Your work treads gracefully between the manic and the brilliant.
I consider your music among one of the great gifts she has given me over the years.
We have tickets to the next show coming up in March. We hear you will have a band this time.
WE CAN'T WAIT!!
Bought this LP years ago and just now listening to this. You always have a unique, interesting technique to your lyrics and sound. You are definitely full of emotion, creativity and dark whimsy. I might not have liked your first release "Who Killed Amanda Palmer" but Theater is Evil along with this album here so far as well as all of your Dresden Dolls days are music that definitely intrigues me and dare I say speaks to me in some sort of another. You've been there as a side favorite of mine that I always go back to ever so often and always appreciate. Keep making the art that you do.
This had me in tears. Beautiful song
Wow thank you Amanda this is so beautiful I can feel your pain in your voice I an here cause I listened to you on Russell's brands podcast and your music and voice is very soothing to me cause in 2018 I lost my grandpa and I have been through domestic violence from my father iam a singer songwriter myself
Nothing feels more existential than listening to this while playing minecraft with a sticker on your forehead
I can't believe I just barely heard of you, this is just pure agonizing beauty.
oooooh this takes on a whole new feel in march of 2020
True. Like it was written for this time. Stay safe and healthy!
Sits down & watches the whole playlist. Thank you, Amanda. Can't wait to see you in May
ME TOO!!!
As the moments hours and days and years get worse and worse and worse and worse, I keep coming back to this song repeatedly. I can’t express my gratitude enough. Just to have someone whispering in my ear: “you aren’t feeling this suffocating fear alone.”
I am literally crying. the album and the artwork break a heart and piece it all together again
More relevant than ever.
Thank you. Thank you for writing this song. ❤️
Heard this for the first time as you closed with it at the ace hotel. Thank you so much for your endurance in that show. "AMANDA, I'M TOO SAD!!"
In that case...
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Wow, this took me on a journey!
I first heard this song yesterday in the car on my drive to work because I didn't know most of your songs and I got invited to your show in Chicago because a friend had extra tickets.
And it immediately became my favorite.
Then hearing it live in person several hours later at your concert in Chicago was surreal, left mesmerzied, and reassured about life.
Thank you Amanda.
I listen to this regularly
The ride gets so easy after you accept that you might just end it whenever you want to.
You just get off the train.
I'm tired of my ride, I will get off soon. And I look forward to it :)
Really it's a hopeful song. Yes, the ride is terrifying. There are no seatbelts. There will be pain and suffering, noise and chaos, and joy mixed with disappointment. We will all die. But it's just a ride. Put aside the anger, write the father you've lost touch with, call your sister, hold that new baby, and hang in there. Be kind, because everyone on this ride is fighting battles and suffering more than you can imagine. Thanks, Amanda...
It really feels as if I am sitting on piano bench with you as you play. You delve into such a personal, emotional state, that is unmatched by any other artist I have come across. I feel as if I am having a conversation with you, and you are touching my soul with each note carried by your voice. Thank you for this, thank you for making me cry with this song each time I hear it. This is a song that gives me such comfort in its deep sadness.
everything you so is so
beautiful aaa
like thanks for moving me to tears twice today
you're smart and brave enough to say what needs to be said
thats rare today
All the weeping. Very good. Thank you.
im crying. omg this is just amazing
Reminds me of a musical called ride the cyclone the theme “it’s just a ride” where 6 kids ride a roller coaster and die on it and the musical is about their life experiences and who they are and wanted to be.
As Ive been listening to your music, I notice you truly appreciate the dramatic intensity of piano in a minor key. But then you flip it and make it a gentle reassurance. Beautiful song. I'm in awe at some of the piano if heard in your body of work. Thank you for being you Amanda Fucking Palmer.
This song gets to me every time I hear it. I'll be distracted and then a note or phrase will make me tear up unexpectedly
omg its been a few years since i realized she released more music... this is... just... how do you speak the very innermost light
Feels so topical right now, especially the first verse, even though our current situation wasn't what inspired the song.
I really needed to hear this
I received this song as a gift. I’m eternally grateful
I barely even have the words to express how beautiful this song is or how much it means to me.
i did not ask for these feels, and yet here i am
I love this song so much it hurts. I'm going to figure out how to play it and sing it.
Ten minutes goes by pretty fast with this tune in your ears. Good stuff.
I havent replaced my 'favourite song' since the mid bright eyes days, but shit.... This one does it.
Thank you, Amanda
Wow. Just wow. ♡
Beautiful, simply complex and emotional
Thank You ... easily the best of the "carnival" songs (I listen to) ... others ELP Karn Evil 9 ... Nightwish Last Ride of the day... Keith Chicago IL ...
I never thought I would listen to a ten-minute song, but I love this so much!
Brilliant and beautiful - thank you!
Beautiful as always Amanda ❤
So many years after the first time, I have found another reason to fall in love.
I love your music and energy. Your a brilliantly talented spiritual being ! I'm sending you all the gratitude that's in heart because your music fills me with so much good stuff that its over flowing with good energy. I have to give it away to keep it. You sincerely have changed me and the way I see things! Thank you again 🤜💛🐝💛🤛
This song is timeless like Sylvia Plath but who refuses to give up
i've been listening to this song a lot lately
This could not be any more relevant right now
Make me cry why don't you. Thank you so much for this
I fell in love on a rollercoaster and finally had a stable relationship. This song means so much to me already.
Thankyou for your art... depression has been kicking my ass as of late... I didnt cry to this but it's so calming to me... thankyou for the reminders that life is just a life. Gotta enjoy life as it comes and goes and that you can leave at any point in time...
Amazing lyrics! I love this song!
Thank you, Amanda Palmer!
Yaay! I've been waiting to hear this released for a while now.
I may have to listen to this on a rollercoaster at some point this year just to see how it feels to juggle two at once
Listening to this watching the election results come in. Thank you, Amanda.
Amanda has excellent taste in stand-up comedians.
This is the definition of a magnum opus.
Went to the concert Saturday and it was awesome!! This album is even better live.
this made me cry. i love it
This has a very Leonard Cohen feel to it
This song hit me so fricken hard oh my god
I have a TH-cam vid on fixing a dyson vac that has more views than this. it's a funny world. This song is beautiful. This is the rare song that makes me stop and truly listen. Thank you Amanda
So happy your still making music
I aspire to make art like that someday
my fave song ever
This is my anxiety vaccine
How does she do it? Wow
Amazing
Fuck. This floors me every time
the only monthly bill that seems most worth paying is also my smallest.! AFP's Patreon
The changes in the song remind me of Billy Joel's Goodnight Saigon.
Please... tour at Ren Fests somehow.. your voice, style, neil, everything.
This album would be perfect for a NA circuit and you would meet so many cool people and gain so many cool experiences. I have much to say about this, and I know you may hesitate on the idea but it is a beautiful one.
Oh my gosh