I used to listen to this song whenever I felt like life was a burden, this song literally saved me from suicidal thoughts. Thanks Of monsters and Men , 5yrs later this song gives me even more peace.
@Big Foot if you ever want to talk with someone about anything you can write to @jurassic_dain on insta if you have it, it's me (i know that probably you don't want to and I understand it, but i'll leave it here anyway). I really wish you a nice day and a happy peaceful life!
I listened to this song when I would sneak out of the house late at night. It made me feel like I was on this adventure discovering every new and great thing about late nights in a small town.
Life lesson: dont let anyone tell you that the music you like is bad. Im my personal experience music has a profound influence on your personality. So explore, and listen to what you vibe with. Because the right music to listen to, is the music you like.
Yes, I listen to all kinds of music, just to find the right one, and I feel that there's not a superior kind. No matter how much effort or how much depth it has, music has to be entertaining, so someone who listens to queen is getting the same outcome as someone who listens to doja cat. I personally love deep or bittersweet songs and artists like AURORA, but there's always going to be somebody with a different taste, we should respect that
you know what guys, in my opinion, OMAM is the most underrated band in today's generation. they deserve much more attention than what they have been receiving right now.
I love this band, its like listening to a story before bed, I feel like a child again. And I'm so glad they're coming to the BBK festival this summer. It makes all that I saved to get the ticket worth it. :')
To me this song is about the longing for an adventure. Feeling trapped in an ordinary life and wanting more. Feeling that there is a purpose or destiny out and away from one's routine.
The world Of Monsters And Men have created in these videos is so beautiful, weird, and mystical. I'd love a musical (think across the universe but for OMaM), animated, centered around their music that weaves a narrative that stitches these videos together.
Totally. I haven't seen all the vids but I feel that they are all somehow related: like how in dirty paws i see maybe someone being liberated from some conflict with the support of someone else, so maybe the girl was battling mental illness and the the guy came in they fell and love and saved her. From finner I think is about their adventures together and is a contrast to the following little talks, which I interpret as the guy is dead, and the woman is kinda broken because of it. Six weeks would be about her struggle made into a Hugh glass metaphor, and then love love love as how the women feels that she'll never love again. And then finally the women is killed and the lovers meet again in the afterlife, where they guy shows her it isn't that bad. Idk, I like to think of the album as one great story.
i feel so connected to this song when they say "as the soft walls eat us alive" and then proceed to play such beautiful melody for the rest of the song feels like acceptance, accepting the unfathomable truth of their lives the fact that less the half of the song has lyrics is for me the perfect choice since it feels like it builds up that acceptance of what's happening, the last moments of the stages of grief feels like finally making peace with reality, when you decide to just go with it regardless if you want to or not, in the end, we can't control reality, but we can control "our own" reality, we can control the way we take the things that happen to us the half of the song that's just music feels like that moment when your mind finally feels free of the dread, the stress, the sorrow, the uncertainty, the suffering, feels like finally being able to see things as they actually are, your eyes feel relaxed, your mind cools down, the music feels like it understands that and helps you think about the world, the situation you're going through you finally stop resisting the treatment reality gives you, you embrace it, and realize that you are stronger than you thought, maybe not enough to change everything, but enough to keep on going regardless
Hello stranger. I don't know who you are, I don't know where you live, I don't know your name, neither your age. But today, this very moment, you touched my soul. You made me accept my own struggles and try to move on. From this day on you're an anonymous presence in my life that changed my reality
This song is so nostalgic. All of their songs are. Takes me back to my early 20s staring at the sunset over the river listening to this and entering a state of bliss.
You know... since 2012 when I discovered OMAM I absolutely fell in love with them. "Yellow Light" is probably my favorite song and I really analyzed the lyrics in search of meaning. When I came up with my own interpretation of what this song means... I knew one thing: that if I was to ever fall in love with a girl and ask her to marry me, this song had to be played during our wedding. And in the summer of 2019, we did hear this song at midnight and we danced to it while all the guest circled us in the dark... with glowing sticks in the color of yellow.
Can I just, explain my absolute obsession on these monsters? They just-- they look so.. lovable, so.. understandable, so.. inhuman. But I guess that's just.. what this album is all about. Thanks, for listening. 🌹Good day or night to you all🌹
They are so mesmerizing. They look understandable, lovable, empathetic. Yes monstrous, inhuman. They walk with purpose, they walk with a goal and a destination. Yet they also look like they walk just to walk. With no reason other than to walk. I love it
+General Floofy i just found their lyric videos.. and this shit is dope... i can do these 3d animations.. now i gotta find out where to apply to do so.
I've had trouble interpreting this song for years. I used to think that the male speaker was intentionally leading the female speaker into harm's way, since he said to ignore all the warning signs and the light was blinding his eyes, (which could still be true, I guess.) But the last line and the air of the music afterward suggests that he's leading her out of her terribly tiny comfort zone in order to truly enjoy life, though scary it may be. The soft walls are the small confines of what she considers "safety", confines so small that they "eat them alive," or basically have them rotting away. You know it's a really good song when it takes someone forever to figure it out and it's still abiguous lol
OMAM and other band intact with the deep songs are complete geniuses unlike those dumbasses who adds sex drugs and moneu and makes millions while these are so underrated
Many of their songs ask existential questions about life, love, conflict, and finding meaning. There seems to be lots of pain while chasing after a glimmer of hope and escape. I think there music is reflective of a generation that has had terror thrust upon them by a world going madder every day. There is lots of systemic abandonment and pain but the innate desire to push on and find something better.
of course a pastor would write this masterpiece. Your comment nearly sent me to tears because I am that generation, but I am determined to be the one that lights the way for my peers so we can get through this together. God bless you!!!!
Omg I just listened to this for the first time in like a year and a half and it just swept me away all over again. It's like a sad, yet beautiful lullabye. Omg this is just fucking amazing honestly
I'm looking for a place to start And everything feels so different now. Just grab a hold of my hand I will lead you through this wonderland. Water up to my knees But sharks are swimming in the sea. Just follow my yellow light And ignore all those big warning signs. Somewhere deep in the dark A howling beast hears us talk. I dare you to close your eyes And see all the colors in disguise. Running into the night The earth is shaking and I see a light. The light is blinding my eyes As the soft walls eat us alive.
I remember the first time listening to this song was back in 2018 when I got diagnosed with cancer. It was certainly a horrible experience but I will never forget the peace it brought to me during those hard times. I still come back to this song whenever I need it...
Simply amazing feel to it. Like a mothers lullaby on a stormy night. These guys have a nice dark, brooding feel and yet almost a hopeful demeanor. You listen to what they are saying and how it's said, it seems like they have come through a lot of hardship together. I'm sure it has to do with the dreary weather, but it contrasts warmth against a backdrop of a cold environment.
this is one of the rare bands that takes me somewhere else when I listen to their music. not just an escape, but I really believe the worlds in their heads speak through them and come out in the songs! such a magical band.
I always imagine like a girl who have severe anxiety/Depression and is afraid of everything and everyone. So she met a boy who's willing to help her. That's why even if she describes everything as they are scary and dangerous, he is always calm and confident. He tries to make her confident of herself too, as he says 'ignore those big warning signs' refering to her afraid to go with him. Also, she seems to be lost because she just can't find herself on so many anxiety and so many scary feelings. The light could be the 'light in the end of the tunnel', when se realizes that there is a answer, there is a way to get better. Just can't not imagine me and my boyfriend >,< This is a masterpiece, and I love it!!
I remember listening to this song 8 years ago in the car with my girlfriend at the time. It was a rainy night and we were on the way home after eating out. We were fighting at the time and there was a question of where our relationship was headed. After trying to talk it out, we sat in silence for a while, then this song started playing. I instinctively grabbed her hand and held it as she rested her other hand on top of mine. In that moment, without saying a word, as the "lala's" in the song crescendoed to its climax, it felt like everything would be okay between us. We're not together anymore, but for some reason I'm always reminded of that night and that seemingly small, insignificant event whenever I listen to this song, even 8 years later. I guess it just reminds me of a simpler time.
Damn... I think it's supposed to be sad, but I actually think it's beautiful, very special. Not for the moment with your ex-girlfriend, but for the strong emotional connection you felt in the moment.
Each of monsters and men music video feels like a glimpse into another world, a moment in time that this world shall never see except through their videos.
i spent a lot of time in high school crying to this song. to me, it symbolized peacefully slipping into death and the beyond. but that was comforting at the time. i remember playing these lyric videos for everyone late at night in my friends basement. i think only a few of us were awake. i wonder if anyone else remembers that night the way i do
It’s so heartbreaking when you attempt to share music that has moved you beyond words with others because they’ll never understand how it made you feel.
This video is so simple, so subtle, like two marbles rolling around in a tin can. Nothing spectacular, nothing complex. Yet it feels so good watching it, especially from 1:43 until the end. That part of the song syncs perfectly to the creepy march through the storm.
I always scroll down to the comments section on their videos because: 1. There are hardly any haters. I have literally not seen one. 2. You often learn something new 3. You guys always have interesting interpretations of the songs and I think it is a kind of quality that OMAM have, their music can be interpreted in many different ways.
It's haunting how for the last three minutes of the song, you gets sucked in consumed with this weird awkward but good feeling, and yet it is soothing and joyful even though it's repetitive.
The feeling that makes you want to march towards something you've desired for. It's time to shine and finish what you have started... Update (4 years later): I made this comment during my time at Highschool as a senior to keep myself hoping for the better future. Marching through those years during college, I made it as a Senior in the field of aerospace engineering. Yet I continue to march as that future awaits for me to make it. Doesn't matter how many steps it takes, as long as I can reach the end, I will keep marching. I am really looking forward to finish what I have started :)
+TheGreenOwl And other times having these visualizations on my head, ideas come up and sink in the unconscious, just to float getting out all the marvelous irregularities of it. These songs awaken lots of my creative potential, their lyrics are the quality of some really decent literature. I love this.
I love listening to OMAM while writing my stories, currently I am writing a book and listening to all their songs, they just inspire me to draw or write
This is fucken awesome. This is fuckin talent. Why? Because it shows what we have not really seen or heard of before. There is a beauty of symbolism in their work and its difficult to see, which is a good thing. I hear today's artist's and I enjoy only one or two songs from those. yet, these guys I have enjoyed all of their songs. There is a reason why I keep hitting reply to their music.
+Robert Perez Actually,I think the symbolism in this video is frightening at best..It seems to depict where humanity is headed by refusing to respect and heal mother Earth..
Every time when you have listened to an OMAM song: - Wait am i crying? No i'm not but i'm close to, why? Am i happy? Why do i feel so emotional? Wtf is happining with my mind?!!?
Whenever I listen to this song I like to imagine a girl who woke up in a different world and she met a boy there and they became really close. Then she wakes up (when the light burns his eyes) and she keeps trying to go to that world but she never can. People call her crazy because she talks about him and then when she dies she finally meets him again(at the end)
When i was younger i was definitely at risk and no matter what I did the adults in my life (family and teachers) either didn't care or never noticed. I found this song one night and it made me cry immediately. It became a nightly routine to cry myself to sleep while listening to this because at the time for me the first person symbolized someone on the edge of ending it all and the other was her conscience that was accepting of it and helped her to do it. It helped me to hear for some reason and made me feel less alone. Now that i'm doing a little better i think my stance on the meaning of the song has changed. It feels more like her conscience is helping her through a hard time and letting her know its okay to feel these things. I still cry whenever i listen to this song but its more because i wish i could go back and help my younger self through those horrible years.
This band...where do I begin. They have the vocal ability to make them sound vulnerable and youthful, but empowering. The songwriting is amazing and unique. I love the nature-inspired vibe they give. They have the power to make you cry or calm or feel chills or question your entire existence because of how they reach to your soul. Of Monsters and Men is incredible. They are a rare gem among music that just isn't so much music anymore, and the fact that OMAM isn't incredibly famous or extremely well known kinda gives me hope that the good music is reserved for those who look for it. OMAM is special to those who find it, and not to every other person. Thank you Of Monsters and Men for restoring my faith in music that is actually good and meaningful.
I love the alien world these videos are set in. It's eery and somewhat creepy but also comforting in a way. It gives me the same feeling as when I listen to Welcome to Night Vale before bed.
This was my partners favorite song and band. My partner has passed away and I still listen to this song 4 years later thinking of him and it’s now my favorite.
I used to listen to this song not so long ago when i was "fat and depressed" as my 'firends' called me, but i always remembered sitting on the bus staring out and just listening, watching my troubles trickle away behind me and just being content for the small amount of time my earphones allowed. This song is, was and always will be, my escapist, and i thank Of Monsters And Men for that. :)
Everytime i listen to the chorus, i feel the necessity of crying. This song is amazing. It's like a dark lullaby. The power in lyrics and the tonality is such a master piece. Enjoy this band, enjoy their lyrics, enjoy their art; and the most important thing: Enjoy life.
Of Monsters And Men's music always reminds me of The Lord of the Rings. It's like taking a journey, a long journey full of magic and lessons and unexpected obstacles.
Star Wars vibes galore! Exceptionally well made video, simple and powerful. Looks like Tatooine, or the planet Arrakis of the Dune series. Reminds me of Muad'Dib and the pleasure I had of reading the first books. Truly unique band, OMAM. Much love
"My head is an animal" is possibly one of the most amazing, innovative, and beautiful albums I've ever heard. It's very rare to see an album that tells an actual story from beginning, middle, and end. And this song in particular is one of the most hauntingly beautiful things I've ever heard. OMAM really is amazing.
i was coming back from camping. It had been a long journey and we had been driving for the entire day, and it was late in the night. I was sitting in the passenger seat just watching the forest go past and slowly falling asleep. I put this song on and Wow Just with this song playing and watching the dark forests speed fast me gave some overwhelming sense of spiritual connection with nature. It was amazing like I was acctually looking at the spirit of the forest. Never had an experience like it. Amazing what music can do.
This has to be one of the best skiing songs on my mountain playlist. The way it slowly builds into intensity is the perfect blend of power and control. What a song.
Maybe it is talking about the dinosaur's extinction and Mom Dinosaur is telling his little boy to close the eyes and don't worry about the lights around them. As the meteorite falls to earth and the earth is shaking. They feel warm.
The first verse kinda sounds like Titanic. Everything feels so different now - it used to be so calm and now it's panic. Yellow light - The lights from the windows? I will lead you through this wonderland - Titanic was a luxurious ocean liner. Somewhere deep in the dark - The tragedy happened in a deep ocean near midnight. I got lost on the second verse though :P
This song is beautiful. I know it took me a while but I just discovered it in my recommended list and instantly fell in love with it. It makes me happy and sad at the same time. OMAM you're music is truly a work of art.
I even saw a live version of this song. You are so beautiful and lovely and magical!!! I discovered your music just less weeks ago... and it is almost spooky, how the words of different songs interweave with things that happen right now in my life. Thank you for these wonderful soul gifts! I love you!!!❤❤❤
"As the soft walls eat us alive" not only the lyrics but the way they sing that phrase is exactly how I fell when I break through to the other side on LSD
Absolutely adore this song.. here’s the lyrics! I'm looking for a place to start And everything feels so different now. Just grab a hold of my hand I will lead you through this wonderland. Water up to my knees But sharks are swimming in the sea. Just follow my yellow light And ignore all those big warning signs. Somewhere deep in the dark A howling beast hears us talk. I dare you to close your eyes And see all the colors in disguise. Running into the night The earth is shaking and I see a light. The light is blinding my eyes As the soft walls eat us alive.
the moment they say "i dare you to close your eyes and you will see the colours in disguise" i actually start imagining the colours in the video. man this band is the best. all of their songs touch you in one way or another
LYRICS I'm looking for a place to start And everything feels so different now. Just grab a hold of my hand I will lead you through this wonderland. Water up to my knees But sharks are swimming in the sea. Just follow my yellow light And ignore all those big warning signs. Somewhere deep in the dark A howling beast hears us talk. I dare you to close your eyes And see all the colors in disguise. Running into the night The earth is shaking and I see a light. The light is blinding my eyes As the soft walls eat us alive.
Ive been having LITTLE TALKS with myself BENEATH MY BED, waiting over SIX WEEKS for this song that I LOVE LOVE LOVE. This video deserves to be seen by well over a THOUSAND EYES... This is one of those songs you can feel deep in YOUR BONES. Weather it's a hike up BLUEBERRY MOUNTAIN, or a visit to your BACKYARD, this song will embed itself into your ORGANS, your heart, brain etc... This is my WINTER SOUND, my MOUNTAIN SOUND, my EMPIRE. This is my YELLOW LIGHT in an ocean of BLACK WATER, because I am only HUMAN, WE all SINK I am a SINKING MAN. It's a SLOW LIFE, and I move SLOW AND STEADY a PHANTOM follows me as I stare at the SKELETONS covered with ice CRYSTALS near my LAKEHOUSE. I blaze my illegal NUMB BEARS to try and escape the pain as I enter a deep deep SLOOM. I want to be in HAWAII, I want to have this HAPPY SONG with me. I feel this HUNGER, like WOLVES WITHOUT TEETH do. Their DIRTY PAWS follow their KING AND LIONHEART, searching for the I OF THE STORM. I picture SILHOUETTES of A BOY AND A BIRD, floating on PARTICLES. The boy, JOSIE, is playing with SUGAR IN A BOWL, sadly singing "WERE GETTING OLDER" This is the power of this song... --FROM FINNER
this song has always always calmed my nerves, soul and thought process whenever i get to listen to it. to think i had to scourge my TH-cam history like crazy to re-find it is such a hallmark of its depth and legacy for me.
I love these visualizer lyric videos. Even tho it's in a loop with a few things changing along the way, I feel like I'm being told a story within a dream. There should be an animated series based on these. I imagine a whimsical dystopian fantasy world.
I used to listen this song while smoking on the porch of my old apartment. The girl I had strong feelings for wasn't interested in me. In fact, she was dating one of my good friends at the time. During the day, I felt like life wasn't fair to me. I arrived home. Open my cigarillos pack and played this song. Needless to say, it managed to take me out of my misery for a few minutes. Sure, the lyrics didn't have a distinct link with my life, but the song just soothed me for a small while. Anyway, thought it would be nice to share this story with someone.
This is the first time I've heard this song, it's not even halfway over and I'm already crying. And I came here from King and Lionheart, which always makes me cry. I've decided I need to listen to this entire album but I have to wait until I'm more emotionally prepared and not at work
Watching this video gives me the same feeling it did when I used to watch it years ago in middle school. Incredibly nostalgic and just as magical now all these years later
A good friend passed today, and this song feels like her way of saying goodbye. It will forever mean something different to me than it ever did before.
Many people interpret this song as a song about a war and bombings. I believe it is about an insane person. The girl is saying what she sees, and the boy is the voice in her head. "Running into the night, the earth is shaking and I see a light" strapped to a hospital bead, which is vibrating as it goes down the hall, and the soft walls of a padded cell feel like they are closing in on her as she goes deeper into insanity. notice how the boy said "the light is blinding my eyes" he is the voice in her head, but he is no longer calming her, he is seeing what she is seeing and is no longer supporting her, he is her. sorry if this was confusing, it's just what I feel
I think I understand you. It gave me a lot of inspiration to interpret this song in my head, like a music video. With characters and everything. I loved it.
To me, the song brings me back to the six years of living with my dad in Canada. Amidst the unforgettable times between the both of us, it was admittedly a period of much confusion and conflict. Ragnar, the male singer, represents my dad while Nanna, the female singer would be me.
I watch this video at least 3 times per week. Song, music, video... no words. Just imagine where is this place and what does it look like. Reminds me of Vallejo paintings.
I used to listen to this song whenever I felt like life was a burden, this song literally saved me from suicidal thoughts. Thanks Of monsters and Men , 5yrs later this song gives me even more peace.
It's amazing to think that a song can save a precious life. I hope you are doing well now. ❤️
@Big Foot please do hang in there, you are not alone! you are so loved and important, and I wish you all the happiness and health in the world :)
@Big Foot thanks to you, and don't forget what I said, I know you can do it and you will get better I promise
@Big Foot it's already a good thing that you are trying, I really appreciate your effort and you shold too :) stay safe
@Big Foot if you ever want to talk with someone about anything you can write to @jurassic_dain on insta if you have it, it's me (i know that probably you don't want to and I understand it, but i'll leave it here anyway). I really wish you a nice day and a happy peaceful life!
I listened to this song when I would sneak out of the house late at night. It made me feel like I was on this adventure discovering every new and great thing about late nights in a small town.
I Like That
Ooh, that is awesome.
That's beautiful.
I feel this comment on a deep level! Love the night walks for that exact reason. An unexplored, secret world.
i love this.
Life lesson: dont let anyone tell you that the music you like is bad. Im my personal experience music has a profound influence on your personality. So explore, and listen to what you vibe with. Because the right music to listen to, is the music you like.
Yes, I listen to all kinds of music, just to find the right one, and I feel that there's not a superior kind. No matter how much effort or how much depth it has, music has to be entertaining, so someone who listens to queen is getting the same outcome as someone who listens to doja cat. I personally love deep or bittersweet songs and artists like AURORA, but there's always going to be somebody with a different taste, we should respect that
i love you
Bro, I really feel that...
Muchas gracias!
Amen :)
I just love how this song doesn't have that much lyrics and the beautiful lullaby-like instrumentals slowly blow me away.
..evil?
Me tooo
我乃士也 why evil? lol
you know what guys, in my opinion, OMAM is the most underrated band in today's generation.
they deserve much more attention than what they have been receiving right now.
Did you literally just call OMAM "underrated"? But how?
I love this band, its like listening to a story before bed, I feel like a child again. And I'm so glad they're coming to the BBK festival this summer. It makes all that I saved to get the ticket worth it. :')
albbksevaypunto
Sooo true
***** it's a music festival in Spain! :)
Fatima YTB I envy you :D I want to see them so bad!
Fatima YTB
100% agreement. They are going to be one of the highlights of BBK for me, too.
To me this song is about the longing for an adventure. Feeling trapped in an ordinary life and wanting more. Feeling that there is a purpose or destiny out and away from one's routine.
agree 🙂
Yess true sara
Absolutely nailed it
I know what I want in life, there are just obstacles which I should ignore in this ordinary life, let's go for it
listening to this while reading my thousandth lotr fanfiction and still feeling incomplete and homesick (I may have a Problem)
Exactly for me too
2024 and still listen to this masterpiece
Ye
Do you ever just sit there and wonder if all the songs are connected?
always
YES. I also do that with Florence and the Machine, not just HBHBHB, but Lungs and Cerimonials
The world Of Monsters And Men have created in these videos is so beautiful, weird, and mystical. I'd love a musical (think across the universe but for OMaM), animated, centered around their music that weaves a narrative that stitches these videos together.
Totally. I haven't seen all the vids but I feel that they are all somehow related: like how in dirty paws i see maybe someone being liberated from some conflict with the support of someone else, so maybe the girl was battling mental illness and the the guy came in they fell and love and saved her. From finner I think is about their adventures together and is a contrast to the following little talks, which I interpret as the guy is dead, and the woman is kinda broken because of it. Six weeks would be about her struggle made into a Hugh glass metaphor, and then love love love as how the women feels that she'll never love again. And then finally the women is killed and the lovers meet again in the afterlife, where they guy shows her it isn't that bad. Idk, I like to think of the album as one great story.
yes i do
i feel so connected to this song
when they say "as the soft walls eat us alive" and then proceed to play such beautiful melody for the rest of the song feels like acceptance, accepting the unfathomable truth of their lives
the fact that less the half of the song has lyrics is for me the perfect choice since it feels like it builds up that acceptance of what's happening, the last moments of the stages of grief
feels like finally making peace with reality, when you decide to just go with it regardless if you want to or not, in the end, we can't control reality, but we can control "our own" reality, we can control the way we take the things that happen to us
the half of the song that's just music feels like that moment when your mind finally feels free of the dread, the stress, the sorrow, the uncertainty, the suffering, feels like finally being able to see things as they actually are, your eyes feel relaxed, your mind cools down, the music feels like it understands that and helps you think about the world, the situation you're going through
you finally stop resisting the treatment reality gives you, you embrace it, and realize that you are stronger than you thought, maybe not enough to change everything, but enough to keep on going regardless
Wow yes 👏❤
You have done well, never forget.
Beautiful comment.
Hello stranger. I don't know who you are, I don't know where you live, I don't know your name, neither your age. But today, this very moment, you touched my soul. You made me accept my own struggles and try to move on. From this day on you're an anonymous presence in my life that changed my reality
This song is so nostalgic. All of their songs are. Takes me back to my early 20s staring at the sunset over the river listening to this and entering a state of bliss.
You know... since 2012 when I discovered OMAM I absolutely fell in love with them. "Yellow Light" is probably my favorite song and I really analyzed the lyrics in search of meaning. When I came up with my own interpretation of what this song means... I knew one thing: that if I was to ever fall in love with a girl and ask her to marry me, this song had to be played during our wedding. And in the summer of 2019, we did hear this song at midnight and we danced to it while all the guest circled us in the dark... with glowing sticks in the color of yellow.
Congratulations man!
That is incredible.
That's so gay haha but congratulations!
Beautiful
This is beautiful 💛 congratulations!
Can I just, explain my absolute obsession on these monsters?
They just-- they look so.. lovable, so.. understandable, so.. inhuman. But I guess that's just.. what this album is all about.
Thanks, for listening.
🌹Good day or night to you all🌹
They are so mesmerizing. They look understandable, lovable, empathetic. Yes monstrous, inhuman. They walk with purpose, they walk with a goal and a destination. Yet they also look like they walk just to walk. With no reason other than to walk. I love it
They be funky and I vibe with them.
I call them breadsticks. Because they're legs are so long like 2 great big sticks
the art work on their videos is always so amazing
Jared Ackles Collins I liked your comment because i love your name
I just discovered this song and think it's amazing, it gives me peace
Same really, I feel like it opens me up.
İt gives me peace of mind
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I really want to cry
This song always calms me down. It feels like I'm getting a hug from someone who will never let me go and will always be there when I need them.
Who else thinks of monsters and men has some of the most stunning visuals?
Me
o/ < That's me raising my hand if it didn't get to you :D
+General Floofy I concur brother
+General Floofy i just found their lyric videos.. and this shit is dope... i can do these 3d animations.. now i gotta find out where to apply to do so.
+General Floofy I totally do. I love the videos
I want to know who made the animations for these lyric videos. They add so much to the song in a way you don't expect.
WeWereMonkeys - They have done the videos for almost all of their songs, and they are so fantastic.
Breanna Thompson the animation isn’t all that bro
@@stellaekens5725 not looking at the technical, but the imagination behind it
It doesn't need to be amazing animation, it needs to inspire a feeling
@@stellaekens5725 Yes it is
Every time I watch this, I mostly just hope these creatures are being treated nicely by those riding them.
That's beatiful.
They're good lizards and deserve to be loved.
OMAM, please confirm that these lizard creatures are being treated nicely.
Also, I request a pet care guide for all of the OMAM animals in these videos.
Yes. Black Beauty fan. Be kind to all.
The beauty of their music brings tears to my eyes.
Its truly beatiful
Patricia Atkinson me too
I've had trouble interpreting this song for years. I used to think that the male speaker was intentionally leading the female speaker into harm's way, since he said to ignore all the warning signs and the light was blinding his eyes, (which could still be true, I guess.) But the last line and the air of the music afterward suggests that he's leading her out of her terribly tiny comfort zone in order to truly enjoy life, though scary it may be. The soft walls are the small confines of what she considers "safety", confines so small that they "eat them alive," or basically have them rotting away.
You know it's a really good song when it takes someone forever to figure it out and it's still abiguous lol
True!
OMAM and other band intact with the deep songs are complete geniuses unlike those dumbasses who adds sex drugs and moneu and makes millions while these are so underrated
Tudo que você precisa esta fora da sua zona de conforto!
+▯Invader▯ music these days sucks it should only be Omam dubstep and classical
Zach Griffith
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Many of their songs ask existential questions about life, love, conflict, and finding meaning. There seems to be lots of pain while chasing after a glimmer of hope and escape. I think there music is reflective of a generation that has had terror thrust upon them by a world going madder every day. There is lots of systemic abandonment and pain but the innate desire to push on and find something better.
Don't mind me I'm just commenting to be able to witness the replies on this comment if it winds up getting lost.
of course a pastor would write this masterpiece. Your comment nearly sent me to tears because I am that generation, but I am determined to be the one that lights the way for my peers so we can get through this together. God bless you!!!!
Omg I just listened to this for the first time in like a year and a half and it just swept me away all over again. It's like a sad, yet beautiful lullabye. Omg this is just fucking amazing honestly
Exactly the same for me. Their music is so touching. I can't believe it. It surprises me how powerful it is.
for some reason this song really speaks to me in a very particular way that very few songs can.
Leah Davidson
of course!! What do you expect David? This is OMAM! THEY DO THIS WITH EVERY SINGLE SONG THEY WRITE! :0
I'm looking for a place to start
And everything feels so different now.
Just grab a hold of my hand
I will lead you through this wonderland.
Water up to my knees
But sharks are swimming in the sea.
Just follow my yellow light
And ignore all those big warning signs.
Somewhere deep in the dark
A howling beast hears us talk.
I dare you to close your eyes
And see all the colors in disguise.
Running into the night
The earth is shaking and I see a light.
The light is blinding my eyes
As the soft walls eat us alive.
It's so short.
But the nice instrumentals is soothing
Whose chopping these dammed onions
Clueless about the light this one!
I remember the first time listening to this song was back in 2018 when I got diagnosed with cancer. It was certainly a horrible experience but I will never forget the peace it brought to me during those hard times. I still come back to this song whenever I need it...
Wow, incredible, thank you for sharing 😊
Simply amazing feel to it. Like a mothers lullaby on a stormy night.
These guys have a nice dark, brooding feel and yet almost a hopeful demeanor. You listen to what they are saying and how it's said, it seems like they have come through a lot of hardship together. I'm sure it has to do with the dreary weather, but it contrasts warmth against a backdrop of a cold environment.
Darth_Helmet agreed
Lots poetic folks here
Someone: No one will ever waste their useless time to count all of tho-
Me: *48.*
Really? Exact 48 Lil walkin lizards? Noice
Hahaha😂
Dang! you got me, i shouldn't supposed to laugh but here i am. 😂
I seriously love you man
59 😋
I love how people leave nice comments in all their music videos cause they deserve it
I dont wnat to like your comment bc it has 69
this is one of the rare bands that takes me somewhere else when I listen to their music. not just an escape, but I really believe the worlds in their heads speak through them and come out in the songs! such a magical band.
I always imagine like a girl who have severe anxiety/Depression and is afraid of everything and everyone. So she met a boy who's willing to help her. That's why even if she describes everything as they are scary and dangerous, he is always calm and confident. He tries to make her confident of herself too, as he says 'ignore those big warning signs' refering to her afraid to go with him. Also, she seems to be lost because she just can't find herself on so many anxiety and so many scary feelings. The light could be the 'light in the end of the tunnel', when se realizes that there is a answer, there is a way to get better. Just can't not imagine me and my boyfriend >,<
This is a masterpiece, and I love it!!
I remember listening to this song 8 years ago in the car with my girlfriend at the time. It was a rainy night and we were on the way home after eating out. We were fighting at the time and there was a question of where our relationship was headed. After trying to talk it out, we sat in silence for a while, then this song started playing. I instinctively grabbed her hand and held it as she rested her other hand on top of mine. In that moment, without saying a word, as the "lala's" in the song crescendoed to its climax, it felt like everything would be okay between us. We're not together anymore, but for some reason I'm always reminded of that night and that seemingly small, insignificant event whenever I listen to this song, even 8 years later. I guess it just reminds me of a simpler time.
Damn... I felt that bro
Different feeling, different situation but 12 years ago. Time flies. Everything looked simpler back then
This makes me feel so single
Damn... I think it's supposed to be sad, but I actually think it's beautiful, very special. Not for the moment with your ex-girlfriend, but for the strong emotional connection you felt in the moment.
that's beautiful
This song is so hauntingly intriguing! I love how the album tells a story and how everyone in the comments are discussing it^^
Of Monsters and Men?
Of Mice & Men O-O
:0
Did someone copy O3o
Hah maybe xD
All of monsters and men's albums and songs tell stories
I swear Of Monsters And Men have the most stunning videos.
Each of monsters and men music video feels like a glimpse into another world, a moment in time that this world shall never see except through their videos.
They are my favorite band... Their voices blend so amazingly, and they are very good at playing instruments... and their music is so meaningful ♥
Their videos always fit the songs so perfectly, they amplify the power of the songs.
i spent a lot of time in high school crying to this song. to me, it symbolized peacefully slipping into death and the beyond. but that was comforting at the time. i remember playing these lyric videos for everyone late at night in my friends basement. i think only a few of us were awake. i wonder if anyone else remembers that night the way i do
It’s so heartbreaking when you attempt to share music that has moved you beyond words with others because they’ll never understand how it made you feel.
This video is so simple, so subtle, like two marbles rolling around in a tin can. Nothing spectacular, nothing complex. Yet it feels so good watching it, especially from 1:43 until the end. That part of the song syncs perfectly to the creepy march through the storm.
I always scroll down to the comments section on their videos because:
1. There are hardly any haters. I have literally not seen one.
2. You often learn something new
3. You guys always have interesting interpretations of the songs and I think it is a kind of quality that OMAM have, their music can be interpreted in many different ways.
Its refreshing for sure
Georgina Smith Same, their fans are all so nice and peaceful. It feels like all are friends with each other
X selea
I LOVE reading the other people's interpretation, I always imagine a story that would fit the song
Exactly
Damn, I wonder where this band has been all my life, every song is just mind-blowing
It's haunting how for the last three minutes of the song, you gets sucked in consumed with this weird awkward but good feeling, and yet it is soothing and joyful even though it's repetitive.
Agreed!!
I find it to be a mix of soothing and joyful, and sad and dark sounding. But good!
The feeling that makes you want to march towards something you've desired for. It's time to shine and finish what you have started...
Update (4 years later): I made this comment during my time at Highschool as a senior to keep myself hoping for the better future. Marching through those years during college, I made it as a Senior in the field of aerospace engineering. Yet I continue to march as that future awaits for me to make it. Doesn't matter how many steps it takes, as long as I can reach the end, I will keep marching. I am really looking forward to finish what I have started :)
What you said inspires me
Thank you for this. Lack of motivation has been eating away at me the past few weeks.
It's time.
Well said, the way the monsters kept moving forward going for the prize, no emotions, no sentiments....eyes focused on the prize
YES.
Why does this make me want to explore a different world
Let's go to Iceland :)
@@ThomasTom__00
Take Me with You :)
@@ThomasTom__00 to Iceland it is , fellow strangers!
Same here, like I'm struggling to remember a past life I've lived some millions of years ago in a different world
What if that's the Earth in the distant future?
Only thing is, that moon is close, and our moon is moving away from us.
these creatures, i love them
they seem so scary at first but also strong. and they walk like real heros.
+Alexandra Yay they are.
I don't know what's up with this band but every time I listen to one of their songs, I end up thinking about some really weird but deep stuff...
agree
+TheGreenOwl And other times having these visualizations on my head, ideas come up and sink in the unconscious, just to float getting out all the marvelous irregularities of it.
These songs awaken lots of my creative potential, their lyrics are the quality of some really decent literature.
I love this.
Get Used To It... Thats The Thing... Behind Most Of Their Songs Are Huge Meanings... Get Ready...
There music is so soulful that it makes me question the universe and my existense... jeez louis see what there music is doing 😂
+TheGreenOwl same
I am amazed by how many different interpretations of this song, even mine differs from all that I read. It's amazing.
OMAM= Pure Art
these guys seriously make the most mesmerizing videos, and their music is truly unique, absolutely love it!
I love listening to OMAM while writing my stories, currently I am writing a book and listening to all their songs,
they just inspire me to draw or write
God, yesss!! I feel you. Their songs are very inspiring
This is fucken awesome. This is fuckin talent. Why? Because it shows what we have not really seen or heard of before. There is a beauty of symbolism in their work and its difficult to see, which is a good thing. I hear today's artist's and I enjoy only one or two songs from those. yet, these guys I have enjoyed all of their songs. There is a reason why I keep hitting reply to their music.
+Robert Perez Actually,I think the symbolism in this video is frightening at best..It seems to depict where humanity is headed by refusing to respect and heal mother Earth..
+Robert Perez And it really makes you feel something. There's like a peace that comes with this rhythm, I find it very lovely
+Rex Betts true. Sad, but true
+Robert Perez Dirty Paws Is bout sex so...
+✘WolfFever Music wait, really?
heard the first sound of the song and burst into tears,.dunno why :)
mttpab Learning this on guitar.A favorite of mine.
IKE
i feel this song, is powerful, chills all over my arms .
Every time when you have listened to an OMAM song:
- Wait am i crying? No i'm not but i'm close to, why? Am i happy? Why do i feel so emotional? Wtf is happining with my mind?!!?
Ikr also the song leaves me wondering into the open
+Herman Munck ffs i dont want to cry but ......
THIS ! Totally relate !
literallyaa
YES! Same with Pink Floyd.
Whenever I listen to this song I like to imagine a girl who woke up in a different world and she met a boy there and they became really close. Then she wakes up (when the light burns his eyes) and she keeps trying to go to that world but she never can. People call her crazy because she talks about him and then when she dies she finally meets him again(at the end)
Kinda wanna write a story like this on wattpad xD
Sounds a lot like Alice in Wonderland
omg do so have link ? :) pleease
+Tereza Hehehe I'd love to read it too
do you mind if I write this??
When i was younger i was definitely at risk and no matter what I did the adults in my life (family and teachers) either didn't care or never noticed. I found this song one night and it made me cry immediately. It became a nightly routine to cry myself to sleep while listening to this because at the time for me the first person symbolized someone on the edge of ending it all and the other was her conscience that was accepting of it and helped her to do it. It helped me to hear for some reason and made me feel less alone. Now that i'm doing a little better i think my stance on the meaning of the song has changed. It feels more like her conscience is helping her through a hard time and letting her know its okay to feel these things. I still cry whenever i listen to this song but its more because i wish i could go back and help my younger self through those horrible years.
I’m so happy you are doing better, you deserve to feel peace and heal. Please take care
I feel you
I am glad you made it ❤
This band...where do I begin. They have the vocal ability to make them sound vulnerable and youthful, but empowering. The songwriting is amazing and unique. I love the nature-inspired vibe they give. They have the power to make you cry or calm or feel chills or question your entire existence because of how they reach to your soul. Of Monsters and Men is incredible. They are a rare gem among music that just isn't so much music anymore, and the fact that OMAM isn't incredibly famous or extremely well known kinda gives me hope that the good music is reserved for those who look for it. OMAM is special to those who find it, and not to every other person. Thank you Of Monsters and Men for restoring my faith in music that is actually good and meaningful.
Δ they are so fucking good
🥰
I love the alien world these videos are set in. It's eery and somewhat creepy but also comforting in a way. It gives me the same feeling as when I listen to Welcome to Night Vale before bed.
This was my partners favorite song and band. My partner has passed away and I still listen to this song 4 years later thinking of him and it’s now my favorite.
My favorite song on the album, is beautiful and I keep thinking that deals they want a new beginning a new life why risk everything to get it.
The most underrated group ever. Ever song on this album is classic..
Love them...just old guy who knows great music...
没毛病！ 直击灵魂的音乐，用心的乐队严重被低估
Талаптары оң болғай ! Жандарым!
It's so haunting and calming at the same time. I'm floating in between as I listen to this.
This video is so simple yet, somewhat nostalgic. We dont know where we are going, but we know were not going the journey alone...
I used to listen to this song not so long ago when i was "fat and depressed" as my 'firends' called me, but i always remembered sitting on the bus staring out and just listening, watching my troubles trickle away behind me and just being content for the small amount of time my earphones allowed. This song is, was and always will be, my escapist, and i thank Of Monsters And Men for that. :)
Everytime i listen to the chorus, i feel the necessity of crying.
This song is amazing. It's like a dark lullaby.
The power in lyrics and the tonality is such a master piece.
Enjoy this band, enjoy their lyrics, enjoy their art; and the most important thing: Enjoy life.
Of Monsters And Men's music always reminds me of The Lord of the Rings. It's like taking a journey, a long journey full of magic and lessons and unexpected obstacles.
Bhavna Ganapathi YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Just like life 😕
You are absolutly right ... it reminds me what happened in the past and it makes me crying because its so beautiful ❤
💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛
Omg literally been thinking the same thing
Star Wars vibes galore! Exceptionally well made video, simple and powerful. Looks like Tatooine, or the planet Arrakis of the Dune series. Reminds me of Muad'Dib and the pleasure I had of reading the first books. Truly unique band, OMAM. Much love
This song is purely nostalgic for me... It's so wild how a song can just instantly take you back in time.
"My head is an animal" is possibly one of the most amazing, innovative, and beautiful albums I've ever heard. It's very rare to see an album that tells an actual story from beginning, middle, and end. And this song in particular is one of the most hauntingly beautiful things I've ever heard. OMAM really is amazing.
i was coming back from camping. It had been a long journey and we had been driving for the entire day, and it was late in the night. I was sitting in the passenger seat just watching the forest go past and slowly falling asleep. I put this song on and
Wow
Just with this song playing and watching the dark forests speed fast me gave some overwhelming sense of spiritual connection with nature. It was amazing like I was acctually looking at the spirit of the forest.
Never had an experience like it.
Amazing what music can do.
This has to be one of the best skiing songs on my mountain playlist. The way it slowly builds into intensity is the perfect blend of power and control. What a song.
Maybe it is talking about the dinosaur's extinction and Mom Dinosaur is telling his little boy to close the eyes and don't worry about the lights around them. As the meteorite falls to earth and the earth is shaking. They feel warm.
Why did that make me cry?
Marie Elador The same happened to me.
Marie Elador You hit it right on the head! This song had me crying like a baby the first time I heard it.
The first verse kinda sounds like Titanic.
Everything feels so different now - it used to be so calm and now it's panic.
Yellow light - The lights from the windows?
I will lead you through this wonderland - Titanic was a luxurious ocean liner.
Somewhere deep in the dark - The tragedy happened in a deep ocean near midnight.
I got lost on the second verse though :P
But the thing that hints Titanic most to me is:
Water up to my knees...
This song is beautiful. I know it took me a while but I just discovered it in my recommended list and instantly fell in love with it. It makes me happy and sad at the same time. OMAM you're music is truly a work of art.
I just found this band and im hooked on them ❤
I even saw a live version of this song. You are so beautiful and lovely and magical!!! I discovered your music just less weeks ago... and it is almost spooky, how the words of different songs interweave with things that happen right now in my life. Thank you for these wonderful soul gifts! I love you!!!❤❤❤
Ughhh! This entire album gives me goosebumps! 💙
"As the soft walls eat us alive" not only the lyrics but the way they sing that phrase is exactly how I fell when I break through to the other side on LSD
Mushroom from Iceland? Hmmm
OF MONSTERS AND MEN IS LIFE. sorry for the caps :p
Don't be sorry for the caps!
OF MONSTERS OF MEN IS LOVE.
OF MONSTERS AND MEN IS EVERYTHING.
pbananah1 sabiutrm+'!";;
Maggy Ebony
Absolutely adore this song.. here’s the lyrics!
I'm looking for a place to start
And everything feels so different now.
Just grab a hold of my hand
I will lead you through this wonderland.
Water up to my knees
But sharks are swimming in the sea.
Just follow my yellow light
And ignore all those big warning signs.
Somewhere deep in the dark
A howling beast hears us talk.
I dare you to close your eyes
And see all the colors in disguise.
Running into the night
The earth is shaking and I see a light.
The light is blinding my eyes
As the soft walls eat us alive.
all the animations of the album are so beautiful
the moment they say "i dare you to close your eyes and you will see the colours in disguise" i actually start imagining the colours in the video. man this band is the best. all of their songs touch you in one way or another
LYRICS
I'm looking for a place to start
And everything feels so different now.
Just grab a hold of my hand
I will lead you through this wonderland.
Water up to my knees
But sharks are swimming in the sea.
Just follow my yellow light
And ignore all those big warning signs.
Somewhere deep in the dark
A howling beast hears us talk.
I dare you to close your eyes
And see all the colors in disguise.
Running into the night
The earth is shaking and I see a light.
The light is blinding my eyes
As the soft walls eat us alive.
These images are so powerful!
I heard this live last night, and it nearly brought me to tears cos of how beautiful it was, this band is just awesome!
Ive been having LITTLE TALKS with myself BENEATH MY BED, waiting over SIX WEEKS for this song that I LOVE LOVE LOVE. This video deserves to be seen by well over a THOUSAND EYES... This is one of those songs you can feel deep in YOUR BONES. Weather it's a hike up BLUEBERRY MOUNTAIN, or a visit to your BACKYARD, this song will embed itself into your ORGANS, your heart, brain etc... This is my WINTER SOUND, my MOUNTAIN SOUND, my EMPIRE. This is my YELLOW LIGHT in an ocean of BLACK WATER, because I am only HUMAN, WE all SINK I am a SINKING MAN. It's a SLOW LIFE, and I move SLOW AND STEADY
a PHANTOM follows me as I stare at the SKELETONS covered with ice CRYSTALS near my LAKEHOUSE. I blaze my illegal NUMB BEARS to try and escape the pain as I enter a deep deep SLOOM. I want to be in HAWAII, I want to have this HAPPY SONG with me. I feel this HUNGER, like WOLVES WITHOUT TEETH do. Their DIRTY PAWS follow their KING AND LIONHEART, searching for the I OF THE STORM.
I picture SILHOUETTES of A BOY AND A BIRD, floating on PARTICLES. The boy, JOSIE, is playing with SUGAR IN A BOWL, sadly singing "WERE GETTING OLDER"
This is the power of this song...
--FROM FINNER
@Ryder Landau no u
this is cool as shit
Cookie points granted
@@grayjedi212 and shit is pretty cool isn't it 💩😎
Beast mode..explained by you for interpretation of OMAM
this song has always always calmed my nerves, soul and thought process whenever i get to listen to it. to think i had to scourge my TH-cam history like crazy to re-find it is such a hallmark of its depth and legacy for me.
Can't stop listening...
I just discovered this song, love the melody... Amazing...
I love these visualizer lyric videos. Even tho it's in a loop with a few things changing along the way, I feel like I'm being told a story within a dream. There should be an animated series based on these. I imagine a whimsical dystopian fantasy world.
One of my personal favorite songs. Thank you, Of Monsters and Men
This band saved my life, literally, especially this song
I used to listen this song while smoking on the porch of my old apartment. The girl I had strong feelings for wasn't interested in me. In fact, she was dating one of my good friends at the time. During the day, I felt like life wasn't fair to me. I arrived home. Open my cigarillos pack and played this song. Needless to say, it managed to take me out of my misery for a few minutes.
Sure, the lyrics didn't have a distinct link with my life, but the song just soothed me for a small while. Anyway, thought it would be nice to share this story with someone.
These guys literally don't have no one bad song. Everything they making is majestic
This is the first time I've heard this song, it's not even halfway over and I'm already crying. And I came here from King and Lionheart, which always makes me cry. I've decided I need to listen to this entire album but I have to wait until I'm more emotionally prepared and not at work
I'm so crying right now too!!! It's so beautiful
Beautiful album.
I understand that, too. King and Lionheart always hits right to the core. This one makes me a sleepy, content kind of sad, but it still makes me cry.
That tune in the chorus is to die for... eery and haunting but calm and soft too. Oh and don't get me started on the visuals ahhhHHHHH
Watching this video gives me the same feeling it did when I used to watch it years ago in middle school. Incredibly nostalgic and just as magical now all these years later
A good friend passed today, and this song feels like her way of saying goodbye. It will forever mean something different to me than it ever did before.
I'm sorry for your loss
I love OMAM's style of music videos. They're so beautiful
Their songs and video clips make me feel home... I just can't stop watching...
Many people interpret this song as a song about a war and bombings. I believe it is about an insane person. The girl is saying what she sees, and the boy is the voice in her head. "Running into the night, the earth is shaking and I see a light" strapped to a hospital bead, which is vibrating as it goes down the hall, and the soft walls of a padded cell feel like they are closing in on her as she goes deeper into insanity. notice how the boy said "the light is blinding my eyes" he is the voice in her head, but he is no longer calming her, he is seeing what she is seeing and is no longer supporting her, he is her. sorry if this was confusing, it's just what I feel
Waw u just blew up my brain thanks
It is a beautiful Interpretation of the song, i like it more than the usually Interpretation... thank u for making my day a littel bit better
I feel u.
I think I understand you. It gave me a lot of inspiration to interpret this song in my head, like a music video. With characters and everything. I loved it.
What if it’s like a spider luring the girl into its lair but the spider has the man’s voice
To me, the song brings me back to the six years of living with my dad in Canada. Amidst the unforgettable times between the both of us, it was admittedly a period of much confusion and conflict. Ragnar, the male singer, represents my dad while Nanna, the female singer would be me.
I watch this video at least 3 times per week. Song, music, video... no words. Just imagine where is this place and what does it look like. Reminds me of Vallejo paintings.
102 words of pure perfection