Glass Animals - Life Itself (Official Video)
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Lyrics
Daddy was dumb, said that I’d be something special
Brought me up tough but I was a gentle human
Said that he loved each of my two million freckles
When I grew up was gonna be a superstar
I can't get a job so I live with my mum
I take her money but not quite enough
I sit in the car and I listen to static
She said I look fat but I look fantastic
Come back down to my knees
Gotta get back, gotta get free
Come back down to my knees
Lean back now, lean back and breathe
Come back down to my knees
Gotta get back, gotta get free
Come back down to my knees
Lean back now, lean back and breathe
I'm waking up, lost in boxes outside Tesco
Look like a bum sipping codeine Coca-Cola
Thought that I was northern Camden's own Flash Gordon
Sonic ray gun, gonna be a superstar
I can't get a job so I live with my mum
I take her money but not quite enough
I make my own fun in grandmama's basement
Said I look mad, she said I look wasted
Cut back down to my knees
Gotta get back, gotta get free
Cut back down to my knees
Lean back now, lean back and breathe
Cut back down to my knees
Gotta get back, gotta get free
Cut back down to my knees
Lean back now, lean back and breathe
Cut back down to my knees
Gotta get back, gotta get free
Cut back down to my knees
Lean back now, lean back and breathe
Cut back down to my knees
Gotta get back, gotta get free
Cut back down to my knees
Lean back now, lean back and breathe
Cut back down to my knees
Gotta get back, gotta get free
Cut back down to my knees
Lean back now, lean back and breathe
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damm, the album cover made it seem like they all got along
Yeah
the dysfunctional family who projects a fake image
half of those mf are in jail or dead 😭😭😭😭
It lied
saw this comment on Youth
Each song on this album was inspired by a character. The woman in white is Mrs Moore from the song "Poplar St", the guy driving the car is Chuck from "Life itself", the woman in the dinery and the kid are from "Youth" and the woman in pink is from "Mama's Gun". You should go and check those songs out as well to better understand these characters in the video.
THANK YOU
Lunaticraccoon
, good stuff. May I ask what happened between the boy and the woman at the diner? Was that her son that could have been abducted? I've only watched "Life Itself"
and "Youth" and I don't know how to tie the two together.
@@Kreutz I don't know if the exact story has been explained other than yes it's sang from a parent to a child. I think it was said that the song was inspired by a woman who told Dave a heartbreaking story about her son who had died, but told it with a smile on her face despite being on the verge of tears.
The lyrics in the first verse do say "you were clearly meant for more, than a life lost in the war" and I personally always read that as the mother maybe giving her son away to save him from a war zone but you can read it however you want.
@@lunaticraccoon That's pretty interesting stuff. Like a lot of lyrics to good songs, it's up to the listener to decipher it as they may. But your explanation paints a clearer picture for me, thank you.
Perspective much apreciated.
Everyone: trying to find some deep meaning in this song
Me: "I like your funny words magic man"
Do you want to live your own life, or a life of other predetermined outcomes?
@@willboege7078 *haha brain go brr*
😂😂😂😂
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I acknowledge your clone high reference, good sir
This is, hands down, that best song I've heard in my entire life. The rythym is super catchy and there is something in the chorus (maybe a mixture of the line "come back down to my knees" and the quick slightly anxious or fearful rythym in it) that conveys the mood so well. Every time I listen to the song, I get another part of the story.
This song is invigorating in so many ways!
I dance in the street listening to it. People stare at me but I don't care !
I'm in another world and feel ecstatic !!
It's my meditational tool!!
Much apreciating your perspective, aviance. I noticed as I was matabalising that, that Glass Animals will reiterate and mirror even clone and tesalate ideas notions and such throughout various parts of their astetic. It is a part of how the music sounds like it's own genre. It's constantly inovating it's own inventions.
as great as this song is, gooey by glass animals is better
avian !! listen to some indian music.. you would enjoy
@@adriannaogle5047 Definitely not. Life Itself tells a much deeper story, with smarter and more complex instrumentals. I appreciate both songs, though! Not a single bad Glass Animals song exists.
Glass Animals make the best music. These guys are so underrated
trueeeeee
underrated by? All I see is good feedbacks! They'd be underrated if they go more mainstream
that is so true
I agree. They don't get enough credit and they are amazing. Never heard a song by them I didn't like.
Underrated is a good thing soon as artists hit mainstream their music goes to shits
It was so hard to find but here are the actor's names:
Brock Brenner
Dorian Hampton
Camila Ivera
Patrick Janssen
Heidi Kaufman
Maha Qamer thank you sm💗
@@mageksena2002 no idea which one but sure is❤
@@hailee1647 awww you're welcome ❤❤❤
As one of those people, I’m simultaneously impressed and terrified.
@@pgjanssen omg
When I listen to this song Idk why but I just imagine people from all kinds, not giving a shit, cultural barriers forgotten, dancing together.
I love it when a band just picks different sounds from different cultures and mixes them together, it always ends up being beautiful.
They don't have one particular genre, they just make music
Yo,I also had the same thoughts!
I also pictured this but like alod I pictured the holi festival in India
Like the rave scene from matrix:reloaded, kinda about celebrating being human/surviving against the machines
that’s what i pictured in my head too ! how crazy
The beginning sounds very indian
"She said I look fat, but I look fantastic" what I live by now.
it isnt good to be fat
@@Brandon-hg7ic it's better to be okay with yourself than to hate yourself tho
@MidnightFlower13 Lol no I'm fine with myself and I luurvvvv cake. And how do you even know it's because of cake? Overeating is not the only way to gain weight. Why is it that when people see me they think I'm 'weight goals' even though I'm underweight but if someone was equally overweight they would be shamed?
@@hopedean6424 Because you look healthier than a fat person.
@@Fleurig-xr5mm And it's ridiculous isn't it? For all you know I could smoke 10 packs a day, only eat junk food, and sleep three hours a night.
whenever i listen to this song i just really wanna watch the video along with it. usually i just play music in the background while i'm going about other internet business but not with this song
Yesss me too. It's weird
Yea
''I cant get a job soo I live with my mom''
Can relate.
lol same
Oh god me too and I'm cringing at my life as I hear this song but it's still soooo good lol 🎶🎶🎶
do u have a job now
@@lilikore LMAO
Got a job yet?
when a music video has a more interesting plot than most movies now a days lol
marie R true dat
The trailers though
*loud asf bass/trumpet shit*
*text on screen briefly*
*scene from movie where the characters say some dramatic shit*
*bass/black screen*
*more text, presumably finishing a sentence off from the last text*
*explosions*
*bass*
*coming soon DD/MM/YYYY*
True story. 😁😁😁
plot twist: it doesn't 😮
I find it a little hard to follow personally, but I entirely believe that statement.
Personally, when someone throws a smoke grenade into my room, I prefer not to lean into the smoke.
Stealth Moose 😄 nice idea
you sir have not truly lived.
She should've lean back and breath.
Stealth Moose ur doing it wrong
I think she was trying to make it to the door (and failed)
This is one of those awesome groups that needs more recognition but when someone wants to listen, and asks for a reference band, you can't really give them one, cause glass animals have such a unique sound
That song MUCH better than heat waves
@@dandissisven49 Agreed. Heat waves was kind of overrated Imo
woman: 'I have a child'
woman 5 seconds later: 'i have lost the child'
same
so sadddd
Right wtf is the plot of this? I guess the kid is kidnapped and the people in the car are what ? Psychic detectives on the kids trail? Lol and the mom just cries about it? Doesn't run to find him or call the police or even leave work..? Is that what is supposed to be happening?
@@kylehughes1619 I know the girl that kidnapped the child is miss Moore from the song poplar St, and the chil is from Youth. I am sure there is a story which people have figured out but I can't tell you what it is from the top of my head
the woman is Ms. Moore from poplar st. 💪💪
the intro to this song is so fire at full volume . god damn
Is no one gonna talk about how adorable the kid is???
someone is knocking ur door right now, POLICE!!!
Alright Ms.Moore...
@@egmachine lmao nice reference
I dont get it
@@snakyow no not like that they meant the wholesome way chill…
this song is so aesthetically pleasing
this song deserves more hits
Fr, it makes my brain go skittles colors.
I can't verbally express how much this song has done to me. Thank you Glass Animals for helping me get through this.
I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS MUSIC FOR THREE YEARS WITHOUT KNOWING THE NAME OR THE ARTIST I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT I FINALLY FOUND I AM SO HAPPY OH MY GOD
welcome to the peanut butter party my friend ❤
I'll never understand how Heat Waves became their signature song when this song exists
Fr
3:51 is when someone sprays too much febreze in the room
why doesn't this have more likes - lol - especially because the lyrics sound like febreeze
Lmao
I did not expect the chorus to be this addicting
"She said I look fat, but I look fantastic"
Story of my life
The motel and diner are actually in the same complex. Great shooting to hide that in this video. It's the Four Aces Movie Ranch in Palmdale, CA.
5 YEARS HOW US THIS SONG STILL SO GOOD, ITS LITERALLY AN ART PIECE OR MORE. I LITERALLY CAN'T STOP LISTENING TO IT. Since always and till now, is still my favourite Glass animals song, I just can't afford how good it is.
That's what I call a killer chorus.
4:02 her back is gonna be SO sore when she wakes up.
Jay Jean she’s not gonna wake up
@SadieDotWillow Looks like you missed the joke there bud.
@@misqry9653 they were so embarrassed they deleted the comment
Danm what'd they say?
3:03 What you came for, The Flintstones running sound effect.
Oh damn, i recognized it but couldn't place the sample!
'She said I look fat but I look fantastic'
I wish I had that much confidence
I'M GONNA BUY SOME CHEESE
GONNA GET JACK
GONNA GET BRIE
EDIT: wow 2k thought i was funny im flattered
EDIT2: not the game company
lmao
I love you
ah somebody understood the lyrics finally
Brilliant
😅😅😅😅😅🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀
i am falling deeper in love with this band with every song i hear
The fact that all of their music videos connect and have a story is beautiful and so creative
this song just makes you want to get up and dance, i can't even begin describe why. and i am not a dancing sort of person.
Any alive human from 2021 :D ? Love you all
I like the How To Be A Human Being tracks better than the newer stuff tbh.
My top favourite
All Glass Animals music videos are for open interpretation and don't have just one symbolic meaning. I think the woman in white took the waitress's child and attempted to blackmail her, but the child ran away. The waitress was panicked the whole time during her job, as if expecting a call about the ransom for her missing child. The man that was driving in the car may have been hired by the waitress to help find the child, but I thought of him as more of the child grownup, maybe he had escaped and was taken in by the old woman in the car and was revisiting his past. The photo of the child in their car maybe being a photo that had been taken of him when the old woman took him in.
Yea wow didn't think of it that way
It's just how i personally see it of course, nothing official lol
+Riko Fizzy I was thinking pretty much the same thing
You're just interpreting what you see. The main character is of this whole thing is that guy and his mom in the Cadillac. The song is ode to being useless. So here it is - The guy is some sort of totally ridiculous skull hunter or maybe vigilante justice and his mom to be a sidekick. So in my opinion, the guy is trying to become a batman and possibly reach his aspiration to become a superstar while hes driving his mom from grocery shopping. The woman is holding a bloody rhubarb or this kind of spiky celery shit and that concerns me the most of this video.
haha, you're right, i did only interpret the video, but that's because in some of their music videos the music has little to no correlation with the video. So, i decided to go off the video mostly for my interpretation :) but yours is a very good possibility too.
I wanna make a parody called Do You Like Febreze? just because I misheard some lyrics the first time I heard this.
with the gassing the parody just might work too XD
I'm like imagining this as a Febreze commercial now like where they blindfold the people and are like "what do you smell?" *inhales* "HAH U JUST GOT GASSED"
Kate S 😂😂😂
do it!!
lmao
Mom: *Getting gassed*
Child: *Vibing down the road*
batdubs I don’t think she’s his mom lol-
@@cix_9096 oh, well whoever she is she seemed to be “responsible” for him and now she’s dead and the kid’s boppin to the music XD
batdubs BIUHDIUSNIS LMAO- IM PRETTY SURE SHES THE KIDNAPPER
That's Mrs Moore she seggually assaulted the kid
Oh yikes, well I’m glad he got away. I don’t know anything about what this is based off of 💀
I wish this song would get more popular cause it’s ridiculously good
These guys are literally geniuses when it comes to music! never disappointed me once
The intro music is so bollywood. Love that
Hahaha yasss
:D
yeah.
Yesssss
I am an Indian and I am not really a fan of the music that Bollywood spews out every year but I still somehow liked the Dhol/Tabla intro and then the whole Bollywood beat throughout the song. It gelled so well with the way the lyrical rhythm have been shaped. Quite an unusual, catchy and nice song.
This song is criminally underrated compared to every song in the album
The "story" in this video continues in their next song called "Youth".
I saw
*LYRICS*
Daddy was dumb said that I’d be something special
Brought me up tough but I was a gentle human
Said that he loved each of my two million freckles
When I grew up was gonna be a superstar
I can't get a job so I live with my mom
I take her money but not quite enough
I sit in the car and I listen to static
She said I look fat but I look fantastic
Come back down to my knees ##
Gotta get back, gotta get free
Come back down to my knees
Lean back down, lean back and breathe *(2)*
I'm waking up, lost in boxes outside Tesco
Look like a bum sipping codeine Coca-Cola
Thought that I was northern Camden's own Flash Gordon
Sonic ray gun, gonna be a superstar
I can't get a job so I live with my mom
I take her money but not quite enough
I make my own fun in grandmama's basement
Said I look mad, she said I look wasted
## ###
Oh really thank you✌
the lyrics r ultimate troll
Could the # be Belize?
I've now seen this comment about 10 times, I just felt I should reply so now I can see my own comment every time I come back and see yours.
isn't it "lean back now, lean back and breath"?
I guess I m stupid, can't figure this out.
Now that the album is out and all the songs have settled in, I must say everything makes sense enough.
Great stuff guys.
that's it - i think. the solution is one - your thoughts.
If you're talking about the meaning, i heard an announcement from the lead singer.
While i don't remember everything, i do believe it is something along the lines of being a "weird" person, getting isolated because of it, and getting weirder as a result.
In any case, it's a damn catchy song.
OO i m quite okay with my own interpretation of this song, however I thought about what the video is going to be about, expectations I had were different.
or its just a crap video
I think its meh
AMEN
literally can't help but dance
this video is my entire aesthetic
A E S T H E T I C S
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Gordon Smith @sanamajam
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W A VE
I'm so late, I love this! Glass animals never disappoints ❤
Why is this band producing nothing but gold? I love them.
Who else was a fan before Heat Waves lol
Usually I don’t congratulate kids for running off but....
Good idea billy Run. Run fast and far
Just came across glass animals.
FUCKING. IVE BEEN LIVING UNDER A ROCK.
I guess I have lived 3 years more than you under a rock now
@@vansaver and for me, 3 more months under a rock than you😤
I saw a tiktok saying if you're a burnout gifted kid you need to listen to this song.
Here I am, and the recommendation was spot on.
Anyone else feel like this would be the perfect song of the ending movie credits?
David & his man sent me here.
Glass Animals, 21 Pilots, Kodaline, George Ezra, Tom Odell, Vance Joy make the best music today. They are the reason why i still have hope for 2010's music
omg best song ever
Chuck in the song: Pretty unhappy social outcast relying on his family and unable to progress in life
Chuck in the music video: Sick hero who hunts down and gasses nonces
one thing I love about glass animals is their endless limit to imagination.. each song and video is crafted so delicately, beautiful talent!!
Got so excited when I saw this... and it was published on my birthday!
Ayeeee. Gemini. ✊🏽✊🏽 mine is on the 6th
Awesome :D
+Deedee Pratt I was due on the 6th but born on the 14th, I'm also Jemma the Gemini 😂😂
+Jemma Harris awwww geminis unite!!
Whoo!
I just don't understand how this is "only" at 3 million views. I've listened to it that many times at least..
+Jasmine xoxo, what I can't understand is why this song (and most of the cuts from Glass Animal's albums) _never_ became big, worldwide hits (especially this song.)
Well it's almost 9 million now.
Jasmine xoxo only your first view counts
It's 10 million now, though it deserves more than a Nicki Minaj video
Jasmine xoxo I know right
glass animals hits different
Please don't ever stop making music.
I'm like ten seconds in and already confused
I really like the song though
Same 😂
Same :p That's Glass Animals for ya
+Jogha Ella lol true
Josh
love the ethnic touch these guys have in their tracks, a little djembe, a little darbuka, even heard a tabla in one of em. loveit
This kid are escaping in all songs
I'm gonna guess the story behind the video: the boy is the son of the waitress. The lady in white took the boy from his adoptive parents and was bringing him to the waitress, perhaps to blackmail the waitress somehow. The lady in white may even be the adoptive mother, though it's unlikely considering he decided to run away from her. We can tell that the boy is the waitress's child because, after the lady in white contacts her about the boy, she is severely shocked and feels her belly as if to say she was pregnant. As for the gas man and his companion, I would assume that they reclaim children for people, likely children presumed kidnapped. I would assume this because of the man's colorful uniform and the companion's kind demeanor that would be comforting to children. I'd also assume this because of the picture of the boy in their car. With that picture, I'd guess that, with my context, the boy's adoptive parents or father are trying to reclaim the boy after the lady in white took him.
I looked into this song without any symbolism, and here's what I got:
•The white dressed woman is the child's adoptive mother/kidnapper.
•The waitress is the child's real mother
•The old woman is a relative, like maybe a distant aunt.
So:
In the beginning, the woman drives to the motel, maybe to see the boy. She has a picture of him in the car. The waitress holds onto her necklace, remembering her son. The white dressed woman has either taken the boy hostage or adopted him. She is very strict, unlike his biological mother. As we go through the song, we see that the white dressed lady is looking for something- but what? It's quite easy if you just think. She is looking for the boy. He has run away. The waitress is heartbroken that her son could be anywhere, always in possible danger. She would rather know what is happening to her son than guess what is happening to him. The man then comes, looking in all the rooms for the woman because of possible child abuse. The elderly woman shows the man where the white dressed lady's room is. He kills the woman as a death penalty by throwing a can of poison gas into her motel room. The boy, however, is either far from home or near home, and he walks down the road to search for his mother again.
So did you like it? Please let me know. :D
"Gotta get free"
Perfect interpretation, man.
Love it amazing explanation
i thnik the whale is the bad guy
That’s exactly what I thought, perfect
those drums get me every time
Getting Heat Waves as an ad just before this song is peak algorithm.
Am i the only one who feels like this has major Indian music influences?
I see it too and it's so beautiful
Me too... Yeah it really does...
I especially felt like that listening to Hazey
SO true!! :D
Yeah it's awesome! I think they made the beat using tabla drums, which gives it that Indian vibe
why does this sound like a bollywood song
Anyone coming back?
No, they're all dead
That percussion is very very Indian. Love the fusion!
Hooked at 0:01. 2020 now has REAL MUSIC
Here's what I got
Waitress is adulthood
Fancy lady is exceptions of life
The hit man and old lady are reality (killing the fancy woman or just knocking her out)
The child is youth
damn now thats an interpretation
Nope sorry buddy, they are all apart of life , but they symbolise songs , and that woman I think symbolised like sexual abuse/ pedophile
@@reckasorushound4512 Mrs. Moores
the hit man is Tony Ferguson
@@reckasorushound4512 I think she kinda kidnapped the kid and abused him
2019 and I am still listening to this
HOLY SHIT!!!!!! I LITERALLY HEARD THIS SONG ON THE RADIO A FEW DAYS AGO!!!!!!!!!! I can't tell you how excited I was to hear Glass Animals on the radio for the first time. I was trying SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO HARD to not jam out with my mom in the car.
it has taken me years to hear the "do it again"'s at 3:25 😯
Amo esta canción, es simplemente increíble 💓🍍
Glass animals was made for me
No one is talking about how adorable that little boy is.
*My faith in humanity is going down again, not enough people are realising how adorable this kid is*
🤨
🤨📸
I didnt mean it romantically?? People are weird af. Surely a normal person sees a little kid just playing around and they think "aww", like seeing a cute animal
yea, y’all are extremely dirty minded to assume this person is a pedo or some shit :/
intro has got an indian tune
not a aparticular tune but the drums etc give me an indian feel
“This one actually started off as a dark, slow, moody track. Quite insular. But eventually we realized there was a cheekiness to the lyrics that we hadn’t really explored, so we injected a sense of optimism into the music. The character that this track is about is a sci-fi obsessed dude who spends most of his time alone inventing strange things and writing stories about ray guns or looking for aliens on Google maps. We made him a website it out. but that’s what the chords and sound effects were inspired by. Old sci-fi films/series. I also got a bit obsessed with Lollywood music (music from Pakistani films), and thats where the idea for the drums came from.”
Read the last sentence.
Nice! Thanks for sharing!!
Apple Peel so
Apple Peel I got such heavy indian vibes from pretty much the whole song
Love this song, very Bollywood!
im in love with this song
For some reason, I got it almost instantly, and I loved it
At first I heard it as “she said I look fine, but I LOOK FANTASTIC” so it had such a NARCISSISTIC VIBE TO ME and was HILARIOUS
NO ONE'S GONNA TALK ABOUT DAVE'S CAMEO AT 1:19 DFLGKDFH
I don’t even understand why Heat Waves is such a Radio hit when this song was so much better.
*Cant. Stop. Dancing.*
This song has such a Bollywood music vibe !
Yes drum sample in South movie Vijays Pokkiri "En chella peru apple" wonder they took the sample from.
Is there a band so beautifully bizarre in their perfection like Glass Animals? Quite possibly but still...already got my tickets for Prague show
God damn glass animals is something else
Glass animals music videos have the best plot. Change my mind.
masterpiece
This is Glass Animals best song - change my mind.
I can't.
This and it's companion video Youth are so enigmatic. This is their best song imo..💜
AYE BET YOU HAVE MORE THAN A FEW OF ẞ SINGING WHILE I’M WORKING