It's the innocence of the mouse that makes this song so devastating to me; "They must want to be friends!" and "What's the moon made of? Meet me there after I'm gone." are the bits that hit the hardest.
Something I just realized that made tear up, is that the little mouse never blames the person for poisoning them. They just know they were served a feast, but then something went wrong. The little mouse just waits for death, and they wish for "their friend" to meet them on the other side.
man this reminds me of a wasp that was building a nest on my porch last year. when we first noticed she was building a nest, we knocked it down (which i kinda feel bad for in retrospect) but i guess she was determined and came back and built another one. we figured, if we kept knocking them down, she would just keep building them, so we let her be this time. she stuck around, and i always watched her slowly progress on her nest. i'm normally terrified of wasps, but eventually i learned to be comfortable around her and her alone. (wasps can recognize individual humans, so i'm sure she had become familiar with me as well.) eventually i began to notice that she was hardly ever around anymore, and her nest was just sitting there abandoned. this went on for weeks, maybe even months, and we eventually came to terms with the fact that she probably met with some fate in the outside world and wouldn't be coming back. the fact that she most likely always knew i was there and yet continued working on her nest as if i wasn't there probably means that she knew me and she knew i wouldn't do anything to her. animals really are just little individuals. like the song says, "my mind's not one bite smaller or lesser than yours"
I tried to show this song to my boyfriend but before I played it I said it was really sad and he asked if I wanted to explain the backstory first (because I often do that with music I show him). And of course I said yes but then just BURST into tears for no apparent reason. He was very taken aback but waited till I got a hold of myself and I finally managed to say "so it's about a mouse . . ." Then I burst into tears again and he tried so hard not to laugh to no avail. God bless you, Will Wood.
@@riffraff2454 it's about a mouse will tried to feed and befriend. he was told that the mouse carried a deadly disease though, so in the end he had to trap and kill the little guy. the name of the trap he used is "tomcat disposables"
this really reminds me of the poem we talked about in school. it’s about a mouse who works so hard to build a nest and when it finally finishes it gets ran over by a plow and the symbolism of how even if you work hard and stick to the plan something can completely ruin it for you
It's _To a Mouse_ by Robert Burns, which as @improbablytheguy said, inspired the title of _Of Mice And Men._ And yeah, although it was written "...best-laid _schemes_ of mice and men...," as @thelemondropgirl2140 said, it's the source (afaik) of the expression "the best-laid plans of mice and men oft go awry."
The fact this song is about an actual mouse who Will tried to befriend but ultimately had to trap and kill because it carried diseases makes this whole song so much more tragic. Fantastic work: the addition of an orchestra and this stellar stop motion animation sells this whole piece. Absolutely stellar, Mr. Wood - cannot wait to hear the full album! Now excuse me as I wipe the tears from my eyes.
Are we sure that this song is about this? Does we have official confirmation? Because last time we thought that will had a daughter with better that the alternative but it was proven wrong
@Julien L'Inconnu well even if it has official confirmation it could be false lol, he literally lied about having a daughter just for funsies (which, like, tbh same)
Over a year later and I just realized when he says ‘my struggles had a happy ending, they must want to be friends’, he’s not personifying struggles, he’s talking about the person who lives in the house. That somehow made this song even more sad (even knowing the story behind it).
I always assumed it was about the person living in the house now I’m considering this possible idea that the rat is talking about personifying struggles, it’s crazy how different people’s interpretations can influence other’s ideas.
@@TheMazZT I'm glad I found them too, but I wanted to say that your performance of the song was incredible. Your song trapped in a peninsula is also really good!
It's like the chaotic energy of this early music was restrained and put under much more deliberate control. Not doing "EVERYTHING" musically, only doing what you need to do.
as a lover of rodents and insects alike, this song and the story behind its creation breaks my heart. god it just hits everything I feel about the little guys, the alien yet familiar conscience behind black beads and the betrayal of death after hopes of survival. I hope will’s mouse friend got their rinds of parmesan up there.
Lyrics: I have mapped the cupboards and drawers Tracked the least-walked spots on the floor Happy to be home, safe and warm As shadows by their feet, the odd vanishing treat Quietly eating while they sleep So here’s where I’ll be raising my kids If I can find someone to start a family with Till then I dream of the day my odds and ends fit I’ll wake up, there’ll be food on the stove forever And never want for more Is there cheese in the great beyond? Rinds of parmesan, wine to water, night from dawn Life gets shorter, teeth grow long Mind me not and I’ll mind my own, and my mind’s Not one bite smaller or lesser than yours Do I belong in “right and wrong?” Nature, I guess. One night one flung light through this place So I run for cover, over under, left the rind out on the plate Little heart racing and praying “something keep me safe, I think it saw my face, okay, One hungry day is nothing, come what may.” But then winter came inside for three nights Left me grinding my teeth between my walls and gripping my dreams tight Curled up kept my head up and put up the fight I’ll make it through again. I have before. Come on now, what’s one more? Is there cheese in the great beyond? Rinds of parmesan, wine to water, night from dawn Life gets shorter, teeth grow long Mind me not and I’ll mind my own, and my mind’s Not one bite smaller or lesser than yours Do I belong in “right and wrong?” Nature, I guess. Spring bloomed in the kitchen again So I crawled out of the wall and squinting Saw hope on the stovetop just like I’d always imagined it More than I could eat, my dreams were finally reality My struggles had a happy ending, they must want to be friends! My stomach starts to turn, with thirst, why does it hurt? My just desert is served, dig in. And so I stumble back to bed Something’s not quite right. Guess I’ll just go rest my head Now as I lay me down to sleep I expect no dreams, and no sweet goodbye to me Flatline in the morning light. I held on so tight for so long It’s just not Right, let a sigh out as I close my eyes. Was that all there was to this? What’s for the best? Is there cheese in the great beyond? What’s the moon made of? Meet me there after I’m gone Life gets shorter, teeth grow long Mind me not and I’ll mind my own and my mind Held the same light as the one in your eyes. Do I belong in “right and wrong?” One dies alone? And why? Don’t know. Goodbye. So long. To mice in homes. Nature, I guess. Nature, I guess. Nature, I guess.
another thing that breaks me is that "is there cheese in the great beyond?" becomes less and less of a rhetorical question as time goes on. at first it's a sweet dream, full of hope for a greater future, it's an "if", an expectation of a warm embrace after all this uncertainty and struggle then it gets darker and more fragile, and now it's a different kind of hope - the one you're clinging tight to for the sake of getting through, a light you follow to not give in to the darkness and in the very end the mouse is already on the threshold of the great beyond, and it's a fearful question to the void and to the world it's just abandoned due to a cruel fate it didn't deserve. it's denial and a "didn't i deserve it? is there really nothing more?". i hope there is cheese after all, little one.
@@anonhikkastiy hi, I got here with some semblance of consciousness to process this song for the first time again, and am on the brink of crying as I relisten to the song for the fourth time since I clicked on this video today. Nice comment, you are feeding my conclusion and stance in how to view, and what to do with this song when it shall inevitably rattle around my head once more.
The line "Do I belong in right and wrong?" hits really hard for me. Before I heard this song I was in a dark place, thinking about how in nature, everything has a place, and yet I can't seem to find one. But this song, this line, given the context to the meaning of it.....sometimes things don't have a place. Sometimes a situation isn't moral or immoral. Sometimes life just is. And a lot of the time there is no higher purpose to anything, and a lot of the time the way things in nature and life fit into each other is far less romanticized, more mundane, and sometimes even tragic. Sometimes you don't get to figure out what your place is. It's humbling. Nature, I guess.
Yeah. Little mouse did all the things he knew to do. Find a warm place, flee for safety from scary things, gather food, hold out when hunger strikes. His mood follows these events - happy, fear, hope, resilience - and in the end he puts it together and what does he get for all his troubles? Dead mouse. You can spend your last few moments terrified, or embracing the peace, or just feeling ill. The mouse is dead and will never get the result of those initial hopes for family and friendship. But that's just nature, I guess. The mouse can't fathom something else at play, or think about his role in the universe. Nature is unfair, and I'm dead, that's Nature I guess.
Nothing can make me cry quite as hard as this song does. Mice just want to survive. They fight so hard. They didn't ask to be mice, but they're hated just for existing, even though they're adorable little things. They do their best to stay out of the way and not bother anyone. They're incredibly intelligent. How we dispose of their lives and efforts without a second thought is heartbreaking to think about :(
I know this is an old comment, but this sort of thing makes me sad when it comes to "pests" in general. Maybe I don't want them in my home, but it's not their fault that my house - which is warm and has a steady source of food - seems like great shelter! They just want to live, like anyone else :(
@@maximodubs4189they are not parasites at all. they are capable of living independently, but people have taken up most woodlands so they end up in homes.
I agree wholeheartedly. Same, with Rabbits, bunnies. Rats Gerbils etc. They are viewed as pests, parasites monster and abomination because they just want Cabbage, Carrots etc from your garden or a comfort place to sleep in bad weather or to feed Breed . Their digging and burrow destroyed crops and years of hard work. But they don't destroy Lives and Possible future like Farmers, Pest control and LandLords do... 😢😢😢
man…. the imagery on the different puzzle pieces showing all the good things the mouse is looking for…… and it’s so hopeful because it should make the shape of a perfect life but it just ends with death…… beautiful. i’m now going to go sob
absolutely in love with this new sound, it's so much more orchestral and floaty and the lyrics are so much more pared back. it feels so deceptively simple, and also so intentionally put together, especially in the instrumentation. super excited for the rest of this album, gonna be looping this
The subtle brilliance of Tomcat Disposables - The chorus of song is a mere 10 words, and at first listen came off to me as just a throw-away: "Do I belong in right and wrong? Nature, I guess." It doesn't seem to say much. But listening to the story of this rodent, and his attempts to live in the world, make him relatable to our own human lives. Where this rodent has chosen to live does not work out. He frightens the owners of the house and they poison him. We are left to consider what this rodent ponders. Was he right in seeking food and shelter in human home? Was he wrong in scaring and taking the human's food? Were the humans right or wrong to kill him? He asks himself: "Do I belong in right and wrong?" and concludes "Nature, I guess." For wasn't it in his nature to seek food and shelter ? Isn't in human's nature to rid their house of vermin? Isn't it in a cat's nature to hunt and kill rodents even if they don't eat, and just dispose of them? (see song title) The choices we make can be seen as both right and wrong. Should these determine what may be in an afterlife? Do we belong in being right and wrong? Do we belong in this world?
My daughter turned me on to WW. I took her and friends to see him a few weeks ago and really loved everything about it. This song, this is so gorgeously dark and lovely; like a short story crafted tightly. So much meaning in such a small space. Breaks my heart and makes it melt all at once ❤
It's the kind of song you think about after you listen to it, then you listen to it again, think more, and eventually decide it's time to get a little mouse friend to give them the life they deserve.
“My stomach starts to turn with thirst, wait why does it hurt?” When a victim gets rabies, they become physically unable to drink water, to the point it physically hurts to try swallowing it.
I’m pretty sure the mouse didn’t have rabies, but I could be wrong. Lyrics didn’t say anything about it feeling painful to drink water. It’s also implied whatever illness he has came from the food his “friend” gave him. It would make little sense to poison a mouse with rabies instead of regular poison.
the song is also named after a type of mouse/rat poison, one of the common ways it kills them is through kidney failure. internal pain and increased thirst. most people believe the poison actually causes them to become dehydrated, but that's an old myth
My grandfather is in the hospital and is not gonna make it. This song is tragic but i think it’s honestly helping me get through this. It just hits like “everything was just starting to get good. and then - sudden tragedy” now i cry while singing this
I just noticed this, but look at all the little symbols on the mouse's body. It looks like they mean something; for example, the heart on the chest, and the mice in the brain. It looks pretty clear that the mouse wants to meet another mouse and start a family. I think that's a touching little detail.
i remember hearing this in his early showcase livestream and just knowing that it was going to be my favorite song. the "is there cheese in the great beyond / rinds of parmesan" has never left my brain since i am So Happy that this has been released. i am at peace. there is in fact cheese here
i had a serious, days long, emotional ethical and moral debate about setting mousetraps after listening to this. my week is ruined, i will never find a more beautiful song, this is the greatest thing ive ever listened to, and ive gotten rid of all the rattraps in my house and barn
You could always use humane traps! Something that just keeps them in a box alive, so you can check the traps each day and release them someplace else far away if you catch any.
It's funny because it's naive and childish, and sad for the same reason. You just know this mouse didn't deserve it... Fuck, this is the first song that made me genuinely cry
Context is everything. I also find that lyric particularly poignant because imo, it changes from the beginning to the end of the song. Initially, it’s just the mouse wondering if there’s cheese in the kitchen of the house. That feels like an awfully long ways to travel for such a tiny creature, so he sees it as ‘the great beyond’. But in the final chorus, he’s asking if it exists in the afterlife…
I orginally thought this song was about a struggling artist, who manages to make it through everything, the unyeilding strength of the human spirit persevering. But then I actually listened closely to the lyrics and finally realized that its really a gut wrenching tale of the life and suffering of a poor innocent mouse. This song never fails to make me cry. This is a song of true tragedy and sadness.
He's always had more slow songs like this (jimmy mushroom, Skeleton Appreciation day, sex drugs rock n roll, etc.) These were never the major feel for his music, but the origins are definitely there.
Working tirelessly to piece together the secrets and truths of your terrifying, claustrophobic world, only to find that the only truth is that you are going to die. Fucking devastating, love it.
I listened to this and "Euthanasia" all day today, because of my rat's passing. This is so beautiful and empathetic, exactly how I see the world. Little creatures are just like us, my little rat was not worth less than any other living being. She meant so much to me.
I have tried not to listen to it for the past few days cause I know I'll lcry but it's been stuck on my mind. I finally cracked and yes I'm crying again
I live in an area with a lot of rats and they tend to flock to my crawlspace to live, which god I wish I could let them but they destroy the insulation and leave feces all around the garage, outside area, etc, so this song really hits me hard. I hate that I can't just live in harmony with the rats in the crawlspace, I want to share the house with them but it's just not possible. they're unintentionally tearing apart the house, they're endangering my family and my dog if any of them are carrying diseases, it's just such a shitty hand the poor rats have been dealt :(
This is the first time Will is releasing something new ever since I found his music, I cant wait! :D Correction: I was here for the release of sex, drugs, rock n roll and everything that's been released since then, but I forgot (my memory is terrible) sorry for confusing those of you in the replies lmao
i'll never ever get tired of this one i think i caught a livestream back in like august where chat asked for "the cheese song" and i was curious so i stuck around to hear him play it, but didn't catch the actual name of it so it's haunted me for months. i was just about to believe i'd never hear it again so i almost screamed when i realized which song this was. i can't listen to any other song currently
@@averagechocomilkenjoyer basically, during the winter of the pandemic, will had made a little mouse friend that tried taking bits of parmesan rinds. unfortunately the mouse was a breed that is known to carry diseases and sadly had to set out traps for the little mouse, ultimately meeting his demise despite will not wanting to do it to the poor little rodent.
@@ourcade2626 someone showed will a vial of preserved rats at the show I went to while he was on tour... he was gonna play tomcat disposables too but didnt because of it :[
As a rat owner who used to watch my grandma kill the mice I tried to befriend as a toddler, this made me sob. I still remember that little guy coming out from behind the dishwasher and I KNEW there was a snap trap in the cabinet. I set it off once to trick my grandma, ruined my finger. She did kill a couple despite my efforts and I could never get the image of the dead mice out of my head. I shouldn't have given them any food. I felt bad for them and wanted to make them happy but in hindsight, as an adult, I was just giving them incentive to come back.
I can almost imagine a man standing over the trap that finally worked with tears in his eyes and a feeling of emptiness that comes from putting something down. Good work Will. Neither of you deserved this but at least your friend is hurt no more and be remembered evermore.
Hello Mr. Will Robbin Wood( Your middle name is almost certainly not Robbin but if it is then it's pretty creepy that I know that) me, my bands guitarist, and our bassist held a listening party for this song and it immediately blew our heads off and I instantly said we should make a cover of this which was then shot down by our bassist saying " It makes Will Wood uncomfortable when people cover his songs." and then she explained that you feel weird with people yelling such introspective works to the world. But heres the thing, I still REALLY wanna do a cover because this song really Willy's my Wonka and I think we could make something pretty cool with this but I don't wanna hurt you in making a cover so I thought I would ask for your approval before making it.
Man, people have the weirdest ideas about me. I've never once said I don't like when people cover my songs. I actually really fuckin love it when people cover my songs. I literally have a song called "cover this song" on my first album. I don't know who made it up, but let it be known I've never once said that I'm against covers. Would love to hear your cover.
Just learned the lyrics. Having recently had to do something similar after much agonizing, it's got me tearing up. Can't yet sing the last verse without some tears happening and messing up my voice. I can make it to 'Flatline in the morning light', and no further, a little bit of a gag breaks through. What a bloody lovely lament for the little guys. Their mind’s not one bite smaller or lesser than ours, and... 'tis nature I guess... indeed. Lovely way to put it, and a lovely tribute to them. (also eeeey, there's my name in the Indigogo list!)
I interviewed Will right before this song came out. I got to listen to it before the official release...and to be honest, it wasn't really my thing. I'd been hoping for more genre-bending, kooky sounds, or at least something with piano like SDRR. Instead I got a sad ukulele folk song about a mouse. Now, two months later, after talking to Will about his evolving music style and what that means for him, and seeing this music video, and digesting the lyrics (and being cuckolded from the live performance of this song by a Dead Rat Person at the Houston show), it's really hitting me. I don't know why. It just is. I really wish I'd asked him more about the lyrics/construction of the song -- but to be fair, the official lyrics hadn't been published yet and I'm really bad at understanding what people are singing without lyrics. Sorry Will.
this hit harder than it should have. the fact that the mouse worked so hard with getting all the pieces and solving the puzzle, and all it does is kill it it makes me feel of the fact that no matter what you do, no matter how good you are, no matter what, everyone has the same fate.
The bright little piano arpeggios that start at the same as _spring bloomed in the kitchen again_ is SO heartbreaking. It sounds like the posion food is almost glittering, like there is a holy light shining down on it. I love the way the orchestra thins out and quiets at this part, this is all the mouse wanted, nothing else matters. And then the way it swells again when the mouse is eating the posion, simultaniously celebrating a victory while sealing his fate. Breathtaking song
I like how the puzzle pieces kinda symbolize it getting closer to death with the first being moving into the house, the second getting caught which would eventually lead the home owner to place poison out, the third starving for days, the forth eating the poison, the fifth going to sleep, and the sixth being when the mouse dies completing the puzzle. I’m sure everyone already noticed this but I just find it neat.
I used to listen to this song and think about a mouse going through this and it made me so sad. my friend passed away a few months ago, so now i no longer think of a mouse when I listen to this song. I think of him. and that makes this song so much harder to listen to. I still love this song though
So good on so many kevels. The thoughts of a mouse,the basic need for all organisms for basic existence, are my solutions right ot will it finally catch up on me and crush me.
One thing Will Wood has always gotten perfectly is chord progressions that make you feel so much emotion; this song is a beautifully done example of this. The use of augmented chords, line clichés, secondary dominates and everything else done in this piece just comes together in such an amazing way. I can’t wait to see what’s in store for the rest of your album.
After reading his recent interview and watching his live chat for this song I absolutely one hundered percent understand why he said what he said about his fanbase and why he wrote sex, drugs, and rock and roll. This song is a heartwrenching piece about trying to fit in and what it's like to fight so hard just to end up dead and alone, and all you see in the live chat is fucking memes and baby gays talking about how gay they are. Honestly annoying as hell. I'm glad to hear that the live shows irl are better though. I hope he finds true happiness one day.
what did he say? i listen to will wood but i don’t really follow him. i do think i understand what you said for what i’ve seen about his fanbase, but i got curious as to what happened
@@kiteacup From what I've seen alot of the kids in his fanbase insist he should make stuff like Self-Ish and Everything Is Alot again. And aren't letting him move on from it even though he was in a really bad place when he wrote that stuff. Alot of his fanbase is definitely younger than he would like too, considering his shows are usually 18+ so thats probably what its about. Im not 100% sure though.
ive heard some pretty bad things from the live shows on reddit ( i live uk so cant go :( ), apparently people throwing stuff at the stage and talking/screaming over him etc... fans who have no respect for will are missing the point of most of his songs lol
@@kiteacup he was talking about how socially inept they have become thanks to social media + the pandemic and how at one of his gigs he was being screamed at and disrespected on stage because of it. He said recently that the shows on his new tour have been good however.
My friend showed me this song earlier today and the bridge and the last two choruses have almost made me cry every time listening to the song I remember hearing the “Maybe they wanna be friends!!” Before the key swapped to a minor one and I went ‘oh no i don’t think they wanna be friends’
i was listening to this without really paying attention to the lyrics and when i looked in the comments and saw what it was about i started CRYING. 10/10 rip samuals real world counterpart you will forever be in our hearts
I have so many thoughts and I'm not sure if I can put any of them into words... I love this, I really really love this. This song feels sincere. I'm a really big fan of the character work Will Wood did especially in Self-ish but I respect the hell out of not wanting to do that anymore, escaping this image of the scary piano man. And now this drops and I can't imagine anyone being angry about getting such a beautiful song... great work 💚
I downloaded this song and went for a long walk to listen to it. At first I was thinking how I like the instruments but when I started processing the lyrics I literally burst into tears in front of people. This song is absolute masterpiece, but I feel like I need therapy
whenever i have a bad day, or my family starts arguing, i just put on this song. Even though i know the meaning i still put it on, its oddly comforting. Will Wood has got me through a lot, my dad going to prison, my uncle dying, pretty much everything. Thank you, Will Wood.
Originally, I found this song while eating lunch with my music teacher. I always thought that he had a rather unique taste in music, but anytime he found a cool song, he would show me and a handful of others in my friend group. He showed it to me and we played it together on guitar and sung together to try to build my vocal range and just generally have a fun thing to do. Unfortunately, he stopped teaching at our school, and everyone in the arts programs were deeply saddened. He made a life-long Will Wood fan out of me and sparked a love of music in me that will keep me going forever and, hopefully, will drive me to become a musical educator myself. Thanks Mr. S, you helped make me the person I am today, and thank you Will Wood, for giving me something to bond with my teacher over.
As someone who is part of the younger fan base (even tho I am almost 18) it was SUCH a ride to mature along with Will’s new styles. Like wow. I’m sorry that his new fans don’t respect him because they’re arrogant tweens discovering themselves. If they took a second to actually appreciate the new music they would see how utterly genius it is, just like the rest of Will’s work. This song broke my heart, thank you for this masterpiece ❤️
This has a similar aesthetic to Modest Mouse's "Float On" music video but with a Will Wood twist and i absolutely love it. I wanna find more stuff with that vibe because it looks great!
this came back up in my recommendations to hit me in my emotions again-it makes me think of my grandmother and the stories she used to tell--she had a soft spot for mice, and often hid their little families in spare clothes drawers to spare them the immediate violence of my grandfather and the rat poison. she's 95 now, and we're not sure if she'll make it another year, but even though she can't walk anymore she'll still talk about her wild mice.
my pet fish was dying when I first heard this song. it reminds me that we are all just small creatures in the grand scheme of things. buried him tonight life's rough
For some abysmal reason, every time anything happens regarding Will Wood, in my mind I hear that one moment from monster factory's spore episode where griffin and Justin McElroy frantically and furiously shout, "WILL?! GET IN YOUR BOX WILL." I hope that reading this has inconvenienced and mildly annoyed you have a wonderful day
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It's the innocence of the mouse that makes this song so devastating to me; "They must want to be friends!" and "What's the moon made of? Meet me there after I'm gone." are the bits that hit the hardest.
It truly is such a beautiful song, as well as the pure hope expressed when food is presented on the stove top again AGH it's so good
You explained it better than me
The "why does it hurt" really dug into me
And "is there cheese in the great beyond" always hurts too
Something I just realized that made tear up, is that the little mouse never blames the person for poisoning them. They just know they were served a feast, but then something went wrong. The little mouse just waits for death, and they wish for "their friend" to meet them on the other side.
this one and the uthanasia one had me fucking crying
(they are related )
Reading this actually made me cry a little. You just made an already heartbreaking song so much worse for me, thank you
Oh.
@@CapnCanadai dont think they are
i just now realized the shadow in the final contraption is not a fish but a dead rat on its back, welp now the video makes more sense to me
HELP😭😭💀💀
you know what that means
man this reminds me of a wasp that was building a nest on my porch last year. when we first noticed she was building a nest, we knocked it down (which i kinda feel bad for in retrospect) but i guess she was determined and came back and built another one. we figured, if we kept knocking them down, she would just keep building them, so we let her be this time. she stuck around, and i always watched her slowly progress on her nest. i'm normally terrified of wasps, but eventually i learned to be comfortable around her and her alone. (wasps can recognize individual humans, so i'm sure she had become familiar with me as well.) eventually i began to notice that she was hardly ever around anymore, and her nest was just sitting there abandoned. this went on for weeks, maybe even months, and we eventually came to terms with the fact that she probably met with some fate in the outside world and wouldn't be coming back. the fact that she most likely always knew i was there and yet continued working on her nest as if i wasn't there probably means that she knew me and she knew i wouldn't do anything to her. animals really are just little individuals. like the song says, "my mind's not one bite smaller or lesser than yours"
God damn
Cool
This feels like a campfire made from the door frame you once used to measure your height on growing up
thats a really good analogy
op this hits so hard what the hell /pos
how can you describe something so right and saddening at the same time
Wow, you beat "baby shoes never worn" in the competition for saddest single sentence 😢
ow, dude.
I tried to show this song to my boyfriend but before I played it I said it was really sad and he asked if I wanted to explain the backstory first (because I often do that with music I show him). And of course I said yes but then just BURST into tears for no apparent reason. He was very taken aback but waited till I got a hold of myself and I finally managed to say "so it's about a mouse . . ."
Then I burst into tears again and he tried so hard not to laugh to no avail.
God bless you, Will Wood.
this is such a mood and honestly understandable, if i didn't have a literal inability to cry i would cry my eyes out to this poor little mouse :(((
I’m a pretty new fan but uhh there’s backstory to this video?
@@riffraff2454 it's about a mouse will tried to feed and befriend. he was told that the mouse carried a deadly disease though, so in the end he had to trap and kill the little guy. the name of the trap he used is "tomcat disposables"
@@arminek.1310 oh wow thank you
this songs the good shit made me cry alot 10/10
this really reminds me of the poem we talked about in school. it’s about a mouse who works so hard to build a nest and when it finally finishes it gets ran over by a plow and the symbolism of how even if you work hard and stick to the plan something can completely ruin it for you
Isnt that the one of mice and men was based off?
@@probablyBigT yeah
As in “the best laid plans of mice and men will often go awry”?
It's _To a Mouse_ by Robert Burns, which as @improbablytheguy said, inspired the title of _Of Mice And Men._ And yeah, although it was written "...best-laid _schemes_ of mice and men...," as @thelemondropgirl2140 said, it's the source (afaik) of the expression "the best-laid plans of mice and men oft go awry."
The fact this song is about an actual mouse who Will tried to befriend but ultimately had to trap and kill because it carried diseases makes this whole song so much more tragic.
Fantastic work: the addition of an orchestra and this stellar stop motion animation sells this whole piece. Absolutely stellar, Mr. Wood - cannot wait to hear the full album!
Now excuse me as I wipe the tears from my eyes.
Where can we hear about this story ;w;
Are we sure that this song is about this? Does we have official confirmation? Because last time we thought that will had a daughter with better that the alternative but it was proven wrong
@@rtgjejejsgk Oh well that's poggers :0
@Julien L'Inconnu well even if it has official confirmation it could be false lol, he literally lied about having a daughter just for funsies (which, like, tbh same)
idk man, i heavily doubt he lied about that. he fucking loves mice and owns like 5
I’ve had the “nature I guess” part from the little teaser stuck in my head all week, I’m so ready to hear the full thing (and cry a bunch)
me too, and now im crying for the poor little guy :(
Over a year later and I just realized when he says ‘my struggles had a happy ending, they must want to be friends’, he’s not personifying struggles, he’s talking about the person who lives in the house. That somehow made this song even more sad (even knowing the story behind it).
I always assumed it was about the person living in the house now I’m considering this possible idea that the rat is talking about personifying struggles, it’s crazy how different people’s interpretations can influence other’s ideas.
i'm a time traveler, this shit's a banger
@@SmallAndInconvenient uhhh
@@cuddleanimates no
You better not be lying.
He played it in ft. Worth. Shit is a banger
well, you werent wrong, and im not surprised one bit
Someone sang this with their own ukulele today at my school's talent show. It was great, glad I learned about this song
hey that was me ! this song and the artist are amazing i'm glad you've found them
@@TheMazZT I'm glad I found them too, but I wanted to say that your performance of the song was incredible. Your song trapped in a peninsula is also really good!
oooo thank you !! i very much appreciate you taking the time to check out my other stuff
hi plimbo
LISTEN TO MORE WILL WOOD I PROMISE IT WILL
Strange how different it sounds from his earlier music, and yet it still sounds like Will. Gave me Wes Anderson vibes.
the melody may change however it wants, but will wood's unique voice always shines through. pretty sick.
I felt like Radiohead and Danny Elfman had a beautiful baby >.>
It's like the chaotic energy of this early music was restrained and put under much more deliberate control. Not doing "EVERYTHING" musically, only doing what you need to do.
Agreed. Gives me Radiohead vibes, too. They do so much stuff, but Thom Yorke's voice always sounds distinct.
Less electronic Hawaii part 2 or some tally hall vibes
as a lover of rodents and insects alike, this song and the story behind its creation breaks my heart. god it just hits everything I feel about the little guys, the alien yet familiar conscience behind black beads and the betrayal of death after hopes of survival. I hope will’s mouse friend got their rinds of parmesan up there.
nuff said
Lyrics:
I have mapped the cupboards and drawers
Tracked the least-walked spots on the floor
Happy to be home, safe and warm
As shadows by their feet, the odd vanishing treat
Quietly eating while they sleep
So here’s where I’ll be raising my kids
If I can find someone to start a family with
Till then I dream of the day my odds and ends fit
I’ll wake up, there’ll be food on the stove forever
And never want for more
Is there cheese in the great beyond?
Rinds of parmesan, wine to water, night from dawn
Life gets shorter, teeth grow long
Mind me not and I’ll mind my own, and my mind’s
Not one bite smaller or lesser than yours
Do I belong in “right and wrong?”
Nature, I guess.
One night one flung light through this place
So I run for cover, over under, left the rind out on the plate
Little heart racing and praying “something keep me safe,
I think it saw my face, okay, One hungry day is nothing, come what may.”
But then winter came inside for three nights
Left me grinding my teeth between my walls and gripping my dreams tight
Curled up kept my head up and put up the fight
I’ll make it through again. I have before.
Come on now, what’s one more?
Is there cheese in the great beyond?
Rinds of parmesan, wine to water, night from dawn
Life gets shorter, teeth grow long
Mind me not and I’ll mind my own, and my mind’s
Not one bite smaller or lesser than yours
Do I belong in “right and wrong?”
Nature, I guess.
Spring bloomed in the kitchen again
So I crawled out of the wall and squinting
Saw hope on the stovetop just like I’d always imagined it
More than I could eat, my dreams were finally reality
My struggles had a happy ending, they must want to be friends!
My stomach starts to turn, with thirst, why does it hurt?
My just desert is served, dig in.
And so I stumble back to bed
Something’s not quite right.
Guess I’ll just go rest my head
Now as I lay me down to sleep
I expect no dreams, and no sweet goodbye to me
Flatline in the morning light. I held on so tight for so long It’s just not
Right, let a sigh out as I close my eyes.
Was that all there was to this?
What’s for the best?
Is there cheese in the great beyond?
What’s the moon made of?
Meet me there after I’m gone
Life gets shorter, teeth grow long
Mind me not and I’ll mind my own and my mind
Held the same light as the one in your eyes.
Do I belong in “right and wrong?”
One dies alone?
And why? Don’t know.
Goodbye. So long.
To mice in homes.
Nature, I guess. Nature, I guess. Nature, I guess.
TY
thanks!! im going to translate the song now :))
my saviour tysm
It's 10:22 AM and I'm crying for the mouse that this song is about
@@amoureux6502 youre not alone dude this is so fucking sas 😭
"Is there cheese in the great beyond? What's the moon made of? Meet me there after I'm gone" Chills
I'm gonna sob uncontrollably when this drops, aren't I? Can't wait
Edit: yes yes i did poor mousey :(
Most likely Lmao
you are so active in the fandom holy shit i recognize your pfp every time on insta and here
I know that I did
Yep
we all did
another thing that breaks me is that "is there cheese in the great beyond?" becomes less and less of a rhetorical question as time goes on. at first it's a sweet dream, full of hope for a greater future, it's an "if", an expectation of a warm embrace after all this uncertainty and struggle
then it gets darker and more fragile, and now it's a different kind of hope - the one you're clinging tight to for the sake of getting through, a light you follow to not give in to the darkness
and in the very end the mouse is already on the threshold of the great beyond, and it's a fearful question to the void and to the world it's just abandoned due to a cruel fate it didn't deserve. it's denial and a "didn't i deserve it? is there really nothing more?".
i hope there is cheese after all, little one.
do you really think i'm over it 3 weeks later because i am not and sometimes it gets stuck in my head and i occasionally cry
@@anonhikkastiy hi, I got here with some semblance of consciousness to process this song for the first time again, and am on the brink of crying as I relisten to the song for the fourth time since I clicked on this video today. Nice comment, you are feeding my conclusion and stance in how to view, and what to do with this song when it shall inevitably rattle around my head once more.
The line "Do I belong in right and wrong?" hits really hard for me. Before I heard this song I was in a dark place, thinking about how in nature, everything has a place, and yet I can't seem to find one. But this song, this line, given the context to the meaning of it.....sometimes things don't have a place. Sometimes a situation isn't moral or immoral. Sometimes life just is. And a lot of the time there is no higher purpose to anything, and a lot of the time the way things in nature and life fit into each other is far less romanticized, more mundane, and sometimes even tragic. Sometimes you don't get to figure out what your place is. It's humbling. Nature, I guess.
Nature, I guess.
Yeah. Little mouse did all the things he knew to do. Find a warm place, flee for safety from scary things, gather food, hold out when hunger strikes. His mood follows these events - happy, fear, hope, resilience - and in the end he puts it together and what does he get for all his troubles? Dead mouse. You can spend your last few moments terrified, or embracing the peace, or just feeling ill. The mouse is dead and will never get the result of those initial hopes for family and friendship.
But that's just nature, I guess. The mouse can't fathom something else at play, or think about his role in the universe. Nature is unfair, and I'm dead, that's Nature I guess.
Nothing can make me cry quite as hard as this song does. Mice just want to survive. They fight so hard. They didn't ask to be mice, but they're hated just for existing, even though they're adorable little things. They do their best to stay out of the way and not bother anyone. They're incredibly intelligent. How we dispose of their lives and efforts without a second thought is heartbreaking to think about :(
I know this is an old comment, but this sort of thing makes me sad when it comes to "pests" in general. Maybe I don't want them in my home, but it's not their fault that my house - which is warm and has a steady source of food - seems like great shelter! They just want to live, like anyone else :(
it's not fault of parasites to be parasites, they just want to survive
@@maximodubs4189they are not parasites at all. they are capable of living independently, but people have taken up most woodlands so they end up in homes.
I agree wholeheartedly. Same, with Rabbits, bunnies. Rats Gerbils etc.
They are viewed as pests, parasites monster and abomination because they just want Cabbage, Carrots etc from your garden or a comfort place to sleep in bad weather or to feed Breed .
Their digging and burrow destroyed crops and years of hard work. But they don't destroy Lives and Possible future like Farmers, Pest control and LandLords do... 😢😢😢
man…. the imagery on the different puzzle pieces showing all the good things the mouse is looking for…… and it’s so hopeful because it should make the shape of a perfect life but it just ends with death…… beautiful. i’m now going to go sob
how was the sobbing?
absolutely in love with this new sound, it's so much more orchestral and floaty and the lyrics are so much more pared back. it feels so deceptively simple, and also so intentionally put together, especially in the instrumentation. super excited for the rest of this album, gonna be looping this
Tes
YYesS
You took the words right out of my mouth! I love this sound, it’s so cool seeing Will evolve as an artist
"intentionally put together" is probably one of the best descriptions I've heard for Will Wood lyrics
The subtle brilliance of Tomcat Disposables - The chorus of song is a mere 10 words, and at first listen came off to me as just a throw-away: "Do I belong in right and wrong? Nature, I guess." It doesn't seem to say much. But listening to the story of this rodent, and his attempts to live in the world, make him relatable to our own human lives. Where this rodent has chosen to live does not work out. He frightens the owners of the house and they poison him. We are left to consider what this rodent ponders. Was he right in seeking food and shelter in human home? Was he wrong in scaring and taking the human's food? Were the humans right or wrong to kill him? He asks himself: "Do I belong in right and wrong?" and concludes "Nature, I guess." For wasn't it in his nature to seek food and shelter ? Isn't in human's nature to rid their house of vermin? Isn't it in a cat's nature to hunt and kill rodents even if they don't eat, and just dispose of them? (see song title) The choices we make can be seen as both right and wrong. Should these determine what may be in an afterlife? Do we belong in being right and wrong? Do we belong in this world?
My daughter turned me on to WW. I took her and friends to see him a few weeks ago and really loved everything about it. This song, this is so gorgeously dark and lovely; like a short story crafted tightly. So much meaning in such a small space. Breaks my heart and makes it melt all at once ❤
I cant stop thinking about this song. It's haunting me.
It's the kind of song you think about after you listen to it, then you listen to it again, think more, and eventually decide it's time to get a little mouse friend to give them the life they deserve.
“My stomach starts to turn with thirst, wait why does it hurt?”
When a victim gets
rabies, they become physically unable to drink water, to the point it physically hurts to try swallowing it.
I’m pretty sure the mouse didn’t have rabies, but I could be wrong. Lyrics didn’t say anything about it feeling painful to drink water. It’s also implied whatever illness he has came from the food his “friend” gave him. It would make little sense to poison a mouse with rabies instead of regular poison.
@@bucketbuoyancy235 it was poisoned food
@@cosmotellurianTheory Exactly.
the song is also named after a type of mouse/rat poison, one of the common ways it kills them is through kidney failure. internal pain and increased thirst. most people believe the poison actually causes them to become dehydrated, but that's an old myth
My grandfather is in the hospital and is not gonna make it. This song is tragic but i think it’s honestly helping me get through this.
It just hits like “everything was just starting to get good. and then - sudden tragedy”
now i cry while singing this
He died about two hours after this comment. RIP Grandpa, may there be cheese in the great beyond.
@@spaghettayyyyyy hey mate, im so sorry. How are you doing? Sending hugs your way.
Mines in similar situation at the moment
I just noticed this, but look at all the little symbols on the mouse's body. It looks like they mean something; for example, the heart on the chest, and the mice in the brain. It looks pretty clear that the mouse wants to meet another mouse and start a family. I think that's a touching little detail.
She Found Me Crying, She Crew Too, We Both Crode
i remember hearing this in his early showcase livestream and just knowing that it was going to be my favorite song. the "is there cheese in the great beyond / rinds of parmesan" has never left my brain since i am So Happy that this has been released. i am at peace. there is in fact cheese here
Oh same here. I was hoping to hear it again and I am so glad. This music video is so pretty.
@@truebobbian so glad it came out. I love the full version so much. def worth the wait since march '21
And if I did, you deserved it would've been cool to hear as a studio version
i had a serious, days long, emotional ethical and moral debate about setting mousetraps after listening to this.
my week is ruined, i will never find a more beautiful song, this is the greatest thing ive ever listened to, and ive gotten rid of all the rattraps in my house and barn
empathy sucks sometimes
You could always use humane traps! Something that just keeps them in a box alive, so you can check the traps each day and release them someplace else far away if you catch any.
@@ari638Yeah, this has always worked for me. the mouse is gone either way and I don't mind relocating far off into woodlands
music is crazy. it can make you cry at the normally funny phrase "is there cheese in the great beyond?"
You can’t eat cheese after death so is there any in the great beyond? I HOPE THERE IS THIS MOUSE DESERVES EVERYTHING EVERY RAT AND MOUSE DO
It's funny because it's naive and childish, and sad for the same reason. You just know this mouse didn't deserve it... Fuck, this is the first song that made me genuinely cry
Context is everything. I also find that lyric particularly poignant because imo, it changes from the beginning to the end of the song.
Initially, it’s just the mouse wondering if there’s cheese in the kitchen of the house. That feels like an awfully long ways to travel for such a tiny creature, so he sees it as ‘the great beyond’.
But in the final chorus, he’s asking if it exists in the afterlife…
I orginally thought this song was about a struggling artist, who manages to make it through everything, the unyeilding strength of the human spirit persevering. But then I actually listened closely to the lyrics and finally realized that its really a gut wrenching tale of the life and suffering of a poor innocent mouse. This song never fails to make me cry.
This is a song of true tragedy and sadness.
not sure if I've heard anything better than this in a long while..
i'm enjoying the shift in genre, Will
great work.
Will Wood had a genre?
@@fuyopon Can't really say that about Your Body, My Temple tho lol. That shit was kinda feral and very good
@@jameshampton3102 It was kinda a chaotic jumble of a bunch of other stuff like Leonne said.
@@athroneoflies8785 It was high energy, but nothing at the level of 2012 or EIAL. Where i think will speed up his own audio
He's always had more slow songs like this (jimmy mushroom, Skeleton Appreciation day, sex drugs rock n roll, etc.) These were never the major feel for his music, but the origins are definitely there.
Working tirelessly to piece together the secrets and truths of your terrifying, claustrophobic world, only to find that the only truth is that you are going to die. Fucking devastating, love it.
I listened to this and "Euthanasia" all day today, because of my rat's passing. This is so beautiful and empathetic, exactly how I see the world. Little creatures are just like us, my little rat was not worth less than any other living being. She meant so much to me.
Sure, it's not "typical Will Wood," but does that really matter? It's a goddamn banger, and Will Wood shouldn't be expected to stick to a style.
As the lobster expert, I can guarantee that this will be a banger
Thank you for your expertise
as the lobster expert, do you recommend chewing lobsters before swallowing or, like rice, swallowing it without chewing?
@@IAmSneak As the lobster expert, both is acceptable
@@lobsterexpert4558 very intelligent wisdom lobster expert. I will keep that in mind next time I meet a bluey
I'm so glad we have an expert here
you know its good songwriting when you cry your eyes out every time you hear it but keep coming back to listen.
I have tried not to listen to it for the past few days cause I know I'll lcry but it's been stuck on my mind. I finally cracked and yes I'm crying again
this whole song was great, but I especially appreciate the use of the word "parmesan" as a rhyme for "great beyond"
I live in an area with a lot of rats and they tend to flock to my crawlspace to live, which god I wish I could let them but they destroy the insulation and leave feces all around the garage, outside area, etc, so this song really hits me hard. I hate that I can't just live in harmony with the rats in the crawlspace, I want to share the house with them but it's just not possible. they're unintentionally tearing apart the house, they're endangering my family and my dog if any of them are carrying diseases, it's just such a shitty hand the poor rats have been dealt :(
This is the first time Will is releasing something new ever since I found his music, I cant wait! :D
Correction: I was here for the release of sex, drugs, rock n roll and everything that's been released since then, but I forgot (my memory is terrible) sorry for confusing those of you in the replies lmao
@@yum_parmesan yeah, i found him in october 2021 if i remember correctly
camp here n there campfire songs edition came out earlier
oh yeah i forgot about those lol
I found him in September last year
I found him right after the release of Self-Ish and watching him improve his style is so cool
I can't believe Will managed to make me emotional over a song about a silly little mouse who ate poison
i'll never ever get tired of this one i think
i caught a livestream back in like august where chat asked for "the cheese song" and i was curious so i stuck around to hear him play it, but didn't catch the actual name of it so it's haunted me for months. i was just about to believe i'd never hear it again so i almost screamed when i realized which song this was. i can't listen to any other song currently
I’m not gonna lie, I did more than tear up. I’m bawling actually. This means so much more to me than I can put into words. Thank you.
"It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life." - Jean-Luc Picard
the context behind this song has me crying and throwing up on the floor. amazing job
Whats the context????????
@@averagechocomilkenjoyer basically, during the winter of the pandemic, will had made a little mouse friend that tried taking bits of parmesan rinds. unfortunately the mouse was a breed that is known to carry diseases and sadly had to set out traps for the little mouse, ultimately meeting his demise despite will not wanting to do it to the poor little rodent.
@@g0recr0w Man, this makes the fact some of his fans have been bringing him dead rodents in jars even more fucked up... :(
@@ourcade2626 someone showed will a vial of preserved rats at the show I went to while he was on tour... he was gonna play tomcat disposables too but didnt because of it :[
@@g0recr0w People are fucked up, man. In what fucking world would anyone think that's an okay thing to do? I feel so bad for Will.
As a rat owner who used to watch my grandma kill the mice I tried to befriend as a toddler, this made me sob. I still remember that little guy coming out from behind the dishwasher and I KNEW there was a snap trap in the cabinet. I set it off once to trick my grandma, ruined my finger. She did kill a couple despite my efforts and I could never get the image of the dead mice out of my head. I shouldn't have given them any food. I felt bad for them and wanted to make them happy but in hindsight, as an adult, I was just giving them incentive to come back.
I can almost imagine a man standing over the trap that finally worked with tears in his eyes and a feeling of emptiness that comes from putting something down. Good work Will. Neither of you deserved this but at least your friend is hurt no more and be remembered evermore.
"Whats the moon made of? Meet me there after im gone." IM WEEPING
Hello Mr. Will Robbin Wood( Your middle name is almost certainly not Robbin but if it is then it's pretty creepy that I know that) me, my bands guitarist, and our bassist held a listening party for this song and it immediately blew our heads off and I instantly said we should make a cover of this which was then shot down by our bassist saying " It makes Will Wood uncomfortable when people cover his songs." and then she explained that you feel weird with people yelling such introspective works to the world. But heres the thing, I still REALLY wanna do a cover because this song really Willy's my Wonka and I think we could make something pretty cool with this but I don't wanna hurt you in making a cover so I thought I would ask for your approval before making it.
Man, people have the weirdest ideas about me. I've never once said I don't like when people cover my songs. I actually really fuckin love it when people cover my songs. I literally have a song called "cover this song" on my first album. I don't know who made it up, but let it be known I've never once said that I'm against covers. Would love to hear your cover.
Ok but even besides the original notion being wrong this is so sweet? That you asked?
Pls link the cover when you’re done, brother, i’d love to hear it
Just learned the lyrics.
Having recently had to do something similar after much agonizing, it's got me tearing up. Can't yet sing the last verse without some tears happening and messing up my voice. I can make it to 'Flatline in the morning light', and no further, a little bit of a gag breaks through.
What a bloody lovely lament for the little guys.
Their mind’s not one bite smaller or lesser than ours, and... 'tis nature I guess... indeed.
Lovely way to put it, and a lovely tribute to them.
(also eeeey, there's my name in the Indigogo list!)
I like it. Will continues to explore his fascination with death (and rodents) from every possible angle.
I interviewed Will right before this song came out. I got to listen to it before the official release...and to be honest, it wasn't really my thing. I'd been hoping for more genre-bending, kooky sounds, or at least something with piano like SDRR. Instead I got a sad ukulele folk song about a mouse. Now, two months later, after talking to Will about his evolving music style and what that means for him, and seeing this music video, and digesting the lyrics (and being cuckolded from the live performance of this song by a Dead Rat Person at the Houston show), it's really hitting me. I don't know why. It just is. I really wish I'd asked him more about the lyrics/construction of the song -- but to be fair, the official lyrics hadn't been published yet and I'm really bad at understanding what people are singing without lyrics. Sorry Will.
Will Wood's music style has changed so much over time and I love his newer stuff so much. I'm super excited for his new album!
this hit harder than it should have.
the fact that the mouse worked so hard with getting all the pieces and solving the puzzle, and all it does is kill it
it makes me feel of the fact that no matter what you do, no matter how good you are, no matter what, everyone has the same fate.
i can't listen to this song with out sobbing. every. single. time.
ESPECIALLY AT, “They must want to be friends! :D,” “Goodbye, so long, to my same homes!” AND THE MOUSETRAP SNAP AT THE END. I SOB SO MUCH TOO
The bright little piano arpeggios that start at the same as _spring bloomed in the kitchen again_ is SO heartbreaking. It sounds like the posion food is almost glittering, like there is a holy light shining down on it. I love the way the orchestra thins out and quiets at this part, this is all the mouse wanted, nothing else matters. And then the way it swells again when the mouse is eating the posion, simultaniously celebrating a victory while sealing his fate. Breathtaking song
yes, there is cheese in the great beyond
TH-cam keeps on recommending this like "yes I'd like to cry again thank you"
This song is so gut wrenching. This song and Euthanasia both had me crying.
Rest in peace, all the rats in Will’s life. Including the Wooden Mouse.
I like how the puzzle pieces kinda symbolize it getting closer to death with the first being moving into the house, the second getting caught which would eventually lead the home owner to place poison out, the third starving for days, the forth eating the poison, the fifth going to sleep, and the sixth being when the mouse dies completing the puzzle.
I’m sure everyone already noticed this but I just find it neat.
I used to listen to this song and think about a mouse going through this and it made me so sad. my friend passed away a few months ago, so now i no longer think of a mouse when I listen to this song. I think of him. and that makes this song so much harder to listen to.
I still love this song though
I think it's very cute and underappreciated . Sorry for your loss man hope everything gets better ❤🩹
The way the lil cog stopped turning at the end when it died oml-
i've cried more for the plights of mice and men takes on a new meaning after reading the lyrics to this
It's so beautiful when he says "rinds of parmesan." This song is beautiful. Very creative writing.
So good on so many kevels.
The thoughts of a mouse,the basic need for all organisms for basic existence, are my solutions right ot will it finally catch up on me and crush me.
Oh em jee it's William Woodicus
* happy *
@@unicornyoutube7587 unicorn youtube 7587 i gotta be real This song did not make me happy I Have depression
One thing Will Wood has always gotten perfectly is chord progressions that make you feel so much emotion; this song is a beautifully done example of this. The use of augmented chords, line clichés, secondary dominates and everything else done in this piece just comes together in such an amazing way. I can’t wait to see what’s in store for the rest of your album.
After reading his recent interview and watching his live chat for this song I absolutely one hundered percent understand why he said what he said about his fanbase and why he wrote sex, drugs, and rock and roll. This song is a heartwrenching piece about trying to fit in and what it's like to fight so hard just to end up dead and alone, and all you see in the live chat is fucking memes and baby gays talking about how gay they are. Honestly annoying as hell. I'm glad to hear that the live shows irl are better though. I hope he finds true happiness one day.
i believe its mostly his under 18 audience. the shows are 18+ for a reason heh. glad they’re going well for him, though.
what did he say? i listen to will wood but i don’t really follow him. i do think i understand what you said for what i’ve seen about his fanbase, but i got curious as to what happened
@@kiteacup From what I've seen alot of the kids in his fanbase insist he should make stuff like Self-Ish and Everything Is Alot again. And aren't letting him move on from it even though he was in a really bad place when he wrote that stuff. Alot of his fanbase is definitely younger than he would like too, considering his shows are usually 18+ so thats probably what its about. Im not 100% sure though.
ive heard some pretty bad things from the live shows on reddit ( i live uk so cant go :( ), apparently people throwing stuff at the stage and talking/screaming over him etc... fans who have no respect for will are missing the point of most of his songs lol
@@kiteacup he was talking about how socially inept they have become thanks to social media + the pandemic and how at one of his gigs he was being screamed at and disrespected on stage because of it. He said recently that the shows on his new tour have been good however.
My god I love this music video so much. That mouse happily collects all those little pieces of hope - only for them to be crushed in the end.
My friend showed me this song earlier today and the bridge and the last two choruses have almost made me cry every time listening to the song
I remember hearing the
“Maybe they wanna be friends!!” Before the key swapped to a minor one and I went ‘oh no i don’t think they wanna be friends’
You can hear how writing music has saved his life probably several times
i’m crying now thank you mr wood
Word of advice: Don't listen to this while having a panic attack, It majes you cry even harder!
The instant juxtaposition from
"My struggles had a happy ending"
To
"My just dessert is served, dig in"
Kills me every. Single. Time.
Thanks!
Will wood us the only person that can make people cry for a wooden mouse 😭😭
This video has the perfect balance of both Will and wood.
i was listening to this without really paying attention to the lyrics and when i looked in the comments and saw what it was about i started CRYING. 10/10 rip samuals real world counterpart you will forever be in our hearts
I JUST REALIZED THE LYRICS ARE WRITTEN FROM THE RATS POV NOOO
I have so many thoughts and I'm not sure if I can put any of them into words... I love this, I really really love this. This song feels sincere. I'm a really big fan of the character work Will Wood did especially in Self-ish but I respect the hell out of not wanting to do that anymore, escaping this image of the scary piano man. And now this drops and I can't imagine anyone being angry about getting such a beautiful song... great work 💚
now he's the scary ukelele man
@@HolloTheRaven noo thats not the point I was making 😅
@@HolloTheRaven what if studio cicada days is thermodynamic lawyer 2...
I downloaded this song and went for a long walk to listen to it. At first I was thinking how I like the instruments but when I started processing the lyrics I literally burst into tears in front of people.
This song is absolute masterpiece, but I feel like I need therapy
whenever i have a bad day, or my family starts arguing, i just put on this song. Even though i know the meaning i still put it on, its oddly comforting. Will Wood has got me through a lot, my dad going to prison, my uncle dying, pretty much everything.
Thank you, Will Wood.
on my first few listens i never really paid attention to the lyrics, but damn once you realise then this song just becomes heartbreaking
Originally, I found this song while eating lunch with my music teacher. I always thought that he had a rather unique taste in music, but anytime he found a cool song, he would show me and a handful of others in my friend group. He showed it to me and we played it together on guitar and sung together to try to build my vocal range and just generally have a fun thing to do. Unfortunately, he stopped teaching at our school, and everyone in the arts programs were deeply saddened. He made a life-long Will Wood fan out of me and sparked a love of music in me that will keep me going forever and, hopefully, will drive me to become a musical educator myself. Thanks Mr. S, you helped make me the person I am today, and thank you Will Wood, for giving me something to bond with my teacher over.
Okay. But why did I cry
"they must want to be friends.." anyway i'm never going to emotionally recover from that
THIS WHOLE VIDEO IS SO GUT WRENCHING
Man, losing my kitty the same day this drops, really hits differently. Mr. Woods best work yet!! Really top tier stuff.
This is the first song that made me cry... And cry a lot
This song makes me cry every single time. I have no idea why but it makes me think of how hard my mom has fought for me.
Not to mention I also have an affinity for rodents
As someone who is part of the younger fan base (even tho I am almost 18) it was SUCH a ride to mature along with Will’s new styles. Like wow. I’m sorry that his new fans don’t respect him because they’re arrogant tweens discovering themselves. If they took a second to actually appreciate the new music they would see how utterly genius it is, just like the rest of Will’s work. This song broke my heart, thank you for this masterpiece ❤️
NONONONO BRING HIM BACK HE DIDNT DO ANYTHING WRONG STOP NOOO
This has a similar aesthetic to Modest Mouse's "Float On" music video but with a Will Wood twist and i absolutely love it. I wanna find more stuff with that vibe because it looks great!
this came back up in my recommendations to hit me in my emotions again-it makes me think of my grandmother and the stories she used to tell--she had a soft spot for mice, and often hid their little families in spare clothes drawers to spare them the immediate violence of my grandfather and the rat poison. she's 95 now, and we're not sure if she'll make it another year, but even though she can't walk anymore she'll still talk about her wild mice.
my pet fish was dying when I first heard this song. it reminds me that we are all just small creatures in the grand scheme of things. buried him tonight life's rough
i literally can't listen to this song outside, i end up sobbing violently every time
For some abysmal reason, every time anything happens regarding Will Wood, in my mind I hear that one moment from monster factory's spore episode where griffin and Justin McElroy frantically and furiously shout, "WILL?! GET IN YOUR BOX WILL."
I hope that reading this has inconvenienced and mildly annoyed you have a wonderful day
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I don't think I've ever cried to a song but this is definitely the closest a song has come
мне понравился посыл "пока будешь собирать себя по частям и копаться в себе, вся жизнь пройдет"
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