Paris Paloma - boys, bugs and men [Official Video]
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- čas přidán 9. 05. 2024
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Lyrics:
You said those words and suddenly I’m five
And boys are bringing bugs
Just to kill them for my eyes
And I can see their hunger looking for a sign
That any of their destruction has me suffering inside
You take such delight
In killing my light
If I don’t make a sound
Does it even hurt?
I’m bending to the ground
Just to pick up little worms
And I have seen you relish
Such violence with a joy
That I’ve only seen before
In the eyes of little boys
Discovering their power for the first time
You kissed me so hard I had a grazed chin
I saw your eyes spark at the breaking
And in them I see hunger
Looking for a sign
That any of your destruction had me suffering inside
It fills you with light
To take away mine
At the cutting of your tongue
All I hear is shredding wings
Before me is a man who cares not for little things
And now I have my answer, from when I wondered who
Those little boys became
Because they grew up to be you
You’ve been playing with your power for a long time
A long time
You’ve been playing with your power for a long time
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I remember in kindergarten me and some of the other girls knew there was a swallow nest with fertile eggs in it up a tree in the garden and we would guard it daily. One day one of the boys shoved past us and climbed the tree. He brought down one of the eggs and peeled it in front of us (they had chicks inside) and laughed hysterically. I couldn't fathom that he had only done it to horrify us.
That's so mean! Poor bird 😢
theres seriousl something wrong with boys
@@Kamila-eb9pz Also it's a sign of a potential serial killer brewing
Thank you
i love what paris paloma's music stands for: both fragility and strength, all at once, and a vocal fight against violence
omg yes!!! a beautiful way to put it
Fragility AND strength are what women are...
And THAT'S true power...
As a mom with three young boys this song makes me sad because this kind of behavior is very real and very learned behavior. Because my boys are taught that nature is sacred and we don't hurt things smaller than us and don't let bigger things than us hurt us.
Right? I’ve never witnessed such behaviour personally…
Not from any family members, not from kids at school…
It’s isn’t "boys being boys" it’s kids not being taught the value of life and that being stronger is what counts… that violence is the key to everything in life…
And sadly some parents truly think that especially boys are supposed to be rough, uncaring and destructive…
When their nature literally is not that. They can be just as caring.
“Before me is a man who cares not for little things.”
It’s a sign of something bigger, because if you don’t care about what needs to be protected because it holds a fragile, yet vital place in life, what does that show? You find meaning in causing ruin to things and lives you hold power over, and that’s wrong. I just think it’s sad, and I don’t want to be around people who are like this, but there are so many of them.
My Dad is a man who cares for the little things, he's the first guy I ever knew to do so (might get adopted one day lol) and honestly it still astounds me when he does. ❤
The world is going to be an awful place when he finally goes.
the amount of comments that have had a similar experience of boys in primary school hurting animals infront of us just to get enjoyment from our hurt is terrifying. those boys grew up to be adults.. i only hope they changed, and felt soul-crushingly guilty over what they did.
I remember when I was little I was so excited to show a nest of kildee eggs to my friend, (kildee lays their eggs in the ground hidden in rocks)
When he saw it he stepped on the eggs and laughed at my scream.
We were no longer friends after that, we were in pre-k or kindergarten at the time.
It’s scary to think about where that sadistic enjoyment may have taken him as an adult.
I was on a walk in the woods with my mom, our family dog, my brother, and a friend of his. Our dog came across a newly born litter of bunnies hiding in the brush and started attacking. I was about seven or eight and couldn't deal with the scene, and started wailing "not the bunnies" as I watched them dying. My brother and his friend tormented me all the way home, mocking my cries, jeering "not the bunnies" back at me as much as they could. I don't speak with my brother now in my adulthood unless I'm forced to be around him. It's one of many instances, but I'll never forget it.
When I was a kid, another girl and I would pick up worms on the sidewalk and put them back in the grass. One day, a classmate ripped a worm we’d just saved in half before laughing at our reactions.
How do so many little boys learn to be sadistic at such a young age?
@@plantika786im so sorry! How cruel. So many women/girls learn empathy in a way men/ boys cannot comprehend. They think of us as weak but we connect with living things on a different level. It is so beautiful and sad.
Back when I was in daycare, I was a bigger kid than most kids my age (7-8) but I was also emotionally behind by two years. A slightly younger kid had his older brother drag me to the corner of the playground where they’d found a little frog-I was super happy until the bigger kid picked it up to ‘show me’ and crushed it in his hands. I hit him so hard I broke his nose, and I threw his younger brother into the dirt. They weren’t expecting that-and even though I got kicked out, I still didn’t regret what I did. I hope they learned not to mess with people.
I remember when I was in the 4th grade and during recess I saw these two boys stomping an orange monarch butterfly into the gravel. They just laughed as they crushed its thin and delicate body into the rocks. I was so upset; I didn't understand why they would do that or how they could have possibly found it funny. It was just a butterfly, light and harmless. I never thought I would hear this concept described in a song, but I'm glad the message of this song is finally getting out. Children should be taught to respect living creatures, not destroy them.
I’m for the first time dealing with the trauma from an abusive relationship. I’ve felt so alone for so long but your music makes me feel seen, feel heard. It’s healing and empowering. Thank you.
Me too love, me too. I SEE YOU.
@@kristakat5686 same here yall. much love to you both.
You aren't alone, friend. I'm so sorry you're going through it. If you don't mind a little unsolicited advice, take time just for you. Get to know yourself again, that one might sound silly but so many of us forget ourselves and lose ourselves in this process.
❤️💕❤️💕❤️💕❤️
The lyrics : 😩😩😩
The instrumental : 😊😊😊
It isn't even out yet!
I guess they know from the snippets
@@Cat..Person Oh right yeah, sorry my mistake!
@cluelesschicken8396 No worries luv
@@cluelesschicken8396 the video wasn't out but the song was already out on the platforms !! Hope you enjoyed it 😊
My mother used to yell at me for bringing snails home when I was little but I was just trying to save them from the boys who would crush them for fun.
I loved snails and frogs as a little girl and caught them when I could (in my hands, I couldn't imagine having one at home trapped in a jar), and I was often late because I picked up all the snails and worms after rain and put them in the grass so they won't get stepped on.
When I was seven or eight I built resorts for snails with pools and roofs, plenty of leaves, shade, rocks, hiding places, anything a snail could want. I brought them there and back if they didn't wanna stay. I was happy with it and some even trusted me and it was amazing.
My classmates knew and one of the boys took one of my snails, put it on the grass, and waited for me to pass him by only to jump on it with a smile on his face. I felt nauseous and sad and so fucking mad. I kicked his ass so hard when he was around me he would literally look if any snail was close to him and he'd step away from it.
I played with the boys a lot - I hated dolls, tea parties, and those stereotypically "girly" toys. I liked to play rough with them and would often fight with them - but I always knew it was okay because I never picked on anyone or bullied anyone. Both sides agreed to it, and the only times when they didn't, is when I was defending something or someone. So it's not that I was "a girl" or didn't get that "a little violence is okay" or "that's how boys like to play".
I just never found cruelty funny or justifiable. And this song puts it in words so amazingly, because while I immediately get mad thinking about that snail, I was told being sad about it made me weak and silly and that I should be embarrassed about it and I had to always pretend it didn't get to me so much, and I couldn't comprehend it, because I always felt like it was an act of terror and torture and war, to force someone to look as you kill something they loved and make them not even flinch - but if you say that, you're the problem, and they're happy. And it's just so fucked up to make sure little kids have to pretend not to feel pain for the rest of their lives.
This brings a lot of memories. My brother pretending to "kill" and torture my dolls and enjoying my tears, torturing little insects. My dad telling me scary stories before bedtime and then creeping in my bedroom to spook me. Boys at school stepping on bugs and enjoying me pushing them whilst crying to save them. Running after the girls with their bb guns and laughing while we screamed in fear.
I could go on and on and on. I will be forever grateful I met a man that didn't have a ounce of this sadistic streak that so many young boys that grow up to be men seem to have.
Anyway, I had not thought of these feelings and memories in years, it shook me to hear about it in song and to see it portrayed with such grace and poetry. It's beautiful and melancolic
Same, I dont have older brother but I remember two older cousins who loved to collect snails and put them in the middle of the street so cars would crush them and making fun of me for telling them they shouldnt kill them😭
Lyrics:
You said those words and suddenly I’m five
And boy’s are bringing bugs just to kill them for my eyes
And I can see their hunger, looking for a sign
That any of their destruction has me suffering inside
You take such delight
In killing my light
If I don’t make a sound does it even hurt?
I’m bending to the ground just to pick up little worms
And I have seen you relish such violence with a joy
That I’ve only seen before in the eyes of little boys
Discovering their power for the first time
You kissed me so hard I had a grased chin
I saw your eyes spark at the braking
And in to my see hunger, looking for a sign
That any of your destruction had me suffering inside
It fills you with light to take away mine
At the cutting your tongue all I hear is shredding wings
Before me is a man who cares not for little things
And now I have my answer from when I wondered who
Those little boys became because they grew up to be you
You’ve been playing with your power for a long time
A long time
You’ve been playing with your power for a long time
the visual at the end of the destruction of the forest is so sad and true we’ve seen it (at least I have) more than i would like to admit: “Before me is a man who cares not for little things.” it’s so heartbreaking that the smaller the creature is the less they care for it as if their lives are no better than a power dynamic to show off dominance.
"if i dont make a sound does it ever hurt?"
"if a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to watch it will it make a sound?"
i love this so much, amazing song ❤
"You've been playing with your power for a long time.° Indeed, millennia.
i love bugs and little animals but have a phobia of worms, one time on my birthday in elementary school, the boys in my class left dead worms on my desk and laughed when i got my first ever panic attack from it. this song brought me back to that moment with such anger i never allowed to felt growing up. paris never ever failed to write songs that just connect with me
That's horrible. 😢
“you’ve been playing with your power for a long time”
this song is heartbreakingly beautiful and I have it on loop❤
I can't help but think about the man I married, who is so strong when I need him but who I had to comfort for quite a while yesterday when he accidentally hit and killed a bird with the car, and as he wept into my arms, I couldn't help but think how much I love him and how tender his heart is compared to other men that I have known before. "Be strong enough to be gentle."
Oh my god this song!! “Boys are bringing bugs just to kill them in front of my eyes” 😭
I will never not love Paris Paloma. I resonate so deeply with your poetry. Something about it is so visceral. You just get it.
I get such a flashback to the alternative 90s women fronted bands from Paris Paloma. You could slip her songs into a compilation of Skunk Anansie, The Cranberries, Garbage and The Cardigans and it would just fit.
This song is going to become my new obsession I can already tell from the snippets
This is poetry that few artists are still capable of, i get the sense that she wrote this song for herself and that's what makes it so beautiful and real. I'm so glad that I stumbled across it.
i was abused my whole childhood by my brother - physically and verbally. I don't relate to her other songs because i've never experienced domestic violence, but violence by the hands of little boys, my whole life has been built on it. this hurts and at the same time, the quiet rage in the lyrics is so healing.
Sending love and validation. Honestly I relate to all the songs from tiny things, being felt up on the bus as a teen, male cousins bullying me while others were so gentle. So many things. I'm glad this was healing for you. Sibling abuse is so under recognised and dismissed
This is too relatable, it hurts
absolutely unbelievable (as always) “you’ve been playing with your power for a long time” hits deep
wishing my personality and interests goodbye for a little while- this song is going to be all i can think/talk about (my friends are going to be a little annoyed lol)
Thanks for putting to words what so many people struggle to even put together in their minds, for speaking up for those who only dare to think of breaking free when they're alone at night.
From the depths of my heart- thank you.
I remember in my elementary school picking up a small fly. It wasn't able to fly so I was carrying it around. A boy in my class hit it out of my hand and laughed.
i am a bug collector. I never want these creatures to be defiled by being stomped or pulled apart by boys. they live on my wall instead. this song makes me appreciate them even more. i only wish i could have saved the bugs and small animals from the boys i grew up with.
I have listened to this song for the last two weeks it has become such a source of comfort and has helped me heal from things I wouldn't wish upon anyone.
I LIKE INSECTS
I see a caterpillar and word "bugs" and I'm already excited TOO MUCH
I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR
THIS MASTERPIECE
Upd: it was beautiful. The melody, the lyrics, visual support. Great job!
Glasswing butterflies are exquisite,no?❤
Same as soon as I saw bugs in the name and also said about worms I was like I know I’ll love this song 🥰🥰
this really opened up my mind...it has such deep meaning but is executed so well but honestly it just brings about a feeling of sadness and defeat
The cruelty of others just because you care, it's upsetting that it's so relatable.
I'm going to be honest here. I didn't think Paris could ever write lyrics again, that would hit me the way "Labour" did. As a vegan who gets hurt by the destruction of the planet, and a person who has encountered very destructive people i am "glad" i was wrong.
Paris has an incredible talent for putting my daily thoughts and feelings into very melodic words.
Happy there are people like you in this world ❤ Makes me want to stay in it just a little while longer.
When i was about five i liked to keep the snails i found in my garden as pets for a couple of hours in a "terrarium" i made with cardboard boxes, i would feed them and then i would set them free by the river. One day my cousins, who were about two years older, grabbed my terrarium and started throwing the snails into a small pond of water we had. I panicked and i threw myself into the water to save them, and i managed to get out one that survived. They laughed at me for days after that.
It's sad. I think it's a well-written song, the lyrics are good, I love what the music video adds. It just, y'know, it's sad. It sucks that people celebrating destruction is so normalized.
There's a group call BlackShape,and there only song right now is fire. But you have to watch the video first before you listen to the song alone because it speaks loudly
Paloma's lyrics >>>>>>>>>>>
"Sözcüklerin bu kadar güçlü ve güzel olduğunu bilmezdim."
~Michelle Cohen Corasanti
This song isn’t about bugs. Wow this is a song I never thought I’d need to hear. The line about picking up as much worms as you can.. omg I can relate so much
Paris Paloma and holier and Florence the machine is iconic trio ever
the first lines... wow... as a woman who rescues wildlife its ALERMING how many grown men like to corner me to tell me in detail how they "deal with wildlife" its literally insane
I’M SO EXCITED ❤❤
UPDATE ITS SO AMAZING… HER MUSIC REMINDS ME OF THE HANDMAID’S TALE (MARGARET ATWOODS POETIC STYLE IN GENERAL THO)
The visuals fit the song so well. I love it
This is excellent! It's so impactful with these lyrics, the poetry, the meaning/message. Paris Paloma has done it again, creating another incredible song! 🤍💖
Paris Paloma is such an underrated artist.
This is the first time in, what feels like a long time, that a song has resonated so, so deeply with every word spoken... Healing hurts
i think this might just be my new favorite paloma song. it honestly gives me mixed feelings. the lyrics are quite upsetting and relatable, but the tune is so pleasant that while listening i can't help but smile. the instrumental and lyrics might seem to contrast each other but they actually compliment each other. the beautiful melody feels like a nostalgic spring, which is the setting of the stories paloma is singing. i think almost all afab folks have these memories. maybe a late spring or summer day when we were little all kids and a male friend or brother had been cruel and tried to frighten us by using the new discovered power they had over little creatures. back then i didn't think much of it. just the boys being mean again, but now i see it as the beginning to much worse behavior. "you've been playing with your power for a long time"
I've been in several abusive relationships.
I also save bugs and worms in the path and I have several pet insects too.
So this really resonates with me ❤
Always blown away by your music! Having some of my past feelings put so eloquently into words is bittersweet- but so incredibly healing. Thank you so much for sharing your music and experience!
So boys killing bug friends was a universal experience?
Paris Paloma uses words in such a beautifully poetic way that wows me every time. There’s so much meaning in just a measure of her music and everything is just symbolicly beautiful. Thank you so much Paris for making such strong and amazing music!
This song definitely makes me think of lord of the flies, and how jack went from brutally killing pigs to fellow boys
This is an absolute masterpiece - thankyou❤
This song makes me cry every time
I'm in love. Haven't even finished yet, but I'm in love❤❤❤
Amazing song, very deep💝💖
This pulls at my heartstrings. I'm someone who will try and save the bugs in the house. It is sad how some delight in the destruction of small things, big things, and each other.
People are talking about bugs and kids etc- in. Moments and i think that is a metaphor for people who take pleasure in hurting others- consciously as adults !
YESSS
God your music is so beautifully written and powerful. Thank you for sharing your talent and lyrics with the world
I love you Paris Paloma! You captured beautifully the repeated experience I lived through as a child. I'd run away so fast if I ever met someone who didn't car for small living things.
Your music always hits so deep. This song expresses so much that I couldn’t have put into words. Thank you for making your music, it’s more than wonderful ❤
Jesus fuck- you just unlocked a horrible feeling/memory and gave the music to soothe it all at once. I’m glad I’m listening in my room so I can shed slow tears in private.
u don't get the views u deserve Paris. truly, Ur voice remind me of aurora and Halsey with an angel, please keep it up.
Been looking forward to this one for a while and I'm so glad it's finally here I love it!
I love this woman so much
This is painfully accurate. I adored "potato bugs"/pill-bugs. They were so cute, & harmless. I felt bad if I scared them so I tried not to, but I always tried to have them crawl to me & gently play with them. I was a kid with really bad anxiety & these little bugs seemingly didn’t want to & literally couldn't hurt me. So I'd chill with them at my grandmother's, draw chalk mazes with them & with the ants...
I had a cousin, just a little less than 2 years younger. He would purposefully find my favourite bugs (the pill-bugs) or othe bugs just trying to exist in their own home, NATURE, & kill them just to see me get mad & yell at him to stop. Just to watch me hopelessly try & collect these bugs & section them off so he couldn't step on them. I didn't know this was a relatively universal girl experience, though a few of my girlfriends would do the same & help me try & defend them or just not hurt them.
I loved picking up worms as a kid, not really snails or slugs, definetely not centipedes, but I absolutely loved worms. The one time my cousin killed a worm in front of me was just awful. I'm obviously not traumatized by it but as a little child it left an impact, for sure. He did it just to see me in pain. Then again, he's got a lot of issues, but, regardless...
This song speaks to me a lot more than I could've anticipated. Metaphorically, I can relate to many of the male figures in my life not being someone to idolize. But even just on its face, with the senseless killing of harmless creatures, peacefully existing within THEIR OWN SPACE, becoming a sadistic act so disturbingly beloved by little boys because of how powerful it makes them feel... because someone refuses to teach them that it isn't funny to make little girls cry... that I can also relate to, all too well. That & the oh, so endearing line, "No, no! He's 'teasing' you because he likes you!"
THIS IS SO UNDERRATED OMG
My favorite of yours. Cant get enough of it
A lyric video edition or a simple live/acoustic performance would be awesome for this song
I have a vivid memory of the neighbors kid calling me over to look at a caterpillar and then tearing it apart with a stick. I started crying and went back inside while he was laughing and flinging parts of the caterpillar at me. I’m not sure where he is now but I hope he realizes how cruel that was and has changed.
I LOVE THIS SONG !!
i just agree so so much
Why is every single song of hers so good 😭❤
The character of a man is shown in how he treats those vunerable who can do nothing for him
Everything about this is perfect, thank you.
CZcams algorithm gods have blessed me once more
PARISSS I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR SO LONGGGG
Can’t wait 🫶
Your music means so much to me, truly. Especially after leaving an abusive relationship this year. I feel understood and less alone. Thank you.
i love this so much!! i think an acoustic version would sound so good too omg
i remember desperately trying to protect spiders and other insects from the boys in my class in primary school
love bugs
Wow... ❤
This song really hits close to home, where adult sadists controlled little me
thank you for another incredible song
"I fills you with light to take away mine."
That is such a powerful line, honestly. So many abusive relationships I've seen and been in could be described like that... Somehow, it both hurts and brings comfort at the same time. I will be listening to this song a lot while healing 🩷
I cant wait
the visuals are beautiful
I am so excited for this to come out!!! I know it will be another amazing song, thank you for all of the art that you make! ♥❤♥
amazing instrumental
UGH I LOVE YOU PARIS
I loooove these lyrics. Adore the visuals too
I love your Paris! Thanks for bringing in another meaningful and beautiful song in the industry!
Amazing
Paris Paloma, you bring such incredible art into the world. Thank you ❤
Sooo meaningful lyrics i cant💔
I have ascended omg