Glass Animals - Agnes (Official Video)

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    Lyrics
    Agnes, just stop and think a minute
    Why don't you light that cigarette and
    Calm down now, stop and breathe a second?
    Go back to the very beginning
    Can't you see what was different then?
    You were just popping Percocet
    Maybe just four a week at best
    Maybe a smoke to clear the head
    Your head is so numb, that nervous breath you try to hide
    Between the motions, that trembling tender little sigh
    And so it goes, a choking rose back
    To be reborn, I want to hold you like you're mine
    You see the sad in everything
    A genius of love and loneliness and
    This time, you overdid the liquor
    This time, you pulled the fucking trigger
    These days, you're rolling all the time
    So low, so you keep getting high
    Where went that cheeky friend of mine?
    Where went that billion-dollar smile?
    Guess life is long when soaked in sadness
    On borrowed time from Mister Madness
    And so it goes, a choking rose back
    To be reborn, I want to hold you like you're mine
    You're gone but you're on my mind
    I'm lost but I don't know why
    You're gone but you're on my mind
    I'm lost but I don't know why
    You're gone but you're on my mind
    I'm lost but I don't know why
    You're gone but you're on my mind
    I'm lost but I don't know why
    You're gone but you're on my mind
    I'm lost but I don't know why
    You're gone but you're on my mind
    I'm lost but I don't know why
    You're gone but you're on my mind
    I'm lost but I don't know why
    You're gone but you're on my mind
    I'm lost but I don't know why
    #GlassAnimals
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  • @pinkfedoras
    @pinkfedoras Pƙed 10 měsĂ­ci +979

    this was in the old description of the music video before it got updated:
    dear friends
nervously excited to share with you the video for Agnes. it’s hard to explain exactly how it feels inside a human centrifuge. you sit in a small egg-like pod about the size of a horse which hangs off a 50 foot steel horizontal frame. It looks like something out of a bond villain’s lair. it’s claustrophobic and uncomfortable and also incredibly hot.
    slowly the whole thing starts to rotate like a helicopter blade. Faster and faster until every part of you becomes crushed under the extreme gravity. its like being slowly sat on by an elephant, or like your whole body being punched in slow motion. you have to flex every muscle and use every ounce of strength you have to keep going. breathing requires serious effort. movement becomes incredibly strained and almost painful. everything that once weighed 5 kilograms now weighs 50. its difficult even to keep your eyes open. it hurts in places you really didn’t know existed. veins and capillaries burst under the pressure and bruising begins. its a rapid physical overdrive.
    the blood rushes from your brain making it impossible to think rationally or focus. your eyes are also drained and you get tunnel vision
only able to see small circles of the world directly infront of you and your sight goes completely greyscale
no more colour. your balance and spatial awareness goes and the world begins to spin like you’ve had way too much to drink. but the most striking thing is the way that the machine pulls on your heart. you can actually feel it struggling to beat and changing shape
flattening inside of your chest. Its similar to that horrible sinking, tugging heartache that comes only with complete and overwhelming sadness. and then you pass out.
    we ran the centrifuge 18 times while i tried to sing along to a song which i find difficult to listen to at the best of times.
    this was probably the most intense video-making experience I’ll ever have. But its the only way that we could just about begin to simulate for a moment what happens within Agnes.
    speak soon,
    dave

    • @frostee_flakes
      @frostee_flakes Pƙed 8 měsĂ­ci +67

      sorry for the notification, but thank you so much for putting the original description here!! it's very important and it really helps you understand what exactly this video means. this song has a special place in my heart

    • @Nedrow
      @Nedrow Pƙed 8 měsĂ­ci +9

      Sorry, but where did you find this out? I’d like to see the descriptions of other songs.

    • @kyleecook6671
      @kyleecook6671 Pƙed 8 měsĂ­ci +3

      That is dedication

    • @joybinion9201
      @joybinion9201 Pƙed 7 měsĂ­ci +2

      Thank you for sharing that.

    • @angryalien1000
      @angryalien1000 Pƙed 7 měsĂ­ci +2

      Damn!, much needed comment!

  • @mariiachu170
    @mariiachu170 Pƙed 2 lety +1966

    The fact that he put himself through this just to try and understand for a few minutes what Agnes felt everyday is just the most empathetic and heartbreaking thing. Can't listen to this without crying.

    • @Nedrow
      @Nedrow Pƙed 9 měsĂ­ci +12

      1.1k likes and no reply’s ima fix that.
      (Normally I’m not that one person)

    • @Roop283
      @Roop283 Pƙed 9 měsĂ­ci +8

      ​@@Nedrowlemme give you company in that

    • @HailQueenAlice
      @HailQueenAlice Pƙed 8 měsĂ­ci

      Queen Alice lives

    • @Anna-jy9og
      @Anna-jy9og Pƙed 6 měsĂ­ci +13

      Actually I think it was to experience the physical pain that Agnes went through in the moment (just by reading his description and experience) Which is even more heartbreaking.

    • @ashleygregory6310
      @ashleygregory6310 Pƙed 2 měsĂ­ci +9

      My daughter has suicidal tendencies. I can only hope so hard that I don't replace Agnes's name with my daughter's one day. Give your family members all the love you can everyday

  • @Zealant
    @Zealant Pƙed 3 lety +902

    On the vinyl, this song ends in a closed groove, which means that the last second loops, and the song -- and everything it represents -- never ends (until you stop it).

    • @enblighten7265
      @enblighten7265 Pƙed rokem +83

      Damn that is an incredibly cool use of the medium

  • @jamesflameson
    @jamesflameson Pƙed rokem +322

    "everything that once weighed 5 kilograms now weighs 50." This sentence truly puts into words how depression feels physically. Every limb is unbearably heavy and moving feels like the air is made of thick honey.

    • @tombuzzguy
      @tombuzzguy Pƙed 7 měsĂ­ci +1

      Philip seymour Hoffman , had a similar sentiment to this about heroin. Then once your on heroin your suddenly aware of this weight being lifted, and anytime you aren’t you are excruciatingly aware of it being back.

    • @YukensStuff
      @YukensStuff Pƙed 2 měsĂ­ci

      @@tombuzzguy This was me with methamphetamine. Turns out, I had horrific sinus and ear infections for years, as I didn't care for my teeth, and started going insane over that. Got involved with the wrong crowd, and meth was there. It was... the most peaceful, serene thing ever - because it constricts all your veins, relieving the massive inflammation up there. Along with the drug itself numbing the pain.
      I didn't even realise I had tooth problems until then, it was just... so much that it overwhelmed everything in my body.

  • @gregorycrawford116
    @gregorycrawford116 Pƙed 3 lety +609

    My favorite part of this video has always been the contrast created by the mannequin - Dave is struggling really hard as he tries to sing along while the mannequin is just kind of sitting there - just like while Agnes is struggling with their addiction others who aren't don't have to go through what they do, and don't understand it well at all. Also just like how Dave puts himself through the centrifuge to illustrate Agnes's pain, but as he acknowledges, it can come nowhere near to what they went through.

    • @athyawa
      @athyawa Pƙed 9 měsĂ­ci +5

      Where can i find what the meaning of this song is? Like who is agnes :(

    • @swimsvg1855
      @swimsvg1855 Pƙed 2 měsĂ­ci +5

      ​@@athyawa i dont think the name is actually referring to the real person that dave is writing about on this song, as every song on this album is from the perspective of a fictional character. But dave has said that this song is the pretty much the only one from his perspective even though for the concept of the album he wrote it in place of somebody else. The song is about witnessing a close friend slowly succumb to drugs and wither away right in front of their eyes, and its a real thing dave experienced but only told through somebody else for the purpose of the song.

  • @Leborgus
    @Leborgus Pƙed 6 lety +2061

    my tear ducts: oh no not again
    me: Agnes Time
    my tear ducts: oh god please no

    • @kapteneskil8057
      @kapteneskil8057 Pƙed 4 lety +21

      lily Agnes tiem is now a phrase I’m gonna use whenever I’m sad

    • @canis3432
      @canis3432 Pƙed 4 lety +3

      Kapten Eskil honestly great idea

    • @dominiquepoole3337
      @dominiquepoole3337 Pƙed 2 lety

      I can’t even tear up about it anymore. That kills me sometimes.

  • @FixedKarma
    @FixedKarma Pƙed 7 měsĂ­ci +20

    If anyone is wondering, he's in a human centrifuge, used by militaries all over the world so they can fly in fighter jets without passing out. If the dials in the video are true to what he experience, Dave looks to be pulling around 4.8Gs, he could be suffering multiple symptoms like tunnel vision, colorblindness, and he may even be blind during the video because of blackout. Depending on how many Gs he pulled he may have been in G-LOC territory, this is when the body pulls enough Gs to go unconscious, this due to oxygen in the brain getting pulled away, this is not just his brain not getting oxygen, the oxygen that in his brain tissue is literally being pulled out of it. Each G is effectively the force of gravity times the number, Dave's body at that moment feels about 5 times heavier than it does regularly, for context the average British man weighs around 85kg (188 lbs.), assuming Dave is around that, he'd feel as if he weighed 408kg. (902 lbs.)

  • @freshcados3991
    @freshcados3991 Pƙed 2 lety +906

    My name is Agnes. I’ve suffered with manic depression since I was 11 years old and this song hit me so hard. One year clean from substance abuse and still struggle everyday, but we still out here yall

    • @peternoparker
      @peternoparker Pƙed 2 lety +46

      so proud of you agnes! you’re putting in the effort to get better and that’s what matters.

    • @freshcados3991
      @freshcados3991 Pƙed 2 lety +22

      @@peternoparker đŸ„șthank you so much

    • @ziyanda_theartist
      @ziyanda_theartist Pƙed rokem +20

      You are powerful, Agnes 🌾

    • @aristeus2546
      @aristeus2546 Pƙed rokem +15

      i know this is coming from a complete stranger one year later, but i hope your still going strong! Proud of your progress:)

    • @LemonKitsunegirl
      @LemonKitsunegirl Pƙed rokem +8

      Hang in there Agnes
      People are rooting for you

  • @bells9555
    @bells9555 Pƙed 6 lety +4710

    Wow, you can tell just how hard on his body that was. In the beginning he was beautiful and perfect, and at the end he was sweaty and wrecked. Its amazing the suffering some artists will go through for their music.

    • @kblayy214
      @kblayy214 Pƙed 5 lety +314

      I had to keep going back and forth, it looked as though he aged 10 years! The whole shape of his face changed, and the pain is so so visible everywhere. At first I'm like "why is he sweating so much and WTF happened to those roses?" OH MY GOD I have so much more respect for him now.

    • @May-wt1yc
      @May-wt1yc Pƙed 5 lety +169

      Its not 'just for their music'...its for their art, their expression...its part of themselves that they wanna translate accurately, and passionatly...and yes he did go to incredible lengths to express himself

    • @Zealant
      @Zealant Pƙed 5 lety +19

      mah socks “their art, their expression;” so, their music?

    • @christianthomsen9701
      @christianthomsen9701 Pƙed 4 lety +18

      Was he is a G-force simulator

    • @MandrakeFernflower
      @MandrakeFernflower Pƙed 4 lety +11

      There is no art without pain

  • @Sarah-cy8bc
    @Sarah-cy8bc Pƙed 6 lety +3021

    I never fully realized the depth of this song until the video was released. When a video adds a whole new level of meaning to a song that its own lyrics could never fully accomplish, that's when you know you got some good shit.

    • @humanresearchtestsubject4c75
      @humanresearchtestsubject4c75 Pƙed 5 lety +14

      The video is just another artists vision of what the song represents to him/her!

    • @Zealant
      @Zealant Pƙed 3 lety +4

      1,200 people didn’t read the description

    • @marjineptune5259
      @marjineptune5259 Pƙed 2 lety +10

      @@Zealant the way I took the lyrics was Agnes is an addict and he wants to take the pain away from her. (Addicts perspective)

    • @partyhardy4942
      @partyhardy4942 Pƙed 2 lety +7

      @@humanresearchtestsubject4c75 or just "them".

    • @eleanorsolomon7467
      @eleanorsolomon7467 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      So true.

  • @nikerubinos
    @nikerubinos Pƙed 4 lety +1061

    Sorry if I'm late but I just realized that the intro is a phone ringing and an ambulance siren alarm. What a masterpiece this song is!

    • @nikerubinos
      @nikerubinos Pƙed 4 lety +8

      I just heard this song today. :)

    • @bonitoflakes7425
      @bonitoflakes7425 Pƙed 3 lety +41

      I never noticed this. Keen observation.

    • @Zealant
      @Zealant Pƙed 3 lety +1

      I’m not so sure.

    • @joelquinn98
      @joelquinn98 Pƙed 2 lety +20

      @@Zealant mid way through you can hear the siren again

    • @moonsnake1327
      @moonsnake1327 Pƙed 2 lety +4

      woah.. i never would have noticed that.. wow..

  • @spiderBr0
    @spiderBr0 Pƙed 6 lety +1501

    i lost my older brother to suicide when i was 11. this song gave me an unexpected gut punch when i first heard it, just how close it hit, those last few weeks before he made his decision. i think of him every time i listen to it now, it hurts but it's good to remember his million dollar smile before he did crazy reckless shit. favorite memory is when he jumped off an overpass into the 8 foot deep river below and resurfaced with a crawdad. adore this song and every other to the core.

    • @waylonharrison9269
      @waylonharrison9269 Pƙed 4 lety +80

      exxus I can’t fathom your loss. I’m sure you’re an amazing individual and I send my most sincere condolences. My older brother KEPT me from committing suicide years ago and has always been my rock. I am usually a pretty stoic asshole, but am in tears at the thought of your experience and I cannot imagine your strength for persevering through something like that . Cheers, mate âœŠđŸŒ

    • @narvo69
      @narvo69 Pƙed 3 lety +18

      i can't even imagine what you two have been into. I can't relate or simply imagine the pain you've felt, but by your comments, I'm convinced you're both so brave to keep going and I'm glad you've kept the good memories with your loved one at your sides.
      stay strong 💜

    • @spiderBr0
      @spiderBr0 Pƙed 3 lety +17

      @@narvo69 thank you ❀ I forgot I posted this and I'm hit again with these hard to describe feelings of melancholic remembrance. Your icon gave me a giggle too. Be safe out there, and thank you for the kind passing words 💖

    • @DeviIInADress
      @DeviIInADress Pƙed 3 lety +1

      Thank you for sharing that memory, may your brother rest in piece

    • @Jesuschrist-su2ez
      @Jesuschrist-su2ez Pƙed 3 lety

      Thats fukn sad dude

  • @l.l.7631
    @l.l.7631 Pƙed 6 lety +344

    the way he describes (in the video description) how he actually felt his heart changing shape and flattening under the pressure makes me really uncomfortable and self-aware

  • @moony4140
    @moony4140 Pƙed 6 lety +658

    I DONT LIKE SEEING DAVE IN PAIN
    IM EMOTION

  • @nonchalantchaos
    @nonchalantchaos Pƙed 5 lety +72

    That minute when the flowers crumple at the sheer gravity after he says "I want to hold your like your mine" gets me every time. Like his dreams being crushed just like the flowers.

  • @djspainzor
    @djspainzor Pƙed 4 lety +534

    I heard this song for the first time a few months ago after dropping my friend off at a hospital so he could get into detox and rehab. On the drive home it came on my Playlist and drove me to tears.
    This kid was smart, funny and very talented. He also suffered from very severe depression and pushed everyone he could away.
    4 months later that friend was found yesterday morning dead from alcohol poisoning.
    I'll always be thinking about what I could have done differently, how I could have helped more. Please be there and reach out to those you know that are effected by mental illness and substance abuse.
    I'm sorry, Dylan. I'm sorry you became another Agnes.

    • @gavinmitchell1328
      @gavinmitchell1328 Pƙed 4 lety +7

      I am so sorry for your loss. 😓

    • @Ojibwa_Islandboi
      @Ojibwa_Islandboi Pƙed 2 lety +7

      I literally fell into a super deep depression from my gf breaking up with me , making me homeless, waiting until I was broke , owing me money, work being slow, feeling lost, feeling alone, my family writing me off. I needed my friends. The friends I first reached out to were absolutely terrible about it so I just spiraled alone at first. Then these four beautiful friends of mine saw this and jumped in the pool after me so to say. I was drowning and two of them leveled with me and got me out of it. I mean I'm still in it but I almost drugged myself and boozed myself to death this time. Seeing that people do care literally saved me. I then stopped associating with those friends who would talk about my plights amongst themselves while just boiling it down to "he seems like he needs space". I needed someone to see me as a person and those people unfortunately didn't. We weren't the friends I thought we were. Now I'm getting a lot better and exercise like crazy for my physical and mental health. .
      Sorry for your friend I imagine that loss is very hard to bare. Sometimes we get on those tracks and get seem to get off of them. You did something and showed your love, which is more than what the other four of my friends did. He just couldn't find a way out and it's a shame. None of that is your fault so please don't ever blame yourself. Again sorry for your loss. I bet he was dope.

    • @anotherbot548
      @anotherbot548 Pƙed rokem

      @@Ojibwa_Islandboi damn bro, are you feeling ok now?

    • @Nedrow
      @Nedrow Pƙed 8 měsĂ­ci

      I’ve lost several people very close to my heart and I know your pain. I know it doesn’t really feel that good when people say “I’m sorry” but I deeply am and can relate to what you have been through. Hope you are doing well crrently

  • @Trolltastically
    @Trolltastically Pƙed 6 lety +780

    "we ran the centrifuge 18 times while i tried to sing along"
    Is anyone else concerned about Dave's health after something like this? It can't be good for you :(

    • @olivianathalie
      @olivianathalie Pƙed 6 lety +156

      I know right I was too but apparently it just makes you really dizzy, you can't drive for two days, and you bruise from blood vessels breaking under the pressure...sounds rough but he said he was fine so

    • @CompleteCode982
      @CompleteCode982 Pƙed 3 lety

      @@olivianathalie you a.

    • @Zealant
      @Zealant Pƙed 3 lety +12

      Worth it to express the feeling

    • @justinsievers2756
      @justinsievers2756 Pƙed 3 lety

      @@olivianathalie strangely specific

  • @andressacipriano3297
    @andressacipriano3297 Pƙed 6 lety +199

    Person: What is art?
    Me: Glass Animals - Agnes (Official Video)

  • @fudgefamilyfandom2746
    @fudgefamilyfandom2746 Pƙed 5 lety +558

    This song is so breathtakingly human. It shows how humans are so flawed but they can still care very deeply about something. From what I've found, very few artists are able to create songs that can make you feel so emotional and numb at the same time. David (and the other members of the band if they knew whoever Agnes was) I am truly sorry about what happened. I know this was a while ago, so I hope time has helped ease the pain.

    • @iimalloww
      @iimalloww Pƙed 2 lety +4

      I know this comment was a while ago but can somebody explain to me if this song was related to actually one of the band members?

    • @the-postal-dude
      @the-postal-dude Pƙed 2 lety +18

      @@iimalloww i don't think there's any proof for the statement, but how to be a human being's songs were all based off of actual events. for example, youth was inspired by a woman explaining a tragic story that happened to her son (via NPR. "It was one of the saddest things I’d ever heard, and she was on the verge of crying 
,but she also had a sense of optimism and calm. Something in her face said she’d found a way to be happy again.")
      he says in the description that it's a hard song to listen to [even in the best of times]

    • @the-postal-dude
      @the-postal-dude Pƙed 2 lety +37

      ​@@iimalloww okok i did a bit of digging, i found an interview (showcased on genius and an nme article)
      "there are varying degrees of autobiography and my own life in each song i write
but for the most part, that stuff is buried and clouded in fiction or blended with other peoples’ lives that i’ve heard about in taxis or at parties or on the street. But there is one song that stands apart from the rest. it is the most truthful, honest, and personal story i have ever written. and that song is ‘Agnes’."
      "While Bayley and the rest of the band were initially vague about the song’s subject, an NME article about subsequent album Dreamland made it clear that the song is about a friend of the band who died by suicide."

  • @danielvasquez5860
    @danielvasquez5860 Pƙed 3 lety +622

    I dated a guy when I was fifteen. Two years ago. I really think I was in love. He might have been too. But nobody but me knew about him. I couldn’t tell my parents that I was Bi, he couldn’t tell his. They only knew me as a friend. Mine never knew him. Two months and I could see he was beyond depressed. I tried my best in every way I could but he would regularly go out and party where he could, swallow what pills he could, and do whatever he was given. Then one night he called me at three in the morning. Through tears he told me this was it. He would make himself overdose and be gone. Then he hung up. I frantically called his sister and told her to get her parents and save him. That night was two years ago. He never spoke to me again. I fully thought he had died that night, but it turns out he simply decided that I had betrayed him for not letting him die. Yet I still think about him, and I still miss him sometimes. Agnes makes me think of him. Wherever you, whatever you’re doing Luca, I hope that you’re better.

    • @ikhk5309
      @ikhk5309 Pƙed 3 lety +85

      funnily enough, i’ve been in luca’s place before. in late elementary school i hid a blade under my bed to end my life. i ended up telling one of my friends that i was done with being alive, that i didn’t want to be in pain anymore. later that day the police arrived at my house and i was taken to a mental hospital. he had told the school counselors about our conversation, and i felt i couldn’t trust him anymore because of it. i was so hung up on my trauma and my supposed need to end my life that i completely dismissed the fact that he was the reason why i was alive, breathing, and happy. it took me the entirety of middle school and a while after that to thank him for what he had done for me because even after hospitalization the pain never went away. i still struggle today in high school but i’m thankful every day for his bravery and i know now not to take my life for granted. i promise you that one day luca will realize that what you did granted him survival, a second chance. it takes certain types of people a while to come to their senses after getting help but one day i hope he comes back to you.

    • @allisonneal9060
      @allisonneal9060 Pƙed 3 lety +20

      I'm so sorry for your pain. I thought I was in love with my best friend too. I was 15(F) ad he was 16(M) and initially my parents HATED him. He was a BAD INFLUENCE. I was the the straight-laced, straight-A student, clean-cut as could be and he was the "big ol' rebel," with the green mohawk, banned from the the local mall for "looking suspicious," etc. Come to find out, my dad worked at the same hospital as his saint of a grandmother who raised him, and when my dad realized he was raised by her, he was welcome to Sunday dinner at our house whenever he liked. I both loved and hated that, but it meant I got to spend more time with my BFF

    • @nuckingfutz5666
      @nuckingfutz5666 Pƙed 3 lety

      who tf asked

    • @nicoornelas5676
      @nicoornelas5676 Pƙed 3 lety +62

      @@nuckingfutz5666 Who the hell are you to ruin the shared moments of these people? Get a life and stop trying to trash on others because of your own petty insecurities or even enjoyment.

    • @nuckingfutz5666
      @nuckingfutz5666 Pƙed 3 lety

      @@nicoornelas5676 who the hell are you to stop me from shittin on people that give a story that no one asked for

  • @florvallejomanchon519
    @florvallejomanchon519 Pƙed 6 lety +2631

    i love how glass animals wrote a whole description, wile most of artists don't even bother to post it on youtube and if they do they only write the album name and to buy it on itunes, i really hate how money makes people think they are more important than others

    • @nothingfordarkness
      @nothingfordarkness Pƙed 4 lety +36

      and that’s why glass animals is my favorite band

    • @koniskas
      @koniskas Pƙed 2 lety +11

      They've changed after Dreamland..

    • @cassiegilroy8102
      @cassiegilroy8102 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      So true

    • @sleekyissleepy
      @sleekyissleepy Pƙed rokem +4

      @@koniskas no?

    • @radar3580
      @radar3580 Pƙed rokem

      I mean yeah it does suck when people let money to their head, but just because you want to actually make money off your hard work doesn't mean that you're automatically a dickhead money grubber

  • @ktbuns01
    @ktbuns01 Pƙed 6 lety +461

    the point isn't to understand the video. because this song will never make complete sense to anyone except the man who wrote it. but this is art in every sense of the word, and we are so lucky to have is shared with us.

    • @brookekyndal5680
      @brookekyndal5680 Pƙed 5 lety +37

      Idk. The song makes perfect sense to me, but that’s probably only because I heavily relate to the song.

    • @haleygarcia5901
      @haleygarcia5901 Pƙed 5 lety +9

      It kinda explains it in the description

    • @NoName-wr6yq
      @NoName-wr6yq Pƙed 5 lety +13

      People who are depressed and confused usually feel like life is *heavy* on them and everything is *spinning* around them far out their reach...hhmm, that kinda sounds like the video

    • @kaitlynperta7213
      @kaitlynperta7213 Pƙed 5 lety

      Sometimes they don't even make sense to the people who wrote it.

    • @brandonbariel8279
      @brandonbariel8279 Pƙed 5 lety +1

      @@kaitlynperta7213 That means they are real bad at making music

  • @brettannlalli
    @brettannlalli Pƙed 2 lety +74

    I just lost one of best friends to addiction and depression at 31 years old. He was the love of my life for years. Music was one of his great loves. He texted me a few years ago that he couldn't stop listening to this song and it's been in my rotation ever since. Yesterday, which marked one week since his passing, my spotify kept glitching out and telling me I was listening to this song even when a different song was playing. So finally I gave in and listened to it-truly listened to it-and I don't think there's any more apt description for the kind of grief than being in a human centrifuge. When the center of your universe collapses, you are swallowed by the gravity. Your heart pounds slow and heavy as if every beat is a herculean effort. You feel grief in every muscle. It's in my toes. I am grieving in every inch of my body, and "Agnes" is the only thing that comes close to appraising that feeling.

    • @shaggybawls1
      @shaggybawls1 Pƙed měsĂ­cem

      I've been reading these comments for about 45min now, and I must say, this one just hit me; hard. Talk about sending you a message huh.?
      I'd say even though he's not 'here', the love of your life is still 'with' you always. I believe that was his way of letting you know. Thank you for sharing!

  • @autumnsleigh3754
    @autumnsleigh3754 Pƙed 4 lety +118

    My fucking guts hurt, it feels so warming to know that someone else is going through this kind of pain and that their pain is also being recognized. You’ve given two different people a voice and it’s absolutely beautiful. Thanks for the hug Dave, I really needed it.

  • @kdavis1001
    @kdavis1001 Pƙed 6 lety +349

    This song has helped me to come to terms with the suicide of a loved one.
    I am truly sorry for your loss. Thank you for transforming your pain into something so beautiful.

  • @rainbowcookiesss
    @rainbowcookiesss Pƙed 6 lety +535

    i think the centrifuge makes him look older than he normally looks which i’m sure is some weird metaphor in itself

    • @lithixm
      @lithixm Pƙed 5 lety +52

      v.gaven yeah I feel like it means when you go through something traumatizing or impactful in life it ages you mentally and physically

  • @nicholasmartello4110
    @nicholasmartello4110 Pƙed rokem +51

    I lost my best friend due to a drunk driver about 10 years ago...
    I was agnes for years after...
    Just replace percocet and drinking with Amphetamines and xanax...
    I listened to this song over 10 times and I fucking bawl everytime.
    Just the fact someone is so empathetic they would go to such lengths to even feel an ounce of the agony Agnes carried in her chest everyday...
    This song is healing something deep inside me, and I cannot thank you enough for allowing the world to experience this.

  • @anene4914
    @anene4914 Pƙed 2 lety +62

    My name is Agnes and I'm struggling with episodes of depression and suicidal thoughts, thank you for this song.

  • @jimmyonthebeat872
    @jimmyonthebeat872 Pƙed 6 lety +2011

    Don't know why, but Dave looked like Robin Williams while the machine was going for me. Don't know if anyone else saw that too

  • @samanthaschultz38
    @samanthaschultz38 Pƙed 6 lety +805

    It conveys the raw, yet held back emotion so well. This is one of my favorite albums of all time. It's sounds heartbreakingly serene, and the lyrics speak volumes as is. The video, and his reaction to every word he sang amplified the amount of emotion that this song brings.

    • @tostinesforlunch4338
      @tostinesforlunch4338 Pƙed 5 lety +11

      The way they musically express grief is pure art.
      It's a very tender melody that brings a ''happy and lovely feeling'' while in the background there's a kaleidoscope type of sound that follows through the music consistently.
      Until the last chorus 2:20 where it starts to increases its intensity 2:43 and 3:07.
      This increasing intense and mesmerizing kaleidoscopic effect gets overwhelming;
      It stuns you in a sense of despair over something that's actually lovely and tender.
      All that topped by lyrics' context, IT HITS HARD and for a moment you may get trully trapped in that feeling of loss and grief.

    • @jenko6196
      @jenko6196 Pƙed 3 lety +2

      @@tostinesforlunch4338 your analysis sums up why I love this song to absolute pieces, it’s almost Radiohead levels of detailled and nuanced music with a wider appeal and a less demanding listen to dig for the meaning. Dave does an amazing job of just putting it in front of you whilst stirring up all these emotions to create something truly spectacular

    • @rsethi3033
      @rsethi3033 Pƙed rokem

      They shortened the start of the video it must've broken religion or smth

  • @user-cc4ge9jy8r
    @user-cc4ge9jy8r Pƙed 4 lety +844

    this song helps me when i'm sucidal. i think about how agnes have friend who want to tell agnes things like 'i want to hold you like you're mine' and that he loves agnes's smile. and still agnes chose suicide. from outside i feel like agnes shouldn't do that and also i shouldn't do that

    • @eb1634
      @eb1634 Pƙed 4 lety +39

      You are strong. Thank you for staying with us. ♡

    • @ritab5153
      @ritab5153 Pƙed 3 lety +28

      uuu, im so happy to see you make those parallels. you touch SO many more peoples' lives than you realise. peace.

    • @bmatthews15
      @bmatthews15 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle

    • @Bruh-fr9js
      @Bruh-fr9js Pƙed 3 lety

      r/nobodyasked

    • @bluebell1611
      @bluebell1611 Pƙed 3 lety +15

      Lazar Paoletti but they should tell. If it keeps them going, then it’s worth it, and I’m so glad to just hear that they’re still here.

  • @nicolec2461
    @nicolec2461 Pƙed 6 lety +5226

    y'all are calling him ugly but how good would you look if you were in a human centrifuge lmao

    • @currentlyunderconstruction1128
      @currentlyunderconstruction1128 Pƙed 6 lety +226

      We'd all look ugly :p

    • @cheyannelund7972
      @cheyannelund7972 Pƙed 5 lety +585

      I'm hurt. I still thinks he's a beauty.

    • @jakobbeelar
      @jakobbeelar Pƙed 5 lety +627

      Who tf thinks this man is ugly? Hes a hot dad

    • @montyscott7589
      @montyscott7589 Pƙed 5 lety +329

      Yeah he's super attractive

    • @sladeb6036
      @sladeb6036 Pƙed 5 lety +127

      Been listening to them for a long time and finally seen what they look like , they look pretty normal to me.

  • @firaskriaa1572
    @firaskriaa1572 Pƙed 6 lety +1835

    [Verse 1]
    Agnes, just stop and think a minute
    Why don't you light that cigarette and
    Calm down now, stop and breathe a second?
    Go back to the very beginning
    Can't you see what was different then?
    You were just popping Percocet
    Maybe just four a week at best
    Maybe a smoke to clear the head
    [Pre-Chorus]
    Your head is so numb, that nervous breath you try to hide
    Between the motions, that trembling tender little sigh
    And so it goes, a choking rose back
    To be reborn, I want to hold you like you're mine
    [Verse 2]
    You see the sad in everything
    A genius of love and loneliness and
    This time you overdid the liquor
    This time you pulled the fucking trigger
    These days you're rolling all the time
    So low, so you keep getting high
    Where went that cheeky friend of mine?
    Where went that billion-dollar smile?
    [Pre-Chorus]
    Guess life is long when soaked in sadness
    On borrowed time from Mr Madness
    And so it goes, a choking rose back
    To be reborn, I want to hold you like you're mine
    [Chorus]
    You're gone but you're on my mind
    I'm lost but I don't know why
    You're gone but you're on my mind
    I'm lost but I don't know why
    You're gone but you're on my mind
    I'm lost but I don't know why
    You're gone but you're on my mind
    I'm lost but I don't know why
    You're gone but you're on my mind
    I'm lost but I don't know why
    You're gone but you're on my mind
    I'm lost but I don't know why
    You're gone but you're on my mind
    I'm lost but I don't know why
    You're gone but you're on my mind
    I'm lost but I don't know why

  • @redcrumb5590
    @redcrumb5590 Pƙed 6 lety +689

    No matter how bullshit the CZcams algorithms can be, I think we can all take the time to appreciate the fact there's a replay button
    But I couldn't put these emotions into words. I find in touching that Dave sung an emotion rollercoaster while being on a physical one at the same time

    • @Allen-cb6xo
      @Allen-cb6xo Pƙed 4 lety

      this song is actually recomended to me lol

    • @Zealant
      @Zealant Pƙed 3 lety +1

      @@Allen-cb6xo you mean by an algorithm?

    • @Allen-cb6xo
      @Allen-cb6xo Pƙed 3 lety +2

      @@Zealant it was a year ago and I didnt even remember why I made such a pointless comment, the song still jams tho

  • @CatchingStarlight
    @CatchingStarlight Pƙed 4 lety +41

    wish i had discovered this song earlier. i lost a friend to suicide in 2015. it was halloween. i still can't get over the memory of being in school, someone whispering about "hey, a dude who used to go to this school killed himself today" saw an article in the local news about an unnamed teen boy being pulled from the wreckage of a volkswagen jetta, pronounced dead on scene. it had crashed full speed into a concrete barrier. he wasn't wearing a seat belt. i knew instantly it was him, even before the official announcement on his facebook page. i'm crying writing this. i struggle with suicidal thoughts, mental health, trauma, alcohol and drugs, and every time i attempt suicide, i think about him. i think about how i felt when i heard the news. it feels like your heart is being pulled from your body. you don't feel real. nothing feels real. i can't do that to my friends, my family. the day he died, the rest of the school day was cancelled. we stayed in our home rooms for the rest of the day and had a gathering in the auditorium at the end and discussed mental health. i saw my teachers sobbing. i don't want to inflict that kind of pain on others. i no longer celebrate halloween. on that day i just think about what he was feeling before he did it. the pain inside his chest, the same pain i felt when i heard the news. i hope he's resting easier now. i'll never forget him.

  • @spamham3461
    @spamham3461 Pƙed 4 lety +744

    when i found this song, i thought to myself that i would never want to personally relate to it. i thought of my best friend who struggled with mental health and thought "i never want to hear this and think of her"
    she died from suicide yesterday.
    If you're here watching this video thinking about suicide, please. Don't. Reconsider. You will leave absolute carnage behind. Since i couldn't beg her to stay, I'm begging you, whoever you are. Just hold on.
    to chloe, you're gone but you're on my mind. i dont think there will ever be a day that you aren't.

    • @marthapj7119
      @marthapj7119 Pƙed 3 lety +12

      How are you doing? ❀
      Been exactly where you are before 😟

    • @spamham3461
      @spamham3461 Pƙed 3 lety +24

      @@marthapj7119 i'm doing alright. The grief comes in waves. Its been three weeks and yet, i still can't believe she's gone. Thanks for asking. I think I really needed that. I appreciate it ❀.
      I'm sorry for your loss. I hope you're doing okay.

    • @stevenlomon
      @stevenlomon Pƙed 3 lety +9

      Truly sorry for your loss, keep on being strong

    • @marthapj7119
      @marthapj7119 Pƙed 3 lety +6

      @@spamham3461 hope you're still doing alright ❀. i lost my friend a while back now, actually around when this song came out. it gets easier, but this song never loses its meaning.
      you're doing a really great job, just getting through these months. Xx

    • @bear_rrr
      @bear_rrr Pƙed 3 lety +6

      I’m so sorry that happened. My girlfriend struggles with depression constantly and I had to convince her not to just end it all multiple times. It’s really scary, I’m constantly worried the next morning when I wake up, she’ll be gone.

  • @michaelblack131
    @michaelblack131 Pƙed 6 lety +280

    Sat for a solid 3 minutes refreshing. Don't regret a thing.

    • @LilrudolphAJ
      @LilrudolphAJ Pƙed 6 lety +3

      Michael Black god same

    • @madisonchristie3681
      @madisonchristie3681 Pƙed 6 lety +8

      your name is fried eggs but your a pineapple

    • @LilrudolphAJ
      @LilrudolphAJ Pƙed 6 lety +8

      Madison Christie yeah because pork soda but also because I like fried eggs are you seriously judging me

    • @bee-jm3fk
      @bee-jm3fk Pƙed 6 lety +1

      Fried Eggs i love your profile pic omg

    • @madisonchristie3681
      @madisonchristie3681 Pƙed 6 lety +1

      no, not at all if anything i respect you lol.
      'pork soda' is my favorite song along side 'the other side of paradise'

  • @Lyw1234567890
    @Lyw1234567890 Pƙed 6 lety +496

    This is probably the only time I've read the description of a video in full. And god damn

  • @PikalinkEvan
    @PikalinkEvan Pƙed 6 lety +613

    Wait a minute. Do all of these characters represent parts of Agnes (the photographer on the album cover) as a person? Because on the back of the album everyone is looking away where Agnes is the only one looking foward. Also in alternate versions of the album art agnes is covering his face while the woman that works at the restraunt is looking at him concerned but comforting in a way. Does she represent his regret?

    • @astraeaflorence
      @astraeaflorence Pƙed 5 lety +50

      woah this is a cool theory

    • @ponyio
      @ponyio Pƙed 5 lety +4

      Wow

    • @Ana-qx5ln
      @Ana-qx5ln Pƙed 4 lety +4

      OHH

    • @markparisi9338
      @markparisi9338 Pƙed 4 lety +64

      Each song represents a person on that album cover right? If so that makes sense because the person for Agnes is the photographer. I'll have to look at the album art again...I like this theory though.

    • @TheCyanSqueegee
      @TheCyanSqueegee Pƙed 4 lety +77

      @@markparisi9338 You are right I believe, the songs line up with people on the cover as the concept of the album was to show different human experiences which were based on Glass Animals meeting people while touring and hearing different stories. The music videos also support this by using the same actors as those on the cover (except for this one) The mother and son are Youth (from the video), the basketball dude is Other Side of Paradise (basketball is mentioned in the song), the girl in the blue jacket is Season 2 Episode 3 (from the video), the guy with glasses on the right back is Life Itself (he has a ray gun which matches the song) I think the guy in the red sweater vest is Pork Soda, I think the woman in the pink is Mama's Gun, the guy in the speedo is Cane Shuga, the woman with the gloves is Poplar St, the photographer is Agnes (as has been mentioned), and the person sitting in the bottom right is Take A Slice.

  • @wildthorn2315
    @wildthorn2315 Pƙed rokem +23

    Every time my thoughts inevitably go to a dark place, I come back to this video as a reminder of what I'd put my loved ones through if I ever committed, and man has it helped

    • @ignacia3628
      @ignacia3628 Pƙed rokem +2

      Same. I'm going through a rough patch and then I remembered this song. Sometimes it's hard to believe there's people who genuinely love us

    • @wildthorn2315
      @wildthorn2315 Pƙed rokem +1

      @@ignacia3628 I hope youre doing better friend

    • @lunawill7552
      @lunawill7552 Pƙed 10 měsĂ­ci

      @@wildthorn2315 i hope you're doing better yourself too

    • @somethingbeaster
      @somethingbeaster Pƙed 5 měsĂ­ci

      Hey, hope you folks are doing well.
      Stay strong, beautiful humans.

  • @PopcornographyTube
    @PopcornographyTube Pƙed 6 lety +139

    This is perhaps the most moving piece of music I've heard. Awestruck.

    • @Matt-xs7qo
      @Matt-xs7qo Pƙed 3 lety +4

      This is the greatest piece of music to come from the 21st century, bar none

  • @bluejae825
    @bluejae825 Pƙed 6 lety +52

    at "i wanna hold you like you're mine" i absolutely lose it
    i'm crying as i type this
    anyways,,
    i can really relate to this song. particularly the lines "you're gone but you're on my mind/i'm lost but i don't know why." i've never lost a friend to suicide, but i once had a friend that struggled with their mental health quite a bit and threatened suicide once. trying to help them through it when they didn't want professional help was the most difficult thing i've ever done. eventually they sought counseling, but soon after they moved away. we quickly lost touch, since our friendship at that point had completely dissolved into nothing but a therapist/patient type thing, but every so often i'd text them "hey! how are you!" and they'd send me paragraphs and paragraphs of everything that was wrong. their anxiety was at an all-time high, and they weren't in therapy anymore. i got so worried that i completely shut down. eventually we stopped talking altogether, and i couldn't stop thinking about them, but i was terrified of messaging them and feeling worse again. so for about a year, they were always in the back of my mind. eventually i convinced myself that they had killed themself and that it was my fault for not being a more supportive friend. i myself began to have issues forming friendships and being vulnerable that i still have to this day. (they used to get mad at me when i tried to talk about my feelings, because they thought i had no right to when they had it so much worse)
    but last spring, they messaged me. all of the guilt, worry, and stress from the past year came to a boil.
    since all of this happened i've been struggling a lot with social anxiety, accepting myself, and a whole pile of other things. i've always sort of assumed that it was a result of extreme stress from that time, but i never really knew what my problem was and that troubles me a lot.
    anyways, enough of that. all in all, bless everyone involved in the creation of this song. it's so wonderful to be able to listen to a song that puts things you can't explain about yourself into words.
    honestly, this whole album does that so well.

  • @psychoman886
    @psychoman886 Pƙed 9 měsĂ­ci +41

    Depression, bulimia and heroin addiction was my life from 12 to 29 years old. My heart goes out to all those struggling. 1 year free from all of that and going strong ♄

  • @ZacharyyWaynee
    @ZacharyyWaynee Pƙed 5 lety +81

    I come here everday, shed a tear, leave, then come back tomorrow.

  • @v4nnyz
    @v4nnyz Pƙed 6 lety +1610

    I CAME HERE AS FAST AS I COULD AND I REGRET NOTHING,
    But in all seriousness I do appreciate this song. The video goes well with it, and it really does convey the expected emotion in the song. It hurts my heart to listen to this, sometimes, when I really focus on the lyrics. There's a lot of pain and real emotion in this and watching the video did make me tear up a little(call me soft all you want lol). I love this, so much.
    I'm so happy that you guys are where you should be, your music is amazing and though my all-time favourite is Black Mambo, Agnes is my favourite out of the whole album. I love the stuff you guys create, and I really hope to see more in the future. I'm so proud and happy. I really am.

    • @pv1994
      @pv1994 Pƙed 6 lety +3

      samee

    • @leandragilmore9313
      @leandragilmore9313 Pƙed 6 lety +28

      Synfull hearing this live is so amazing. It's so great because there are hundreds of voices singing the same words that all hold a thousand different meanings and it's beautiful to just sit there. It was so loud around me but it felt so quiet and it was definitely something I recommend.

    • @v4nnyz
      @v4nnyz Pƙed 6 lety +5

      Leandra Gilmore Ah, I really wish I could go, but unfortunately even if they came to Singapore I can't attend. It sounds euphoric to be there, though

    • @valeriamorillo3535
      @valeriamorillo3535 Pƙed 6 lety

      I totally agree with all you said.

    • @caitie2010
      @caitie2010 Pƙed rokem

      Every time I listen to it I tear up at the end

  • @michaelbrett6919
    @michaelbrett6919 Pƙed 6 lety +14

    I think just looking at a frame of Dave at the start of the video then towards the end is enough to show you what the video is about.
    That struggle with mental health taking its toll.

  • @user-ey3mu3yq3d
    @user-ey3mu3yq3d Pƙed 6 lety +640

    This song made me forget to breathe

    • @thatfaunguy6519
      @thatfaunguy6519 Pƙed 6 lety +1

      Saaaaaame

    • @edeverest2137
      @edeverest2137 Pƙed 6 lety +2

      I breathe to the rythm of the song ;_;

    • @Le-ki8cd
      @Le-ki8cd Pƙed 6 lety +17

      It's one of those songs you love so much but sometimes you can't bare listening to it because you know you'll cry, the lyrics are so meaningful

    • @Oreo-vh7rk
      @Oreo-vh7rk Pƙed 5 lety

      Thanks for reminding me

    • @luxkarim6088
      @luxkarim6088 Pƙed 5 lety

      yeahh
      when i first found it, it was groovi and i ended up sobbing a few moments after it started.

  • @topgoose4818
    @topgoose4818 Pƙed 3 lety +22

    I think the whole idea of trying to sing along while in the centrifuge is supposed to represent the difficulty of talking with others about topics such as their mental health, or recounting a lived one's life after their suicide.

  • @kirilldraws
    @kirilldraws Pƙed 6 lety +740

    you really couldn't have found a much better way to communicate the sentiment behind this song. this is such a perfect way of connecting w/ those who understand. love you man i appreciate this vid sm i'm glad u had the guts to do it (emotionally as well as well as literally haha)

    • @specyt5612
      @specyt5612 Pƙed 6 lety +4

      katstiel his name is Dave

    • @marthaalba4387
      @marthaalba4387 Pƙed 6 lety +5

      I don’t understand the video. Could you explain to me? Please :)

    • @JacquiMB
      @JacquiMB Pƙed 6 lety +28

      The way I see it, this song is about a person (Agnes) that commited suicide/died. The singer is telling us how he feels after Agnes' death, how he saw his friend as he got more and more depressed and how he tried to help. The video parallels the way he feels now that his friend is gone with the way you feel inside a human centrifuge, as Dave said in the description and I quote: ''every part of you becomes crushed under the extreme gravity, you have to flex every muscle and use every ounce of strength you have to keep going, breathing requires serious effort, movement becomes incredibly strained and almost painful, it hurts in places you really didn’t know existed, the blood rushes from your brain making it impossible to think rationally or focus, your eyes are also drained and you get tunnel vision
 and your sight goes completely greyscale, no more colour, your balance and spatial awareness goes and the world begins to spin like you’ve had way too much to drink, ...the machine pulls on your heart, you can actually feel it struggling to beat and changing shape
Its similar to that horrible sinking, tugging heartache that comes only with complete and overwhelming sadness, and then you pass out.''
      I have never seen a better way to describe the feeling of loosing someone dear to you.

    • @NobleMason117
      @NobleMason117 Pƙed 5 lety +6

      @@JacquiMB Agnes is a dude. He can be found on the album cover of How To Be A Human Being, holding a camera over his face.

    • @JacquiMB
      @JacquiMB Pƙed 5 lety +3

      NobleMason117 omg I didn't know that! Thanks for the info, I'm gonna check that picture now! I feel kinda iffy for misgendering him hahaha

  • @WilliamJMRobson
    @WilliamJMRobson Pƙed 6 lety +98

    I thought he was going to spin until the G-Force made him pass out!

    • @antoinewilly7433
      @antoinewilly7433 Pƙed 6 lety

      Willliam Robson same

    • @torij2650
      @torij2650 Pƙed 6 lety +39

      Just recently there was a post on twitter about it... they edited out all the times he passed out..

    • @k_a_y_l_e_e
      @k_a_y_l_e_e Pƙed 6 lety +8

      lol he did. like, a lot. they cut it all out obviously.

    • @JL-zo1wd
      @JL-zo1wd Pƙed 6 lety +4

      can i just...that is so not healthy lmao

    • @l.l.7631
      @l.l.7631 Pƙed 6 lety +15

      the things hes ready to do for a music video.... hes really trying to get a message across

  • @marcosm123
    @marcosm123 Pƙed 5 lety +9

    He didn’t do it to be artsy, he did it to feel the pain of what Agnes went through. Even if it was just for a moment of how much pain there is, he would never obtain all of their pain.

    • @marcosm123
      @marcosm123 Pƙed 5 lety +3

      You say that he looks ugly but that’s what mental diseases do. They make you look like the monster but really it’s a call for help when we go through the pain. We need help from ourselves and families. Be there for them even if they don’t you there. Don’t say anything or do anything, just sit there with them.

    • @rudyr.7111
      @rudyr.7111 Pƙed 5 lety

      @@marcosm123 This is why you hire actors that can not only capture the emotions needed but also look good while doing it. Singers should stick to singing.

  • @astralinesleepyhead
    @astralinesleepyhead Pƙed 2 lety +4

    You can tell he meant every lyric and every note with every fiber of his fucking being.

  • @becks989
    @becks989 Pƙed 6 lety +94

    What other artist/band would do something like this for their music video? Talk about dedication. One of the reasons I'm obsessed with this band. That and their unique sound that makes you feel things you didn't think you could before ♄♄♄

  • @idkabtdis445
    @idkabtdis445 Pƙed 6 lety +924

    This is the only place on CZcams that is not contaminated.

    • @Liliputian07
      @Liliputian07 Pƙed 6 lety +7

      Because literally how can you listen to Nujabes and be a dick
      There's barely ever even lyrics to get mad about

    • @thequitestupid
      @thequitestupid Pƙed 6 lety +9

      thats cuz glass animals fans rock

    • @celx6324
      @celx6324 Pƙed 6 lety +7

      Denise Rodriguez it's everyday bro with that England city flow

    • @th4305
      @th4305 Pƙed 6 lety +2

      Look what you've done

    • @idkabtdis445
      @idkabtdis445 Pƙed 6 lety

      T H damn.

  • @Ohmygodaprayingmantis
    @Ohmygodaprayingmantis Pƙed 4 lety +80

    I cry my eyes out to this all the time. My best friend and I love this song and she's the thing that keeps me holding on. I'm her Agnes. Ive struggled with serious mental illness my whole life, addiction, abuse and sicknesses and she's always been the one to be right there. This song makes me realize what it would do if I ever followed through with one of my awful suicidal thoughts. She's going to college soon and I'm not. Idk what to do without her.

    • @chesta6692
      @chesta6692 Pƙed 2 lety +11

      ik this was commented two years ago, but i seriously hope you’re doing better. just know she’s not the only one rooting for you

  • @allisonneal9060
    @allisonneal9060 Pƙed 3 lety +42

    My very best friend texted me that he loved me and my family and he was "so sorry". I was 350 miles away and called him and called him and finally called and woke my parents up screaming that they had to call 911 to my friend's address. Thank Odin and the universe almighty, my best friend is still here, he is married to a *magnificent* woman, and they have the cutest, most kick-ass kid around. But this song makes me think of him every time. Swear to god, if he'd died that night, I would have died that night. I obsessively doodled when I was on the phone with him and I still have the piece of paper I doodled on, but I keep it in a box I don't like to look in.

  • @suthunah2134
    @suthunah2134 Pƙed rokem +10

    I have listened to this song probably 100 times now. I’ve never understood why it impacted me the way it does, until now-1.5 years into sobriety.
    Agnes might be a song about the total loss of a friend to substance and sadness, but I feel like that cheeky friend-perhaps not a genius but I’m someone who is incredibly open about my love and about my loneliness with my friends. I started to feel like people were losing me to substance abuse, most of whom had no idea about my internal and private struggles with addiction and crippling depression.
    And listening now, the meaning seems to have even more nuance. I now feel like the song’s ending refrain also reads as a momentary struggle with self-identity, in the grips of addiction or grief or depression. And that’s what really hits me like a hammer. You’re gone, but you’re on my mind. It reads like the internal dialogues I’d have with myself when I was nostalgic for a once care-free and innocent life.
    For anyone out there who’s struggling to cope, or lay down the crutch
 it is not easy, but with each passing day it _becomes_ easier. Your breath is your best friend. inhale 5, hold 5, exhale 5, hold 5.
    You’re on my mind. And I’m so happy you’re still here.

  • @the_cosmic_alexolotl2282
    @the_cosmic_alexolotl2282 Pƙed 6 lety +372

    im not crying you're crying

    • @winnievaughan7121
      @winnievaughan7121 Pƙed 5 lety +9

      the_cosmic_alexolotl correct. I am sobbing. Like not in the ironic context.

    • @MrPhoenix6666
      @MrPhoenix6666 Pƙed 4 lety +3

      its ok to cry man. :) let us all cry our hearts out

    • @aparajitaghosh6022
      @aparajitaghosh6022 Pƙed 4 lety +4

      we're all crying mate it's alright

    • @dia7842
      @dia7842 Pƙed 3 lety

      yeah

    • @tasosplat3589
      @tasosplat3589 Pƙed 3 lety

      im not crying because i am a toxic man

  • @azizahzarei4693
    @azizahzarei4693 Pƙed 5 lety +123

    i want to be Agnes. i've been overdosing since i was 16. and now im 20. trying to kill myself almost every week is unhealthy but i have to live so the people around me are happy. and that makes me happy. so when i hear the second verse, especially
    "Where went that cheeky friend of mine,
    Where went that billion dollar smile?"
    these lines stop me from ending it all. so that people dont have to go searching for the cheeky friend with a billion dollar smile
    ::edit, 2 yr update::
    Doin fine now. Better, i hope. Not busy unaliving myself now and I'm close to graduating. Still listen to this song every once in a while to keep reminding myself to stay alive. All loves to Glass Animals. Thank you

    • @SpringFeather
      @SpringFeather Pƙed 5 lety +25

      Please stay strong and believe things will get better. Find someone that can help you get to a better state of mind. Get a professional if you don't feel comfortable sharing it with your loved ones.
      I lost my best friend to suicide 4 years ago, and the pain is still unbearable some days. I had no idea how much she was hurting until it was too late.

    • @oatesnmilk
      @oatesnmilk Pƙed 3 lety +8

      Azizah Zarei things will get better, people love you and you deserve to be loved, I hope you’re doing ok now and if you ever need someone to talk to I’m here

    • @franky2347
      @franky2347 Pƙed 3 lety +8

      please don't go, i will miss you. i almost ended it a year ago. it gets better, i promise.

    • @aggieshininger4240
      @aggieshininger4240 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      the fact that my name is agnes means so much

    • @azizahzarei4693
      @azizahzarei4693 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@franky2347 takes a long while but i guess it somewhat does :-) hope you're doing fine and dandy franky

  • @captnquazar2153
    @captnquazar2153 Pƙed 6 lety +3170

    God listens to glass animals

  • @moonlightink
    @moonlightink Pƙed 6 lety +819

    yOU GUYS ARE SO UNDERRATED IT MAKES ME MAD 😭

    • @lynsatomoye1866
      @lynsatomoye1866 Pƙed 6 lety +28

      Moonlight Ink Ikr!!!! They have so many good songs and all their albums are just beautiful. Shame that more people can't appreciate them

    • @moonlightink
      @moonlightink Pƙed 6 lety +3

      Lyn Tee Yeah :-(

    • @maomao6814
      @maomao6814 Pƙed 6 lety

      IKR OH MY GOD.
      they will get more fame soon..

    • @blackmambo8702
      @blackmambo8702 Pƙed 6 lety +3

      Moonlight Ink not really their songs have millions of views

    • @moonlightink
      @moonlightink Pƙed 6 lety +1

      Proxima Melonades Yes but... they're underrated themselves, basing on how great their content is

  • @trickycharm
    @trickycharm Pƙed 4 lety +231

    there's people who think this man is ugly?? wtf??

    • @DoartYT
      @DoartYT Pƙed 3 lety +12

      Beauty is relative. :D

    • @user-wb1ib9ik6y
      @user-wb1ib9ik6y Pƙed 3 lety +24

      @@DoartYT no, it’s not relative, IT’S LITERAL, JUST LOOK AT THAT MAN.

    • @irlmeow
      @irlmeow Pƙed rokem +6

      they probably didn't realize he's in a human centrifuge lmao

  • @rhiannonarispe3769
    @rhiannonarispe3769 Pƙed 9 měsĂ­ci +9

    Does this song resonate with anyone else’s inner pain? Because man I listen to it just about every time I want to wrestle my existence and am left with pure chaos.

  • @bennybenny55
    @bennybenny55 Pƙed 5 lety +82

    Incredibly deep song and video, also notice the roses buckling under the force, they are genius.

  • @lydia-corrin212
    @lydia-corrin212 Pƙed 6 lety +454

    Agnes just stop and think a minute
    Why don't you light that cigarette and
    Calm down now stop and breathe a second
    Go back to the very beginning
    Can't you see what was different then?
    You were just popping Percocet
    Maybe just four a week at best
    Maybe a smoke to clear the head
    --
    Your head is so numb
    That nervous breath you try to hide
    Between the motions
    That trembling tender little sigh
    And so it goes
    A choking rose back
    To be reborn
    I want to hold you like you're mine
    --
    You see the sad in everything a
    Genius of love and loneliness and
    This time you overdid the liquor
    This time you pulled the fuckin' trigger
    These days you're rolling all the time
    So low so you keep getting high
    Where went that cheeky friend of mine?
    Where went that billion dollar smile?
    --
    Guess life is long
    When soaked in sadness
    On borrowed time
    From Mr. Madness
    And so it goes
    A choking rose back
    To be reborn
    I want to hold you like you're mine
    --
    ...You're gone but you're on my mind..
    I'm lost but I don't know why...

  • @maddystone3690
    @maddystone3690 Pƙed 6 lety +20

    So much respect to Dave for being able to perform this song as well as go through the filming of this video. It's been a while since I've seen a band portray such raw emotion and it currently has me in a slight state of shock and awe.

  • @chalkhills
    @chalkhills Pƙed 4 lety +25

    Just watched this video for the first time, my friend passed away last night at 36. The description, the video, express exactly what I'm feeling. Thank you, Dave. Thank you.

  • @AlliedAlly
    @AlliedAlly Pƙed 5 lety +62

    This song is helping me through a branded grief I honestly never thought I'd have to experience, because I always thought I'd be the first to go. He was much older, I am chronically ill. Living on the best I can is the last gift I can give him, and spare him my own passing.
    But God, the intensity behind my shallow eyes, combined with the hot pressure in my chest feels like my steadfastness is spilling out. A portion of my soul escaped me on Oct. 25th and turned into the fractal that now surrounds me. I see him in everything that made me a better person. I miss him in absoluteness, and this pain in perfectness.

  • @Eli-rk2mn
    @Eli-rk2mn Pƙed 6 lety +338

    I really appreciate this video, I'm not sure if there's a plot but the emotions expressed are really clear.

    • @chlorin333
      @chlorin333 Pƙed 6 lety +15

      Elizabeth D Check out the Glass Animals instragram, he's in a human centrifuge

    • @abigaillim1412
      @abigaillim1412 Pƙed 6 lety

      pheonixxia - you should see his insta post about it, i think you'll feel a lot more about the video if you did

    • @brighteyeseren7651
      @brighteyeseren7651 Pƙed 6 lety +10

      it's in the video description too 0:

    • @l.l.7631
      @l.l.7631 Pƙed 6 lety +31

      its about his friend who apparently killed themselves? someone correct me if im wrong. so this friend was mentally ill and hes trying to visualize how they felt in this video

    • @brighteyeseren7651
      @brighteyeseren7651 Pƙed 6 lety +20

      yeah, i'd mostly agree with that. i always took the song as reflecting on feelings after a friend had killed themselves. retelling what happened, how the person feels after it happened.

  • @maltedmilkk
    @maltedmilkk Pƙed 6 lety +76

    Dave I really hope you're okay!! Both emotionally and physically. I'm happy this video came out but i just want to make sure you're all right!

  • @LaughingInTiny
    @LaughingInTiny Pƙed 4 lety +50

    I don't get the "oddly handsome" thing. The guy is downright gorgeous. I've never actually seen him before and been listening to his music for years now. I had somebody completely different in my head. Weird.

    • @ivanaa.1968
      @ivanaa.1968 Pƙed 4 lety +3

      I thought he was a 25 year old gay black man. Seeing him, he remindes me of Gotye in a weird way

  • @judeyblues3927
    @judeyblues3927 Pƙed 5 měsĂ­ci +1

    The way Dave describes crying makes me cry. I dont think I've ever heard crying described so succinctly.That trembling tender little sigh đŸ„č

  • @l.l.7631
    @l.l.7631 Pƙed 6 lety +56

    I always listen to these guys every time I'm on the bus on my way home after an exhausting day and I keep falling in and out of sleep and starting to experience these crazy dreams about the songs I'm hearing... it's such a weird feeling and I have never felt that with any other band

    • @l.l.7631
      @l.l.7631 Pƙed 6 lety +8

      and idk if anyone else feels this but I kind of miss it when I first discovered this band 'cause all the songs were new to me and I didn't know the lyrics at all so the dreams used to come with more ease as my brain didn't keep track on the lyrics so strictly and now that I've gotten to know the songs so well (since I've listened to them plenty of times) it's hard not to predict the next line of lyrics, the next whatever and so on.. falling asleep to them is becoming a challenge when I'm so focused on the songs themselves

  • @totalvideofreak101
    @totalvideofreak101 Pƙed 6 lety +6

    This was the first song I could listen to after losing a close friend to suicide last December. It was agonizing feeling time slip away from when he was alive, from less than 12 hours to a day and beyond, and the fact the measurable distance of time my mind could understand would cease. You can imagine hours, and feel a day, but your mind lets time bleed after that. I didn't know how I would live letting his life and memory slip away like that. He had the warmest smiles and love and humor and compassion I have found in someone to this day, and 8 months on not a day goes by where I don't think of him. We battled depression together for years, intimately and terribly private from others. I thank god every day I got through it and can breathe and smile again, but losing him made me think how truly fragile our lives are on earth, this "borrowed time" if you will he had left (and I think we all do) I didn't even know about. It feels like his life was so out of all of our hands, his stupid self-destructive ways of hiding it getting the better of treatment. Realizing I couldn't have done anything to save him was earth shattering. I couldn't take in anything related to living for 3 days, everything online and media related felt so hollow, and eventually, the only thing I gravitated to and let myself mourn with was this song. It still makes me cry, and I guess it always will, but it's just because it's his song and everyone else who's died this terrible way who shouldn't have. He'll always be gone, but he'll always be in mind as well too; they're intrinsic to each other. I could write a novel on this song and my mourning, but thank you for the song. Death when in focus of life is a tough business, but it's meant more to me than you can probably imagine.

  • @valkeriejones3818
    @valkeriejones3818 Pƙed měsĂ­cem +1

    I still remember the moment I realized he was in a centrifuge in this video. Everything clicked into place.
    This is an incredibly powerful piece of art. And it's really what intense emotion/grief feels like. Like being crushed and spinning uncontrollably, barely hanging on

  • @MandrakeFernflower
    @MandrakeFernflower Pƙed 4 lety +74

    They actually worked the sound of a centrifuge spinning up into the song

  • @Nedrow
    @Nedrow Pƙed 9 měsĂ­ci +6

    This song changed my life. I can’t express how grateful I am.

  • @malououdevrielink4930
    @malououdevrielink4930 Pƙed 2 lety +13

    I’m so glad this song exists. This is one of the like maybe 5ish songs in the entire world that can actually calm me down when I’m having a mental breakdown.

    • @7mezrim
      @7mezrim Pƙed 2 lety +3

      It's so interesting to me that some people feel panicked by this song. To you and me, it calms us, it reminds me things CAN be okay again.

  • @Elise77e
    @Elise77e Pƙed 3 lety +36

    I listen to Glass Animals since 2017, I listen to this song rarely because despite knowing it well and listening to it for 4 years, it still makes me feel the same emotions as the first time. The lyrics, the sound, everything is so perfect and fits with the deep meaning of this song. A part of Agnes will be forever in everybody who listened to this.

  • @klaus2550
    @klaus2550 Pƙed 10 měsĂ­ci +3

    In the year 2020, I became riddled with issues, rooted from my upbringing. Being stuck inside the house caused all this shit I'd been avoiding to catch up with me. I was an alcholic and I was suicidal. In 2021 I found this song through my boyfriend at the time and it really just hit me. Now I'm sober and things are looking a tiny bit brighter. But everytime I come back to this song it hits me so hard because it brings me back to the lowest point of my life.

  • @matthewlanphier6494
    @matthewlanphier6494 Pƙed 6 lety +1077

    I just woke up from a long night of drunken self harm, and I think this video showing up is a sign. Thank you

    • @Levi-ib7ty
      @Levi-ib7ty Pƙed 6 lety +107

      matthew lanphier I've been there before. I love you, stranger. Take care of yourself, please.

    • @idkabtdis445
      @idkabtdis445 Pƙed 6 lety +22

      matthew lanphier I love you and be good❀

    • @blahblah6961
      @blahblah6961 Pƙed 6 lety +39

      matthew lanphier stay in there. It will get better, you just gotta stay strong enough for that to happen. ❀ please stay safe and take care of yourself

    • @user-xp3ks6ft1e
      @user-xp3ks6ft1e Pƙed 6 lety +8

      matthew lanphier you will get better trust me 💚💚

    • @ryanpetersen7726
      @ryanpetersen7726 Pƙed 6 lety +6

      matthew lanphier ❀

  • @sydcrafter17
    @sydcrafter17 Pƙed 6 lety +115

    Theory: watch dave's facial expressions. My friend and I interpreted the video as him experiencing the five stages of grief (in order). Also side note white roses represent true love, purity, and sympathy.

  • @Bioenthusiast
    @Bioenthusiast Pƙed 2 měsĂ­ci +2

    Still one of the most beautiful songs ever created. I love you, Davey. ❀

  • @matcha8904
    @matcha8904 Pƙed 5 lety +23

    one of my best childhood friends shot themselves while driving last year. i've never cried at a funeral before his and i still cry when i think of him, he would have turned 20 soon after he passed away. rip justin, at lease you're free from your demons now.

  • @orlando5982
    @orlando5982 Pƙed 6 lety +20

    I can still remember the exact moment when I first listened to this song. I downloaded the album when it first came out on Spotify, and listened to it all day. It was quite the experience, with each song being so unique and quirky. However, "Agnes" caught me off guard. It started playing as I was leaving the grocery store, and everything about it, the lyrics, the beat, hit me hard. The emotions and soul was just so raw and honest... I never experienced anything like what was described in the song, but I could feel the emotions Dave was trying to get across. I feel the same way when I watch this video, and as a creative, I really admire Dave's courage to be so honest and vulnerable. It shows you really don't need much to get your point across in art, as long as you keep those two qualities the center of your deliver.
    Dave and company, this is beautiful, and I'm proud to be a fan.

  • @ms94
    @ms94 Pƙed 6 lety +574

    Dave looks so much like Robin Williams in this video.

    • @critmail
      @critmail Pƙed 6 lety +2

      Maybe that's why his voice and face make it so epic.

    • @kuuuroneko
      @kuuuroneko Pƙed 6 lety +2

      Jessica F
      too bad he committed suicide

    • @SOYILED.MILK.OFFICIAL
      @SOYILED.MILK.OFFICIAL Pƙed 6 lety +2

      Nah, he looks like Indiana Jones

    • @YFotografia
      @YFotografia Pƙed 5 lety +1

      He looks like a blonde Bono instead.

    • @janeteliane
      @janeteliane Pƙed 5 lety +3

      I was totally thinking that the whole time!

  • @connectinginfinity3994
    @connectinginfinity3994 Pƙed 10 měsĂ­ci +4

    I don’t know how many times I’ve played this song. To imagine Dave went through this to have an inkling what Agnes went through is heartbreaking. Life is long when soaked in sadness

  • @alittlelightarson120
    @alittlelightarson120 Pƙed 6 lety +70

    God, you suffered so much for this video, and this is so beautiful, it's shockingly amazing. Thank you the whole team!

  • @cryptid3520
    @cryptid3520 Pƙed 6 lety +26

    you can see how even his hair starts to get dragged down, his skin too
    also people saying he looks like robin williams during the drag is wholly painful

  • @mcapps2491
    @mcapps2491 Pƙed 6 lety +20

    This video perfectly compliments the song! Then throw in the touching sentiment of Dave opening himself up and sharing his feelings about the significance of this song to him, coupled with the intense experiences he went through filming this video, and before you know it you're suddenly getting hit with all the feels. Absolutely amazing job! Looking forward to seeing Glass Animals at the Shrine in a couple months so much more now.

  • @poly-gone726
    @poly-gone726 Pƙed 3 lety +8

    My sister recently died due to alcoholism. Everytime I hear this song it makes me cry. If someone you love is struggling with addiction, do everything in your power to make sure they get the help they need.

  • @somethingbeaster
    @somethingbeaster Pƙed 5 měsĂ­ci +2

    Just finished detoxing from pills that i knew were fent-laced. Came here to remind myself of something beautiful. The human capacity for kindness and love is incredible. I think of the people I care about and am overcome with emotion.
    I hope all of you are doing well in this hard world.
    Stay strong, beautiful humans ❀

  • @veritymendes694
    @veritymendes694 Pƙed 6 lety +32

    I can't stop watching this video. Emotions I didn't know I had just came spilling out. So creative, honestly I'm in love with this, and such a great song as well.

    • @valariatimes5343
      @valariatimes5343 Pƙed 6 lety +2

      Verity Mendes me too, I can't get enough. Been listening a couple of times daily

  • @AndreaClareChannel
    @AndreaClareChannel Pƙed 6 lety +82

    i love this man

    • @Mikeyzom
      @Mikeyzom Pƙed 6 lety +1

      Andrea Clare he's our baby

    • @Donnie-sg2cj
      @Donnie-sg2cj Pƙed 4 lety

      Andrea Clare You don’t know him. At all.

  • @jcloud24
    @jcloud24 Pƙed 5 lety +21

    Fell in love with this song even before I knew the meaning behind it. What he did to try to even get close to Agnes’s pain, much respect. I wish you would come out with more songs like this. Your emotion sung out is truly amazing

  • @kaitsune2262
    @kaitsune2262 Pƙed 2 lety +10

    There's so much care and effort put into this entire thing. The way he's singing sounds like he's trying desperately not to yell and cry. The centrifuge, at first, I had thought was just him pulling insane faces, but the description adds so much more. The vivid description of the pain of being in the centrifuge hit very close to home- especially the description of the heavy weight pressing down. I know that a lot of people describe depression as an extra weight on them, and I want to be perfectly honest, it is. Having depression and anxiety makes people age faster. Personally, I can never escape the feeling that my chest and heart are being squeezed to the point of pain. It's a very good song.
    Thanks, Dave, for making this, for spreading words.

  • @captnquazar2153
    @captnquazar2153 Pƙed 6 lety +24

    I wish everyone on earth knew who glass animals are

  • @advikaravi2592
    @advikaravi2592 Pƙed rokem +3

    i still remember i only recently started really actually liking glass animals before i was just like everyone and how they only liked the song heat waves , then my brother who loves playing the guitar told me to listen to popular st and like that i started obsessing over pork soda life itself but i'd never complete the album but soon other songs got added too . i never used to pay attention to agnes i'd skip it half the time cause i was mostly very obsessed with pork soda , and then one day i was just smoking a cigarette and listening to how to be a human being again and was way too lazy to switch and let agnes play and i swear to god it broke me IT broke me so much i couldnt believe how i kept skipping it i couldnt believe i was skipping such a beautiful fucking song the amount of pain i literally couldn't comprehend how beautiful it was and when i learnt the meaning behind all the lyrics it intensified and especially how it starts with "light a cigarette" i literally kept crying and it was always on repeat after that i just fell in love with this song it's so beautiful and it's still on repeat every day
    edit : no ones prolly gonna read all this but idk i just thought i should share it cause honestly it's a beautiful song

  • @matveyxivan7159
    @matveyxivan7159 Pƙed rokem +7

    at first i was confused about what i was seeing and hearing, but reading the description and the lyrics brought me back to when i lost someone very very special in 2016
 i understand the anguish of feeling like you could have done something, begging them to think again, to hold on for just a few more days
 if i had just called her on her birthday, if i had just not dropped out of school, if i had bothered to do literally anything would she still be here? would she have graduated with the rest of us? found a love and had a family? i cant help but blame myself and seeing him go through an excruciating experience just to understand what his friend felt, i understand that, and i desperately wish i would have understood it before it was way too late


    • @michellehail5126
      @michellehail5126 Pƙed rokem

      It's been 3 months since u posted ur comment. I hope that ur in a better way of understanding the things that ppl do. This song shld be an eye opener. That when u meet some that's down that maybe u can be thier light.

  • @taylorh5179
    @taylorh5179 Pƙed 4 lety +13

    This song is helping me tremendously through my friends passing. I want to thank you so much Glass Animals and whoever was involved making it. I don’t know if there is other songs out there that perfectly fit what I’m going through, but if anyone has any songs they’d like to share that are impactful or amazing to YOU- by all means reply to this comment. I need comfort and music is the thing that gets me through the most.