VNV Nation - "Illusion" (Andy Huang)
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- čas přidán 23. 08. 2009
- This is a mix between the great animotion of Andy Huang`s "doll face" and "Illusion" (from the VNV album "Judgement") Even though this is not an official video, it looks like it belongs together...many thanks to the fan that made it.
Visit VNV Nation at www.vnvnation.com or on iTunes @ itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZ... - Hudba
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2024 anyone? 🥰
Me
🫡
♥️
❤❤
Greetings from Germany
2024 and still makes my heartache. This song is timeless.
Me too
So true
I finished the ''Senua's sacrifice'' game, this is the ending song theme, between ''god of war'', ''thalos principe'' and ''dantes inferno'' 😢😊
The hardest battles are fought in the mind.
💙🌿
Senua
so true
...for me...it's a struggle between my heart and mind...
Life is a b***
After 14 years it still holds its ground. FOREVER
this is the only song that no matter how many times you hear it ,, you feel something, your skin gets cold!! i really really love it
Q
And i really love you
VERISSIMO!
I seriously hope that the first sentient AI will not have to suffer such a sad fate. Andy Huang's video feels like a comment on the effect of the beauty and cosmetics industries on girls. Consumerism's empty promises.
for me it's broken heart and depression....
This video was shown to me over a decade ago by a woman named Sunny Rae. I was fortunate enough to love her and be loved by her. It was a connection stronger than anything I'd felt before, or have felt since. She took her own life on March 18th, 2011, and I have mourned her every day. Hearing this song at the end of Hellblade absolutely leveled me, as I was already heavily reminded throughout the game of the demons with which she struggled, and the lengths to which I'd go to speak to her even one more time. This song makes me feel less alone in the world, and there aren't enough words in any language to adequately express my gratitude for that, but thank you VNV Nation, thank you Andy Huang, and thank you to Andy LaPlegua and David García Díaz for putting such a phenomenal song at the end of a truly magnificent experience as Hellblade. 🖤
She is closer now than you will ever know
...cynically enough, i have the suicide connection too with it. i wonder how many people have honored someone who took their own life with that song?
I knew Sunny too - I think you & I have connected before on ig - not a day goes by I don’t long for her or miss her. I do find some comfort in the connection of knowing that I’m not the only one who misses her. 🖤
You almost made me cry.. And i hardly ever cry...
This damn comment is a tear-jerker. 😭
Who is 2020 and still listening to it, proudly I am ;)
I am and always will.
Me too
A masterpiece is timeless
I'm still here
Here with you
My dear dad. I am listening to this song right now and I hope that these unexpressed thoughts reach you in some way. It was so difficult looking at your blue eyes, telling you some deep words that were not the conventional ones, sharing moments and times beyond routines. It’s so hard to cross a distant border between heart and soul, it’s so painful to overcome the biggest fences…built in years of difficult communication and experiences. But I just want to say that I miss you, really. The lacking of your voice, the lacking of your silent presence is tearing me down. It’s so difficult to elaborate your loss appealing to rationality and fate…I just now that walls are so hard to climb but believe me, you have been a cornerstone for what I am: you can be proud, there’s something important of you in me and many skills of your soul are still living inside me and they'll never die.
And as this song says “please don’t go, I want you to stay…I am begging you please…please don’t leave here” but I know you can’t, it’s too late now. But please listen to my words anyway, you must know you were and are so important to me. And that all the long times we lived together count so much to me…because I’ll never forget you, I will never underestimate what you meant to me. I am your son and if I am here on this earth it's because of you and mum. And I hope everyone who reads my words will always remember that there’s no always time for opening your heart to your loved ones: don'wait and don't waste time: fight the regrets and make always the best effort to battle hostility, resentment and barriers. Life is so unpredictable and we must take and feel the best we can…no time for rancor or misunderstanding. Goodbye dad, you are and will always be in my thoughts till the last day will come for me too.
@@Naxafa thank you so much
This song makes me think of my dad who passed and feel him in my heart too ❤️
Love to you. 🫂
Ever notice the lack of rhyming? The singer is not bothering with that because it gets in the way of a heartfelt message. He's not just singing to you, he's talking to you. He maintains rhythm, but its a flexible rhythm based on how he decides to enunciate each sentence. There's such a sense of honesty and truth that comes from VNV's lyrical method that it's like a punch to the gut. I love it.
It's like a father who's gone through it all before desperately pleading for you to not do anything stupid and letting you know how special you really are.
@@UnknownPersononGoogle In a way, I sometimes think we all need to hear that, even as adults. Maybe especially as adults.
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I kind of find songs that rhyme to be cringe. Most of the music I like doesn't rhyme at all
@@UnknownPersononGoogle Siouxie ? Nice to meet you, listen this song
This song is more important than ever right now.
sure humaninty is always important
@@Michaikn Fact: nr.1: LUST AFTER ANOTHER`S HUMAN BODY AIN`T LOVE. True love is: LAYING DOWN ONE`S OWN LIFE /LIKE CHRIST DID FOR US/ SO OTHER`S CAN LIVE. THAT`S LOVE.
Fact nr 2: Real CHURCH IS HUMAN BODY ITSELF, FOR GOD IS A SPIRTI AND DO NOT NEED A BUILDING MADE BY HANDS. Know all the facts there is to know, lest you still be DECEIVED.
Fact nr. 3 Christianity was never a religion. It always been reality. It is time to fully understand that part. How come Christianity can and is reality? - Do some searching about FREEMSONRY.
Fact nr. 4: Being in gender/sex (for me, both words means the same thing) has only one purpose: TO MULTIPLY aka create new generations of humans.
Therefore if like you all stating, that gender and sex is changeable and optionable, then why not a single soul born without reproductive tools? and no, i do not mean here the "intersex" ones. for they born with confused body functions. That`s why they have both tools.
And by trying to change a sex/gender - you are stealing another human`s tools. Someone goes to grave without these.
Do not steal nor envy anything that another human have. But be wise and take care all that was given to you.
Use a little logic and even you are able to list real and logical facts.
If one leaves Christianity too easily, then sadly one haven`t had a clue, what is REAL CHRISTIANIY ALL ABOUT. That is fact nr 5.
Give some time and some chances and another soul comes form atheism to CHRISTIANITY aka become a Christ follower. No money needed to follow CHRIST. but it does cost us a lot: FOLLOWING A CHRIST COST US OUR EARTHLY LIVES.
Real Christian MUST BE WILLING TO SUFFER AND MUST BE WILLING TO LAY DOWN ONES`S LIFE, LIKE CHRIST DID FOR US, THE SAME WE DO FOR CHRIST.
Real Christians must come out from BABYLON AKA MATRIX , not find ways to still be in there.
Matrix is satan`s kingdom. How can you serve GOD in another`s god kingdom? - you can`t, you must make a chose: GOD OR MAMMON/SATAN? Whom you will serve? Where will you be forever: HEAVEN OR IN THE HOT LAKE?
Didn`t you notice? i give 4 more facts. Copy these and remember these.
Family betrayal is very real for ALL WHO FOLLOW CHRIST. in the tribulation period /7years long/ - Future for Christians: SUFFERING: HUNGER AND FREEZING, BETRYAL, MURDER, SHOT - STAB - BEHEADED. Even though we will truly suffer extremely on this earth - let`s rejoice, for out SPIRITS will be in HEAVEN comforted FOREVER. Why that extreme suffering? - BECAUSE WE WILL REJECT SATAN AND HIS MOTB.
And also another way to get stuff cleared out: play little with words:
CHRISTIANITY AND REALITY = BOTH END THE SAME. Last 3 letters in both words: ITY.
Last Fact: CHRISTIANTY MUST BE SEEK`D OUT, FOR IT IS HIDDED AND MUST BE FOUND AND MUST BE FOUND INDIFIDUALLY. Lest we be deceived and stay counting on others opinions.
Truth is truth and remains a truth - out feelings - wishes - opinions and beliefs DO NOT CHANGE THAT.
Let not forget other LIFE FACTS: A MALE was created 1st, that = on man`s shoulder lays the most. For he, male, was created for working. And also the punishment of sin for a males was: toiling in sweat and pain. For a females was: ONLY BIRTH PAINS. Why? Because females were created HELPERS.
Trans people and also many others, sadly deeply believe that HUMAN = ONLY BODY. -
this is very wrong. Humans = CONSCIOUS SPIRIT BEINGS, WHO LIVE IN THE BODY.
Life can be only then full of life, if all 3 parts are also: SPIRIT + SOUL + BODY = HUMAN.
A Spirit without body, can not taste food,
do not feel rain on his or her skin,
do not feel warm sunshine or colder moon light,
do not feel cold nor warm.
Spirit just is, not fully living. To have life and have it more abundantly: BODY WAS CREATED.
Human body was 1st FULLY SPIRITUAL and shall be FULLY SPIRITUAL AGAIN. Carnal came, because of sin. Like Lucifer because of sin - lost his glorious way to be - the same happened with us.
The reason CHRIST/ GOD came among us as on of us was: TO REDEEM US AND SHOW US HOW TO LIVE. Christ lived 33 years on this fallen earth and DID NOT SINNED. As HE was able to live and sin not, the same way to live are we able also.
Stating otherwise = stating that CHRIST LIVED AND DIED IN VAIN.
It's 2023 and I just discovered this gem🥺🔥
Can't stop listening this song in 2021. About ten years ago I discovered this song. Never mind. But every time I listen to this song, tears appear in my eyes...
Maybe on of the saddest songs ever-
but also one of the best!
👍👍
It's a direct reminder of how important feelings are.....and how much life is important. Live life.....fight and love hard ....don't let what's important go
2022 here !
2021 Winter and haven't stopped since. The lockdowns kinda woke me up and ready for change.
@@andreabloss8209 i know im late to the party, but is it sad? I'd just like to posit that it's hopeful. It acknowledges that things can suck, but, it's definitely not saying you should give up.
One of the best songs ever made.
i know so many...
saviour is one of them
right?
@@jackwelk6056 yep
@@Michaikn ah good
Depressive song
"The world is just illusion, trying to change you" just saw it today printed on a car driving before me in Leipzig. The most beautiful and shortest explanation for everything around :)
Österreich?)
@@olgabuimistr Германия)
THE most perfect song ever written.
Makes me think of my daughter who I never see. I miss her. 😔🖤
I hope you see her and you are both in my prayers
Wow. Yeah.
Haven't seen my daughter since her 2nd birthday. In a few months she will be 6. 4hrs away but I may as well be living on the moon. FML.
@@bbloomfield6497 not great😢
Ouch!! I've just discovered this video today. I always think about my daughter. I made sure to do everything I could to provide for her for 15 years. Always from far away. Almost 6 years now without seeing her as her "mom's secret friend." I know I might get judging comments, but I had to take, maybe for the first time like a man, her mom pushing me away for whatever fears she had. All in order for my daughter to grow in a "normal" household. I hope one day she will realize who I was/ am.
2022 meanwhile…still listening for decades…still crying every single time
One must start to understand that the one who is in trouble is OUR EVERLASTING SPIRIT not our carnal - decaying away flesh.
so according your words, the unsaved and the ignorents: let them all perish in peace? - i`m truly having hard time to be that heartless. My heart haven`t turned into a cold stone.
Matthew 24:12 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. And, we, who say out loud that we are CHRISTIANS yet are not hot nor cold, we, then will be cast away. and into the hot lake we also then go.
Revelation 3:15 | View whole chapter | See verse in context I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
Therefore, i my love and wish to be in the presents of GOD forever is real and strong, then it is wise for me to be hot. And bother and bother again and again all the lost and ignorant souls in online and offline with the truth until the days are all over.
If i am also cold and ignorant like all the lost and the unsaved, then like they go in peace into their demise - the lake of fire - the same road then i walk.
Luke 13:5 | View whole chapter | See verse in context I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Luke 13:3 | View whole chapter | See verse in context I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Therefore it is wiser for me and other REAL CHRISTIAND to be hot.
another fact that proofs religions are lies: all these support and support even the most ridicules ways to be. How can a mankind still stand and exist, if all we support at the end of the day is : OUR DEMISE.?
There be no change if the only ones we are after is the PUPPETS OF THE ELITE. Let`s start be after our real enemies. the elite. Known as THE ILLUMINATI. Where are they ? - all around the world - behind the curtains.
Ephesians 6:12 | View whole chapter | See verse in context For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
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Satan can`t deal anything that is real and alive and from GOD. Therefore he is busy killing all that`s real and alive off so he can replace it all. Satan is busy building his A.I kingdom. Where`s nothing real at all.
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All comes back to MK - ULTRA MIND CONTROL.
Satan can not stand thinking skills nor free will, both must be gone for to live in the kingdom of satan.
5 points the truth is harsh:
- There`s nothing to eat - it is all poisoned,
- There`s no air to breath - it is all poisoned.
- There`s nowhere to live - all are under the "care" of our governments,
- Whole mankind is DUMBED DOWN by our own “caring” governments,
- We, humans, are wicked sinners and fated into everlasting torture. We cannot save ourselves, we are in need of a saviour. The saviour of the mankind is: JESUS CHRIST - GOD`S ONLY BEGOTTEN SON.
While making everything now only about covid, let`s not forget, that every year , month, week, day, hour, minute, second, someone out there lose a family member, a friend, a co worker. And IT IS NOT ALWAYS AND ONLY COVID.
Why are we forgetting:
DIFFERENT CANCERS - these didn`t disappeared,
CAR, PLANE, BOUTH ACCITENTS - these didn`t disappeared,
Drugs, that kills our organs while still alive - these didn`t disappeared,
Problematic genes - these didn`t disappeared,
Stress, overworking - also leading too early DEATH - these didn`t disappeared.
And real appointed time to die - we ARE MORTAL. And will die eventually.
Our health as whole mankind - was already close to none - existence. We kill ourselves while still breathing:
Alcohol, killing our own stomach and expecting not to die?
different drugs, willingly poison ourselves and expecting not to die?
smoking, Burning our own lungs and expecting not to die?
Willingly taking a gun into our hands and going to war and expecting not to die? - in here: who kills will be killed also. /what goes around, comes around.
In short: We, ain´t dying from anything new, we are already DEAD.
Covid - 19 was a made up story. Under the topic: FREEMASONRY lays all the needful answers. Don´t find those, then you missing skills to search. It is harsh fact, yet still remains a fact.
Is it possible to not have proselytism in every comment section please... especially when it’s 200 lines-long, it’s heavy and in my opinion, quite a lack of respect to post it under each comment.
@@askingforthemoon be busy seeking out truth. TIMES ARE CLOSE TO OVER. Being left behind in rapture = harsh dwelling until DEATH.
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@@askingforthemoon Calculate the nr of both, the man and the beast:
6 TIMES 6 TIMES 6 =216 , now search what meaning it has. Find the bible, open it and read.
It's been one year since my older brother died of a heart attack. When I finished playing Hellblade and listened to the song, I had the feeling that he was by my side the whole time. Whenever I want to cry I hear this song so I'm sure my brother will be watching me shed the tears.
13 years and it still hits harder than any song i have ever heard.
Y más en estos tiempos
Super!!! ❤ Höre diesen wundervollen Song sehr oft! Kenne VNV Nation erst seit 2023! Dieser song kommt in meine Sammlung!
VNV helped save my childhood and I really appreciate you all for putting all of the work in these songs ❤
I watched this video a few years back completely oblivious to it's true meaning.. It brings a tear to my eye as I watch it today. What a sad world.
leo now so does “All Our Sins”!!
Love u!
Are you sure it was sad back than? I mean now is 2020...cmon
I just recently discovered * VNV Nation*...this is the very first song of theirs that I listened to..and now...I LOVE VNV Nation very much, especially this song ..
same
Never heard of VNV Nation before until I got to the end of Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice.....
Wow, what a powerful song..
Bobbie Bees the song's composed and sung so beautifully. I cried when this played at the credits 😅
you should listen to their song "Nova (shine your light on me)" I'll think you'll like it
When you discover VNV Nation you don't just discover a song...but a band...all songs are pure magic!
Same here. Same here. Despite the sadness in the melody, one can't help but feel an upbeat of hope in the rhythm and words.
I've loved the band for years but I'm so happy they are apart of such an amazing game
One of the hardest parts of recovery is not being able to listen to the music i used to love for fear of triggers, but this song, this is the one im willing to risk. Masterpiece.
wish you well.
Perfect video for the song.
Such depth of lonliness and sadness
2018
"The further you go away from who you truly are, the more you destroy yourself"
¿What if you are a self-destructive person?
@@ZerosMy Exhibiting self-destructive behaviors does not mean you are intrinsically, unavoidably self-destructive. When we tell ourselves we are "essentially" a _______ sort of person, what's really going on is that we're avoiding the hard work required to get better. Been there, done that. But you CAN you change. Everyone and anyone can. Choice is the most powerful behavior in the human lexicon, but we don't always realize all of the choices open to us. Seeing choice, perceiving options is the path to explore. Don't avoid it.
Aloha snack bar!!!!
@Kleiner Helfer Yo groyper check
This hit me harder
One of the handful of songs that helped me through the most severe bout of depression I've ever experienced.
I'll always have a weird love for VNV Nation.
У меня сейчас тоже тяжоллая депрессия, и я здесь
@@Sisyphus07 I feel for you buddy, and I hope you feel better soon.
It always passes, just have to wait out the storm.
Wasn't as moved in a video game during this song at the end of Hellblade since Atrthur's last ride in Red Dead Redemption. Thx Ninja Theory and VNV Nation.
"We should follow the standards set by those around us, for it defines our humanity, but we should always remember who we are, for it makes us unique." - A.P.Dowson
Dieses Video und dieses Lied hat viel mehr Besucher verdient!!!
Sehe ich auch so!
I'm watching for the first time in 2024.
What are your thoughts on this?
@@geoduran2265i too am listening to this for the first time, I've been through a lot of music from punk to new wave, industrial to techno and this song has strong lyrics but the music sounds sort of ok but nothing special although first time listening is usually but not always spot on.
Welcome
As do i
@@markpaulo269 have u completed the game?
2022 and this is still relevant to today. What. A. Song.
I know it's hard to tell how mixed up you feel
Hoping what you need is behind every door
Each time you get hurt, I don't want you to change
Because everyone has hopes, you're human after all
The feeling sometimes, wishing you were someone else
Feeling as though you never belong
This feeling is not sadness, this feeling is not joy
I truly understand. Please, don't cry now
Please don't go, I want you to stay
I'm begging you please, please don't leave here
I don't want you to hate;
For all the hurt that you feel,
The world is just illusion, trying to change you
Being like you are
Well this is something else, who would comprehend?
But some that do, lay claim
Divine purpose blesses them
That's not what I believe, and it doesn't matter anyway
A part of your soul ties you to the next world
Or maybe to the last, but I'm still not sure
But what I do know, is to us the world is different
As we are to the world but I guess you would know that
Please don't go, I want you to stay
I'm begging you please, please don't leave here
I don't want you to hate for all the hurt that you feel
The world is just illusion trying to change you
Please don't go, I want you to stay
I'm begging you please, oh please don't leave here
I don't want you to change;
For all the hurt that you feel,
This world is just illusion, always trying to change you
Please don't go, I want you to stay
I'm begging you please, please don't leave here
I don't want you to hate for all the hurt that you feel
The world is just illusion trying to change you
Please don't go, I want you to stay
I'm begging you please, oh please don't leave here
I don't want you to change;
For all the hurt that you feel,
This world is just illusion, always trying to change you
😢
Sara MCHICHE thank you
Thank you
This song did talk to me during a break up I went through
what room is there for growth when all you got is hurt?
I have no idea What the message was intended to be... I can only describe an ache in my chest when I hear this song. The doll face video is a perfect matchup. It shows just how far we will go to be accepted, even if we break ourself.
Even after all these years, this still tugs at my heart and brings tears to my eyes.
Как мало таких людей, как много они дают нам... Долгих лет жизни и новых творческих идей на старости лет! Храни вас Господь!
they get it. been listening to this song for years and it still hits me.
Wow thank you VNV Nation ,😭 I've always been a fan but hearing this song on Random shuffle literally saved my life , the worse couple of years of my life between my bad marriage of nearly 20 years then the divorce, COVID and losing my health and having everything I know and love ripped out of my life, I love my family and thank you VNV Nation giving me some hope
Bro, I'll be your divorce buddy but was only 10 years for me.
We don’t know each other but I see you, you are so strong and you are gonna thrive ❤🙏 keep going brother
Thank you Senua what an experience
This song saved my life back in 2009 and I still can't listen to it properly without thinking about how deep of a rut I was in.
I can totally related to that.
I was so close back then ... soooooo very close to make my final act. All I needed was the rope. I had everything else (the place, the means, the clothes to wear, the message drafted so many times.
I wanted to do it on that week. That video made me pause and wait ... cry and wait ... rewatch the video and think about it. I managed to push forward..
2013 was almost my final year again and that video haunted me. So again I waited and thought about things ... then I sought help online.
They were other music that helped
It was not great but all the videos and the feedback of other people who were going through what I was going through or have been there helped a lot.
It was a fucked up time.
Now I see why I was hurting and I managed to grow.
I am more cold and selfish now but at least I feel nice.
It is fascinating that songs can change the life if someone on more than one occasion. These songs were the blade of grass that a part of me deep down was holding on desperately to avoid falling in the precipice.
Now I have to get out my financial rut. :/
@Tom
I am much better now.
Thank you for asking.
I had no relapse.
I am much better now. I am moving forward in life. I am focusing on self improvement. I change what I can change as for what I cant change I adapt or cope with it.
How are you doing?
This song is currently in the process of saving my life
@@ravenandthecrow Thank you for your raw admission. Just wanted you to know it still has an outreach. It's not even been a month since I nearly met my end. I'm still not sure why I'm tethered so tight to this life, only that I am. THAT I AM. We need each other in this place. Thank you for filling a need today. Hope you are still doing well.
@@Ideold
I hope you are doing well.
Are you doing better?
My best friend, my boyfriend took his life 3 weeks ago and today this popped up. I haven't heard it in so long and it's much more beautiful now in such a devestating way.
This song will always hit the feelings hart in evry situation live the life love from Denmark
I know that pain all too well. I'm sorry for your loss. 💔
So sorry to hear about your loss. Take care
This song helped me often when I was suicidal. That was along time ago but the song still feels good when I remember it.
I always find myself coming back here after many, many years.. Greater than the sum of its parts.
This video shows the generation of today so perfectly.... We drive our Self through so much pain just to "Fit" in the System...
Yeah,
We lose what and who we love because we think we don't fit. When we do fit it scares us and ...
She's gone now.
I had the honor of seeing VNV Nation live last night in Seattle, and this song is even more moving live.
Was ist das denn bitte für eine geile Stimme?🤔🤔🤔🤔Ich liebe es! Bitte weiter so! Liebe Grüße,aus Hamburg.
This song/video has saved my life more than once the last 15 years
Thank you.
Hellblade brought me to this song. Glad I found it, Great song.
Я слушаю! Сейчас 15.02.2024 !!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is bringing tears to my eyes. What a beautiful work this is..... both the song and the doll face vidoe it has been paired with.
Everytime this song pops up makes me appreciate it more.
2023, and this song has saved my life more than once. Thank you.
You know. Is now 2022 and i still love and listen to this masterpiece over and over.... Still makes me shiver. 💗
NO MAN IS AN ENEMY, be they muslims, satanics, atheists, ignorants, buddishts , lgbtq+++++, racists, = still NO MAN IS AN ENEMIES TO ANOTHER MAN. The enemy are the EVIL SPIRITS, BEHIND THE CURTAINS OF THE VISIBLE GOVERNMENTS.
Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Not heard this for a while... made me well up. RIP Sophie Lancaster
😥
Never realised before how beautiful that song is..
Stunning! What is it about this voice that always bring me to tears?
I have seen the video 1000 times and it still drives me tears in the eyes. masterpiece!!!!!!
10+ years later and still love this.
Ich bekomme bei dem Song immer eine Gänsehaut, egal wie oft ich den höre.
Wahre Worte!
This song will make me cry to this day... I remember first hearing it on VampireFreaks, it's never left me. It's utterly beautiful and heartbreaking.
In my opinion one of the most subtle and beautifully written songs ever. Period.
This song is cathartic, for me. I really struggle to let out what I feel, and let go of negativity properly; but this song can help me to breath, and even cry if necessary.
My wife and I have experienced two miscarriages in the last year, and this song is one which helps me find an outlet for the disappointment.
One of the most meaningful songs I've heard on my whole life 🤯
Wow I've just stumbled upon this, then see its a 12 year old video. Why have I never heard of this band what an amazing song amazing video and his voice. I'm away to go see what else they've done.. Wow...
One reason I got rid of my television accounts and Facebook. I see the world more clearly now. I do not miss television or Facebook. No time for it...no purpose either. Many things in this world to distract you from reality. I get it.
And yet your youtube account is still active :) Don't get too ahead of yourself there slick
@@MrPinglehart CZcams is very different from Twitter, Facebook, Instagram...etc.
deep
I've loved this song from the moment I heard it many moons ago. I was very lucky to be able to arrange for a instrumental version to be played at my mothers funeral, only the pianist and I knew, so it was a surprise to my wife when she heard those first few notes and gently squeezed my hand in recognition and comfort.
In 2007, my 1st & only VNV show i attended here in my hometown San Antonio TX, I got to see Ronan Harris & Mark Jackson in person spending time with fans signing autographs so i got to meet both Ronan & Mark. They were SO cool very attentive to whatever you wanted to say, so i asked for both their autographs and to sign my Past Perfect DVD. By the way they performed at was The White Rabbit in 2007 for their Judgement Tour. It was a small place but man the energy that awesome feeling was wonderful. Ahen the show started, i walked up to the front where the stage was as did other VNV fans. Their somg lineup was perfect all their songs i got to see them in person than listening to their CD's in my vehicles. Illusion is just something that hits home to many of us. Like my severe PTSD being battle ridden, those horrible experiences i endured just anchored my heart and mind down to the abyss but that night, was the cure i dereved. I felt human again. Now when they played Honour it was just anger like it was war again. I will cherish meeting them and that show until my last day in this....."life"
2010 my mother passed away. It was a part of my life when I had devoted too much of my time to work, and too little to my own life. This song helped me cry and heal. I started to live again by travelling more and meeting people. Going to more concerts and music festivals. I've seen VNV numerous times since then and I can't help from crying every time Illusion is played. Sadness, happiness and emotional relief. Crying while being close to people enjoying the song, the performance and being in the moment. Thank you Ronan and VNV for this, and thanks to all my fellow fans for the time together at the shows.
In 2020 this is something I miss the most.
still cry over this video
from time to time i take a look at this vid - sooo many years - why i still and allways get tears in my eyes? for me its just a perfect song with perfect vid. thx VNV!
I can create, do and invent astonishing things, but I cannot make my life and relationships work because of how those very same talents function. The reality of that hit hard today, very hard. Thank you for writing this song and such beautiful words.
Who else found this beautiful song after finishing Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice?
Yep finished this game , Epic ending and song🥰
just finished the game and immediately had to search for the song
I'm not quite sure how Illusion ended up on a playlist of industrial music a few years ago, but I am so glad it did. Some of my best songwriting since I found VNV Nation has been songs in some way inspired by Ronan's work.
Sometimes I wish songs like this didn’t have to exist, but there seems to be a beauty and wholesomeness so deep that would not exist had we not had the hardships and the resilience to overcome them.
This song reminds me of a certain person.... So long ago. Never forgotten. Highest love and deepest hate.
2023 : Still thinking of Sophie every day.
14 years ago I heard this song for the first time, and so many things have gone from my life during this time... so many things I miss... so many things have changed... but this song still touches me in the same way , and today it's more than just a song for me, it's a box of nostalgic memories.
Increíble!!!! Yo la escuche por primera vez hace 11 años. Y me pasa exactamente lo mismo. Este tema y Beloved me llegan al alma. Siempre en mi ❤.......
Here I am again, another month, listening to this....and sad.
Hi Adrienne, I hope things have improved for you. ❤
You're beautiful, that much I can tell
U never checked back in to this song and how you feel. Worse,,better??,Purpose, new love defeats unhappiness.
I have listened to lots of music but this guy deserves to be called one of the greats.
This song is very relevant in today’s world.
What incredible song. Lyric is wonderful. Tears are dropping down. Good work sir
I remember when Doll Face came out originally, whoever did the CGI was amazing and this paired with this song is perfect.
a friend shared this song and now I can't stop listening. by chance they see this, thank you for sharing a song the means so much to you that now means a lot to me. thanks Jonny (:
It is 2021 and this still gives me chills.
Always remembering the good times... but crying internally, knowing time will never be as good as they once were in our youth.
Bin seit Jahren Fan.Ist für mich das beste Lied kriege jedes Mal Gänsehaut 😍
Just wanted to post on here to tell you I listen to this song every single day and it has saved my life on more than one occasion. Thank you VNV Nation.
Reminding you that you need to listen to this again.
@@blacklustersoldierenvoyoft9103 Thank you 🙏
Passt alles zusammen! Video, Stimme und Atmosphäre!!! Daumen hoch
Less than 24 hours until the big release of Hellblade 2, may the second game be as incredible as the first
Классная песенка, можно бесконечно слушать 🙂👍❤
Песня и клип, человека умудренного этой гнусной штукой по прозванию "жизнь"...увы это так ...а смысл - не нужно гнаться за несбыточным ...
@@serggonchar2805 the comment you replied to was much more compact.
@@serggonchar2805 например за чем?
@@-le9cx Хм...за чем?...действительно, за чем же некоторые гонятся в этой жизни?...вероятно за тем, что бы стать каким-то идеалом (или идолом) поклонения, мимолетным успехом, властью, или хотя бы стать хоть чуть-чуть стать похожим на сотворенного собою же кумира. А потом, как мотыльки под лампой, сгорают в своем безудержном стремлении....или как в этом клипе просто саморазрушаются от бессилия достигнуть .... Ну вот как-то так все это вижу я. Понимаю, это моя (и только моя) точка зрения, возможно ошибочная, но как говорится каждый имеет право на ошибку....
Such a beautiful, beautiful song. Got me through dark times. So very human. I'll love it forever.
same. it led me through so much darkness.
Such a powerful message (and the music is also great)!
2022. Still listening to this masterpiece.
Thank you, Andy Huang.
A work of love,
which I love.
Wow this is so heartfelt, I think of my friend who has been through a lot over a good number of years, I wish i could tell her what i genuinely feel for her but i believe i never will 😞 this is for you my friend
2023 and still great!!!🎉❤
and will always be
Dollar Vigilante brought me here 🙏🏼
This is what it is right now.....well since very long time.
Nice to meet fellow Dollar Vigilante viewer, greetings from Melbourne
I was like holy crap he found mah song.
After so many years, everytime i tune this song my neckhairs goosbumbs and my sspine shivers from this lyrics togetter with this videoclip... just genius
It's absolutely insane looking at the comments here. Everyone has a story, philosophy, or emotional journey they can attach with this song. VNV truly struck a chord.
I just added this to my 2023 song playlist 🥰
I can't explain this song but it plays with my heart and touches my soul fantasic song 🙂
1:41 - That sweet smile kills me inside.
+CPCGamer Sounds like the lyric to a sad song.
Oh hey, it kinda does! I meant it in the way that the robot's finally happy, but I know what's coming next and that's really sad.
"Just pretend its all fine"
Edit:
Listening this song for about 10 years,never gets old.
It’s always temporary when you try to look for happiness in the wrong places.
Jesus.