"Sometimes you just gotta colour the sun purple so you know what it feels like to be in charge"… This one makes my heart dance every time!

@patzival

4 жыл бұрын

I got 2- "I offer you a crush of hearts..I offer you a lifetime of held breaths" and more so- "When you made snow angels hold hands, laid them down side by side and I tied my definition of beauty to your memory."

@sillyhappy2

4 жыл бұрын

Dang I know this is an old comment, but... Sometimes when I'm making 3d models, or jewelry, or just anything artistic, I'll change something up, and I only started doing that after I listened to this poem. He's right, coloring the sun purple to assert dominance over reality is just the power move I need sometimes.

@sandbucketbaby

4 жыл бұрын

@@sillyhappy2 old comment yes...but it brought it back up into my feed. I get to listen to the poem again! =)

Im a 26 old dude. I did Bodybuilding. I work wood. I just cried like a little girl. i love you man!

@jonreed1493

6 жыл бұрын

I lnow that this is two years ago but juat becaused your a bodyg builder doesnt mean its forbidden to cry

@justgrace7268

5 жыл бұрын

Like Gosaras said just because you seem physicaly strong doesn't forbid you to cry

@tendomanoka4082

4 жыл бұрын

Dont drop the mic

@MCallaghan21

4 жыл бұрын

I'm a 33 year old soldier in the infantry, and I'm holding my daughter and openly weeping.

I wish I could meet Shane one day and just talk to him, even if it was just for two minutes. His poetry is the best therapy I could ever ask for.

@tashareceno

8 жыл бұрын

he is so nice in person, I've met him a few times :)

@charlianne1446

8 жыл бұрын

Yeah, a mystical human god? ;) Why does it matter?

@TheBlossompossum

8 жыл бұрын

+bob spagettie that was very ignorant

@triskelionitis

8 жыл бұрын

+bob spagettie I don't think the looks of someone matter at all. And who cares how "he looks like", he's a beautiful human, he hes a beautiful soul and a beautiful voice, he's more than looks. Who cares how someone looks when the person can affect your life in a positive way?.... You're just a bully, I feel bad that you come here and express that kind of hate, I hope you find a way to express your emotions that isn't judging people who don't give a shit. Good luck.

@c10utxd

7 жыл бұрын

Kendall Robey I would be happy with just saying thank you

“I sit before flowers hoping they will train me in the art of opening up." -Shane Koyczan

I wonder if she's heard this, if she knows it's her, if she remembers or not. I wonder if she even now realizes the impact she had on him.

My faveorite's is "To This Day" "When I was a kid" and "Crush"

@greysonhorn2754

7 жыл бұрын

Kawaii Yukami Listen to "for instance" if you haven't

@gizzygoomba2496

7 жыл бұрын

Yukami_Chan sammmmmmmeeeeeeee

@tunezsa3860

6 жыл бұрын

KawaiiYukami u should listen to “my darling sara” and “the crickets have arthritis” those two are really good and emotional . theyre very good and are my favourite . the one’s you named are very good too, though. :)

@kodadrawz4620

5 жыл бұрын

Same

@rosebroadwater2171

5 жыл бұрын

I love "to this day" I listen to it every morning when getting ready

The apology of Canadians cracked me up. I am Canadian after all. And I bet that 'sorry' is one of my most used words.

@owenrobinson3218

5 жыл бұрын

Peak Canadian is when you bump into someone and you both say sorry at the exact same time, then you both laugh... at the exact same time

@aneliessemonalisa

4 жыл бұрын

It's one of the most used words

My future wife saved me. Not from a bunch of bullies, not from a pack of assholes, but from a singular of me's. I was saved from the worst enemy of all;myself. I assumed I was destined to lived the remainder of my days hating happiness and wearing loneliness like a safety blanket. Proud to have that "lonliness" because atleast then I have something to point to and say, "That's what's wrong with me. I'm lonely." It feels better somehow to say that makes me look better than to admit that my actual problem is ,"I've been burned, crushed, my heart torn apart, and I'm afraid to love again." Well, she saved me. You're never too old for crushes because at 35, I have the biggest crush on the shortest woman I've ever hugged and it fills me up inside. The lonliness and even the pain are gone. She's my soul's bandaid and I thank her for it every day.

@charlied5824

8 жыл бұрын

That's absolutly beautiful. I hope you two are happy and will be for the longest time :)

@mancake6612

7 жыл бұрын

Giraffe with tattoos that was beautiful

@sweetchildtales3269

7 жыл бұрын

Giraffe with tattoos I'm scared that if I like somebody they will hurt me and that I will never recover so for years since I was 9 I have dodged every boy ever fearing that my heart will be torn up. I hope one day I'll get saved like you, until then wish me luck

@non-binary.friend7946

6 жыл бұрын

Giraffe with tattoos I literally just awed out loud, the last part was too cute not to

@teenrose1486

6 жыл бұрын

oh my god my heart

you may have saved my life tonight. thank you

@williamlamont8540

4 жыл бұрын

Please come back to this comment. I need to know if that one more night was worth it

@bunnybunny5237

4 жыл бұрын

Hope you're doing good man

Tell your crush how you feel. Its a shot in the dark, but it could be worth it. I fell in love with this girl, had a crush on her for 5 months. She's now my girlfriend, and we've been dating for almost 2 months.

@lifeisunder1798

5 жыл бұрын

Botdflover my crush is gay 😅

@vasundhrachoudhary1393

5 жыл бұрын

He said no

It's so good it made me cry The feels were too damn real

@hamzatahir4220

8 жыл бұрын

such truer words have never been spoken before

@Red-zw6zi

8 жыл бұрын

Hamza Tahir yea :'(

@hamzatahir4220

7 жыл бұрын

no seriously

@Red-zw6zi

7 жыл бұрын

yea

"..gotta color the sun purple just so you know what it feels like to be in charge.."

I wonder if someone ever could have tought of me that way. This was amazing. Thank you!

@MJStonez

6 жыл бұрын

Lilia Lemoine I promise you there is that's the beauty of of it isn't it?...we never know how people see us

@takemichissacrifice2637

3 жыл бұрын

Lol, there are people who thought of u like that

We never even kissed, cause you probably never knew, but goddamn girl, I had the biggest crush on you

Shane, your poetry is fantastic.

@charlesunknownplays1773

7 жыл бұрын

Raph, thanks

Do you think that she's in the comments somewhere?

@nightkat2568

7 жыл бұрын

Dusk_Bass -Nightcore- awe thats sweet to think!

@animena5625

7 жыл бұрын

Zenborath that would be awesome!

@gracialettuce

6 жыл бұрын

In a weird way I hope so :)

@VegasVR420

5 жыл бұрын

I hope so

@ergoanteros

5 жыл бұрын

Didn't cry until I saw this commemt

I think you're JAWESOME

@lorissabajracharya5515

5 жыл бұрын

i think you aare crabulous!

When he said she moved away without being able to say goodbye my heart broke.

@iLoveTurtlesHaha

8 жыл бұрын

I was relieved because I was thinking she died. But thinking back on it, that was sad too.

@c10utxd

7 жыл бұрын

Lord Parraddoxx the sad thing is this happened to me

The guy who disliked this video was the bully who pushed him over :/

@bleu8209

8 жыл бұрын

There's like four diss likes doe

@jerilynlee7416

8 жыл бұрын

NAWWWW it's probably just that people misclicked...haha

@bleu8209

8 жыл бұрын

Jerilyn Lee i think they said to them selves 'dis-I-Like'

@jerilynlee7416

8 жыл бұрын

+katy ellenburg YASSSS GENIUS

@bleu8209

8 жыл бұрын

Jerilyn Lee I told my mom i was smart, looks like didn't need to be held back in pre school afterwords

I think this is the best one yet

@rachelmarie4578

8 жыл бұрын

+Andrew Hernandez you know this might be the best one to Larissa. Everyone's different and just because you don't think it's the best doesn't mean she can't think that

@larissamacdonald6430

8 жыл бұрын

+Rachel Marie nah it's fine. he's got his own opinion ^.^ just leave it be. everyone's opinions count :3

@rilotacosrulezzzzz

8 жыл бұрын

My personal favorite is Debris, or Visiting hours.

@larissamacdonald6430

8 жыл бұрын

+Andrew Hernandez Trolls is awesome !!!!

@rilotacosrulezzzzz

8 жыл бұрын

+Andrew Hernandez trolls is great!

"And that woman...now...today...is my wife." 😂😂😂 I wanna hear it

You're my inspiration. My hope. My Faith. And my hero. You're from my town. I love your work and I'm only 13, believe me...I've gone through things not all 13 year olds have gone through. An abusive home...bullying...mental abuse...depression...drugs...gossip...and suicide...but you've helped me. You made me who I am. You taught me to be myself and to tell myself "They were wrong...they must be wrong" Thank You Shane. Thank you.

@LotsaRaindrop73

4 жыл бұрын

Well just know your heart will always bend but never break so I know you'd be 16 now or perhaps 15 but just remember it may bend but never break things mend

@criminalchicken499

8 ай бұрын

Our hearts are bending. How're you doing now? 7 years later?

I was in 8th grade. In those days, I couldn’t really do much of anything. I was what some would call “hopeless”. Every single person in the whole goddamned world either hated me or ignored me or both. There was one person alone that didn’t do all of that bad crap. In my history class, there was this pretty girl that would always sit next to me and try to talk to me, but I was always nervous and I often said stupid things. Her name is Marissa. Freshman year of high school started. We had a computer tech class together and again she insisted on sitting next to me every day and listen to my random thoughts. She was great. At first, I thought that she was that nice to everyone, but I was mistaken. She started hugging me a lot and I kinda liked that. Freshman year ends. Summer goes by fast like a speeding car blasting down the highway. It was about 3 days before sophomore year started. I thought about her a lot during the summer. I finally realized that I had a big crush on her. So, I went to her Instagram and told her that fact. I told her that I had noticed how she treated me, and that I wanted it to continue and for me to return the favor. My heart jumped with joy when I saw her reply. She told me that the felt the same way. I was so happy. She told me that she had been fantasizing about that day since the day she met me. It was great. So, we started talking more and more, and our liking for each other grew and grew. But then I found out that we didn't have any classes together, and that made me kinda sad. But we stayed up late each night talking about anything and everything that was on our minds for about 3 weeks. And we talked at school a good bit too. I thought that I had really grown to like her, I thought I loved her. I felt so good, she was so nice, and beautiful, and smart, and I honestly thought she was sexy too. It was all going so fine and dandy. But then something happened. Something that, at the time seemed like a good idea, but I regret it greatly now. I told her, "Marissa, I want to spend the rest of my life with you." She didn't quite like that, because she didn't like thinking about the future at all. But for some reason, I kept saying it, because i meant it and I thought she might eventually say it as well. Her liking for me dwindled, until she said that we can't date even though I really wanted to, so now we're just friends. I wanted more than that. But whatever. She was only the girl that made me feel special and good and she listened and she was so nice. Now she's pushing me to go for other girls. Great. Beggars can't be choosers I guess. Now I can’t go a day without thinking about her and wishing that we could be together because I felt like I needed to be with her. I felt love for the first time in my life. Then it disappeared, and I’m lost and scared and frustrated and I don’t know where I am or how to fix my extreme sadness.

Does anyone else hear the girl at 2:33 say "I'm sorry" after he introduces the term "An apology of Canadians"? No? Just me?

@thatcollegeguy9585

8 жыл бұрын

i heard it

@jessicalynn8922

8 жыл бұрын

Yup I heard it

@matts.7667

8 жыл бұрын

The fuck...

@sweetlittleunforgettableth1907

8 жыл бұрын

Yup

@lizcat3844

7 жыл бұрын

omg weird

What if at the end he was like, "That woman... Is my wife."

@rriahs

7 жыл бұрын

Soft_Shiba it's funny.. he once said in a presentation that he met the woman once again through social media, but she's already married.

@brightside2718

7 жыл бұрын

i just died.

@gizzygoomba2496

7 жыл бұрын

luda fan oh no

@ziggerotstask6287

5 жыл бұрын

Isnt he... Sterile?

@jayceestearman9126

5 жыл бұрын

@@ziggerotstask6287 so he can't get married??? what??? lmao??

I love his poetry how he paints mental pictures just with his words he made me want to start writing and someday I hope my poetry becomes as good as his.

This was so beautiful. Shane is my favorite poet for a reason, and this everyone, is the reason.

Shane, I just wanted to thank you. You and all the amazing people in the comments have given me the courage to tell the girl I love that I love her. I've made so many mistakes in my life because I was scared but not this time.

This is by far my favourite poem by Shane. He's ever always been amazing. Keep inspiring and motivating the underdogs. We love you.

I want to tell her so bad but i feel she doesn't feel the same way. Doesn't help that we don't go to the same school anymore and i have the social skills of a rock.

@jonathanrodriguez2505

8 жыл бұрын

get to know her :) helped me

@MrThedorkknight

8 жыл бұрын

Jonathan Rodriguez That's kinda the worst part, we're friends but the past year she been busy with school and work so we don't see each other as much and made social encounter kinda awkward.

@jonathanrodriguez2505

8 жыл бұрын

Confidence is key bro

@patrick-vq9xu

8 жыл бұрын

+MrThedorkknight It's like this feeling of hope I get that most think is not so rare. But for me, it was the non-existing catalyst to my never ending sadness.That whenever we cuddled, I felt safe. Safe from what I felt would be my ultimate doom. She was like this mix of heaven and hell brought together in my head. My own secret world. And I would be left to burn there.

@Evanthesurfer

8 жыл бұрын

In the same situation. If you don't take the chance it will never happen. I still need to get that through my head.

I'm very confused why anyone would dislike this?

@greysonhorn2754

7 жыл бұрын

Beauty Insider "ah fuck, I'm crying in class now" - random person who disliked

I've had many crushes. I was bullied because of it. With every boy I fell in love with, more names came my way. And with every boy, I was rejected. Now, I've found it hard to think I'd ever be loved. My paranoia and caution tie strings my wrists and ankles, making me dance to a lonely tune, away from the light. In this moment, I do have another crush. I keep quiet about him. I'm too afraid to be ridiculed, not to mention it's next to impossible for him to accept my feelings. Like walking with a blindfold, I don't stop falling down the same cliff, to the same splat of my heart, and expecting different results every time I start my climb again.

Ta-Da laughed my ass off

I told my crush I like her, shes meeting my parents today!! This inspired me to tell her THANK YOU SHANE

I just found your KZread channel, and I’m so glad I have. I’m a writer that really needs some good therapy and inspiration to write again. From your poetry, I’ve gotten both, and so have so many others in the comments. Your talent and passion to write is so potent that it spreads. I just wrote one of the best works I’ve ever done after listening to “The Crickets have Arthritis” and soon falling asleep afterwards. I love your work and I’ll likely relisten to these pieces so many times. I appreciate you for you and your rhythmic words of warmth.

The most pure and beautiful words spoken in such an order it makes my heart want to cry.

You are amazing....and I try to teach my children that STANDING up for anyone being hurt is being an angel

I'd love to meet Shane one day, his poetry really speaks to me and is just some of the best things I've ever heard. I'd take listening to his poetry over listening to music any day.

"A crush of memories" seems fitting.

shane gives me hope and i need hope. im in recovery, recovery from drugs and it helps to listen to him thank you shane.

I don't have a terrible life, don't get bullied, don't feel like having suicide, but every time i hear your poetry i feel like an invisible weight, one that cant be seen, that shouldn't be noticed, is lifted from me every time i hear these beautiful poems/short stories. So i must say thanks to you Shane i feel better

It is on my bucket list to visit Shane and give him the biggest hug. His words have helped the healing of my heart and have been my armor in my battle against depression.

man i love you shane, your stories are an inspiration to kids with no hope. like the light at the end of a tunnel you light the way to happiness. to a smile. youre an idol

I am hungry- But like seriously. I am CRYING- I am really emotional so yEa

Are these on Spotify? If not can you please put them on they warm my heart.

you bring tears to my eyes and you heal my heart at the same time. YOU are helping to me. thank you so much... thank you

Shane's poetry is so beautiful. He just gets the best parts. It so descriptive and its like a story. I love "When I Was a Kid." Every time I listen to Shane's voice my heart gets two left feet and dances around in circles way past my bedtime. Crap. I listen to When I Was a Kid way too much. His song's meaning and his voice just make it way better.

I wonder if this girl knows who she is?

@kristoffer2250

6 жыл бұрын

If she knew her now, She would have an unbearable urge to bend over

Every once in a while I come back to this

i love his poetry so much it literally kills me.

This perfectly describes how I felt in elementary school for a kid...

I met you like a month or so ago when you came to London and it was amazing to talk to you for even for two minutes even though I could barely speak real words. Also you give the most amazing, comforting hugs. You made me feel so much that evening, and have encouraged me to pursue my own poetry. Thank you, Shane!

Aww man. This one. Hit me right in the feels

I wish I could tell the girl I love but I don't think I'm ready yet

@crazydeadperson

8 жыл бұрын

One day could be one day too late I found tht out the hard way

@lostdog3291

8 жыл бұрын

+CrazyDeadPerson I want to tell her but I know she'll say no ,because we've met in October 2015 and she's so amazing and I'm me she could find hundreds of other men better then me.

@crazydeadperson

8 жыл бұрын

+Roaming Wolf It doesn't matter how u feel about yourself even if she turns u down u will get over it quicker I never told the person I loved and she moved away three years ago and not a day goes by tht I don't miss her it eats away at me how she has now idea how a feel no matter how difficult it may be saying it is a million times better than not

@GoldSpacePotato

8 жыл бұрын

+Roaming Wolf You think that, and it happens. You let yourself be the loser you see, but you don't see everything you are or could be, so be all of who you are and don't pass this up.

@lostdog3291

8 жыл бұрын

+CrazyDeadPerson thank you

This is just brilliant!The guitar at the end is so powerful...gah.

Wow man, That was one of the greatest songs that I've ever heard. MAN!!

I had a crush on a kid in 5th grade. We had a project together. Halfway through the year I realized he liked me back. Still one of my best friends. I haven’t worked up the nerve to tell him.

@joeyd9351

5 ай бұрын

Update?

I remember hearing this when you were in Valdez, I was with my crush and when you read this out loud I smiled real hard and I kept looking at him... but that was montha ago, now he has a girlfriend and I'm no longer with him anymore, I don't talk or see him anymore. ever since that I wrote in my journal of what I feel and ive heard a few of your poems and I'm a bit inspires

This is so inspiring and beautiful. I'm gonna go cry now.

I love this one, It means so much as do all of them.

these are always so amazing

I am so excited to see Shane in April

u still amaze me impress me no matter what

Every time I watch one of your videos you give me the courage and motivation to go and ask a girl I like out, thank you shane

Goosebumps all over from you Shane you are truly amazing I can feel the chills run down my spine when I can relate to so much

Shane doesn't even know how much me has inspired me and helped me get through life..

I love this so much, it's my favourite from the album

I've never felt more connected to something or someone as much as this. this makes me feel a little more worth while

This video made me cry, I love it, thank you

this is so amazing wow

I have one word to discribe all of this : Damn...

That was beautiful, I cried

Such a beautiful piece. Proud to say you are one of my idols! Wish i could see you someday.

I absolutely love this amazing as all your others!!! ❤❤❤

Much love ❤️❤️❤️

For all the ones that live in fear whether it be to tell the one you love them or too scared to change. Don't be. Fear only has power when you are alone but your flame isn't the only one out there. It isn't the only candle at the altar.

Amazing like always !

This is so beautiful

You have such a calming voice! Treasure it!

beautiful.

I right my feeling down in my notes and pretend that I could one day, like Shane, I could stand up read them out loud ❤️

MY HEART AWW

you are brilliant😢😢

He is one of the few people who can make me feel deeply and beautifully in a when I don't feel much lately

@nate2396

2 ай бұрын

How I feel too

could you imagine being the girl he wrote this about? like hearing this and putting the pieces together like a puzzle can’t help but smile with the memories that collapse over you like a blanket fresh out of the dryer full of warmth

loved it!

I would love to have someone see me this way.

This is beautiful

Yay new video

"I think your JAWSOME!" I need that card.

i got chills when you said she moved.

Breath in. Breath out. In. Out. In, out, in, out, in out, in out, inout, inout. Heartbeat. We all find them in the end, and we all learned that they could leave and never appear again. Or that they could take our hand and lead us away with Them. Some of us give up in following them will pure unconditional love, but some of us stay strong in their footsteps. We listen to our heartbeats as if it's a melody written for them, always ready to give up ourselves to save them. These people are different for everyone. It could be a crush, a best friend, or family, or just some person you met on the internet. We feel obligated to feel a need to protect, to save, to... to feel love, heartbreak, and agony of the never-ending battle in our hearts over what's best for them. For the beat of battle drums to stop and have us chucked head first into an ocean of broken people, broken hearts we are part if. That float up as we slowly fix ourselves. To then move softly through that ocean to the safety of shire and feel the pain of being broken again. But we live with it. We mold it and use it as a memory. A memory better left forgotten. ¤~¤~¤~¤~¤ This is isn't ment to sound perfect, I am young, but I wrote this and I wanted to share it somehow. I know what it is to feel like those words above that I messed around with, and that's why I did. To see if others feel the same. ~Alec, 13

U are amazing

God... I wish I could tell my crush how much I love him... I just don't know how he'd react... But I love him so much...

@girlwithalaptop5690

8 жыл бұрын

Just do it. I believe in you

@rosaperegrine4556

8 жыл бұрын

Go for it!! You get one life, make the most of it, who knows, maybe they feel the same way as you do. Mabie he doesn't. But they could. If the whole world what iffed, nothing would ever happen. Go for it

@OigresNav

8 жыл бұрын

Look at the bright side, no matter how it goes he can't react. Thanks FineBros! ... ... ... But seriously you got this

@magician8831

6 жыл бұрын

Madame Mystery i said to my crush that I like him but even though he doesn't feel the same I think it's better at least I'll not live on a fantasy again..😂😅

This is so cute but it got so sad 😞 I love your work so much, I hope someday I can be as amazing of a writer as you are. This is amazing ❤️

I listened to this a year ago and I liked it but I never really listened to every word like I do now. I realized I should have cause if I did I would have realized to stop taking stuff for granted. I took my only true love for granted and he had to leave do to family and now I'm left alone. Nobody to love. Because when he left I didn't think to get a number or address. I miss when we would walk home together and when we would sit next to each other everywhere we went together. I miss all are good times. I know I can never get you back but I will remember all the wonderful moments we had together and I will never forget you. If I ever see you again I'll never let you go like I did. I dream about you every night what it would be if I still had you. I miss you so much. I never even said I love you.

this is the cutest thing, like holy shit. I can't stop smiling, and the ending! just- ugh! too cute!

Shane you are so inspirational. I wish to meet you some day

Thank you❣️❣️❣️❣️

magical