Thanks for the kind words everyone. I play guitar in Pianos. The monologue was written by our old keyboard player, who was named Matthew and his mother passed away from cancer when he was a kid. The song is about missing home, how things change, death, etc. The video was the directors take on the song, and frankly, it is not how the song should be interpreted. The video portrays a broken home of sorts but all of us have very supportive loving families, which makes the hard stuff even harder.

@ivansingaivskii2249

3 жыл бұрын

I pray for you. You have changed my life

@drewthenoise7119

2 жыл бұрын

🙏🏻

@matthewstrickland214

2 жыл бұрын

My mother passed away when I was 15.. The monologue gets me every time..

@mastersummersjr

2 жыл бұрын

The music portrays the message perfectly. I listen to this song every time I drive past the neighborhood of my childhood. You guys are amazing.

@ScrumHalfDachshund

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this song, it helped me a lot growing up. Do you remember what is being said by the mother at 4:28? "You were always the (indecipherable)"

My mom died in her sleep with nothing wrong with her. The one night she was living and in the morning, she passed away. This song is the only one that really lets me connect with her. Because whenever I say "I miss you" I wonder if she knows.

@Talawn

10 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear man, I'm sure she misses you too.

@MicsG

9 жыл бұрын

Derek Bray I'm happy you found this song last year :). She sure does.

@avostorm8111

9 жыл бұрын

Thank you all my friends.

@hiimbof

9 жыл бұрын

+Derek Bray man she forsure knows you miss her .i kinda feel you in your struggle, im adopted life just doesnt feel like the home it use to be, or should have been.

@Talawn

9 жыл бұрын

It will all work out for you in the end my friend. I promise.

Forever coming back to this.

@thaddeusteewurst5955

3 жыл бұрын

Forever

@loganccdavis

3 жыл бұрын

Forever dudes.

@theartist6764

3 жыл бұрын

In 2021

I was in this video when it was filmed back in the autumn of 2008. (I'm the guy all the way to the very left at 05:18.) We spent hours there waiting to do our part, which took probably about 20 minutes to get down pat. Even though I had such a minuscule part in the making of this video, I have a kinship with it, and it feels like 'my video'. The band and the crew who filmed the video were fantastic, and they made it one of the best Saturdays ever.

@Deadhumancollector0

10 жыл бұрын

That is a very cool experience that you had and you are very lucky to get to be in a music video I wish I could be in one

@mrobusto1010

9 жыл бұрын

Where in Baltimore was this filmed?

@adamcharney

9 жыл бұрын

Brooklyn, I believe.

@mrobusto1010

9 жыл бұрын

Cool. Just curious. Saw brick row homes and figured it was either in the city or in Dundalk.

@adamcharney

9 жыл бұрын

You certainly weren't far off. ;-)

as of 2020. Cant believe how much this song takes me back to my youth even though im 27 now. (found this band at like 18-19) Time fades so badly. Please enjoy every minute of your life you got. It passes so fast..

@aaronvigil9910

4 жыл бұрын

I’m right here with you! I’m F***ing 25 already! I feel like I’ve missed out on so many things. I’ve been wanting to live in a tropical country for years since I was 19. I’m finally taking the leap at 25, and going to live in Ecuador 🇪🇨 for 6 months. Life is all about experiences. Life is so beautiful and let’s take everything it has to offer my friend. I wish you can accomplish everything you want in your life going forward from 27 :)

@Frobbl

3 жыл бұрын

@Collin Daniel I definitely lived my youth perfectly. I wouldn't change a thing about it. The thing that's bothering me is that after your youth everything just slowly goes downhil.. You end up just living for your employer most of your time. You lose many friends, your body becomes weak and possibly ill. Your youth really is the only time era during which you are 100% free.

@Imadumbdoodoohead

3 жыл бұрын

Lol, I'm 27 this year and going on my bandcamp emo nostalgia trip.

@DavidHoughton17

3 жыл бұрын

its 2021, whenever i will see this video i will sill tear up

@Astrostone666

3 жыл бұрын

wise words and utterly true. even I feel that by the age of 25

"I miss you" "I know" Get's me every time

'I miss you' ... 'I know'. Holy shit, goosebumps.

Mathew, your smile in the face of your greatest fear was the best gift a mother could ever receive. I miss you... I know.... *Loses shit*

This song came out near the time the my father committed suicide. Being the executive of the estate, including our childhood some. The house lay empty for several years. Occasionally, I’d take trips to check the house. One week had been some very painful, unshaken grief. I had on our old living room couch. The house had been empty for years. Dust covered things there once important: TV times with the family, stoves unused for all this time. The dead quiet and no memories and people moving about. Up until this point, I didn’t get emotional in front of family and friends. Trying to keep a straight front to comfort my people in my as much as possible. Sitting on the old couch, and this song came on. I broke down in a level of sobbing I didn’t know positive. Bleating out “I’m so sorry”, breaking things off of the shelf and unable to stand as it became more intense. It was cathartic, and it help put the proper face on things. Getting it all out led to journey of me moving past this tragedy. Thank you for this track.

There's two songs that I basically can't listen to without teary eyes. "I See Everything" by La Dispute and this one.

@Jareth4am

3 жыл бұрын

Hearing this made me go back and listen to every la dispute song yesterday

@t-droreviews7905

2 жыл бұрын

Ah man that song is beautiful, same here

@nicolabaldi1419

Жыл бұрын

Dude I was thinking the same! I was listening to I see everything and than that brought me here!

@RabbiRabbit87

9 ай бұрын

Hell yeah la dispute gets me every time

That "I know." is a real killer.

@franklinhendricks9387

4 жыл бұрын

For real I cry every time

@FindingIsaac

4 жыл бұрын

Kills me every time. My mom died in 2014 and it hits home...

@ScubaStevesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

Serial killer at this point

@F19_33

3 жыл бұрын

Still makes me cry. My mom died only 3 years ago.

lyrics And I miss home And I miss the closets, the windows, the hallways And when we are gone who will keep up the garden? Like a mother calling her boy I am, I am so unsafe But she can't do it alone But there's nothing stronger than her prayers Nothing stronger than the smell of reds My fathers reds Under bridges waiting to look forward Waiting for rushes ends Living in the moment is the homeless mantra They know the busiest streets All we have, all we have All we have is letting sleeping dogs lay All we have, all we have All we have is letting sleeping dogs lay Your face lit up and for once and I enjoyed where I was The truth is jade plants die and the truth is muscles atrophy Softening your skin and hardening mine I don't know where to begin I've thought about this day so much and thought of so many things I've wanted to say now But now I can only look at you like the pictures I spend hours staring at I don't think I've ever smiled so wide as when you were holding me up I was given a picture the other day of a past birthday We were together on our back deck I remember You were covered in powdered sugar from the donuts you were eating I've always loved watching you smile Do you remember the mornings when we woke up early to ride bicycles to on the board walk? Or the night before my first homecoming when you taught me how to dance? Yes I remember I hope she appreciated all my hard work I wish I had a different story to tell I seem I have drifted fairly far away from what you taught me You were always the indecipherable I'll admit there hasn't been much to smile about since Since you left I didn't leave I fought for five years to stay at your side What do you remember about that night? I remember a family that loved their wife and mother very much How can you say that? We were liars We clung to those songs like we so desperately wanted to cling to you Then I don't think you heard the same song I did You had to know I was lying You had to know how much I hated myself for smiling like a fool For spending our last few minutes together deceiving you Matthew your smile on the face of your greatest fear was the greatest gift a mother has ever received from her child I miss you I know Everyone cares and very eye carelessly tiptoes around you Watching you They'll wear black ties and as they applaud I'll count claps like the fig tree the master cursed the arms that gave us life Take so much more I'll count claps like the fig tree the master cursed the arms that gave us life Take so much more

I was not prepared for these feels...

@erikp2121

9 жыл бұрын

everything by pbtt will repeatedly punch you in the feels. scarred for life.

@quiz9146

9 жыл бұрын

try More Than Life

I really thought this song meant the world to me a few years ago, I used to connect to the monologue, despite not having experiencing anything like it. Fast forward a few years, and I have since lost my mother to cancer. Rediscovering this has hit me twice as hard in the chest as it did years ago. Much love ❤

In my old home, I lived there for eight years and went through everything through that house. It was all I knew and I grew up there. All my memories were made there and this song takes me back there and to my childhood. That house is far more than just four walls to me.

One of the most beautiful pieces of art I've ever heard/seed

@marcuswhitfield7706

9 жыл бұрын

Marcus Whitfield *seen

@FACILITATE300

9 жыл бұрын

my favorite part of the song is the intro so sick!

I have never heard a sadder, more emotional song in my life. Their lyrics always did hit pretty hard.

This song will never not move me to tears

@RabbiRabbit87

9 ай бұрын

Agreed

@TeethKickedIn

11 күн бұрын

Same here

I'm so thankful that I was able to see this band live. They opened for Defeater so they didn't have time to play this song but they played almost all their songs. Love them forever.

Passion over everything.

@normajean716

10 жыл бұрын

Yea it's straight stanky with the passion..

I can't read the lyrics or listen to the song without crying by the end of it. So much talent, so much emotion, a great story. The song is near perfection. Thank you

I don't think people realize how beautiful this song is, and how beautifully written it is. I cry everytime.

There are few songs in this world that can make me feel the things that this songs does.. it's the same everytime.. I can't explain.

This song still gets me every single time

The post-rock mixture is unbelievably good

Thanks for all the kind words. For anyone interested on why this sounds different than the Saltwater EP version, it's because I recorded it at my studio later on.

Sekarang aku menginjak usia dewasa, dan ini semua tidak begitu mudah ku jalani. Keluarga ku masih lengkap, saudara / saudari, ayah dan ibuku masih ada. Akan tetapi ini semua terasa begitu sepi, karena ibu dan juga kakak perempuanku mereka berdua telah terkena penyakit mental. Ibuku menderita sudah belasan tahun, dan kakak perempuanku menderita telah beberapa tahun. Terkadang aku merenung dikala sendiri di pertengahan malam hari, aku selalu berharap mereka berdua bisa kembali seperti sedia kala. Aku tidak mau menyerah, dan aku ingin selalu bisa setiap saat menemani mereka (keluargaku) dalam keadaan apapun. Aku bekerja dari usia ku 17 tahun hanya untuk diriku sendiri dan juga untuk keluargaku, hingga saat ini usiaku 24 tahun. Memang aku masih mempunyai seorang ayah yang seharusnya bekerja keras untuk mencukupi kebutuhan di rumah, akan tetapi beliau kini sedang tidak mempunyai pekerjaan, tetapi beliau juga tidak hanya cuma diam saja dirumah, beliau tetap berusaha mencari pekerjaan sementara. Kini, disini aku bercerita seperti ini bukan berharap untuk mendapatkan perhatian atau belas kasihan dari orang lain, hanya saja aku bingung menceritakan ini semua pada siapa. Dengan bercerita disini seperti ini, aku akan merasa sedikit lega. Itulah tujuanku menceritakan ini disini.

that middle part makes me cry everytime

I still vividly remember listening and watching this for the first time many many years ago.. I was hooked instantly from the first screams and that riff and audibly went "oh shit". And then the keyboard/dialogue section blew me away.. that part is still incomparable.

@carmelkirk4078

7 жыл бұрын

It's always so nice to see a fellow Hopesfall fan. They never received their due..

@Metalmirq

7 жыл бұрын

Carmel Kirk Hopesfall just signed to Equal Vision and are writing a new album! Fuck yeah!

@misterjohnlove

6 жыл бұрын

Dont play with my heart

@TheCitizenErazed

4 жыл бұрын

Still looking for something similar but I guess it's impossible to match these feelings..

@hopesfall2win

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCitizenErazed 36crazyfists - Only a Year or So; that is sort of similar to the interlude here given its context. Or Maybeshewill - He Films the Clouds Part 2. Still no Houses We Die In but they are good.

I swear, I'm listening to this song over and over for about 30 minutes now. Not planning to stop soon.

this is one of my favorite songs for years

10 years and it still hits the same

@Clone003

Жыл бұрын

For sure. Aged like perfectly sweet wine

This song breaks me. Wow.

Made me cry again, and I've heard it enough to know what's coming. Powerful.

This band speaks so much through music and lyrics.. This made me wanna make a phone call and ask "WHY, JUST WHY.. ALL I WANTED ALL I NEEDED.. JUST WHY.. WHY YOU NEVER ASKED.. WHY" and that call would only be dream to never come to life..

@JbURNSnYC

2 жыл бұрын

And I’m here nine years later and all I still ask is WHY?!!

10 years old and still makes me cry like the first time i heard it

Am yet to listen to this song once without at least choking back tears

This fucking song is one of my favorite songs by Pianos Become The Teeth. I generally love their music, I found them while looking for bands similar to La Dispute. La Dispute is to this day, my favorite band of all time, and although Pianos Become The Teeth aren't exactly the same, which is good, they also show emotion in their songs and have incredible lyrics. La Dispute still has the best content in my opinion when it comes to the way they write their songs and its lyrics, and if you haven't listened to them, I highly recommend that you do. Favorite Album is Wild Life, but if you like this band, I think you'll enjoy La Dispute and Touche Amore as well.

14 years later I still come back to this video/ song from time to time.

still crying to this song... cherish your loved ones. time is never on our side.

so much raw emotion, you can feel the guitars breath through you, i love how raw it sounds, captures the subject matter so well.

This may be the most heartbraking and sad song ever

Its very rare to find a band with energy and meaning in their music these days. This is a very "Strong" song and it still gives me chills when i hear it.

Still listening in 2022. Thought they died off from myspace days but I heard they're going on tour and just made new material. That's great news

the way she says 'i know' just breaks my heart omfg.

Anyone who doesn't feel the emotion when listening to this song doesn't deserve to listen to music. Beautiful.

“I miss you.” “I know.” It gets me every time.

This is the exact kind of emotion that a singing voice couldn't DARE to attempt. Great work, guys. The passion coming off this song is incredible.

Such a beautiful song.

this hit me in a spot i haven't thought about since i was a kid. man what i would do to be a kid and free again

I am man enough to admit that this is the first song I had ever cried to. I just discovered this band today and it's already one of my favorite songs and bands. the emotion they put into this song is just amazing. just purely amazing.

Music like this connects on a level that other music can't. So descriptive. So raw. So beautiful. So passionate. This.. This is why I love sadness.. Nothing speaks like sadness..

The feels are real

this is almost like explosions in the sky with words and anger and sadness. I love it.

@whatif7191

5 жыл бұрын

Good call on that! I am going to see Explosions in Sept.!

@davision647

Жыл бұрын

Wow that’s perfect

I always get back to this...and always get goosebumps listening to it

so much passion and emotion in this, LOVE IT !

And I miss home And I miss the closets, the windows, the hallways And when we are gone who will keep up the garden? Like a mother calling her boy I am, I am so unsafe But she can't do it alone But there's nothing stronger than her prayers Nothing stronger than the smell of reds My fathers reds Under bridges waiting to look forward Waiting for rushes ends Living in the moment is the homeless mantra They know the busiest streets All we have, all we have All we have is letting sleeping dogs lay All we have, all we have All we have is letting sleeping dogs lay Your face lit up and for once and I enjoyed where I was The truth is jade plants die and the truth is muscles atrophy Softening your skin and hardening mine I don't know where to begin I've thought about this day so much and thought of so many things I've wanted to say now But now I can only look at you like the pictures I spend hours staring at I don't think I've ever smiled so wide as when you were holding me up I was given a picture the other day of a past birthday We were together on our back deck I remember You were covered in powdered sugar from the donuts you were eating I've always loved watching you smile Do you remember the mornings when we woke up early to ride bicycles to on the board walk? Or the night before my first homecoming when you taught me how to dance? Yes I remember I hope she appreciated all my hard work I wish I had a different story to tell I seem I have drifted fairly far away from what you taught me You were always the indecipherable I'll admit there hasn't been much to smile about since Since you left I didn't leave I fought for five years to stay at your side What do you remember about that night? I remember a family that loved their wife and mother very much How can you say that? We were liars We clung to those songs like we so desperately wanted to cling to you Then I don't think you heard the same song I did You had to know I was lying You had to know how much I hated myself for smiling like a fool For spending our last few minutes together deceiving you Matthew your smile on the face of your greatest fear was the greatest gift a mother has ever received from her child I miss you I know Everyone cares and very eye carelessly tiptoes around you Watching you They'll wear black ties and as they applaud I'll count claps like the fig tree the master cursed the arms that gave us life Take so much more I'll count claps like the fig tree the master cursed the arms that gave us life Take so much more

Letra 😁: And I miss home And I miss the closets, the windows, the hallways And when we are gone who will keep up the garden? Like a mother calling her boy I am, I am so unsafe But she can't do it alone But there's nothing stronger than her prayers Nothing stronger than the smell of reds My fathers reds Under bridges waiting to look forward Waiting for rushes ends Living in the moment is the homeless mantra They know the busiest streets All we have, all we have All we have is letting sleeping dogs lay All we have, all we have All we have is letting sleeping dogs lay Your face lit up and for once and I enjoyed where I was The truth is jade plants die and the truth is muscles atrophy Softening your skin and hardening mine I don't know where to begin I've thought about this day so much and thought of so many things I've wanted to say now But now I can only look at you like the pictures I spend hours staring at I don't think I've ever smiled so wide as when you were holding me up I was given a picture the other day of a past birthday We were together on our back deck I remember You were covered in powdered sugar from the donuts you were eating I've always loved watching you smile Do you remember the mornings when we woke up early to ride bicycles to on the board walk? Or the night before my first homecoming when you taught me how to dance? Yes I remember I hope she appreciated all my hard work I wish I had a different story to tell I seem I have drifted fairly far away from what you taught me You were always the indecipherable I'll admit there hasn't been much to smile about since Since you left I didn't leave I fought for five years to stay at your side What do you remember about that night? I remember a family that loved their wife and mother very much How can you say that? We were liars We clung to those songs like we so desperately wanted to cling to you Then I don't think you heard the same song I did You had to know I was lying You had to know how much I hated myself for smiling like a fool For spending our last few minutes together deceiving you Matthew your smile on the face of your greatest fear was the greatest gift a mother has ever received from her child I miss you I know Everyone cares and very eye carelessly tiptoes around you Watching you They'll wear black ties and as they applaud I'll count claps like the fig tree the master cursed the arms that gave us life Take so much more I'll count claps like the fig tree the master cursed the arms that gave us life Take so much more

it's weird to think how music can convey such emotions that words can never exactly explain.

You had to know I was lying You had to know how much I hated myself for smiling like a fool For spending our last few minutes together deceiving you Matthew, your smile in the face of your greatest fear was the greatest gift a mother has ever received from her child. I miss you I know chills

Oops I'm crying again

@erikp2121

9 жыл бұрын

erik s. i am erik s p.

@banessuperbrutalmetalfunti2561

9 жыл бұрын

erik p Hello, Eriks s and p. I am Bane.

this song always hits me right in the feelings

fuck, I'm constantly looking for gems like these guys.

@Kindahuge

10 жыл бұрын

Uhhh. You're constantly looking for any number of bandwagon screamo wannabe throwbacks to 2003?

@curbstompe

10 жыл бұрын

Kindahuge I understand what you mean, but apparently I can notice much more variety in the genre than you're capable of, big guy.

@ZeldafreakXD

10 жыл бұрын

Kindahuge The Screamo bands from 2003 were great... or even the ones from the 90s. But this... argh.

@younginn3239

9 жыл бұрын

La Dispute / Touche Amore are pretty fucking awesome

@mrobusto1010

9 жыл бұрын

Kindahuge Have you listened to them lately. They've really grown. Keep You (their most recent release) may be one of the most mature and heartfelt emo records I've heard.

even after a year this song still gives me chills. I love this band and all the dudes in it! amazing guys that make amazing music. Love this band! They just get better and better.

I've tried so many times but I just cannot listen to this song without choking up

If im so afraid to die, why does thinking of death feel so good

@howard19

8 жыл бұрын

Because the truth doesn't hurt once you realize it.

This song is amazing. So much emotion and energy. Not many songs give the feeling this song does. One of my favorites. Specially the breakdown, i love that reverb and piano. That dialogue is just extraordinary . This whole song makes me wonder/think of people I cared that are no longer with me.

Years later and this is still one of my favourite songs. So raw

This and American Football's "Never Meant" are the feel songs.

@tutorialdebatata6154

6 жыл бұрын

Adam Benjamin its emo

we need this on spotify...

I'm just going to keep sobbing.

When I first heard this song, I didn’t really understand it, it hadn’t fully sunk in. But now, I understood the heart of this song and it’s meaning, it’s now one of my all time favourite songs. I couldn’t imagine losing my mother. I wouldn’t change a single thing about this song. Beginning to end, it’s a masterpiece to me. I struggle to get through this song without getting extremely emotional every time.

It only took about a hundred listens before I could listen to this song without tearing up

@mycrunkisfree

7 жыл бұрын

yuowmesummeth still can't

@ITSjustAuserNAME100

5 жыл бұрын

Only a hundred?

this song hits way to close. I ran away from home.

I just lost my mother, and listening to this is just, something else... so beautiful. :'(

I'm revisiting so I might as well leave a comment. I was listening to this a long time before I started the poetry thing or even considered it and I remember thinking damn why that dialogue in the middle feels so powerful and cuts so deep. It's so specific and universal at the same time, I guess the stars align from time to time and these things happen, it's a sad song but it makes me feel so full of life. I'll be revisiting in the future..

This song slays me, dude. It's the saddest. T_T

@Eshkanama

8 жыл бұрын

me too

tears

This is one of the few songs that is able to make me cry literally every time I listen to it.

This is one of my favourite songs.

2019 still here

This song makes me feel like I understand nothing.

My mom died half a year ago. Today I remembered this song. Holy shit, the tears...

@rocker56975

5 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry, my friend, I would not know what to do if I lacked mine.

Love the piano in this, beautiful!

This song makes me want to go fucking hug my mom, man..

@avostorm8111

8 жыл бұрын

+Mason Likes Punk Rock Wish I could man.. Give her a hug for us boys that can't.

@avostorm8111

8 жыл бұрын

+Mason Likes Punk Rock meaning the boys that lost their mothers.

@damnimsowasted

8 жыл бұрын

+Derek Bray we do. all best.

Ahhhhhh soooo many feels e.e So fucking perfect ♡

My grandma died a few months ago and this song always reminds me of that time. I moved far away from home 4 years ago and I only saw my grandma a few times since then. She was such a kind and gentle woman and I spent so little time with her and now she's gone. On the night she died I went for a walk by myself at night. It was dark and cold and I turned this song on and sat in a park crying. I miss my grandma's smile. Thank-you Pianos Become the Teeth for being here with me.

never heard a song so raw and full of emotion, and never heard a song that can convey a message as strong as this. wow.

How can you say that? We were liars We clung to those songs like we so desperately wanted to Cling to you. Then I don't think you heard the same song I did

Spencer Chamberlain

@alexandertorrente198

6 жыл бұрын

Rogelio Castillo I can kinda see it in the screaner, but not as much in his voice

This is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard.

this needs more than 800k views.

that little kid looks about 30 years old

@Aiden-zi3xf

8 жыл бұрын

the beyonces kid

I'm afraid that one day I won't see my mom anymore..

@billnyedaguyshorts5708

5 жыл бұрын

Me to.

@avostorm8111

5 жыл бұрын

It sucks. My advice? Charish everything she does for you. Not being to ever ask her for help, talk to to, just to be around. It really kills you.

@SPECTRALWRAITH614

5 жыл бұрын

sad...

@Orchid_decay

5 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry I'm such a shitty friend.

@k4kuj4_.-18

5 жыл бұрын

@@Orchid_decay fuck off

All awesome bands including this one.

This song hits home

Did she just Han Solo him?

@gmadman7

9 жыл бұрын

yep ;-;

this song came up on my playlist and one of my friends here was like 'change it' and i'm just like, why do people always avoid pain, do everything they can, why do they always try to avoid thinking about anything heavy in their life. why is all that stuff 'bad'..

Beautiful.

I thought this song was sad until my father passed away a few days ago and this band is all I can listen to now. I don't think I've ever related to another bands music like this ever.