Monsters out July 10! Pre-Order Now: themidnight.lnk.to/monstersYo

@ragenk1062

4 жыл бұрын

Can't wait!

@lukewilliams5380

4 жыл бұрын

The world needs this more than ever.

@user-vi5ip1hg2d

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@sergeynasedkin5121

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers from Russia, guys! Pre-ordered!

@Teddy-hq2nw

4 жыл бұрын

I AM SO ESTATIC I CANNOT WAIT

The sax returns. Vibe.

@tanayyy2875

4 жыл бұрын

finallyyyyyy

@WooAlberto

4 жыл бұрын

This song passes the vibe check

@ItzATM

4 жыл бұрын

I was worried they’d moved on from it since Kids didn’t have it, and was super upset cuz it really separates them and takes them to another level. So happy to see it’s back

@Beeperfect

4 жыл бұрын

SAXXX!!!

@WooAlberto

4 жыл бұрын

@@ItzATM Kids was meant to be a youth's perspective, right? It was revealed in an interview that they thought the Sax was a very mature and adult instrument, ergo not fitting the aesthetic

my neighbours are so lucky: they will listen to this song now for the upcoming days over and over and over.. :D

@OsoapbubblesO

4 жыл бұрын

PS: the posters on the bedroom wall are hilarious - even ecco the dolphin (still got this game on a sega megadrive) made it there!

@Beeperfect

4 жыл бұрын

Turn it up well, make sure they hear all this.

@dutchrub

4 жыл бұрын

@@OsoapbubblesO Looks like they're all song titles off the new album, according to the tracklisting! They are so clever!

@OsoapbubblesO

4 жыл бұрын

​@@dutchrub thx so much for the hint! ;)

@gapearson4486

4 жыл бұрын

I wish you were my neighbour right now 😂

I feel so bad for all the people in the world who hasn't discovered the midnight yet...

@MrPositive3D

4 жыл бұрын

They don't make music videos for some reason. So it can't ever be played on any music video tv across the world. So everything is word of mouth. It's insane haha I love that they aren't even bigger, which they very EASILY could be. Just one original music video and they'd be too big haha

@channelwithout

4 жыл бұрын

@David Lad I mean they are big, just big within their own scene. Popularity doesn't necessarily mean "chart music". Synthwave should have a scene like classical, rap and metal have their own scenes.

@clementeen

4 жыл бұрын

On the contrary let them stay our secret. Can you imagine one more teenager who wears a t-shirt of a band in which they don’t listen to their music? example: nirvana song plays, teen wearing sis nirvana shirt says: “ughh this sounds like bad 90’s rock” 🙄

@channelwithout

4 жыл бұрын

@@clementeen there are "imposters" in any scene, people who wear a band shirt because they like how the logo looks or are desperately trying to fit in, etc

@skippyhead387

4 жыл бұрын

Vokun X I'm actually happy that many people don't know this .. only those who are truly passionate will find it .. no matter what. Music like this a beacon for them sooner or later they are bound to come across.. just like me .. and I don't regret the wait . I'm just happy that I reached a destination I was subconsciously travelling towards.

The Midnight has literally helped me through a period of deep depression, a heatbreaking breakup and all during a pandemic. Strong stuff, music.

@emmab6253

4 жыл бұрын

I feel you. I found The Midnight in a similar time in my life, and it changed my life, maybe even saved it. Music is magical, especially music as amazing as this.

@nocturnal7345

4 жыл бұрын

@@emmab6253 I found The Midnight in Christmas 2018, one of the best gifts I received is discovering this band. Been attached to synthwave way back in 2017, but it took me a year to discover The Midnight...

@sandymatosz8842

4 жыл бұрын

This is the truest statement. The Midnight has helped me through some tough and good times.

@secretrarecollctbles1892

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@mr.myriad3142

4 жыл бұрын

You and me both. It gets better. With good tunes and some positivity, it does get better.

Who else is going to listen to this on repeat for the next week? God I love this band.

@timmcewanswoodenspoons4517

4 жыл бұрын

The next week more like!

@Johnny_Zdj

4 жыл бұрын

Yep!

@ItsJennNotJenny

4 жыл бұрын

Meeeeee! 💙🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️

@thehardlyboys1115

4 жыл бұрын

@@timmcewanswoodenspoons4517 You're right I'll edit my comment cause you're spot on!

@hailey7368

4 жыл бұрын

🙋🙋🙋🎷

I was expecting a slower burn, but nah, this song started slapping from second one

@ohowham2044

4 жыл бұрын

Alberto Gomez wish it was slower

@nolanscherzer1911

4 жыл бұрын

Oho Wham I think whatever song comes before this one on the album will bleed into this one and that there is build up that was cut off in the single.

@aburr1d0

4 жыл бұрын

...y tal cual está, es perfecta.

@YEYGAHH

4 жыл бұрын

If you listen to the lyrics I think that was the point. You weren’t looking for an in your face track but there she was. Lol. Can’t wait for the whole album ❤️

@matheushenrique-jc7ni

4 жыл бұрын

Alberto Gomez k

This guy has the perfect voice for this vibes. Keep it up

@miketacos9034

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. His voice is like a saxophone.

the absolute power in this man's voice when he says: "I WASN'T LOOKING FOR YOU"

@synthwavedad7116

4 жыл бұрын

Victor Mourched on god

I needed this right now. Anyone else who’s here, your music taste is spot on.

@KGM959

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@inuygoku

4 жыл бұрын

I need this three lifetimes ago. But, even though I waited that long it was worth every second.

@enoidsk7169

4 жыл бұрын

Too right!

@KermitedCyanide

4 жыл бұрын

Right on 🤙

@vivi-vivii

4 жыл бұрын

Why thank you. All the other kids in my class think I'm a weirdo because this is my favorite kind of music

The sax is back!!!!!

@ShokiFox

4 жыл бұрын

And what are The Midnight without the sax? I love it!! #dancemode on

There are some songs you feel like are just meant to be in your life. . . That's The Midnight for me. Forever on repeat.

As someone who loves his brutal deathcore, stuff like defamed, slaughter to prevail, SPITE, I can say the 80s pop sound will always reign supreme and this shit right has those deep 80s vibes and I fucking love it!! This is the first song I heard by you guys and now it looks like I'm gonna go down this musical rabbit hole lol.

@mimishell8956

2 жыл бұрын

thanks... you made me laugh... ^^ Take care

@Nurgles_Rot_

2 жыл бұрын

Megadeth and Napalm Death guy here and I 1235% concur... This type of music is just..perfect!

Wowwww this sounds like a combination of both Endless Summer & Nocturnal

@ryanoconnor7508

4 жыл бұрын

spot on

@channelwithout

4 жыл бұрын

Those were easily their best albums. But this album might top them both!

@Blooming-Soul

4 жыл бұрын

Endless Summer is still an unsurpassed level.

@emialegria

4 жыл бұрын

Its awesome!

@channelwithout

4 жыл бұрын

@@Blooming-Soul fairs, Vampires is easily the best song they've ever done

I was a lost boy when I found out about The Midnight. Now I'm in the Deep Blue.

@shadow4002

4 жыл бұрын

Forever sitting on the beach watching everyone else play on

@andrewnava9633

4 жыл бұрын

Lost boys forever.... forever lost boys. For we are the children of the night...

@Dakka1968

4 жыл бұрын

Same! We were the rebels!

@DaftLuv

4 жыл бұрын

Make sure to be the Comeback Kid next unless you fall into the River of Darkness instead

My boyfriend and I were really feeling the beat. We went crazy when the sax came in after the fade out. I honestly thought we were going to have an EDM-like beat drop but the sax man the sax...

@thefusionfire2235

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it reaches deep within the soul 😃

looks like sax is back on the menu boys

You guys are one of the only artists that I constantly fall more in love with. You seem like you haven't lost your drive or passion one bit since the beginning. So happy I saw you guys in D.C.!

@373hbone

4 жыл бұрын

LUCKY YOU......!! I WAS PLANNING ON WATCHING THEM THIS YEAR BUT CORONA SAID NO......NOW I WILL DO IT ONCE THIS PLANDEMIC IS OVER

@robertbell3700

4 жыл бұрын

Did they play the 9:30? I live in Fairfax....missed it somehow.

@trh4982

4 жыл бұрын

@@373hbone They absolutely need to be seen Live!!! You won't regret it.

@The-ch5ry

4 жыл бұрын

haha, hello crypto world! Not surprised seeing you here Nick :)

@Sawyer5500

4 жыл бұрын

I saw them in DC too...U St Music Hall October 2018. And then again in Baltimore April 2019.

My mind: We're all gonna die. We're all going broke. The supply chain is breaking. Violence is coming. *Tim and Tyler drop a single. *New album in July: MONSTERS. My mind: *adjusts Ray-Bans* Everything will be okay. Art will save us. Life is good.

@kromzilla3781

4 жыл бұрын

This song could end wars

@Asilentecho1

4 жыл бұрын

This is madness

@HandlesAreStupid2024

4 жыл бұрын

Laughs in introvert

@hailey7368

4 жыл бұрын

Truth.

@themidnightofficial

4 жыл бұрын

Jason Millhouse you get it.

I WAS HERE BIBI LE ROI

This song is 4 min long and it just flys by. I need an hour version. It's so good

That snare. It's always that damned snare that hits me deep.

@OhYahhs56

4 жыл бұрын

And the kick. Dont underestimate the deep punch kick

50% nocturnal 50% endless summer 100% perfection

@ATLEXDDW

4 жыл бұрын

True!

@Gabezcube

4 жыл бұрын

100%

@Beeperfect

4 жыл бұрын

perfect breakdown lol

@bigaj6901

4 жыл бұрын

Couldn't have put it better myself

@whateverworksmate.721

4 жыл бұрын

That's exactly it!

This is beyond 🔥

@Farreach

10 ай бұрын

yes... it is hotter like plasma

That bouncy synth during the bridge does something to me I can't explain.

WHY CAN'T I LIKE THIS A MILLION TIMES!? Instantly in love, new album is going to be amazing

@themidnightofficial

4 жыл бұрын

Robbie Carter this glitch in KZread must be fixed immediately.

@ssuero536

4 жыл бұрын

New album !? 😳

@boobiedoobie9649

4 жыл бұрын

@@ssuero536 july 10th!!!

@rvssoumya4961

4 жыл бұрын

@@themidnightofficial Haha it will be only for your Band❤️

I HAVE NEVER ADDED ANYTHING TO MY SPOTIFY PLAYLIST HARDER IN MY LIFE

Not to exaggerate but this band is probably the best out there, I've never seen a band/artists where literally each song they produce is pure gold. They always take me to places and I can't explain how much their music changed my life

@tomcatxeno5529

4 жыл бұрын

100% pure gold, not a bad track from them. I also wish Miami Nights 1984 was this active...

@crusadasdesierto1880

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, you are right

@derrickdavis7917

Жыл бұрын

Try : The Birthday Massacre if you want that surreal feeling as well.

@mount2292

Жыл бұрын

It's same for me

I recently discovered Retrowave/Synthwave about 7 months or so ago, listened to all kinds of artists and bands throughout youtube. Got hooked instantly by the genre and loved the vibes the music gave me.... But then suddenly stumbled on a few songs from The Midnight by sheer accident a few weeks ago during quarantine and found something just so pure, unique and powerful at the same time within their sound and lyrics combined.... I fell in love almost instantaneously. Have been listening to Endless Summer, Kids, Days of Thunder and Nocturnal almost every week non-stop, there is not a single song that is a miss. Not a single one. From Vampires, Lost Boy, Synthetic, Crystalline, Crockett's Revenge to Los Angeles, Shadows, Jason, Days of Thunder and so many others.... They are ALL amazing. Then listened to this song.... WOW! One of the best lyrics they have written for any of their songs no question!! I'm not exaggerating. And that sax! Amazing stuff. This band is pure genius. Glad there is a bunch of people that appreciate both this genre and this band in the comment section. Can't wait for this new album: Monsters! Bring it The Midnight: MY BODY IS READY!

@tomcatxeno5529

4 жыл бұрын

Mind was blown when I found the genre as well. Just what my nostalgic heart needed.

@tomcatxeno5529

4 жыл бұрын

Try music from Miami Nights 1984 and TimeCop1983

@TheDude_Abides_

4 жыл бұрын

Samesies. It started with neon nox, now this synthwave stuff is all I listen to lol

@TheVickeryFamily

3 жыл бұрын

Check out Syst3mGlitch. Amazing stuff too

@yoni5570

3 жыл бұрын

Love the user name. It fits when you write a comment on this incredible song.

The True successor to the River of Darkness! Tim and Tyler, WE LOVE YOU ALL!

the midnight has a new song out? sorry boss, gonna stop working and listen RIGHT NOW

@Alixxusa

4 жыл бұрын

Cap.

On l'a eu ce dragon..🙏🏾

MERCI BIBI

@paulbess9209

3 жыл бұрын

C'est qui bibi ?

As a first responder that works a midnight shift in this current mess, this song is what I need right now

@themidnightofficial

4 жыл бұрын

💜

@JoelCaseyJonesMusic

4 жыл бұрын

Fuck yeah warrior

@emmab6253

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all that you do, really, that can't be said enough :)

@jeremycole8454

4 жыл бұрын

thank you, especially now!

@Jbug87

4 жыл бұрын

thank you for all you do. heroes of 2020

2:26 is pure retro magic, that ambience Holy mother of the midnight

ALLER BIBI ON VEUT VOIR LE DRAGON

Thank you for not listening to all the turds telling you guys to get rid of the saxophone. It's part of your signature sound, and helps make these tunes magic. Pre-ordered the record on vinyl. Can't wait to get it! Love you guys!

Not a single The Midnight song is bad. Not even one.

@Midnighmr2747

4 жыл бұрын

i agree with you

@elvan12581

4 жыл бұрын

💯

@user-bj7lv2ps7y

4 жыл бұрын

spitting facts

@mdneehadkadir4679

4 жыл бұрын

Universal truth

@LivyB13

4 жыл бұрын

You are 💯

Lights off, room dark and I am already dancing

"i wasn't looking for you"

The sweet music of the 80s. A handful of Duran Duran, a sprinkle of Phil Collins, a pinch of Survivor and two beans of Tears for Fears. Simply wowwww. I can't stop listening to it !! You are great

Lyrics: I wasn’t looking for action Just some distraction Just a little weeknight booth in the back I wasn’t looking for romance Just a quick slow dance and the off-chance That an off night and a side glance Might lead me to the wrong hands I wasn't looking for you I wasn't after forever Just for whatever I was one of the dark hearts Thought that they'd never truly be opened But this is an explosion Of star crossed and blood rushed And hair tossed and cheeks flushed And weeks lost I wasn't looking for you I said I never felt my heart like this She said I never felt my body I always thought the point of love was just To keep from, to keep from Falling into the deep blue, the deep blue Falling into the deep blue, the deep blue I wasn't looking for devotion Just cheap emotion But I found love I found love like an ocean On my second whiskey Your eyes tried to miss me They lost control I didn't know I had a soul Until the moment you kissed me I wasn't looking for you I said I never felt my heart like this She said I never felt my body I always thought the point of love was just To keep from, to keep from Falling into the deep blue, the deep blue Falling into the deep blue, the deep blue I wasn’t looking for action Just some distraction Just a little weeknight booth in the back I wasn’t looking for romance Just a quick slow dance and the off-chance That an off night and a side glance Might lead me to the wrong hands

@felipevitor4919

4 жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks man!

@JamesHammIII

4 жыл бұрын

@@dougiehawhaw3100 you say that like River of Darkness and Crystalline don't exist. Or even Sunset for that matter. Everything they release is pure gold

@non.treaty.dreamer

4 жыл бұрын

The whole album of Nocturnal 💜🖤💜🖤💜

@impala5108

4 жыл бұрын

Mitchell Sadler thanks bro👍

@JamesHammIII

4 жыл бұрын

@@dougiehawhaw3100 not looking to argue brotha. Just saying that every track they release is absolute bliss. More of a joke really sorry if I came off as argumentative. Meant as more of like bringing up the fact that they have continued to release the same or better quality music since the beginning. (Also bringing up my age? I don't really understand what being 25 has to do with anything but yeah. I get most 14 year olds talk shit on the internet tho.)

Driving an evening on the highway. Turns Midnight on. Life.

@Adamas_83

4 жыл бұрын

It's the best night driving music ever created. Instantly turns my Jetta into a Testarossa.

@AbduulG

4 жыл бұрын

Lmao

R.I.P Igor sadge 🌹

The saxophone is one of the best instruments ever made. Absolute love every time you guys use them in your music

*goosebumps!! everytime i listened to The Midnight... it takes me places

Me: Okay, this is the best song The Midnight will ever have. It can't get any better. The Midnight: *releases a new track* Me: Okay, this is the best song The Midnight will ever have. It can't get any better.

@HM13895

4 жыл бұрын

So true. All their songs have been my favourite at some point

@Pandalorian259

4 жыл бұрын

These are huge facts. I love The Midnight so much!

Bibi je te jure je suis à deux doigts de casser mon écran chaque matin

@Rakshan934

3 жыл бұрын

Il viens de parler de toi en live.

@labullepodcast9027

3 жыл бұрын

ah bah du coup il a vu ton message ce matin aha !

@pepito4225

3 жыл бұрын

@@Rakshan934 srx? Il avait dit quoi?

@anasu4595

3 жыл бұрын

@@pepito4225 4 mois rien n'a bougé ... Je pète mon crane il est trop nul

@aymanhww

2 жыл бұрын

@@anasu4595 9 mois pepeW

No joke this band does not have a single bad song! The perfect band to listen to on a long car journey

Clicked like before hearing the song.

@themidnightofficial

4 жыл бұрын

Darrell Leamon *insert Mr. Burns gif here*

@Vlad2.47

4 жыл бұрын

And only regret is YT won’t allow multi-liking this

Deep Blue has done something amazing. I rarely ever "feel" a song on the first listen, but this one just crushed it within seconds!

Just been cruising along my local sea front, 1986 Mercedes SL, this song blaring and feeling the wind in my bald! Beyond Badass!

Thanks to Pipi the clown of the circus for showing me this wonderful song

Please don’t ever stop making amazing music. Love you guys 💙

The second it started, my life changed.

Been a fan for years now and I’m still amazed by how they KEEP. GETTING. BETTER.

My favorite part is when he says “ I’ve never felt my heart like this, she said I’ve never felt my body” something about those lyrics and how the song slows down to slow build to the saxophone is just awesome to me

I’ve literally been looking forward to this all day. Thank you lads for making such amazing music

Few months ago, I came across a fan made music video of Synthetic, really liked that song and started listening on loop. After that did some research and discovered The Midnight and also the genre Synthwave. No regrets and listening to these kinda songs nowadays. ☺️ Best of luck from India 🇮🇳

Why do I feel sad and happy at the same time when I listen to your songs?

@paulemerson2902

4 жыл бұрын

Thats the magic they create

That sax just hits in the best way. A track of all sax please lol

I love how they can't miss. Solid progression and that vintage style that makes them so solid. I can tell you their execution is priceless and if they continue to pump out music at this rate, they will only become more enshrined as the greatest retro wave ever. Consistent and smooth. They put on a great live show, but nothing surpasses constant material that is everlasting and so moving. A!

@ethanstella1977

4 жыл бұрын

Well said. They have something special for sure

"This will make a fine addition to my collection." I first heard The Midnight on the New Retro Wave Channel when they posted the Endless Summer Album... ever since then I've found it hard to not have almost all The Midnight's music in my daily rotation. Earlier this year I was told by spotify I was one of their biggest fans. Love the music and thank you for being one of the best things to still have in 2020.

That sax never betrays me🎷💃🎷🕺🎷🕺🎷💃🎷

KC 🔵🔵

This is quite great. Always great to hear Tyler with some new vocals. This surprised me, I would have thought Seventeen or Monsters would have been their next "single" release, as they have performed both at their shows. Can't wait for the full album. With Deep Blue, Seventeen, Monsters, and Brooklyn all on it, it's going to be one of their best album releases.

This is like a mix of all my favourite The Midnight songs. Hint's of The Years, Collateral, River of Darkness and so many more. It's perfect guys. If the rest of the album is this level, we are in for such a treat.

Never in my life I heard sax so good. One of my most favorite song of The Midnight

The epic sax split-roasted my ears into the next dimension.

The sax returns! I'm in love

Awesome! We love ya Tyler and Tim!

I lived through the 80's...1980 through 1999. These guys have truly captured the sound of the 80's with this track. I could relive that whole decade in just this one song. The part where the sax comes on makes me laugh every time...it couldn't be anymore spot on than this.

🎷 The only problem I have with this song is that I can’t sing along to the roaring sax solo 🎷

how in the hell....? how... HOW? How does this have 11 dislikes!!? ... This is gold! The Midnight is liquid gold! Cheers to the NEW track!!

@boozcheez

4 жыл бұрын

It's all accidents from people playing it on repeat

@Adamas_83

4 жыл бұрын

Jake has the truth of this. Only explanation that makes any bit of sense.

@shadow4002

4 жыл бұрын

They dislike because the song ends

This is the first track I’ll drive to at night whenever the hell this quarantine is over!!! Amazing work as always Tim & Tyler. 🔥

@Nachohatboy

4 жыл бұрын

The Universe wouldn’t quarantine time make for better driving at night because the streets are empty?

@theuniverse8631

4 жыл бұрын

Nachohatboy Not really, laws in my country are very strict, there’s nothing opened at night so no excuse to be wandering around, you’ll get fined and perhaps even arrested.

@InSaN3ViSioN

4 жыл бұрын

@@theuniverse8631 I drive all the time here in LA. No restrictions like that

@lyricnation4096

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Synthwavers, music video to this song is here kzread.info/dash/bejne/c5OC27SPiZTYdNY.html Check it out!

@boozcheez

4 жыл бұрын

Just drive brohha. It shouldn't be illegal to drive at night. Bring your mask just in case you get pulled over

This may just be my favorite Midnight song.

Anyone else hanging on by a thread largely thanks to great music like this? Awesome job guys!

Getting me through theses uncertain times, with music that makes us as feel certain things will get better again.

So good, guys. It’s really amazing how you just continuously churn out bangers. Can’t wait for July 10th

@MischaVladimir

4 жыл бұрын

Is that when they'll release a new album?

@synthwave_McHerb

4 жыл бұрын

? What happens on July 10th?

BIBI TUES CE DRAGON STP

Midnight 🕛 with The Midnight 🎶🌌

Epic sax return!

Great song! Great vibes! And those posters...I have the Nocturnal poster. 😎

If there's something revolutionary happened in my life in 2019. Discovering The Midnight is on top.

I love how nocturnal and breathtaking and hotsummernights you can be.

@ElCLASICO1137

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I’m surprised more people don’t know about The midnight. The 80s are back!

The best style of song ever

Just the kind of music I needed right now... 😥 Love you guys, hope you're all safe. ❤

That opening melody is just as intoxicating as watching the light above the surface fade while letting yourself sink into the deep blue and embrace its cold

When they said, "I always thought the point of love was just to keep from falling into the deep blue," I felt that.

I want to be in that room with your music! Your music is a lifesaver in these troubled times. ♥️

There has never been a band that made me feel so much in so little time ❤️

...okay this might be one of the best songs The Midnight has ever produced. Oh my god.

What a severely criminally underrated band you guys are. You are a true gem in today's dying music market that lacks genuine talent like you guys have. I have not heard so many lyrically consistent songs in so many years. Your lyrical strings are amazing, simply incredible quality. Never stop what you're doing Midnight and crew. We desperately need your spiritually uplifting sound medicine in the coming dark times to come. Thank you. :)

I love looking and finding all of the little Midnight "Easter Eggs" in the room. The Nocturnal poster, some artwork from Kids and its related singles, etc etc

Well, I have my fave song of 2020! Well, at least until the rest of the album drops. That sax has me ready to face the world today!

Besides the sax, I love that black cat in the background 💖

Discovered The Midnight through a twitch streamer. And now they’ve become my favorite band. I don’t know where I’d be without The Midnight. Thank you for everything, keep it up!

It's been about half a year since I discovered your music and I must say there is no other music I can relate more to...your music literally calms and ignites and helps me through the day....Deep Blue was a success....my dream is to one day see you live.....keep up the great work.... blessings always

You pick a booth in the farthest reaches of the bar, not for its location, but because above it the light has gone out, and there you can brood in silence and the darkness of a blue haze. The electricity of the sounds around you rises to a fever pitch, a drop comes soon, bodies writhe, anticipating the energy, absorbing it, letting it all go. You see it. But you don’t feel it. You don’t remember when you did. You wonder for a moment why you’re here. Your eyes return to the glass in front of you and you remember. You drink and hold it in your mouth: this burn is all that’s left. You slide your fingers on the condensation and glance up. In a moment you’ll remember into the long length of your days, a low light flickers on at the far end of the bar, long enough to illuminate a figure. And while the energy of the dancers is at maximum, for a moment it seems as if they exist only to feed the power of her stare, strengthened, and focused, called into relief by the blue light. The stare, you discover with wide eyes, is at you. It can’t be, of course. But it is. It is. The light goes off and she is gone. The music crashes in the dark, a sea of purple waves. You’d be unable to say why, now, but you find yourself rising. Against what your mind is telling you about life and what matters and where you’ve been and what everything comes to at last, you enter the blackness anyway. Behind you, the glass sits alone on the table. Inside it, the ice melts. You reach the end of the bar and all of your suspicions are confirmed: there is no girl in the blue light, she was not looking at you, there was no *something*, you hopeless fool, least of all a new chance. But the music watches you, hears your thoughts, and changes now, slows down, pulses with a sudden anticipation. There is a touch at your shoulder. You turn-a mistake for the ages, your life’s single most beautiful error-and you notice in confusion that your heart has just risen to a space behind your eyes. You try to push it down, try to control its unfortunate explosion, but it appears that she will have none of that. She lifts a strand of hair out of her face and smiles. She does not say one single word. The music is waves and waves, and the contents of your heart wash away in them. You will later recognize that they were bringing something back, too. Something unutterable. Her hands are on your shoulder. Your hands are on her waist. The hair on your neck stands on its ends with keen precision as a rich static lights up every nerve you contain. You move now, slowly, to the pulse, to the wave that contains both of you. Now you are against each other and you feel that you are no longer human, just a consciousness that is experiencing her, unworthy of such an energy. You are in each other’s eyes. Hers are perfect and deep and blue. You spend the night hours in dance, and too soon their unspeakable magic is gone. While the last track fades, your fellow revelers pour out the back entrance of the bar into the clear night air, and you’re with her there, breathing hard, alive. She’s against the wall, glistening, breathing, immaculate. You ask her name. She tells you. Then she touches your neck, leans forward. Your eyes close and The Kiss comes, but it's just to the side of your mouth, slow and long, and in it you find everything impossible that might be, everything that you’ve never allowed yourself to want. The night wind blows and your eyes open. She has gone. There is a scent, rare and impenetrably deep, belonging strictly to the gods, but gifted here and there to one woman in a generation, and against every universal law this scent lies now upon the space of your right cheek, and under the slow-pulsing neon lights of your bedroom high above the city, each gentle breath of it is all that keeps you alive.

@JamesHammIII

4 жыл бұрын

This...this is-This is the best thing I've ever read. Especially with The Midnight in my ears.

@MattsManyHats

4 жыл бұрын

Well that's the best thing I've read tonight

@NeoKarthik

4 жыл бұрын

This made my day, some fine genius writing.

@lorenzosarli2310

4 жыл бұрын

This dude can FEEL and WRITE. Outstanding prose.

@itsmillhouse

4 жыл бұрын

😭

You know real music when a song you've never heard can drag you through a memory trip back to a beautiful place of your fondest memories. Thank you!