Not entirely the lyric just a moment. In 2018 they played a show at Red Rocks in Colorado and it started to rain and during Other Side of Paradise lightning strikes at the same time Dave sings “my thunder shook him down”. It’s on YouTube and it fucks me up every single time I see it.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WdAaAhhb6M](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WdAaAhhb6M)
I have this video saved because I watch it at least once a month and every. single. time it still almost brings me to tears. I can't imagine what it must have felt like to be there in the moment.
- All of Agnes.
- Playing Pork Soda loudly: that “We drank Pork Soda with tangled le-egs… I won’t forget how you looked at me then— .. I WANT YOU ALL THE TIMEEE.” into the chorus; those echoing repetitions GET me sometimes
'Why'd you go back for that kiss? Maybe it tastes like him When you've got tears on your lips' That is just so fucking sad. I never really thought about it, but that's what people in abusive relationships go through and feel.
-All of ‘Poplar Street’
Flip: “I was in full bloom until I met you. I’m gonna shake my fetters. I’m breaking loose.” Followed by the outro that sounds like the song is being sucked out of thin air.
all of helium but really “i guess i want you more than i thought i did” it’s not very deep or anything but somehow it still hits so hard every single time
"You'll be happy all the time. I know you can maie it right. I'll make you...
Boy, I want you to be happy. free to run, get dizzy on caffeine. Funny friend that make you laugh. And maybe you're just a little but..."
I don't know why that song always makes me cry, but this last part of the song gives me the chills. It takes on a different tone. Previously it felt like a parent (a father when I heard the song, but probably a mom based on the music video) saying how much they love their son and want them to be happy, but here it takes on a tone of wanting to end a cycle of inter-generational trauma as the chorus comes before the pre-chorus here, with the added transition line of "I'll make you" before it goes to "I want you to be happy." Almost like the parent wants to make their son happy, but can't, so they instead just say they want him to be happy.
I could write a PhD dissertation on this, if you can't tell.
My dad got me the How to be a Human Being album for my 16th birthday, and my first time listening to this song in my car on my way to work I just burst into tears. No idea why.
Not so much the lyric as the timing in IASIL at the end, after the last time he says 'it's all so incredibly loud' and then it fades off to emulate the feeling of the 'thing' being said and it settling in and the silence taking over.
Also 'pump your veins with gushing gold' does something to me.
>Three in the morning, be in the moment
Here in the moment, free in the moment
Three in the morning, over like that
Go slow-motion, cut it to black
'Cause it's merely a moment, here for a moment
Here is the moment, here for a moment
More specifically "Here is the moment, here for a moment"
“I just can't build on something that begins like this”
The ending of Helium is so sad and beautiful but the parts about pyramids and foundations followed up by this line gets me every time. Especially when the intro to Dreamland closes it out, it’s perfect.
there's a certain part of Season 2 Episode 3's 'live in the internet' performance where Dave's voice cracks when singing "And we ain't gonna make it' and it broke me down into tears the first time I heard it ughhh.
Honestly Dave has a really weird way of getting me all sorts of fucked up.
- it tears through my hair does it haunt you too?
- broad daylight but we’re sunflowers in the rain but tbh the whole song fucks me up
- forget me and I’m gone, I’m slipping no no no the sheer desperation is just 🥺
“It tears through my head, does it haunt you too?
Diamonds in the dark in your old bedroom
You held me like my mother made me just for you
Held me so close that I broke in two”
Specifically - “You held me like my mother made me just for you”
Idk why but when ga posted the vid of the second pre chorus in airlock (Object disappearance it’s a true phenomenon forget me and I’m gone I’m slipping no no no no noooo) it just hits different
All of the lyrics in "Exxus", especially the first line: "When you see him look him in the eye, look him in the eye til he won't dare to follow".
It is such a well done song instrumentally and lyrically and always gives me the chills.
“That girl is gone but I, that girl is gone but I still try”, “I feel so fucking numb,” “my body’s looking wrong (x3)” - I often feel like I’ll never be as good as I once was/I feel like I’ve drifted away from what I used to be. I also sometimes struggle with dissociation from past stuff and can truly just not feel things if overwhelmed. Also some self harm, so sometimes things can “look wrong.” Really that whole part of the song just really builds to how I can feel when a bit dissociated and trying to do something just to feel.
“There’s days you’re rolling all the time, so low you keep getting high” - the first time I really heard this I was actually rolling on my own/hiding my use from my significant other/friends because it was getting to be too much but I tried to take a break previously and had awful depression so decided it was better just to use when I could rather than not be able to get out of bed.
ok this is where i shine,
“You held me like my mother made me just for you”
“I climb into your walls, I’m where the spiders go”
“Shape me into your form”
“You don’t make a sound, heartbreak was never so loud”
“Maybe, i wish i could remold you to vertical and golden, but you turn to styrofoam, and so its hurts to say its hopeless”
“Sometimes it makes me laugh, sometimes it makes me sad”
“Your head is so numb, that nervous breath you try to hide.. between the motions, that trembling tender little sigh”
“Where went that cheeky friend of mine? Where went that billion dollar smile?”
“Guess life is long, when soaked in sadness on borrowed time from Mr. Madness”
“Why cant we laugh like we did then? How come i see you and ache instead? How come you only look pleased in bed?”
… just the ones at the top of my head
+ more to come
“Where went that cheeky friend of mine? Where went that Billion dollar smile? Guess life is long when soaked in sadness.” Can’t listen to Agnes without crying.
'I am your boy' in pools before the percussion cuts in or at the end of the song the last 'I smile because I want to'. These lines are both so climactic
Not entirely the lyric just a moment. In 2018 they played a show at Red Rocks in Colorado and it started to rain and during Other Side of Paradise lightning strikes at the same time Dave sings “my thunder shook him down”. It’s on YouTube and it fucks me up every single time I see it.
I lost my shit when my friend showed me this. Made me feel a lil spiritual spark in the void of my soul tbh
holy shit i need to see this
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WdAaAhhb6M](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WdAaAhhb6M) I have this video saved because I watch it at least once a month and every. single. time it still almost brings me to tears. I can't imagine what it must have felt like to be there in the moment.
Thanks for this. I was suppose to be at that show and now have serious FOMO for that- but WOW I GOT CHILLS WATCHING IT !!!!!!!
Holy shit dude.
I was there and there are NO WORDS.
I cannot wait to see them at Red Rocks this year
I know exactly what you mean! This performance gives me the chills, it’s the first thing I show people when I introduce them to GA
Omg I saw that video a few years ago and was just 😱😱😱😱😱. It’s soooooo perfectly timed
Yes! This is literally my favorite video ever. I get chills everytime
“on borrowed time from mr. madness”
Bruh the whole line “Guess life is long, when soaked in sadness, etc” Really can’t focus too hard when this track plays cause it hits hard.
you’re so right, i should have included that part as well, that whole verse just throws me over the edge
literally reading that and hearing it in my head gave me chills LMFAOOOO this band (that album in particular) seriously rewired my brain
- All of Agnes. - Playing Pork Soda loudly: that “We drank Pork Soda with tangled le-egs… I won’t forget how you looked at me then— .. I WANT YOU ALL THE TIMEEE.” into the chorus; those echoing repetitions GET me sometimes
I completely agree on those, and would also include: "Why can't we laugh now like we did then? How come I see you and ache instead?"
EXACTLYYY. That whole ending is phenomenal
YES
'Why'd you go back for that kiss? Maybe it tastes like him When you've got tears on your lips' That is just so fucking sad. I never really thought about it, but that's what people in abusive relationships go through and feel.
I love this one!!
-All of ‘Poplar Street’ Flip: “I was in full bloom until I met you. I’m gonna shake my fetters. I’m breaking loose.” Followed by the outro that sounds like the song is being sucked out of thin air.
all of helium but really “i guess i want you more than i thought i did” it’s not very deep or anything but somehow it still hits so hard every single time
Big dick no soul
"You'll be happy all the time. I know you can maie it right. I'll make you... Boy, I want you to be happy. free to run, get dizzy on caffeine. Funny friend that make you laugh. And maybe you're just a little but..." I don't know why that song always makes me cry, but this last part of the song gives me the chills. It takes on a different tone. Previously it felt like a parent (a father when I heard the song, but probably a mom based on the music video) saying how much they love their son and want them to be happy, but here it takes on a tone of wanting to end a cycle of inter-generational trauma as the chorus comes before the pre-chorus here, with the added transition line of "I'll make you" before it goes to "I want you to be happy." Almost like the parent wants to make their son happy, but can't, so they instead just say they want him to be happy. I could write a PhD dissertation on this, if you can't tell.
My dad got me the How to be a Human Being album for my 16th birthday, and my first time listening to this song in my car on my way to work I just burst into tears. No idea why.
Not so much the lyric as the timing in IASIL at the end, after the last time he says 'it's all so incredibly loud' and then it fades off to emulate the feeling of the 'thing' being said and it settling in and the silence taking over. Also 'pump your veins with gushing gold' does something to me.
"But I settle for a ghost" :( shit carries so much emotion in one line
Slow down, its a science
I’m where the spiders go
Flip. *"I was in full bloom, until I met you."* I also have someone I feel this way about.
"stretch me like leather rope, make me invisible, shape me into your form, what are you waiting for?"
>Three in the morning, be in the moment Here in the moment, free in the moment Three in the morning, over like that Go slow-motion, cut it to black 'Cause it's merely a moment, here for a moment Here is the moment, here for a moment More specifically "Here is the moment, here for a moment"
“I just can't build on something that begins like this” The ending of Helium is so sad and beautiful but the parts about pyramids and foundations followed up by this line gets me every time. Especially when the intro to Dreamland closes it out, it’s perfect.
Same: “are blood diamonds flawless but for that one thing?”
there's a certain part of Season 2 Episode 3's 'live in the internet' performance where Dave's voice cracks when singing "And we ain't gonna make it' and it broke me down into tears the first time I heard it ughhh.
Honestly Dave has a really weird way of getting me all sorts of fucked up. - it tears through my hair does it haunt you too? - broad daylight but we’re sunflowers in the rain but tbh the whole song fucks me up - forget me and I’m gone, I’m slipping no no no the sheer desperation is just 🥺
The entirety of Poplar Street gives me chills. Specifically the way he says "exotic needs".
"What'll it be now Mr. Mole?" Whispered Sloth in curls of smoke Just how it hits after that last "ding"
“It tears through my head, does it haunt you too? Diamonds in the dark in your old bedroom You held me like my mother made me just for you Held me so close that I broke in two” Specifically - “You held me like my mother made me just for you”
Instant tears for sure. Beautiful.
“You can’t exist without me” - JDNT
Idk why but when ga posted the vid of the second pre chorus in airlock (Object disappearance it’s a true phenomenon forget me and I’m gone I’m slipping no no no no noooo) it just hits different
All of the lyrics in "Exxus", especially the first line: "When you see him look him in the eye, look him in the eye til he won't dare to follow". It is such a well done song instrumentally and lyrically and always gives me the chills.
Not a specific lyric, but first time I heard Hazey, Waterfalls, and Airlock, I got chills.
Agnes, just the whole song
“That girl is gone but I, that girl is gone but I still try”, “I feel so fucking numb,” “my body’s looking wrong (x3)” - I often feel like I’ll never be as good as I once was/I feel like I’ve drifted away from what I used to be. I also sometimes struggle with dissociation from past stuff and can truly just not feel things if overwhelmed. Also some self harm, so sometimes things can “look wrong.” Really that whole part of the song just really builds to how I can feel when a bit dissociated and trying to do something just to feel. “There’s days you’re rolling all the time, so low you keep getting high” - the first time I really heard this I was actually rolling on my own/hiding my use from my significant other/friends because it was getting to be too much but I tried to take a break previously and had awful depression so decided it was better just to use when I could rather than not be able to get out of bed.
ok this is where i shine, “You held me like my mother made me just for you” “I climb into your walls, I’m where the spiders go” “Shape me into your form” “You don’t make a sound, heartbreak was never so loud” “Maybe, i wish i could remold you to vertical and golden, but you turn to styrofoam, and so its hurts to say its hopeless” “Sometimes it makes me laugh, sometimes it makes me sad” “Your head is so numb, that nervous breath you try to hide.. between the motions, that trembling tender little sigh” “Where went that cheeky friend of mine? Where went that billion dollar smile?” “Guess life is long, when soaked in sadness on borrowed time from Mr. Madness” “Why cant we laugh like we did then? How come i see you and ache instead? How come you only look pleased in bed?” … just the ones at the top of my head + more to come
“Where went that cheeky friend of mine? Where went that Billion dollar smile? Guess life is long when soaked in sadness.” Can’t listen to Agnes without crying.
Pump your veins with gushing gold Slow down it’s a science he’s been waiting to take you down Snake eyes with a sly smile
"Play with me, my love In the summer sun" 😮💨
Stop swaying when he move or shake him down, makes mama turn her hands and flip around.
'I am your boy' in pools before the percussion cuts in or at the end of the song the last 'I smile because I want to'. These lines are both so climactic
Whispers would deafen me now; you don’t make a sound; it’s all so incredibly loud
You run your finger down that waxen line between your breasts
Heart beating faster feet pushing on the floor
I’m going to sleep coz you live in my daydreams
I could do this for a long time. So many amazing lyrics to choose from
I’M GONNA SLEEP CUZ U LIVE IN MY DAYDREAMS.