2020: A Long Year by Miracle Of Sound

A song to sooth your spirits after a difficult year.
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LYRICS:
A Long Year Gavin Dunne 2020
It's been a long year
I know you're tired and you're blue
You've been breathing smoke inside this trial of fire
But you got through
And I know the world's gone wrong
But you're still present, you're still strong
Hold on
Through all your pain and all your tears
You're still resolute
And you're still here
It's been a long year
It's been so heavy on your soul
And though your scars have hardened and have turned to armor
It took it's toll
And I know the world's gone wrong
But you're still present, you're still strong
Hold on
Through all your pain and all your tears
You're still resolute
And you're still here
It's been a long, long year
But you're still here
It's been a long long year

[@miracleofsound]

This year has been tough on everyone. The idea for this song just kind of popped into my head while watching the news a few weeks ago so I decided to follow the inspiration - it turned out pretty nice I think. I dedicate it to all of you who struggled or lost someone or something this year. I hope it brings you a little comfort and I wish you all a peaceful & brighter 2021.

[@michaelswanepoel7706]

Your songs have definitely helped ease some parts of this year.

[@essex3777]

Very 'Santiago's Lament'-esq

[@dima_keller]

Thank you for your songs! You are definitely one of the reasons some of us still present and still strong. Thank you and happy new year!

[@xiii.5331]

A fitting, yet somehow heart-warming farewell for this mess of a year. Thank you.

[@LetsPlaymitWolfsHerz]

Ja es war ein langes Jahr, aber dank deiner Musik war es sehr ertragbar ^^ Bis im nächsten Jahr dann :)

[@firionnel7833]

He did it. That mad man did it. He gave a theme to this cursed year.

[@lilith1073]

It's a good one too

[@Boudah67]

And even with how cursed it is, the song still kicks ass !

[@Blackfox_Kitsune]

2021 hasn't started much better, but lets hope it improves.

[@lilith1073]

@@Blackfox_Kitsune Hope so 6 week lockdown for me

[@Ashbringer36]

@@Blackfox_Kitsune so did 2020, we got New Guy before we even saw the threats of WWIII if we want 2021 to be better we all gotta fight (metaphorically HOpefully) to pull it off

[@ENTERtheCREATOR]

RIP all those we lost, both close and afar.

[@seratonyn]

Press f to pay respects.

[@therebel5880]

@@seratonyn f

[@PokerPlayerJames]

f

[@generaljedi8691]

f

[@PokerPlayerJames]

@@MorrowindES17 no.

[@spartanalex9006]

Congrats to whoever is reading this. You survived 2020.

[@aharonswordofmagnus6721]

BRUH its routine for you xD. Join Chaos and everything will be better...

[@WarMonger_the-One-and-Only]

For those we cherish, we die in glory...

[@spartanalex9006]

@@aharonswordofmagnus6721 In the words of Uncle Dorn, "No."

[@boredhuman6512]

hey I still have like 7 hours for the universe to get me. But I'm glad we got so far.

[@derwahnsinniche]

Didn't even get a fucking T-Shirt.

[@runtiusrex]

The algorithm needs to boost this. Everybody could use this song now.

[@lilith1073]

We need to like comment and subscribe

[@Malorn0]

The horrid part, is the video looks like it could be a game, it fits all too well. Oh 2020...

[@Speedster___]

Ditto

[@RoyalMudcrab]

That view count should be way higher...

[@nweasels]

Still valid in 2022

[@stevenm9813]

I broke up with my fiancé to her methamphetamine addiction, my first dog passed away she was 16 years old, I lost my job with Corvette because of covid. But I get up every day at 5 am go to work welding and working on large equipment, no matter what this year threw at me. I will still stand up, nothing can hold me down.

[@caninelupus8369]

Standing strong when everything is falling to pieces around you... It's good to have a hero like that in these times. It gives hope that others can do the same.

[@IlyaPlotnik0v]

Words of the true warrior. Hold on, fighter!

[@stevenm9813]

@@IlyaPlotnik0v thank you! Hope you the best

[@stevenm9813]

@@caninelupus8369 thank you

[@bangalgar]

Just gotta keep on keeping on

[@giantWario]

I didn't realize how long the year had been till I saw this video. Because for some reason, I was convinced at this point that Kobe, the Beirut explosion, the protests in Hong Kong and Belarus and the Australian wildfire were last year but no, they were all this year. Hell, the Beirut explosion wasn't even 6 months ago yet it still feels like it was over a year ago.

[@moritamikamikara3879]

Yeah, this year has truly been a dreadful slog from one bad event to another. From the most awful wildfires in Australia and -Califirenia- California, to freak outs over potential invasive species (Murder hornets) and freak outs over potential war with Iran, to a global pandemic and shutdown, protests that turned to race riots, non related protests in Hong Kong and Belarus, the devastation in Lebanon and much much more. It truly has been one of the worst years in living memory. Rest in hell 2020, you will not be missed

[@bilateralrope8643]

To be fair, Australian wildfires are an unfortunately annual thing. Though the 2019/2020 one was the worst.

[@512TheWolf512]

@@moritamikamikara3879 call me a conspiracy theorist, but HK protest and US riots may not be unrelated at all, considering who's protesting

[@YouDonkeyfu]

fk, those were this year? I had thought that they were last year

[@themanonthewall7029]

this year been jamed pack with horror hope the new years better

[@DisturbedJaws]

I remember first time hearing this song I started crying having cancer in February of 2020 then getting covid at the end of my chemo. Now I have bought a house with my girl and have new baby boy 😊

[@Rick586]

Congratulations! I hope everything is still going alright :)

[@frankieh]

100% expected this to be an actual sung compilation of all of Gav's we didn't start the fire twitter posts.

[@burritodorit0772]

to the tune of we didnt start the fire i want this

[@PokerPlayerJames]

Shut up and take my money!

[@DraconiaGame]

Instead of doing another KZbin Rewind, they should feature this song!

[@bulwarkentertainment1501]

He's done it, he's really done it, he's making everyone feel like a warrior.

[@jonathancunningham8739]

Good comment.

[@bulwarkentertainment1501]

@@jonathancunningham8739 thanks

[@jonathancunningham8739]

@@bulwarkentertainment1501 you're welcome.

[@Coast_dweller_of_DayZ_Temp]

True

[@gmari3343]

yes sir

[@TheIfifi]

"You've been breathing smoke inside this trial of fire But you got through" My trial of fire is about to start again, I'm about to go work in an emergency hospital ward... New years eve is one of the busiest days of the year, the fireworks needs no explanation that there is a lot of gore, blood and the smell of powder. Last day of 2020 guys, don't screw it up, stay safe. Make it through this dangerous evening safely.

[@joakimvhes302]

Thanks for commiting your time, effort and health to help others

[@bethneild108]

From the bottom of my heart thank you for your dedication and strength. You heroes in the medical community truly are the very best of us. Wishing you love, safety, happiness and most importantly peace for 2021.

[@Malorn0]

It's quite impossible to properly convey how important your kind of work is, especially now when it's done at such personal risk. Good luck and stay safe.

[@mahorosan1]

Good luck and stay safe!

[@caninelupus8369]

Thank you, Thelfifi.

[@thememeslinger7506]

Raise a glass to those who passed And raise a middle finger to this year May we never see a year like this again for a long long time

[@6282makepeace]

AMEN!

[@WhichDoctor1]

And stand together with all those who suffered through it and raise your fists to those who made it worse ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☮️

[@Zombie0010101]

Let us live our lives to their fullest going forward. We owe it to those who didn’t make it to look to tomorrow not with despair, doom and all this garbage about how nothing will improve, but with love, peace, hope for better days, and a firm belief that this will be the year we recover our lives and begin reclaiming “normal.” Piece by piece, bit by bit, day by day, we WILL make it. This year WILL be better.

[@avawooten3492]

Its immature to think the problems that caused 2020 would just go away. This is the apocalypse buddy, buckle up

[@KalashVodka175]

@Angel Vollant wait; what manipulation of stocks? Are you talking about average joes investing together in Gamestops? How is that manipulation? Its good old capitalism and this time the average joes instead of the decrepit billionaires made money

[@3crowsinatrenchcoat]

I think I speak for everyone when I say we needed this. Thank you

[@safffzz3636]

I listened to 40 seconds and decided I didn’t need it.

[@kaboomluong9373]

@@safffzz3636 that's cool too bro, as long as you respect other people's losses, that'd be great

[@adeliocarneiro9953]

Not used to this in the internet. People actually being nice.

[@Reddie1989]

"But you're still present, you're still strong. ... Through all your pain and all your tears. You're still resolute And you're still here." It is as if my father, who died in July 2020, speaks to me and I am crying my eyes out right now. I miss him so damn much. Q___Q

[@mothman8300]

I think we may need one of these for the whole decade

[@InsanityVirus]

Just because 2021 isn't looking any better doesn't mean we can't try to make it better. And even if it's the same as 2020, or God forbid, worse.... We survived the first time, didn't we? We'll *survive* again.

[@thehobbystreamer]

Crazy how this video applies for not one, but two years in a row....

[@Korricat]

It doesn't feel over yet. We're merely in part 3 of 2020

[@eviltoad746]

This popping up for me now after 2023 is insanely fitting. In 2023 I lost my brother, a friend, 2 uncles and shed more tears than I think I have in any other year of my life. I didn't even know this song existed before, but I think I found it exactly when I needed to. Thank you Gavin. I know this wasn't made specifically for me, or for 2023 at all, but it feels right to hear it now

[@XRyuhayabusaX]

And here we are again. 3 years later and this song still just gets it. Another year, another big thank you, for accompanying me for 11 years now, Gav!

[@thegalaxy8891]

Watching this two years later, and thinking that 2020 is kinda just still going on.

[@Emperor_Palpatine_66]

I’m pretty sure 2020 was 4 years long.

[@dragonknight6972]

i agree with you emperor, may 2021 be better than this last shit i messed up a little and fixed

[@FuneralSpear]

God to his angels: So, did you finish planning the disasters for the 2020s? Angel: 20s? Plural? As in 2020 to 2029? God: Yes? Angel: ... God: Are you telling me you just put a decades worth of calamity in one year?

[@SNinjaQK]

hello señor

[@quantumvideoscz2052]

Oh, hello there Palpy, how's it hanging?

[@Emperor_Palpatine_66]

@@quantumvideoscz2052 long, powerful, and slightly to the left.

[@Kdkdchannel]

I can't stop my tears when the scenes of Hong Kong protests come in, thank you, thank you so much for including Hong Kong in your beautiful and encouraging music!

[@ianmiller6040]

Wow, I had honestly completely forgotten about Hong Kong.... It feels like it was years ago, totally disconnected from today's reality.

[@balazscsotai8354]

@@ianmiller6040 of course... Everyone is too busy with bitching about the police, and fail to recognise that they're people too. What happened to Gergoe Floyd is tragic and shouldn't have happened, despite him being a bad person. But as not black people are like him, not all police officers are like the one who kneeled on his neck

[@ianmiller6040]

@@balazscsotai8354 Thanks for being a police apologist, buddy. And no, we don't know that Floyd was "a bad person".

[@MrFright2010]

For me, it's the Beirut explosion that always gets me.

[@brianschultz962]

@@ianmiller6040 Didn't know robbing a woman at gunpoint was considered good.

[@TravelersProd]

Had this song pop into my head with everything going on in Ukraine. Hold on kept ringing in my mind. Just hold on… You made a song that’s timeless you know. Applicable to any hard time in life that anyone can come back to. I just wanted to thank you for that.

[@janbost5537]

A thousend eyes are watching this video right now and they all are amazed by this song. It just discribes this whole shity year perfectly.

[@gilgamesh7055]

Damn this year was indeed long for me. This was the year where i finally said no to my abusive parents and moved out. This was the year i met my first girlfriend. Granted it only lasted a few months but ive learned alot that i'll take with me to future relationships. This was the year i finally turned 18. What a feeling that was. In a blink of a second, i lived on my own, got my first real job, and am now working towards a drivers licence and getting my grades up for university. This was the year where in such a short time, i had to change and develop so much as a person. I dare say, that even though this year sucked so hard for the world, it was the most important in my life.

[@sorcikator993]

Congratulation for all that friend. I wish you the best on your future.

[@9nxt]

"Tough times build strong men. strong men build good times. Good times lead to weak men. Weak men lead to tough times" we must break the cycle. Never be comfortable. Always learn. Always change.

[@Adamjoko]

RIP My uncle ron, living 42 years, being my best friend, may your spirit rest now.

[@kimsenhofer3812]

Despite what happened, I wish you all a good transition into 2021 let's see if it gets better

[@markrobison5199]

Screw seeing, let's MAKE 2021 a better year. For those who didn't make it.

[@kimsenhofer3812]

@@markrobison5199 Hell yeah

[@THEGREATMEMEWIZARD]

2121 is going to be so much worse people will think 2020 was better in hindsight....

[@Zombie0010101]

@@markrobison5199 Here, here! We owe it to the one’s who’ve gone on to make up for what we’ve all lost.

[@buttered__toast_2899]

This didn’t age well

[@gateverka3347]

Seeing the bush fire footage puts it into perspective how much has gone wrong this year, I still remember the fear of having to evacuate and the weeks my coworker was out fighting the fires.

[@Zlartec]

2020 being a longer year than most is an objective fact. It was a leap year after all. (Thank you for a great song. At least something positive came out of 2020.)

[@PhoenyxRysing]

Plus Halloween was 25 hours long because of Daylight Savings Time

[@epicclub3868]

Through action,a man becomes a hero. Through death,a hero becomes a legend. Through time,a legend becomes a Myth. And by learning from the Myth,a man takes action.

[@margotrosendorn6371]

Watching this at the end of 2021 and honestly it still feels like the same year

[@user-jn7xw9ip5w]

Поздравляю всех вас С Новым годом! Пусть, 2021 год будет счастливее чем год уходящий. Удачи вам, в новом году! Happy New Year to all of you! May 2021 be happier than the outgoing year. Good luck in the new year!

[@joakimvhes302]

Cheers my dude, have a great time!

[@vizir1917]

Надеюсь Ктулху проснётся

[@fannien.8990]

Вам тоже!

[@megactyl]

И тебя так же с новым годом

[@Data_Removed]

Спасибо, друг. Пусть в новом году тебе сопутствует удача.

[@jean-benoitwins8538]

Today, I am coming out of a year of burnout. I left my old toxic job, with toxic colleagues... I was empty, I was depressed not knowing what to do with my life... It was a long, long year for me... Thank you miracleofsound for give me courage when things don't go well with this song... Thank very much you

[@SpamSide_B]

When the clock strikes 12 tonight, there's gonna be people who want to pretend that all the lingering problems of this year have magically disappeared. That's fine for them, more power to 'em. But if you still need time to recuperate from events that affected you, that's fine too. We were all affected differently by 2020, take the time you need.

[@moritamikamikara3879]

When that clock strikes midnight, and the entity that is 2020 is banished to the abyss forever, it will be time for us all to get up and push onwards with all our might. Make sure 2021 is the breath of fresh air that we want it to be.

[@ianmiller6040]

The fireworks went on longer than I can ever remember this year, hours and hours. No wondering why.

[@Corvaric]

@@moritamikamikara3879 About that...

[@ttuurrttlleessttuurrttllee3976]

I like to apply this to both 2022 and 2023, lost my best friend and loyal pet in 2022, then just the stress in 2023 was so heavy. yet I keep finding myself saying "just hold on one more day." Your songs have found extra meaning to me and they help me reflect on my current and past choices so I'm always learning from everything others and myself do. Thank you for your amazing, beautiful, and deep lyrics. I absolutely love your music, and it's obvious others do as well, please keep working on more amazing projects, your a world treasure.

[@vagrantsmusk3604]

Mate, have missed hearing your soothing voice on the Podquis but have always been buoyed whenever you've put out a new song. You're an inspiration, not just in your positive outlook and great tunes - but as an artist. As a guy who is creative but sometimes struggles with get-up-and-go, it's artists like you with the "I can do it my own way" attitude who kick me into gear. Thanks for being you and happy new year!

[@basmbee4325]

It's 2022 now, and this song means as much as it did in 2020. The world is still in a downward spiral, but there's always hope. Thank you Gav for making this, and thank you everyone for being you, and for trying to do your best. God bless us all.

[@MollymaukT]

oh boy how innocent we were

[@jamesmuns7443]

A light shines in the darkness and the darkness did not overcome it.

[@Malorn0]

Well said!

[@michaelvanhouten4498]

@James Muns You assume far too much and far too soon friend.

[@ianmiller6040]

@@michaelvanhouten4498 Unfortunately, you are correct. Just in the US alone, the majority of the population won't be vaccinated until at *least* late summer, and with the stubborn, stupid "but my freedoms!" crowd, Covid will hang on for probably a few years to come until it's finally globally eradicated like smallpox was in the 80s (and there *is* US legal precedent for *forcing* people to be vaccinated against their will, just in case push finally comes to shove). This isn't over by a long shot yet. :(

[@ladywaffle2210]

@@michaelvanhouten4498 So, we must add fuel to the fire, yes?

[@michaelvanhouten4498]

@@ladywaffle2210 In the context of this song to make the light burn brighter yes.

[@yannickverstringe9610]

Thanks you for your song, even in 2022 we need them

[@gmryabets]

It's been the longest 3 years in my life. May 2023 have some mercy on our souls.

[@atomichorizen3987]

I love this.. not just because it symbolises this year. But every year. Every year of our lives. But these images awoke of the new an sudden dark times of our recent age. The lyrics could of been more precise, relating to the virus etc. But i am very glad you did not do that, As it would lose it's amazing unique touch.. We may have our armour, but our flesh has taken its toll none the less

[@ananyabailey1057]

I am glad as well that the lyrics don't go into only one specific direction. The video shows it, too. All the media is full of news about the virus, but many people forget about all the other things, including catastrophes, people also had to struggle with this year. Plus, like you said, it keeps the song timeless.

[@rukashaywood4304]

I've been playing Deep Rock lately, and the toast "To The Fallen." is always so.. somber. So serious, and sad. That's the kind of mood this gives me, sad, serious, but we need to carry on. I was lucky enough to not have lost anyone dear to me this year, aside from some friendships I messed up, but so many others weren't that lucky. I really can't imagine how much some people have lost... this song being dedicated to them, and to continuing, honestly gives me a lot of hope for the future. Because Gav is right... we're still here. We've never not made it. Thank you, Gav. Thank you.

[@nnnn8029]

It's interesting about how many frames and scenes here similar to The New Black Gold(i.e. Human Revolution). Sci-Fi they said... distopian future they said...

[@ThePa1riot]

First of all, “dystopian.” Second of all, Deus Ex and near future sci-fi has always extrapolated on past and present problems and projected them into the future. MD was specifically aiming at the South African apartheid system with its “mechanical apartheid.” Something it caught flak for. So calling that game prophetic is only true if one doesn’t know the past. Humanity’s problems are not new things.

[@bilateralrope8643]

The big difference is that in a cyberpunk setting, corporations producing vials of stuff and injecting people with it would be a bad thing. Today, it is the hope of things returning to normal. Or it turns people into crocodiles.

[@blarg2429]

@@bilateralrope8643 I think I'd be better off as a crocodile tbh.

[@nathancarter8239]

@@bilateralrope8643 Fuck it, reptilian life for me.

[@freezenexusblogspot]

"The future is now,old man"

[@joshualeung5772]

It has been exactly 1 year and this song still resonates.

[@Assassin42481]

Two years later, still as relevant as when this song released.

[@alecbattien8066]

If you showed this to me 365 days ago, I would have no idea how to react. It looked like the dystopian worlds you only see in movies. Great job, Gav.

[@AzrothBoi]

It feels like a love letter to those who survived this year and an Anthem to those who didn't. I can leave 2020 with a smile at least.

[@ADMICKEY]

Yet 2020 is one of my favorite years, almost tied with the time my twin brother was able to walk

[@xerravolos]

Reporting in from 2023, late march. Its been nearly 4 years now, since the hazards of late 2019. Three months into 2023 has already felt like a long, long year. But i'm still here. . . I'm still here.

[@DaR-Cee]

I feel like we're gonna need a Part Two after 2021

[@hermitsunite953]

Part 3 for 2022

[@theodoriacomi6792]

I can't believe you made me cry and gave me hope at the same time. I'll forever try to keep you and your songs in my soul, mr. Dunne.

[@lexsamreeth8724]

Imrash bless this broken world. For surely, we have been put to crucible, forge, and anvil. Let our hardships bring strength and beauty into the land.

[@AD-uo9sv]

May of 2021 (soon to be June) and I am still, sadly, coming back here to share this song with people who need it. But I'm very glad it's here to share. Thank you.

[@whispers6667]

Me too, sent it to 2 people who are hurting bad today alone. We gotta help each other through this… was still one of the worst years of my life but I’m greatly thankful this video exists.

[@thekatarnalchemist]

I started the year beating cancer, and ended it with beating covid. It's been a rough year, but as you said, "you're still resolute and you're still here." It's been a long year indeed. Here's to beating the odds!

[@MishraArtificer]

"Never tell me the odds!"

[@MultiNumberX]

Songs from Gav have been a shining light for me in this dark year. Between graduating and being without a job for most of the year and landing a job just before Christmas your songs have been one of the things keeping me hopeful. Keep up the good work in 2021!

[@w3ndigogames]

Chadwick Boseman, Eddie Van Halen, Sean Connery, my own father and so, so many more. It’s been a hard year but never forget that things will get worse in the future, people will always die but despite knowing that things have potential to get so much worse, stay hopeful and stay strong. Beautiful song, Gavin.

[@501Magnum]

It's not even close to having been 24 hours since this was uploaded. But this is already so incredibly underrated.

[@camobranson09]

Got a feeling we're gonna need another one for 2021.

[@Kat-gp6gj]

And for 2022 :'(

[@hervindaniel3985]

It's close to 2023. Looks to me, next decade will be devastating for whole world...

[@BurningBlood517]

2020 felt like two years crammed into one. And while we might’ve gotten through it, there are many that didn’t. And may we carry their wishes and hopes into 2021 for a better future.

[@maxipatam8013]

Tnx bro for your vision, your music, for you're still here

[@dragonfankaz567]

Requiescat In Pace to those who didn't make it through 2020.

[@thomasward2367]

After a while year full of tragedies and disgrace, it's this song that gives me hope and finally manages to bring some tears to my eyes, thank you gav

[@Nalimias]

Every year since this one has been just as long, maybe longer... But I'm still here.

[@Malorn0]

This kind of song is important, because music is designed to express the inexpressible, to give voice to feelings which are too complex to easily explain. Sometimes it's good to do something serious, as depressing as that can be sometimes. Well done Gav, as always you prove that any theme is within your repertoire.

[@ethanparedes3997]

We got through lads... For The people who didn’t pass with us... We must Keep going...

[@manumanitas161]

My god, its not been a hard year this is 1% of what most humanity suffers daily, like when america bombed to shit my home Lybia not long ago. stop crying

[@blarg2429]

@@manumanitas161 Suffering isn't a contest. Would your dead countrymen consider the use of their deaths as an excuse to be petty a fitting memorial?

[@ReasonAboveEverything]

@@manumanitas161 To be fair you have a point. Corona virus has really shown how fucking weak west is. Death and unemployment is bad but that is nothing special on a global scale. Most people live like shit and here people feel lockdowns are hell.

[@manumanitas161]

@@blarg2429 cause I've been watching for 1 year all westerners pitty themselves for not being able to go to their swim pool party and shit while there is people starving to death and they dont give a fuck about, how much death is it in USA 300k? 99% of them people that was about to die of how old they were, how many people dies in Syria each year over USA bombing them? By Allah I hate the west so much.

[@cosmic2750]

@@manumanitas161 Suffering and pain isn't all about you, mate. The entire world has suffered this disease, and a lot of the world has got through this, you included. Be grateful, you could've been one of the many victims of this disease. Sure, its not as bad as many other things, but that doesn't mean its not bad. People have been sitting at home alone, and getting mental health issues, and many who've lost their own families and stuff like that. The world doesn't revolve around you and your country. You're an inhabitant of the planet first of all and not the other way round. You are human first, then you are a westerner or easterner or whatever country you live in. Your house may have been bombed, yes, and many may have died in your country, yes, but that doesn't negate the mental suffering that thousands and thousand of people have went through this year. Tell me, if someone locked you in prison wouldn't you wanna go out and see your friends? Wouldn't you wanna go visit a swimming pool or attend a party? You would feel yourself slowly descending into a dark pit of madness and despair and even the smallest of things like a party or a swimming pool starts to matter. Now imagine if I came and told you that you don't have it as bad as some other people, would that negate your disparity? Would that pull you out of that dark pit you've fallen into? Again, mate, sure maybe you have it bad, but the world doesn't revolve around you. Stop all this Easterner and Westerner thing. You are human first, then you are the resident of the your country.

[@legojay14]

This absolutely needs an hour long version

[@gamma1181]

It's April the 22nd in the year 2022 and this song still touches my soul.

[@artorias4581]

My family was hit hard by the virus. Life has been a living. HELL. Glad someone made a song that makes me feel like I deserve to breath. It's been rough. Thanks gav. Your a real one.

[@EscuadronAlfa]

Thank you for remembering the demonstrations of the citizens of Hong Kong, and how China has taken the city by force when everyone was looking at Covid. We will never forget the once city of freedom.

[@schwimmy6732]

Gavin, this has been the hardest year of my life, while it’s also been the most productive and self improving year of my life. I’ve cried, I’ve bled, and OH MY GOD this song made me burst into tears... this was so damn helpful and I appreciate you so much for making this year suck a little less. Love you and love your music!

[@karencroy9386]

there is a light in the darkness of this past year and his name is Gavin Dunne! thank you sir, for summing up the hell we've all been thru so beautifully! your voice can soothe monsters.

[@aesiraesthetic8283]

I give it 13 days before the dead start rising. TOPS.

[@PJ_TheAverageGamer]

Man what a sad year 2020 was. Here's to a better 2021 to everyone that reads this comment. Australia burned in January and February then Covid hit us in March. Australia put the fires out and almost eliminated Covid and now Covid is back here and the fires have just started again. Stay Strong. Every country is going through this together. The world will recover. You're not alone.

[@TumchieTheScot]

I love how you managed to show the horrors of this year, while inspiring us to stay strong. It has been a long year, here's hoping 21 is shorter

[@NoJusticeNoPeace]

A long year of isolation, separation from everyone we love, hiding behind doors and windows, and avoiding contact with other human beings at all costs. Or as we introverts refer to it, Tuesday.

[@MishraArtificer]

As a fellow introvert...it's kind of embarrassing how little my daily life changed after the Plague hit.

[@Arthma3L]

All you guys browsing the comments while listening to this song, Good job! You made it.

[@nithqueen]

this year still ain't over huh

[@blackrose538]

Can't say that this year has been any more difficult or tough on me personally.... work wise maybe, because we're running short staffed, but that's a challenge to be faced and conquered. But it's true that a lot has been going on this year everywhere in the world. Here's to a better 2021!

[@wtrbns]

Imagine seeing this song at the start of 2020

[@thorzap1374]

This was completely unbiased, this song's purpose was to uplift anyone who hears it. It is perfect.

[@filipnovy1391]

I wanna tell you one thing. 2020 was the best year in my personal life 😁...so happy I enjoyed it

[@nichtengale]

Man, I hope we won't have to come back to this song this time next year...

[@Emperor_Palpatine_66]

Don’t you put that evil on us.

[@TreespeakerOfTheLand]

@@Emperor_Palpatine_66 Says Palpatine :P

[@joakimvhes302]

@@TreespeakerOfTheLand Well, that actually says something, if even the Sith Lord himself is afraid

[@TreespeakerOfTheLand]

@@joakimvhes302 I guess we're in good company then... Well, I hope we will be at least a bit less afraid next year. Let's do our best to lighten the load, I suppose.

[@bunglechild]

it's been a long, long year. Now that is an understatement. Happy new year everyone. Let's make it better.

[@Shadow_Lunatale]

Thank you Gavin, for all the smiles, the emotions, for all the hope and relief your music carried to so many souls out there. Thank you for easing the pain and never giving up. 2020 has been hard, but it also gave my girlfriend and me the most beautiful thing we ever had. And it's only six more weeks until our son has finished his first year on this planet. Everyone out there, stay strong.

[@colbyarcamone5368]

Hopefully this comment helps push this to the people who need it. May the algorithm ever be in your favor, and may 2021 be a better year than the last. It’s been tough for everyone. But here we are. Let’s walk into 2021 with our heads held high, everyone. For those we have lost, and for those we can yet save. And many thanks to those who have done what they could to help during the events of last year.

[@jeefwizbowsky6276]

Гевин, спасибо за твоё творчество! Всего наилучшего в наступающем 2021!

[@Reickon]

I have a feeling many of us will be replaying this song every year around this time... until the servers die.

[@MediocreHexPeddler]

Miracle of Sound is the hero we need, but not the one we deserve.

[@natsudragnell6333]

3 years later and this Song helped so mutch in tought situations... reminding that whatever sh!t live threw at me, breakups, failures, loses - I've survived worse, and will continue to do so. And for that... Thank you.

[@sturmklinge9642]

I listened to this in the last couple of minutes before midnight in my Timezone and it made a nice last couple of minutes of the year. Happy new year everyone!

[@ForlornFea]

Quick comment for the algorithm. Happy New Year and Blessed Be!

[@TreespeakerOfTheLand]

Merry meet and _get the fuck out_ to 2020

[@zagreus3347]

A fucking happy year is it to much to ask

[@dubbydapanda7189]

"And though your scars have hardened and have turned to armor" This line was so damn powerful it has me choking up. Nice one brother.

[@NightmareMoon9964]

Yes, a Song to lift our hearts! Thank You kindly, Fellow Man.

[@StrangerForever85]

Thanks for this, Gavin. It’s not as encouraging as something like Amnesia, but it feels like there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. Not to disparage anyone else’s horrible year, but my year was extremely long. I lost my grandma on May 31, 2020, a few weeks after her 81st birthday. Gram was more like a mother to me than my actual mother, so her death hit me really hard. June onwards was a march through literal hell. But I made it. The scars are still soft, but I think they’ll turn to armor eventually. Thanks, Gavin, for giving me some hope after an exceedingly hellish year.

[@user-nz7zb7nl1m]

New year, be better, damn it. Greetings from Kaliningrad.

[@yourfriendlypaladin4653]

We'll keep on living, respect and love to the ones who've left, one day we will meet again

[@burythelight548]

Thank you miracle of sound and right now this year doesn't matter because we are ALL still here.