Achilles Come Down but you're slowly losing your sanity

In my feels rn
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[@cherryknees]

heyy bestiess i’m leaving the lyrics here in case any of y’all need it 🥰❤️ Achilles Achilles Achilles come down, won't you Get up off Get up off the roof? You're scaring us And all of us Some of us love you Achilles, it's not much but there's proof You crazy assed cosmonaut Remember your virtue Redemption lies plainly in truth Just humour us Achilles Achilles come down Won't you get up off Get up off the roof Achilles Achilles Achilles come down, won't you Get up off Get up off the roof? The self is not so weightless Nor whole and unbroken Remember the pact of our youth Where you go I'm going So jump and I'm jumping Since there is no me without you Soldier on Achilles Achilles come down Won't you get up off Get up off the roof? Loathe the way they light candles in Rome But love the sweet air of the votives Hurt and grieve but don't suffer alone Engage with the pain as a motive Today of all days See How the most dangerous thing is to love How you will heal and you'll rise above Achilles Achilles Achilles Jump now You are absent of cause Or excuse So self-indulgent And self-referential No audience could ever want you You crave the applause Yet hate the attention Then miss it, your act is a ruse It is empty, Achilles So end it all now It's a pointless resistance For you Achilles Achilles Just put down the bottle Don't listen to what you've consumed It's chaos, confusion And wholly unworthy Of feeding and it's wholly untrue You may feel no purpose Nor a point for existing It's all just conjecture and gloom And there may not be meaning So find one and seize it Do not waste your self on this roof Hear those bells ring deep in the soul Chiming away for a moment Feel your breath course frankly below See life as a worthy opponent Today of all days See How the most dangerous thing is to love How you will heal and you'll rise above Crowned by an overture bold and beyond Ah, it's more courageous to overcome You want the acclaim The mother of mothers (it's not worth it Achilles) More poignant than fame Or the taste of another (don't listen Achilles) But be real and just jump You dense motherfucker (you're worth more, Achilles) You will not be more Than a rat in the gutter (so much more than a rat) You want my opinion (no one asked your opinion) My opinion you've got You asked for my counsel (no one asked for your thoughts) I gave you my thoughts Be done with this now And jump off the roof Can you hear me Achilles? I'm talking to you I'm talking to you I'm talking to you I'm talking to you Achilles come down Achilles come down Throw yourself into the unknown With pace and a fury defiant Clothe yourself in beauty untold And see life as a means to a triumph Today of all days See How the most dangerous thing is to love How you will heal and you'll rise above Crowned by an overture bold and beyond Ah, it's more courageous to overcome

[@anidiot4922]

Thanks love!

[@Liam-xf5tv]

Thank you so much!!!!!!

[@estrogenmonster1028]

thank you

[@theofficalsilentraven]

@@anidiot4922 You should honestly pin this.

[@anidiot4922]

@@theofficalsilentraven on it :))

[@ayushibolia]

this feels like when you are zoned out staring at nothing and everything else blurs out while the world moves on

[@anidiot4922]

Yes!!

[@copperspike]

depersonalization / dissociation in general is a mood

[@morgrugyn]

Omg you've made it into words

[@sw4mp_c0rp3s]

i- yea

[@gillbin]

Y E S

[@Kate-n2310]

I love how we can hear “So *jump* off the roof” more clearly here. It really makes you feel that you are losing your sanity. You feel the desperation.

[@anidiot4922]

:')))

[@erensgotaces]

I know, I thought they said 'get off that roof' when I first listened to it, but now it's just even more sad. Well back into my insanity I go. :D

[@-parasol-8329]

@@erensgotaces it’s actually both! The voice insulting Achilles is telling him to jump off, while the nicer voice ( which is the main one throughout the whole song ) tells him to get off the roof

[@erensgotaces]

-Parasol- oh yeah! I realized that a little while after I posted the comment but didn't want to be an idiot, it's a lot more powerful of a line now.

[@ethanjake5639]

I hear it clearly in the original version too 😶✋

[@annco9298]

as someone who doesn’t speak French, the even-more-garbled French really drives the whole “going insane” thing home

[@elo5262]

Well I speak French and trust me understanding it feels just as weird because you cant really understand but you kinda do tho and I'm so unsteady right now

[@manal2911]

@@elo5262 I sorta understand what u meant like first language is English and etc and then I went to french school and boy everyone kept saying I talked as if I was speaking English plus my accent so I feel like if I was a natural learner I’d just understand French but yea

[@redeyestakewarning8255]

As someone trying and failing to learn French I agree

[@elo5262]

@@redeyestakewarning8255 omg i understand you so much it’s such an hard language to learn 🤯 even native speakers have struggles with it

[@davidholmgren8156]

I mean I don’t understand what exactly it says but I’m pretty sure it’s Albert Camus reading his own book The Myth of Sisyphus

[@princefarron5484]

Everyone: Achilles please! We love you! Greek army: we love you! We need you! Agamemnon: ...do a flip!

[@lakshmirekha9168]

Should I laugh or cry at this 😭

[@ryujin7091]

and apollo

[@evankimsey7867]

Why is this so accurate

[@hannahwaring863]

I don't know how to respond to this

[@Strxwberry_psyche]

Patroclus: I'll catch you if you fall

[@flatbear.7935]

Something about the slightly altered versions of Achilles come down just hits different

[@anidiot4922]

Yes.

[@cathyanderson9241]

@@anidiot4922 let make this ifinit

[@cathyanderson9241]

v

[@GlowBell]

Each version makes me feel some type of way

[@doriangrayapologist]

Transpose anything into this key and it works

[@ayam8020]

Shoot this in my veins

[@anidiot4922]

pLEASE

[@polyxenifoutsitsi8827]

You could say this shot you in the he-

[@anidiot4922]

hold uP

[@atlasy_y]

Lol

[@milo1942]

-el😔

[@Kay0OX]

“Name one hero who was happy.”

[@katestarnes1709]

I SWEAR TO GOD LEAVE ME ALONE I CANT ESCAPE THIS BOOK I DONT WANTTO CRY AGAIN

[@Kay0OX]

Kate Starnes The ending doe be sad

[@myrthle8585]

👀soooo what's the name of the book? I need to read it

[@Kay0OX]

meeper ! It’s called the Song of Achilles and it’s a gay love story

[@myrthle8585]

@@Kay0OX thanks imma buy it online 😌

[@icantsaveus8506]

I imagine this as a girl in a big long dress running down a castle hallway trying to find the music but she never finds it and completely loses her mind

[@wesallen5651]

this is constantly how i feel

[@RRA3]

Imagine this coming true-

[@jor.glasser]

Okay, so I want to be an author, and I write short stories, and you just gave me my new novel, so thank you! :)

[@sofifrz]

WOW OMG

[@gracem.5778]

And the person actually singing was death himself. (Sorry I just thought it would be cool to add this.)

[@oliviaknowles6686]

“How the most dangerous thing is to love.” I can’t-

[@anidiot4922]

That sentence is dangerous aight my heart can't take it

[@layrahope]

It's true tho, ain't it?

[@xg3m1n1xX]

@@layrahope I have no clue I have not loved before

[@charlotte8856]

I read your comment as the line played lmao good timing

[@shiprayadav9409]

"how you'll heal and rise above"

[@gqauspice7634]

This sounds just like laying down in an open field, with the distinct thought of "I don't belong here," on your mind -- You've done an excellent job.

[@anidiot4922]

Oh my god, yes!

[@oliviahlopasko6877]

Could not agree more...

[@digestivebiscuit8967]

* cries in burnt out gifted kid *

[@mooniekitty5912]

Youve put it into words

[@zenithfromiraeyen]

as someone who's part of a system and an achilles introject that only wants to go back home instead of being here... i can say i wholly agree

[@carolinefdeacon17]

welcome burnt out gifted kids, our anthem has gotten even more accurate

[@anidiot4922]

LMAO

[@taramt7384]

hEY WHO GAVE YOU THE RIGHT

[@vodkabread]

Yes

[@TheCircusJesterz]

I didn't ask to be called out like this. Please give me a warning next time

[@aurorisskydale8979]

i just choked on nothing while reading this- please- don’t come at me so fast- this hit so hard- I’m tearing up- nO-

[@lordhordak7598]

Historians be like: They were best friends.

[@foofoocuddlypoops5187]

There's actually no explicit mention of them being partners in the Iliad

[@AlesiiTS]

@@foofoocuddlypoops5187 I mean achilles finally going out into the battle field in a fit of bloody rage because his boyfriend died (and patroclus in the start pretending to be achilles so achilles doesn't have to go out) is pretty gay

[@grac3chen266]

wow ur so original

[@redwasanimposter4003]

r/saphoandherfriend

[@fearless9216]

@@AlesiiTS I mean Achilles had a son, also there's something known as 'sacrifice' between childhood friends

[@thatfanboiinthecorner4074]

What drove me crazy was not being able to distinguish the different notes from each other

[@anidiot4922]

Descend into insanity

[@fifi6401]

I stopped hearing them just before I read this comment and now I'm really decending towards insanity

[@fairyfox2890]

This feels like...Dancing a ballet to this song in a totally empty, dusty, potentially falling apart auditorium with a record player or cassette player that can't play the higher or lower notes anymore so it just either skips notes or slams them all onto the same set of bars, yaknow?

[@anidiot4922]

That sounds so lovely damn

[@cynicismpiee]

O! To be the phantom of a ballerina; a blazing star who met her fate being fed poison by an envious, vengeful elder sister. To be trapped in the theatre in which she passed, surrounded by her own coughed-up blood on the stage she once flourished on. To dance for eternity, spinning in an endless ballet.

[@coversbycat8016]

the vibe.

[@nicolearaujo2892]

@@cynicismpiee jesus damn are you guys ok

[@cynicismpiee]

@@nicolearaujo2892 No, not really.

[@cutiekanroji7969]

Apparently, according to TikTok, this is one of those "burnt out gifted kid" anthems. As a burnt out gifted kid, I can see why.

[@tanjirokamado2556]

didnt expect to see you here Shinobu

[@k.c.maiale7504]

As a "gifted" kid nearing my burn out point, I'm listening to this song religiously from now on

[@redeyestakewarning8255]

Heh shame being gifted isn’t as fun as it used to be, we were lied to

[@maddi501]

Me too🤣

[@hell0ki77y6]

@@redeyestakewarning8255 being gifted just means swallowing everything school teaches you and spitting it back out on paper without question😔✊

[@lynn-marie2741]

I cannot begin to describe how I feel right now. I feel both calm and reasonable, but at the same time a little panicky? But not panicky. Just like a little unsteady, but not really? Does anyone else understand this because I sure as heck don't

[@anidiot4922]

Yes :')

[@graeycooper5084]

It's kinda like standing on the edge of panic. The calm just before the chaos

[@aryannaparker5846]

Yeah I get that, that's how I feel whenever I listen to this

[@AJ-nx7ii]

Same

[@k0rokin157]

that’s how i feel rn.

[@kimchiisaloser1926]

for some reason this made me dissociate then after i snapped back into it i had the urge to pour a glass of wine for myself and dionysus

[@anidiot4922]

Omfg

[@carleyturner1334]

What's funny is yesterday was actually the start of the 12 days of dionysus!

[@kimchiisaloser1926]

@@carleyturner1334 I just got a statue for him :)

[@m_papaya2344]

I know you weren't referring to this but this sentence reminds me of omniscient reader's viewpoint

[@rf0656]

nice username lol

[@hungryandconfused7025]

Why does everyone keep feeding my addiction of this song?? [Edit] Okay I came back to this vid to listen again only to see that my comment has 10k likes???? What???

[@anidiot4922]

Because you're depressed and confused

[@someoneoranother]

@@anidiot4922 wow, you’re really coming at all of us like that

[@anidiot4922]

Man it hurts me too

[@Kate-n2310]

Fr. This isn’t healthy 😭

[@Southernbelle2978]

Seriously like everywhere I go this song pops up

[@kristien8111]

It sounds like you're trying to find Achilles but you can't find him as you run through the building. You can only hear the echo's of what's happening. It feels like you're running up what feels like an endless staircase trying to get to the roof as you listen to what's happening.

[@lilypad_2137]

how Patroclus felt seeing achilles going mad without him 😭

[@lavenderturtle3759]

Or like two ghosts are trying to talk him into and out of it and you are trying to get to him before he jumps

[@caelenjestercreates]

@@lilypad_2137 HOLD ON IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED?!! I DONT KNOW THE STORY-

[@robynborschewski492]

thats what my life feels like

[@gracemccorquodale2485]

Me playing roblox while people roleplay like they are killing eachother.

[@bluehairedweirdo4169]

“I see a lot of people die because they don’t believe that life is worth living, and I see others who paradoxically killed for the ideas, the illusion that gave them a reason to live. What we call a reason to live is also an excellent reason to die” -The Myth Of Sisyphus by Albert Camus

[@masterpig5s]

Commenting to remember later or for another time.

[@kayleecasey560]

@@masterpig5s Same

[@milkandhoney5695]

Yooooooooo

[@kuenning19]

I could be wrong, but this is the French in the songz

[@uselesswhitetrash4488]

@@kuenning19 yes it is

[@t.solares6323]

Jokes on you I ✨already lost it✨

[@anidiot4922]

Stop. Get some help.

[@atlasy_y]

✨

[@ShaarikaGopakumar]

✨✨

[@beetle7710]

Twinses✨

[@crimsocinth]

*chuckles in corner of its a pretty serious thing and if you lose it you cannot return and will just murder, without no warning or thinking*

[@kacybutsecret3142]

Why does this sound like a spirit trying to remember it’s life.... like ghost dude walks into a ballroom and just keeps seeing flashes of the night he died. People are dancing, he’s at a table drinking, his friend comes up to him, they’re laughing, the scene blips out. He’s across the room now, pulling his friend to the balcony. They’re on the balcony. He’s grabbing the front of his suit, they lean in, the scene blips out. They’re back in the ballroom now, they’re dancing, they switch partners a few times, the scene blips. A man is yelling now. The lady that the friend was dancing with is trying to calm him. Blip. The man is standing front of his friend yelling back. Blip. The angry man takes out a knife. A woman screams. Blip. The man is trying to back up and dodge without success. Blip. The man is laying on the ground now, his friend cradling his body. Blip. The friend is sobbing, holding the body tightly, staining his suit. The scene flickers and fades out. The ballroom is so unbearably empty. Vibes crawl up the walls were decorations once were. The tiles are cracked, chandelier barely hanging on. He turns around, looking at the room as it currently exists, examining the floor where his body once lay. Something makes a noise by the entrance. He whips his head to it, scared of what else lurks in the dilapidated ballroom. A man with a stained suit walks through the door. “Hello again, old friend”

[@anidiot4922]

NO

[@jow09]

yEs

[@river7487]

Oh my gods what have you done

[@kacybutsecret3142]

@@river7487 become that one guy in the comments of songs who writes out imaginary scenarios that they see in their head while listening.

[@haveagoodmourning]

I'm not usually the type to point stuff like this out but this might be the best autocorrect I've ever seen When you see it-

[@adoresbylaures]

"Achilles Come Down but you're slowly losing your sanity" me: dope

[@signa8388]

We're in a global pandemic here, sanity was never an option

[@helenapupkess3192]

Everybody who has Achilles, come down in their Top 5 Songs of this years Spotify Wrapped up (so everybody here lmao including myself) has already lost it

[@anidiot4922]

Spitting facts

[@foragingvegan2654]

Ik Ik is ga f54

[@Southernbelle2978]

Here

[@clumpofdirt1193]

:']

[@eishakhan4904]

it’s my most played song . blinks

[@ILoveMahCat]

So....how did we all become obsessed with this song?

[@anidiot4922]

Remains a mystery

[@carterkane239]

i heard the first few notes and loved ever since

[@nicolearaujo2892]

it was the dark academia/royal core playlists that did it for me lmao

[@tamlin439]

I don't even remember. I have no idea when, how or why I started listening to it, but it feels like it's been with me for an eternity.

[@erensgotaces]

I heard it from dream smp stuff and really needed to hear it more, so I found it and now I'm obsessed. :) haha... the thing I found it on was the most depressing thing I saw for the characters I love so much, though.

[@clovercove8355]

I’m the blood sodden grounds With bodies striking the earth And the gods above The sting of swords The crash of words All fall into synchronized violence As your body lay Bare and fine The heel I own torn Crumbling down into scraped knees I lay next to you And with a final breath I look to the gods above All taken part with fowl grins And I think to them Curse you, wicked and vile Achilles heel was Patroclus’ own And they both died apart Though so very close

[@cherryblossom9009]

HELL! This is as beautiful as the relationship of Patroclus and Achilles.

[@ryajean4584]

this is the most beautiful thing ever thank you for sharing, if you didn't write this you have taste and if you did WOW this pieces is beautiful

[@m.meghana2365]

♡

[@ok-qm3ym]

aaaa this is so beautiful!!

[@farookhabeba5398]

Turns out I love poetry

[@Rdgutdjlkbceaxvjk]

This feels like you’re achilles, and the original feels like you’re what’s the face singing to ur lover

[@sg-qi7np]

what’s the face 🥲🥲 patroclus didnt die for this

[@tanyar1351]

it feels like im achilles, listening to the voices, which is this song. im going insane

[@illbehonestidontreallyunde547]

@@Rdgutdjlkbceaxvjk if you translated it im pretty sure its basically Patrick

[@kristenhuck3546]

@@Rdgutdjlkbceaxvjk protractor

[@elimaloney2025]

achilles did not draw out every syllable of Patroclus' name for what's the face to be his title.

[@friccfraccn7873]

Losing my sanity cause it sounds heavenly

[@anidiot4922]

Amen

[@gabij810]

Why every version of this song is so perfect I-

[@camelia5068]

I don't know if anyone has said that before, but I'm thinking of the two of them. In another era, in another country. One of them is in a museum. He's an architecture student. He is the only visitor in the museum. Like a harp click, a song begins to take root in his mind. So distorted that it made him stop scribbling in his notebook. His heart sank suddenly, and his lips became so dry as if he had traveled through the desert all his life without water. He moves his head frantically in an attempt to get rid of the melody in his head, but he only manages to disturb his brown curls. He squeezes the pencil firmly between his skeletal fingers and looks at the statue facing the sky. For a second it seemed to him that the statue came to life, and with its red lips glued together, as if looking like a wound and with black eyes, the statue seemed to look into his soul. He felt the disgust and coldness of the statue. Suddenly, a rain of light pours down on him like a thousand trumpets coming from the sun. He returns fascinated to the place where the strip of light sneaks through the corners. In front of him rises a person. He was like a soldier. His skin was olive, seeming to be bathed in the summer rays of the sun. He had the impression that his curls were like a sprout of sprouted wheat, though he wasn't quite sure. His thin lips moved at a brisk pace, but the sounds didn't reach his ears. The same song resounded in his head, only this time much louder. Quickly head to the left because of the sudden dizziness. “Come down" Golden flowers pour from the ceiling. The young man turns to face the person who was in front of him a few moments ago. He is alone now. Everything was just an illusory view created by his own mind. ( I'm sorry for any mistake. )

[@anidiot4922]

I FELL IN LOVE WITH THIS

[@camelia5068]

I'm happy that you liked it. Ever since I finished the book, I've only had this idea in mind.

[@taxx162]

Holy crap-

[@nancykira717]

you need to become a writer you have a talent in writing

[@camelia5068]

@@nancykira717 Thank you very much. I'll take into account what you said. Actually, I'm already writing some things, but recently I started composing in English as well. :')

[@artemisa9327]

this version makes me think in that part in TSOA where patroclus's ghost shows up in his dreams and oh god

[@anidiot4922]

STOP

[@izzyyy9797]

STOP I JUST FINISHED IT AND IM SO USPET RN

[@lumauve7807]

The hurt I feel rn 🙁🙁

[@funnyhuman232]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@crazystupidbean]

I imagine being in a ball gown and spinning in an empty ball room in an abandoned mansion and having this song echoing around the room as I laugh and slowly become the music, the walls, the air

[@aadisn668]

well i guess its that time of the day when youtube recommendations slowly push me into memories of my dramatic past lives

[@anidiot4922]

YES

[@aadisn668]

@@anidiot4922 Gotta love that daydream coping mechanism👈👈

[@anidiot4922]

Omfg not the daydreams 😭😭 I could sit for hours on end doing nothing but daydreaming

[@aadisn668]

@@anidiot4922 same😖😖

[@alphonseelric4811]

Holy fuck yea

[@yesh6494]

For the first time my body had a physical reaction to music. The distortion caused a pain that started in my back teeth and spread across my mouth, eyes, cheeks, face, neck, until my entire body was consumed by this dull ache. I descended into physical insanity along with completely losing my grip on reality. Fun.

[@anidiot4922]

Oopsie

[@theofficalsilentraven]

I hope you're good now

[@TheHungerGamesByeRue]

might wanna go the doctor for that one

[@AiLikeChickenNuggets]

…doesn’t everyone get this???

[@orelsinge141]

_If you have to go, I will go with you_

[@doriangrayapologist]

_If he is dead, I will not be far behind_

[@graytootle724]

_The last thing I think is: Achilles._

[@ARHanif-ej7oz]

It remains a mystery how addicting this song is. Like, this one stays with you after a long time. Tbh, as a straight dude, I never knew a song like this can exist.

[@anidiot4922]

It just clings to something in you I guess

[@clipclop3786]

I'm sorry I'm just curious, why does it matter of you're straight?

[@ARHanif-ej7oz]

@@clipclop3786 Honestly? I don't know why I typed that. Probably because there are so many people in my place who judged my music taste, called me gay and stuffs because I like this kind of music, so, yeah. Well, it's not that important but don't take it way too seriously.

[@clipclop3786]

@@ARHanif-ej7oz what are they 9? using gay as an insult smh you sir, have a great taste in music if you listen to gang of youth

[@Evergreen_Trees_are_cool]

Perhaps this song simply calls to that part of the soul that remembers loves lost and dreams to be whole.

[@PYXKO]

If my dissociation had an audio it would be this except everything is fuzzy and grayscale

[@norawhipple5916]

one of the best ways to gage your mental state if you hear "jump off" or "get off" the roof

[@aloserlmao5292]

damn you

[@graytootle724]

Didn’t have to call me out like that man /j

[@nathanjones6005]

i always hear 'get off' that means i'm stable right?

[@lukewarmsoda1147]

I always hear ´jet off´ so I am right at the edge of losing my sanity I guess

[@johnathanegbert9277]

I have both.

[@katelynn1053]

If you're listening to this song, you're a burnt out gifted kid, a Percy Jackson fan or a mythology fan, or all three.

[@tiggyvolts9076]

Or just have good taste

[@Lazy.frog.feet33]

Yo why did u point me out like that- *cries while reading percy jackson with sketches of him laid around like a whole ritual*

[@starryalien]

or a closeted gay

[@zvezda4701]

@@starryalien plot twist, all three of those people who got mentioned fit that bill

[@starryalien]

@@zvezda4701 LOL

[@nazmamulla2041]

ouch I resonate w this too much

[@anidiot4922]

I feel ya :')

[@compasssong4986]

This version just tells a whole different kind of story than the original, this one sounds like time is slowing down and the main character is just walking around trying to figure out what to do while time becomes frozen around them. I love this!

[@unnah]

"he is half of my soul, as the poets say"

[@cityfey]

having my christmas eve breakdown how r y'alllllllll

[@anidiot4922]

Omfg are we all living the same life

[@Sea__]

having my new years eve breakdown now and youuu?

[@vdajay4580]

BRO I had my first nervous breakdown on Christmas Eve too. That shit was wild. 3/10 definitely wouldn't recommend

[@Cryptid_Robin]

Oh no! I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed tbh, nice picrew though

[@ash-ez9yh]

very cool pfp

[@Roniisghost]

This is just fuel for my imaginary stories-

[@not_Tamb0]

Omg stoooop. You make me love you. You are one of the first people admitting they make fake stories Edit: as I have seen for me.

[@Roniisghost]

@@not_Tamb0 I mean sure but honestly I just get hella rp ideas from these kinds of songs-

[@gravymilk8244]

Of course, imaginary stories are the best way to escape this world lmao

[@bunkofunk4301]

Your profile picture is so cool 🥺

[@Roniisghost]

@@bunkofunk4301 Aww Thank you!

[@samantharuff3915]

Why does this song feel like a weighted blanket

[@kornelia8183]

Ah remember when I tried to throw a coin to this exact fountain while facing the opposite site and a boy caught it and gave it back to me good times

[@anidiot4922]

And then you got married

[@melle_44]

Bro lemme write a story real quick-

[@melle_44]

I wasn’t joking- (I inserted two random characters so yea) I looked out on the view, the water sparkled beneath the sunlight; I sighed, content with the sunlight beating down on my face. I looked deeper into the water, seeing the reflections of coins in the water. Pulling out my bag, I tossed one in, not necessarily wishing for anything. I blinked, but the coin never hit the water, looking up in shock my gaze fell on a boy around my age, holding the coin in his hand. For a minute time seemed to stop, the sunlight only getting brighter and lighting his face. The only way to describe him was beautiful. Time resumed, I waved, he smiled. I might actually put this in a story I’m writing, dang.

[@anidiot4922]

This calls for a wattpad story

[@melle_44]

@@anidiot4922 lol😂

[@honestlyjustaweirdo7706]

This is what loud music above water sound like when your underwater. It’s amazing!❤️

[@sarahbatuski7100]

you just made me think of a little blurb: You realize you are there, your journey begins, you recall the story of Achilles and his love, and you watch your tears join the water around you. You continue farther and the music fades more, much like the breath in your lungs. you remember your own love and how your faults drove them away. Your over halfway there. you think you hear the voice of your love arguing not to do this, bit they left long ago. Your almost there. the voice is being drowned out by encouragement that you did the right thing. You finally make it. the song tormenting you and the voices stop. Just like your heart and lungs. you have reached the bottom of the lake to lie with your love once again

[@Vondranel]

This one hits just right. ♡

[@anidiot4922]

The crippling depression that follows right after is just *chef's kiss*

[@Vondranel]

@@anidiot4922 Hit me like a damn truck lmao

[@anidiot4922]

It do b like dat

[@ceebee8078]

this feels like floating in deep space but being fully aware that you’re zoning out and being unable to stop it

[@nowahernandez1940]

Listening to this while re-reading The Song Of Achilles just hits different. The book has emotionally scared me 😃😃

[@dixi-marip.3373]

I JUST GOT IT

[@midnightstatic9437]

I’m reading it rn I’m like half way through will update

[@thenileriv]

@@midnightstatic9437 good luck 😀

[@midnightstatic9437]

@@thenileriv AHHHHHHH

[@gracemccorquodale2485]

Oh no I just started reading it.

[@ordinarycrash]

The only parts my brain is processing are Achilles, Achilles Achilles come down Won't you get up off Get up off the roof And it just hits different

[@nyxsschwan1583]

You hear the words enough from people, “Don’t do it.” Even if that thought never crosses your mind as you sit on the roof looking at the stars but now your brain thinks of only the release as you could tumble down and embrace death. Your mind breaks everyday but one day you’ll hit the tipping point of no return, but that’s alright. We are only human who fight battles everyday, I am glad you fight the battle of darken thoughts and win another day. Enjoy the peace of a broken mind, for you sometimes think clearer. Do not give up

[@emilypulver7199]

i love this. im playing this video on repeat while reading comments. this one made me feel for the first time in weeks. thank you.

[@shreyasmr3777]

Their ashes mixed together In the depths of the land Scream of their togetherness And the love spun out of the purest gold the same colour as his hair And the earth as deep as the green of his eyes Which even the mighty seas couldn't separate nor could the cold wrath of his goddess mother for the mortal was made of memories of the way his lips felt on his own, their years together in phthia, pelion, in the rose quartz caves, under orion, in the beach, the sea and troy in arms made just for him to fit like pieces of puzzle all just a blurred dream now fading into nothingness. But their love wont for their souls never will. They're not meant to part, ever. Not today, not tomorrow, not the day after not ever. There is no Achilles without patroclus and what is patroclus if not just memories of Achilles

[@Sam-cu4yi]

thank you bc im gonan go cry for the hundrenth time now

[@Cherry_cola4]

_“And what is Patroclus if not just memories of Achilles.”_ take my heart I don't need it anyways

[@shreyasmr3777]

@@Cherry_cola4 ahaha i wrote this long back when i was fuming with pain and rage the book gifted me with

[@Cherry_cola4]

@@shreyasmr3777 rage and sorrow really bring out the best ideas while writing, doesn't it?

[@tharakini4154]

Feels like I'm listening to the song from Achilles's perspective, cause this is probably how Achilles would've heard it.

[@fionac4382]

now i have to listen to it another fifty times from that perspective

[@mooniekitty5912]

@@fionac4382 story time

[@allthewayfromatoz3855]

i understand that you’re just watermarking it, but the “an idiot” at the bottom just adds to it so much in my opinion

[@anidiot4922]

:')

[@zeb2424]

5:32 The fact that I can hear jump way clearer makes me sad

[@KrisPBacon-ul1rx]

This is what anxiety feels like. Calm but not calm, there is danger near, but still you rest, aware of peril, but remining stagnant. This is neat. :)

[@anidiot4922]

I like that

[@yourawfulhearttosong]

fragile but regal, like a porcelain queen

[@jjccore]

i see this as achilles being someone who has very little value in their own life and isn't afraid of a reckless death; however, deep down he's much like us here: a burnt out gifted kid who is sad, completely given up on their hopes. they quite frankly hate themselves, signifying the angered voice in the song. the main voice is someone close to achilles who has been watching them spiral into their inevitable insanity or death. they try to reckon with achilles and tame his self sabotaging thoughts, but achilles shrugs it off as a joke, completely giving up on taking something or someone's help seriously as it has failed multiple times in the past. the part where the two voices sound as if they are arguing kind of signifies the close friend of achilles and achilles arguing before their death. achilles is shouting down towards the person things they have said about themself and things that they have heard others say about them. to add onto the pain, i can definitely see near the ending where it is only the melancholic piano achilles and the close friend look at each other before achilles jumps from the roof, and achilles has a small sad smile. the type of smile when the person knows you have tried your best but your efforts failed you, and you have lost.

[@wisteria8871]

sanity? who needs that when I'm running through abandoned halls, feeling out of place and floating to this song? not me

[@turtles2go738]

I can FEEL the bass notes lordy. This is the melodic equivalent of a building collapsing around you, and I'm in love.

[@oliverbennett6349]

there’s a distant and vague feeling of belonging I feel from this and I think that just really neat

[@DahliaRose1585]

This feels like pain but it’s underwater and every second feels like a week and I love it

[@wesallen5651]

it feels like how drowning would feel

[@maxt2520]

this feels like pateoclus's own voice echoing as he stands upon the roof long after being unable to help achilles and trying to find support in what he told achilles but it isnt working as he thought

[@elizabethjones3088]

All I'm imagining is a young girl chasing her father as he ran through a dark forest, his laughter echoing off trees. He runs for what seems like an eternity before he finally breaks through a treeline. The girl follows closely behind only to find herself alone in an empty field. As she looks around she happens to glance down at a rock. Ingraved in the rock is her father's name and sitting next to it is the metal pendant she always wore. Picking up the pendant, she happens to get a look at her reflection but instead of seeing a young girl, her skin is wrinkled and her eyes dull. An old woman stares back at her with tears in her eyes. Slowly settling on the ground next to the stone, she closes her eyes as she has become strangely tired. She wakes to someone calling her name. Opening her tear filled eyes she sees her father smiling down at her. She smiles. She finally found him.

[@Xaervai]

out of all the comments here, this one made me finally break.

[@elizabethjones3088]

@@Xaervai Made me break too ngl

[@justicethedoggo3648]

Aww nice story but y'all gotta stop depressing yourself lmao

[@elizabethjones3088]

@@justicethedoggo3648 No. I dont think I will.

[@patch3938]

Feels like a fever dream... the air between awake and dreaming, that state where you can't decipher between dream and reality.

[@PaleNoFace]

If you need me, I'll be dissociating in the corner with the discorporeated voice of Albert Camus.

[@cam1954]

this song helps me tons. when i am overwhelmed and everything is way too loud i play this and put my phone under a pillow to fall asleep

[@jennagibson7591]

Listening to this while making art is an absolute vibe, 10/10 would recommend

[@Venusrival]

Just imagine, Achilles standing on a roof in a daze the words of Patroclus and Apollo blur into one, Apollo's harsh words drive him to the edge but in the end Patroclus wins and gets him off the roof.

[@ava-ox2qo]

this feels like you are trapped in your mind, and your thoughts have started to echo as you desperately are trying to find an end

[@magnus8361]

This is like an ethereal experience, don't mind me just losing my mind on Christmas night alone

[@annieisokay]

"He told me to jump, I didn't want to..! I swear, he was there!" "Patient has lost it's mind.., there's nothing we can do". Pretty bad for my skills, but, all I could think of-

[@gurumi_k7amai671]

"He is half my soul, as the poet says."

[@ValentinaDiaz-zb2hu]

what is this emotion

[@ghostgoneish9881]

We didn't start the fire, it was always burning since the world was turning..

[@anyaalikhan9786]

barefoot, running on cold stone, down endless blank hallways, the world collapsing and crashing in sheets of colour and emotion, and the only constant is the music. hearing the pain, but unable to feel it. hearing the violence, the anger. feeling everything and nothing at once. louder, and louder, and louder, and then - numb. finally. welcome home, dear. let us make a toast; "to us, the despair of the world! the kids who were pushed and pulled until we burnt like stars... after all, don't the stars even choose destruction over life?"

[@facelessvoid7747]

youtube rly went “i said we havin our mental break tonight”

[@fernandadiz.1704]

A few years ago I was suicidal, and I swear to god, this song is exactly how the debate in my head felt... I am far better now, but this song makes me really emotional, it makes me happy, sad and nostalgic all at the same time in the most beautiful way possible...

[@anidiot4922]

I'm glad you're feeling better!!!

[@paintedcarrots1049]

Everytime I think my addiction to this song has passed, something like this pops into my recommended

[@shreyasmr3777]

Achilles traces his fingers down patroclus's collarbone his chest his hands and to the last bits of his fingers as if imprinting the texture into his minds while patroclus drinks the way his touch feels like on his skin for he's just made of memories

[@Chana12345]

This song has been in my top ten Spotify for the last three years and I DIDNT THINK MY OBSESSION COULD GROW

[@gracelynntaylor5364]

ok but think about it a ghost tied to the place they died, forever haunted by scenes if their past life, seeing different scenes painted before them as they enter each room. In the ballroom there is stolen glances, brushes of fingers, "accidental" bumps, in the kitchen two lovers, pressing against each other, desperate for stolen kisses, unaware of the pair of eyes that watch them, on the balcony, the screams of a heartbroken woman, a heel breaking, the wide eyes as they fall before they are grabbed and pulled back, their savior in turn plummeting to their own death, tears falling from pained eyes of the now lonely lover, the shocked face of the hurting woman as the crowd gathers to stare at the broken body. over and over, day after day, until there is a shift, the door of the broken and cracked manor squeaking open as another ghost walks through, wearing the same grin of the lover, the house fixing itself he walks past to the older spirit, making his way to the balcony, where on that fateful night, both heart and bone were shattered. "hello love."

[@anidiot4922]

Thanks, I hate it.

[@evankimsey7867]

You had no right to make me sob

[@Sle3plessNights]

for some reason this feels like the perfect last song to listen to during 2020. 30 minutes before 12am for me.

[@aesop3674]

I feel like im in a big open field, a single dead tree in the middle. I'm hanging upside-down from a branch by my legs, looking around me as if I was standing on the sky and had to hold onto the earth. I reach to grab onto the earth, though my hands just sink through and I rip out grass and dirt as it falls into the sky. my legs start to hurt, and I fall. I float in the air for a moment, watching as I fall into the sky. I blink and im laying in the tall grass, watching the clouds roll above me

[@kiarasecord5963]

I keep getting chills from "be done with this now and get off the roof". it literally cures my depression.

[@brrytwist]

Feels like I’m standing somewhere up high, and someone’s singing through a megaphone at me.

[@koravivika3712]

Ah yes, more fuel for my horrendous writing habits. Thank you so much

[@anidiot4922]

Oo I'd love to read what you write ^^

[@roshi_rk]

*saves every edit of this song*

[@baylee1024]

so are we all burnt out gifted kids who are most likely obsessed with greek mythology/ astrology

[@AiLikeChickenNuggets]

That’s me 🙋‍♀️

I've never been more calm and distraught at the same time

[@user-sl7kt7bl6k]

this is what my head sounds like during my bad depression episodes but prettier

[@iamtryingmybardest]

Wearing headphones so i dont annoy my family by playing this on repeat

[@ryajean4584]

This is edited beautifully and the depth of different voices is exquisite I love this so much. I felt like I was floating and my zpine tingled. I think this might have unlocked a past life memory, thank you

[@blulula4869]

this is perfect to listen to at 5am

[@angelicreader3273]

I wouldn't mind hearing this in my final moments

[@obsoletepixels]

It's what being overwhelmed sounds like.

[@avaclaire357]

Patroclus fell from the chariot as the blade came down unforgiving to his body. As his head tumbled to the earth, the gilded helmet falling free from his brown curls, he gazed at the sky, knowing he would never see it again. The clouds cleared for the sun as one last crescendo in his life. Cries around him faded with the vivid blue in his eyes. He never heard Achilles call for him to stay. He was already gone.

[@AiLikeChickenNuggets]

Did you write this or is this an excerpt from a book, because it’s amazing

[@thisisayoutubechannel7919]

ironically this is the only thing keeping me sane