AJJ - Rejoice

[@christopher7567]

Homeless waiting on the bus, so this song hits different.

[@lIlIIlIllIIIllIIllIlIllIllI]

Stay safe, shit's hard and might get harder, but navigating it is possible.

[@JAllen-np2xu]

I hope you find a way out of your problem, best wishes friend

[@Dustrin]

Hope you're doing good, hope you stay safe, and hope your situation will get better

[@JohnDoe-pk2hs]

​@@lIlIIlIllIIIllIIllIlIllIllI I love the sentiment, but you really didn't need to add the word "might".

[@lIlIIlIllIIIllIIllIlIllIllI]

@@JohnDoe-pk2hs Shit's uncertain, I don't know if things'll get better for them or worse. Might was appropriate given the uncertainty.

[@thebenexperience]

Rejoice because you exist at the same time as this song

[@Im-the-greatest]

Rejoice! You're doing your best.

[@kaliaarkenia8595]

[Verse 1] Rejoice, rejoice God's ears are stitches Rejoice, His eyes are big X's Rejoice, His arms are burning witches Rejoice, His hands perform hexes [Chorus] Rejoice despite the fact this world will hurt you Rejoice despite the fact this world will kill you Rejoice despite the fact this world will tear you to shreds Rejoice because you're trying your best [Verse 2] Rejoice, the bed you sleep in is burning Rejoice, the sky's fucking falling Rejoice, the world we know is turning Rejoice, your father's been calling [Verse 3] Rejoice although this world will devastate you Rejoice although this world will penetrate you Rejoice although you will not survive Rejoice you'll never make it out alive [Verse 4] Rejoice, your hair it smells like burning hair Oh rejoice, your nails all got chewed off Rejoice, and - holy fuck! - you're bleeding there Oh rejoice, you burned your whole beard off

[@bonesfloodedwithdreams]

Thank you :)

[@sleekthegeek6669]

@@bonesfloodedwithdreams rejoice god's ear's are stanchions a stanchion is a big beam (god is deaf as a post) rejoice, his eyes are big Xs (and he's also blind)

[@_winter7745]

@@sleekthegeek6669 I heard stanchions exactly like you said until I really listened to this video and looked at the stitches lyric. I think he actually is saying "exes" (used to think it was axes) and "stitches" (used to think it was stanchions). He has a thick accent but comparing them to the way he says 'witches' and 'hexes' I think OP is right. I'll still forever hear "stanchions" which are also tall cones meant for looping caution tape across, shaped like horns. There are also stanchion horns, which are elongated horns like for the hard of hearing. This does kind of contrast with the deaf idea, so I'm thinking it's stitches.

[@Pixel-Jam]

i dont understand how yall are hearing stanchions, it doesnt sound like stanchions, and why would his ears be posts? it not only sounds like stitches but stitches actually makes sense too

[@tovenordmark1384]

I can never tell what level of ironic this song is, like if I'm feeling well it's a sincere acceptance of everything you can't change, and if I'm feeling bad it's a satire of religious zeal in the face of terrible things...

[@specificocean9490]

Even if the artist didnt write the lyrics sincerely the meaning is the same externally. To me i took it to be similar to a Jobian situation and thats how i view it regardless.

[@peepetheplumber]

no coments for like 3 years and then three coments great song

[@smuggpugg7916]

Yes Lets make it a thing

[@rachelwaln4728]

@@smuggpugg7916 ok

[@averagegirl3873]

Wow. That's upsetting. It's gonna be 5 years in a few months and there's under 200 comments...

[@miles2419]

youtube tells me this comment was made three years ago :) congrats

[@peepetheplumber]

WE FUCKIN DID IT!!!!!!!

[@stelloola]

i love the way sean enunciates "and holy FUCK youre bleeding there!!!!!"

[@TapdotWater]

I've always loved the way "your best" is sung. The oscillation makes it come out like "your har-best," as though it were both your best and your hardest at the same time.

[@1dvo413]

This song is like if Chicken little became an anarchist.

[@iloveyoutubeshortskillme]

based chicken little

[@cardinaldeino1289]

I feel like this song is a perfect mix of optimism and pessimism

[@TheBikepackingNomad]

Lol so spot on but actually almost, the "rejoice b/c youre trying your best" brings in the W for optimism. Such an awesome song.

[@cardinaldeino1289]

​@mitchellknapp5766 yep, "rejoice because you're trying your best" definitely overshadows the pessimism shown in the previous lyrics. But even so, there is a strong taste of poignancy throughout the song. In fact, "rejoice because you're trying your best" came as such a twist for me I even interpreted it as sarcasm at first. Quite an awesome song indeed, sounds depressing but gives you some sort of reassurance in the end.

[@ohyeahitsthatoneguy]

What an opening to their first album, I find myself singing and humming it more often than not

[@Uber_Versace]

It's their second album

[@Lightning_bugs]

I struggle with depersonalization and dissociation but this song along with people remind me of the world out there. Sometimes I get stuck in my head and can’t get out, and I can’t talk about because nobody takes it seriously. I thought this is what all kids and teens went through going up, but after looking up some stuff, feeling like you’re not real and thinking of hypotheticals for if you died of different ways is normal. I don’t want a therapist and I don’t want to talk to my parents. I don’t want to burden any friends with my problems. Life sucks so much sometimes and I wish I was never born sometimes. But I’m here and my goal right now is to make it out of growing up so that at least I’ll be an adult someday. I love this song

[@zoomer2965]

Hi. One of those eventual adults here. Everything here is very familiar to me. Being trans in the South didn't help. If you have the resources to pursue therapy, I do suggest giving it a try, or reach out to friends here and there. The real ones will be there for you; try to offer them the same in return. Beyond additional freedoms from reaching the age of majority, and perhaps a bit more experience, being an "adult" is an arbitrary thing; It won't magic this stuff away. But doing the above is a good step forward.

[@Lightning_bugs]

@@zoomer2965 thanks man. I made this comment a while ago in a pretty dark place, and I’ve developed some better coping mechanisms for myself and cut off toxic friends. I still listen to AJJ though, haha. Thanks for the insight

[@heezyforsheez]

​@@zoomer2965you're not trans either but you'll figure out that later when the identity crisis and health problems come in, if you're on HRT.

[@BlossomTreeUwU]

​@@heezyforsheezfun fact, ajj supports trans rights Maybe leave trans people alone and dont try to tell them who they are, you arent in their head Also saying that they'll eventually be hit with health problems is at best not helpful and at worst flat out harmful and disgusting Stop being like this

[@justbrowsing9697]

This is one of my comfort songs... that probably says something about my mental health lol. It's just so harsh and real, yet hopeful. This world is brutal and broken, but we're together in this painful life. Together till our inevitable end, not to be feared but accepted. Hell, maybe even rejoiced Taking comfort in death, that this pain I feel will at some point end. Weirdly comforting to my mentally unwell ass

[@tylerp3327]

Rejoice in the fact your taste in music has not been affected. Hope you’re doing better man.

[@crisptomato9495]

Kind of reminds me of Camus’ take on Sisyphus, and how you should embrace suffering and meaninglessness instead of fruitlessly trying to overcome it.

[@Kas3-]

Fake deep yt comments😭

[@justbrowsing9697]

@Kas3- don't call me out like that >:/

[@Kas3-]

@@justbrowsing9697 ;)

[@wind_reader]

Of the 35 comments the video has, 20 have been during the pandemic. I think there's a correlation here.

[@Sam-lr9oi]

ajj is staying inside to avoid the deadly plague type music

[@LatinaCreamQueen]

Man, this album sure does take me back.

[@josephm.4480]

“Rejoice because you’re trying your best.” This line is for the mentally ill students who are struggling at distance learning in Quarantine 2020.

[@lilo19951995]

as a college prof teaching my students through zoom, they are absolutely doing their best. i love my students. we're all in this together

[@hmoment661]

Or anyone who has been affected by the quarantine.

[@bigstupidgrin]

Perfect. I'm both teaching and studenting online right now.

[@ThePigeon5734]

​@@hmoment661 The quarantine was actually fun. I didn't have to go outside.

[@LateNightRewrites]

Maybe it's for those who aren't getting five figure useless degrees but who are working their actual fingers to the actual bone? Just saying

[@Snow_Sailor]

I'm back and I'm burnt out. Life has ripped me away from my favorite hobby-art. Art was the thing keeping me happy. But I'm trying to figure it out, one day at a time. I've apologized for some past stuff and I'm currently trying to get out of my mentality of demonizing myself. Instead of drowning in apathy towards everything wrong in the past, I'm trying to float out of it. Sometimes I sink but, hey. I'll rejoice because I _am_ trying my best!

[@theschizo5783]

the girl of my dreams used to love this album i listen to it and all i can see is her its true agony but beauty in the pain

[@echoecho3155]

This is the song the youth pastor sings after his psychotic break.

[@playasadonejoe]

I just upgraded from 'no children'

[@playasadonejoe]

so on point

[@graveyardscum5527]

hahaha

[@hunternewborn2053]

There is much about Sean that reminds me of various youth pastors I was around over the course of my childhood .

[@rainbowButters]

Moral orel

[@munsterlandr1644]

a good folk punk/folk punk adjacent band always needs a good sacrilegious song, hell yeah

[@frankiedemeter4081]

Welp I found my new favorite singer

[@maddy3852]

sean bonnette is a king

[@frankiedemeter4081]

Maddy for sure

[@yorrrinn]

the fact that i can’t even count how many times i’ve cry to this song... edit: this comment is 3 years old and i still love this song but the ‘…’ was so dramatic

[@keeprkyd]

I feel that. Big Bird is always the one that really makes me feel sick as I sob

[@paulj3873]

Yeah I’m a 56 year old army vet and this song makes me cry all the time. It is the truthfulness that breaks my heart.

[@ChristinaFromYoutube]

Us

[@gabryeltheunisz1493]

Rejoice!

[@mr.fahrenheit9026]

Oh, rejoice!

[@nechdaught3412]

Rejoice, gods ears are stitches!

[@nix.i]

Oh, rejoice! His eyes are big Xs!

[@davadooo5940]

I love this song so much and it makes me cry when I'm up late at night and it just comes on at the right time, and it makes me thankful for everything i have. (only song to have ever made me cry.)

[@DinoThatPlaysHaloQ]

Wait my bed is burning

[@multi-zg3uy]

yes yes it is

[@ohno7852]

Uh oh

[@excitableboy7031]

Dont smoke on the bed. Learnt that the hard way.

[@joaoprzygocki1865]

I always come back to this song at really bad times and it always lifts me up a little, or at least makes me feel less alone

[@责]

every time i feel terrible i put on ajj and smile at the fact that this isnt even the worst part

[@AshofApocalypse]

This song gives me the same vibes as that Disney ad in the beginning of every Disney dvd where it uses that song that goes “as sly as a fox, as big as an ox” whatever. The cool nostalgic but not vibes

[@elifishwhat]

It's called Everything at Once by Lenka!

[@rachi5359]

every year i listen to this song and the state of the world is worse than it was before, the lyrics bring me comfort

[@fredroberts8275]

Man the way in which this song is so angry and nihilistic and yet still still ends on a optimistic note ("Rejoice because you are trying your best") is really cool.

[@cogandball]

Shout out atrioc and the popathon glad to see some folk punk music in that stream

[@gra1nofsand]

This song is a crisis of faith personified

[@R204]

I cant remember how i found this song but i heard it in a spotify radio and it brought back some sense of nostalgia.

[@Noxx55]

This song's gotten me through some tough times.

[@jellyfishyy]

this album makes me so hopeful and heard and happy

[@ohnoherewegoagain5819]

rejoice, quarantine has lead us to discover amazing songs

[@cantunderstandnotry6130]

My friend suggested this band now I can't stop listening to this song

[@petthepirate3115]

Something about listening to this song while imagining a favorite character that has this kind of vibe feels oddly comforting

[@youngt2827]

Good shit

[@syd16packchicken]

I like ur pfp

[@Pixel-Jam]

bad piss

[@hunterferguson3757]

Rejoice, I remember when you played this all the time in Macomb IL. Love you babygirl

[@ceci7783]

2020 vibes :)

[@hujummujumdzikieweze]

best easter song I've ever heard!

[@catfur9215]

Yoooo this takes me back Andew Jackson Jihad ..... great band name

[@loupax]

I can't stop listening to it and I'm not sure what this tells me about me.

[@Uber_Versace]

Gods ears are stitches!

[@artisimo7967]

Again you!

[@nechdaught3412]

His Eyes Are Big X's!

[@BEARITUAL_]

I think to some extent this album has saved my life

[@wormings7841]

and- HOLY FUCK- -YOU'RE BLEEDING THERE?!

[@friedlemon5172]

ajj's and similar songs have a weirdly grounding affect on me,, anyone else?

[@yoylejuice3406]

hi, same

[@ves5657]

listening to this song is how I cope with being a living person

[@coupleofhappydogs]

Love ajj❤

[@coupleofhappydogs]

Pointless comment , engagement

[@lakshminagendra7150]

That’s a great music!

[@cockykhakis6265]

god i love this song

[@AsherHalperin]

This is a bop

[@Jhuz3]

2021 still rejoicing

[@steve-ru9sy]

Used to think gods arms were made of witches that were ablaze and not the obvious, his arms are used to burn witches. I used to drink a lot. I still do, but I used to too.

[@grundergesellscahftmkii6196]

Yeah, atleast this one didn't got takedown.

[@possiblespartan]

*REJOICE!*

[@zad_rasera]

Lol this one was uploaded by the actual record label

[@charo1554]

THIS ALBUM IS SO GOLD I LOVE THE FACT THAT I EXPERIENCED IT BEFORE ANY OF MY FRIENDS HOLY FUCK ITS BEAUTIFUL

[@heezyforsheez]

One of the best albums

[@lawteat]

i love thiss a lil too much

[@fragger6599]

I fucking LOVE the horns in this song!

[@LxstHxlo]

Hello to all my fellow beings with ✨religious trauma✨ that downplay it by saying “it’s not that bad” even though IT IS that bad

[@heezyforsheez]

Absolutely ❤ im not a victim of it but I've seen it in many friends and i feel for you all. Its lifelong

[@inteusjones-lopez1491]

Is this a reference to Watership down (By Richard Adams)?

[@TADYR]

REJOICE REJOICE REJOICE REJOICE

[@pOisen_c0ntrol]

Morel orel core

[@felixc543]

This but unironically

[@BLANK-sm4dd]

No ones taking this ironically dude. It's art. No ones ashamed to like it.

[@felixc543]

@@BLANK-sm4dd I think I meant differently than how you read it, but it's because I'm very bad at communication and knowing me, I wrote my comment sleep deprived- basically I originally heard it when I was in a super rough place; When I originally heard it it felt like it was cynically reflecting on forcing positivity and saying it was futile to try and bring joy into life when it's a shitshow I don't know for sure what the original intention was, but now I take from it that sometimes refusing to let the shittiest things in life dictate how you react is the only control you still have Idk, I've just been doing what I can to accept that some things are gonna be shitty no matter what and if I can find ways to fight back against that I won't be in a worse place than I was before, so why not try I try to Rejoice if only to prove I still can Sorry to be Fake Deep or whatever, I just like the song

[@williamcampbell4807]

This song helps me come to peace with my mental illness lmfao

[@thapples2101]

i will drink to this.

[@TADYR]

REJOICE

[@lmk-vibes]

Hello fellow tired and stressed students/workers

[@johngraham9117]

Rejoyce!!!!!!!!!!

[@haterzgonnahate89]

This is 2020s anthem

[@dirtycurty8585]

Vibin me and my chaotic mind

[@firetarrasque4667]

Rejoice, rejoice, we have no choice.

[@chrosairs7057]

We wont make it alive thats a thing to rejoice for

[@kingofhorses5745]

The instrumentals remind me of the weird songs they used to play at kids church events

[@musicplaylists6718]

Maybe that's intentional What do I know, though, never been to one of those

[@SippaNatsu]

❤

[@rg5252-y2v]

People that can eat people are the luckiest people in the world...I agree.

[@Magmatski]

Ayy

[@yoylejuice3406]

culture. (look at our profiles lmao)

[@Magmatski]

I might as well be u/siewek

[@Hi-cx7fu]

I hope anyone who relates to this song is ok :)

[@Snow_Sailor]

Religious trauma anthem fr fr (I am sobbing due to personal reasons rn)

[@hobodarkness7696]

I fucking love this song

[@ruth4376]

'How can we sleep while our beds are burning?' (Midnight Oil)

[@LouisCeleste]

322 Isai Street

[@SusannaBurnell-m3m]

Newton Street

[@gryynnn]

when man play guitar fast i go :)

[@jedimindglitch89]

It sounds like bleeding while you run

[@StrangeDepthsAP]

This would be a good song to hunt vampires to.

[@lWonderWho]

Commenting as a memory

[@cr0taline_180]

hell followed with us vibes

[@finnianday]

To shreds you say?

[@yoylejuice3406]

i wanna make a nagito animatic to this :)

[@Teeth_gatherer]

DO IT BITCH

[@traumatown5653]

Yes please

[@musicplaylists6718]

Idk what that is but do it

[@KommentarSpaltenKrieger]

oh man the milk in this hotel tastes neutral

[@tmasan7789]

In the future the equivalent of emo teens will listen to this and say they were born in the wrong generation. Or not.

[@brahamthomas1198]

Please God let me die with this on

[@FroggyTheGroggy]

Granted.

[@sk1ttlz904]

David from Camp Camp vibes anyone?

[@ayanna46]

ja

[@CoverdaleSaxon-w5v]

Madalyn Plaza

[@AdamsHerbert-h8f]

Emely Center

[@SnowCora-y1m]

Carson Pine

[@ortiz5475]

Millennial music.

[@ohyeahitsthatoneguy]

Made in 2006, i guess that would count as millennial music

[@MollKen-r6d]

Casper Landing

[@danielelidennison2250]

Reminder from a different person I used to/choose not to be..