Amanda Palmer - The Bed Song (Official Video)

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[@CallieCrofts]

Oh god, that made me cry. There's nothing worse then wanting love so desperately while stuck in a loveless relationship.

[@irazorn3712]

'you take the heart failure, I take the cancer.' So simple yet so poetic and tragic and real.

[@AshtonAmstutz]

I was literally just thinking about how her simplicity and style makes her words so powerful. No worries about extra vocabulary and excessive word play. I love it. ❤️🖤❤️

[@NekoNoseBleed]

Holy fuck. The feels are real man. THE FEELS! WHY THEY SO REAL!?

[@billwillock7245]

Perfect!

[@jwoodall09]

I see why she says this is the song she's most proud of.

[@dlp241]

Where did you read that? Link to interview please? :)

[@clellieirwin2155]

The best thing about this comments section is everyone saying "I'm going to go hold the person I love." I think it's exactly what the song was meant to do.

[@smarahsmegery8849]

Aggressively wiping my face incase my dad calls me. God, that was so beautiful.

[@mischiefmayhemsoap36]

"You take the heart failure. I'll take the cancer" this gets me, this is a powerful fucking lyric

[@Emilyy306]

I always avoid this song though I love it, but I've finally sat my self down to listen to it, because I'm sharing it with my friend. Tears are flowing. So beautiful.

[@romperstompist]

That is great. Sharing music with friends, especially music as unknown and fucked as this, is always fun.

[@Emilyy306]

In my opinion it is. Everyone deserves to listen to Amanda and her lyrical poetry. No matter how heartbreaking it is.

[@PaperRoseN]

I'm not usually a cryer an this song gets me every time

[@dante6895]

A direct punch to the feels

[@pigeonqueeen]

I haven't cried this hard in so long

[@spencerhale2756]

This reminds me of my grandparents, I listen to it often and wonder if they are ever going to ask if it was a question of worse or of better. I love them so much I just wish they could love each other again.

[@henrikibsen6258]

Damn this woman writes good songs. The little Beethovenian bridge where she takes her foot off the pedal!! AGH, you can really feel that.

[@harpy3791]

I've listened to this before and STILL cry my eyes out. Simply beautiful.

[@pixiesinthefog7312]

+Skully13 same :'(

[@maovegas]

Kicked in the stomach again. When I discovered AFP and this piece a couple years ago, I listened to daily for a month or two. It is just as fresh and full of emotion two years later. It is one of those rare pieces that becomes more meaningful with each play. Bravo Amanda.

[@shonajohnson7511]

THIS MAKES ME CRY EVERY TIME OMG

[@goshstrengthly5309]

Because you're not very bright, that's why

[@shonajohnson7511]

Gosh Strengthly see I'd be mad but that made me laugh

[@mithenmedina540]

+Gosh Strengthly You need to prove how "smart" you are be picking on Random people... your life might be truly misersble

[@mithenmedina540]

+jur coello miserable

[@goshstrengthly5309]

jur coello Nope. I simply pointed out that Shona Johnson wasn't very bright. IF I WRITE IN ALL CAPS AND USE OMG AND LOL DO YOU THINK I COME OFF AS ANYTHING BUT STUPID? Not to mention crying every time she listens to a super mediocre singer

[@RichardTaylor1800]

I discovered Harlan Ellison because of a documentary about him on Netflix that was later taken down. I discovered Neil Gaiman through that documentary. I read Gaiman for a while, then discovered Amanda Palmer through him. I don't know what the hell I'd do without Fucking Palmer some nights. So, uh, thanks Harlan, thanks Amanda, and thanks random fuckin' coincidence.

[@itsmarialifestyle4355]

RichardTaylor1800 There is no such thing as coincidence you'll find. You'll know the exact reason sometime in the future.

[@KevinRyan-MouthAlmighty]

Harlan - the Last American Genius.

[@TheMusiclover500]

I discovered her from reading that she did a song with Rufus wainwright on Wikipedia, and since her origin was Boston I listened to her because I’m from Boston and WOW, that was like 7 years now

[@RevsStallionDuck]

And I thought I cried hard enough just listening to the song alone with my own imagination at work with the lyrics...

[@kris.007]

This woman. Been listening to her since I was a young teen, she'll never stop being my idol.

[@dhanshreea]

The music is so minimal and simple, so are the lyrics... but this breaks me every time I hear it. You're beautiful Amanda, and so is the music you create. I have never felt like this before, but right now I feel so strong about creating art that moves people.. Love you. Your music is always there when I need something to fall back upon. Every time.

[@Tycowiz]

Brings a tear to my eye every time.

[@Krystalllyne]

I cried at the ending.

[@CorruptPianist]

Jesus. After all that awesome punk-cabaret stuff, I was expecting an upbeat song about sex. This masterpiece totally caught me off guard. I was not prepared for these feels!!

[@BernieBARR101]

+CorruptPianist Yeah, but that's AFP for you!

[@BernieBARR101]

+CorruptPianist Yeah, but that's AFP for you!

[@BernieBARR101]

+CorruptPianist Yeah, but that's AFP for you!

[@madisonkemp1036]

I am a strong person that's gone through some real stuff in their life and this song speaks to me on a high level. I usually don't cry ever, but some times you have to let it go and go with it, Amanda Palmer, you have allowed me to through your beautiful music. Thanks

[@jeffreybellfonte9442]

Amanda Palmer is an absolutely wonderful artist, musician and lyricist. I had already heard the song a few times, so I was expecting to get hit so hard with the feels at the end. I'm so glad I found her again. It's been quite a while since hearing her stuff from the Dresden Dolls.

[@dancastady8571]

absolutely beautiful. Going home to hug my wife now.

[@katrinabeckler793]

thank you. thank you so much for saying that.

[@goshstrengthly5309]

Wow, could you be more easily manipulated by mediocre music? Yeah, go hug that wife, idiot

[@dancastady8571]

I'm hugging my wife now. -idiot

[@albertchavez2693]

WTF is wrong with that idiot Gosh Strengthly !!

[@Fairylipgloss]

thats gay

[@narizdebrody97]

Ok... Now I'm crying.

[@LindseyKateDolbear]

This really did bring a tear to the eye. So beautiful but sad. I bet some couples would benefit from listening to this...a wake up call.

[@marciogoncalves3567]

This was the song that made me an Amanda Palmer fan. One of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard.

[@runookiomah169]

Same here!

[@traceyohshima3817]

What a powerful musician

[@1221kris]

So touching and poignant , kinda makes you realize what you have in life ,say what you need to before it's to late. Amanda you are amazing Dear.

[@esploded44]

I cried too. This is one of the most beautiful songs and music videos I've ever seen. Great fucking job!

[@rexic1]

I loved this. I loved it so much. I haven't cried like this since I watched The Notebook. More music should be like this.

[@emily-tg8wk]

this is literally a perfect song and i love it so much gah

[@xXnewbiexninjaXx]

goddamnit, Amanda, stop doing this to me! I cry my way through all your songs

[@seanopalka3246]

This song hit me in a way no other song has

[@Velkhana22]

I sobbed my eyes out when I saw her perform this live. It was my first time hearing this song, and it broke my heart in so many ways. Still makes me cry no matter how many times I hear it. Absolutely beautiful and haunting.

[@zlatinapetrova3351]

I only have discovered this music and it's a breath of fresh air - so simple, yet so poetic. And So Honest. I love it!

[@dezluna2721]

I feel so many feels wtf music you're not allowed to make me cry

[@tarobug2560]

i ended up crying to this song at four in the morning thank you very much

[@BroccoliMama101]

Yeah I totally didn't cry. Nope, not me.

[@pixiesinthefog7312]

+BroccoliMama101 yep. same here. no tears. nope. didn't cry at all. nope.

[@rangerjenny1278]

Holy freaking crap, the feels.. jesus.. lost it at the end

[@everysecondband]

Well fucking hell. I did not plan on balling this morning. I'm gonna go hug my girlfriend.

[@spiinniing]

Absolutely gorgeous, and excruciatingly painful. Amanda palmer, you are an artist.

[@bbbushhh]

...all teared up again...dammit! This is so brilliant.

[@bicarbonat1]

I just realized that the woman in Exhibit D/E is Lynn Cohen (Mags in _The Hunger Games_)

[@pnewcombx]

Wow. I wasn't prepared for how that made me feel.

[@courtneyjune6683]

the bed song sounded like a fun song so i sat and watched the video and listened...i ended up shedding tears... what a beautiful song xxx

[@oliviabourgeois6805]

I sent this to my ex-husband when we had first split. He sent me back "the killing type".

[@HappyDreamsIDream]

Crying now. Thinking of the person I love, but I never told her. What a friday night.

[@thegig100]

amanda, you're truly inspirational and your music always move my soul to the best places possible, thanks so much for your dedication to your work

[@TwistedBlueEyes]

NO! nO KING SIZED TEARS FOR ME THANKS! NOOOPE... I AM NOT CRYING!

[@lazybrat5411]

Sad and beautiful. Wasn't exexpecting this one.

[@mountainman1360]

wow..... I'm totally speechless

[@sefster1228]

Amanda damn why do you make me cry with your beautiful work:,(

[@skullsmitten]

this song fucked me up for a hundred years

[@naluzoniro]

Heart-wrenching...

[@Gejskdhajskakdhx]

Remind anyone else of Synecdoche, New York? I think the oldest lady is in both. Two pieces of art that make me cry for days.

[@littlekittytv7893]

WHY HASN'T SHE BEEN FEATURED ON THE TOP 20 CHARTS YET?!

[@ChaosTheory693]

charts don't mean anything, who truly cares about the charts these days? the best bands/artists don't seem to appear on them

[@missria3739]

Charts are for competing mainstream shitty artists usually.

[@johnnydrama3829]

Because it's not for them, it's for us

[@tomcharles1730]

I cried the first time listening to this and 2 years on I find it so beautifull and refreshing now I'm secure in a healthy place thank you Amanda palmer for us less creative types musicaians like yourself express what we struggle to process perfectly 🥰

[@BChace18]

I totally DID NOT get emotional during this song... *obvious sarcasm* that was so beautifully composed.

[@user-wm2sm9fv8t]

Thank you for reminding me what means Art! Everything has a dawn and a sunset, but why ending often bring pain and hurts so deeply?..

[@NerxyGirl]

This song is so heartbreaking and powerful. Tears are streaming down my face and have been for a couple minutes now. I can't believe I've just discovered her music now.

[@shelby8101]

One of my favorite songs.First time watching the video.. I made it to 7:00 before crying.

[@clairemyers1443]

I made it to 6:23 ;-;

[@albertchavez2693]

+Claire Myers Me too Geez when the old man moved his hand to hold hers , well i am ah man and i balled

[@clairemyers1443]

Yeah, and usually when I'm watching KZbin videos I can't cry... I don't know why.

[@albertchavez2693]

Claire Myers It takes a certain kind of song / video to open me up , then i am not ashamed anymore i just cry and i FEEL yes in my crying i find LOVE so deep and its for others .

[@darkisbeauty666]

oh my god, i'm actually crying. I havent cried in years, it feels so strange

[@comiclog1140]

never had a song that made me cry for so long. wonderful

[@rosewatertea]

Gonna practice this for next year's talent show at my highschool.

[@Corrupt_Enigma]

Oh my god, that was so sad yet beautiful! I actually started crying at the end! ;-;

[@strangewish5051]

Exhibit A We are friends in a sleeping bag splitting the heat We have one filthy pillow to share and your lips are in my hair Someone upstairs has a rat that we laughed at And people are drinking And singing bad Scarborough Fair on a ukulele tear Exhibit B Well, we found an apartment It???s not much to look at A futon on a floor Torn-off desktop for a door All the decor's made of milk crates and duct tape And if we have sex They can hear us through the floor But we don???t do that anymore And I lay there wondering, what is the matter? Is this a matter of worse or of better? You took the blanket, so I took the bedsheet But I would have held you if you'd only Let me Exhibit C Look how quaint And how quiet and private Our paychecks have bought us a condo in town It's the nicest flat around You picked a mattress and had it delivered And I walked upstairs And the sight of it made my heart pound And I wrapped my arms around me And I stood there wondering, what is the matter? Is this a matter of worse or of better? You walked right past me and straightened the covers But I would still love you if you wanted a lover And you said All the money in the world Won't buy a bed so big and wide To guarantee that you won't accidentally touch me In the night Exhibit D Now we're both mostly paralyzed Don't know how long we've been lying here in fear Too afraid to even feel I find my glasses and you turn the light out Roll off on your side Like you've rolled away for years Holding back those king-size tears And I still don't ask you, what is the matter? Is this a matter of worse or of better? You take the heart failure I'll take the cancer I've long stopped wondering why you don't answer Exhibit E You can certainly see how fulfilling a life From the cost and size of stone of our final resting home We got some nice ones right under a cherry tree You and me lying the only way we know Side by side and still and cold And I finally ask you, what was the matter? Was it a matter of worse or of better? You stretch your arms out and finally face me You say I would have told you If you'd only asked me If you'd only asked me If you'd only asked me

[@TheNervousnation]

This is a really sad song and i LOVE it and AFP. "The Fly" comes to mind.

[@becksgloria9774]

this song breaks my heart every time

[@arutyun]

Amanda, Consider making a CD without vocals, just piano. I would listen to it all day long.

[@whispersomethingwitt]

im in aww of this amazing song. THANK YOU Amanda

[@eirsol9280]

I love this song so so much. Even my grandma likes it! But it is very sad...

[@gpeddino]

Damn, that was beautiful.

[@ashtreesystem5265]

Thank you Amanda, I needed those tears today

[@Tacomooify]

I've listened to this song countless times but only now have watched the video. I've missed out.

[@ladylucifeara3965]

The song...the video. Ugh.

[@pmazurkiewicz]

Heart breaking

[@mitchellpennell]

Shit! This is amazing! Wasn't expecting to empathize. Been there; loveless relationship or one sided relationships are horrible.

[@itrince]

This is the first time I listened to them. Tears.

[@bluefreak110]

This song makes me cry.

[@missfox4507]

One of the saddest and most beautiful songs I ever listened to. My heart breaks.

[@ilanarhian]

Thanks for posting this, since, because of the German music publishing committee or whatever they are, I can't watch AFP's own upload. They claim they are protecting artists' rights but I can't see how that is doing that if I can't see HER upload. And Vimeo videos load really slowly on my laptop. So this is the only way I could see this one properly, so thanks!

[@gailgarza5679]

God, this is beautiful.

[@gailgarza5679]

Just beautiful.

[@livingdeaddollsjunky9543]

True beauty true art

[@Ivy_Moon]

Way to make me cry. Jeez.

[@2009misscat]

Thank you

[@gothmoth1581]

I sob every time

[@arminprobstl6133]

Super,zum träumen von einer besserern Welt!

[@kanumbra]

This is so beautifully sad, I cried too...

[@noyakitty]

Wow. Very moving. How important is communication?

[@Amy_afire]

Such a sad song!

[@bgsandstrom]

At least in this song the couple shares a bed. We don't even share a room.

[@reilly070538]

i hope that you are content right now x

[@lisasis2c235]

Sweet to remember to dispel all doubt that love is always hear.

[@kaiashlyn8174]

Beautiful.

[@dronepilotflyby9481]

How did you put this song together? It is amazing.

[@Gejskdhajskakdhx]

This is a good kind of painful. Reminds me of Synecdoche, New York. Thank you

[@sebastian-inman]

Excuse me while I go cuddle my girlfriend

[@sebastian-inman]

Peter Toadstone **boyfriend

[@MarkALong64]

Tears.