Amanda Palmer - The Ride (Official Audio)

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[@Chezza13]

You always manage to say something I didnt realize how badly I needed to hear someone else say out loud.

[@ZoeMarguerite]

She has a miraculous way of doing that, I concur

[@MarkFreedmanNY]

lelkyx This song is everything.

[@Dampiera]

This song never fails to make me feel better. It's a reset. "Everyone you love is going to die" is hard to hear, but it's also somehow comforting. It's like saying "These are things that you cannot control. Accept them and embrace them." That idea is relief for this control freak. I need to be reminded that there ARE things outside of my control and that my repeated efforts to change that are detrimental to my mental health.

[@rebekanewbold507]

Yes, mindfulness helps me get into the flow. I see when I do mindfulness...I am not the body...I am not even the mind... freedom. Expand into the awareness and flow. Its really a great feeling when we practice just BE in g

[@myquiescentmind]

My baby cousin died November of 2022. She was four days old. She was so beautiful, in her white coffin, with a crown of flowers around her head. We said the Holy Mass for her, it was one of the most surreal experiences I've ever taken part of. Afterwards, her father and his brothers carried her casket out to the gravesite. Everyone followed, nobody made a single noise. Not the children, not the animals, not anything. There was frost on the ground, the sun was just coming out again, and there was such a.....starkness to everything. We then gathered around the grave as the priest blessed it. Total silence. She was lowered into the ground, her tiny little coffin. The immediate family members sprinkled holy water over her. Her father began to bury her - and his little son, my baby cousin's brother - started pushing the dirt to help his daddy. And I smiled then. She was due around Christmas, but was born premature, and couldn't survive this world. She's a Saint now, and she is so loved to this day. I have a picture of her in her daddy's arms, right before she passed. I never even got to meet her when she was living, but she'll always be in my prayers. I love her so much.

[@4661ArtGallery]

Lyrics: everyone's too scared to open their eyes up But everyone's too scared to close them Everyone's frightened they don't know what's coming But everyone's frightened of knowing Everyone's reading the rules of engagement And everyone's starting to doubt them Everyone's reaching to put on a seatbelt But this kind of ride comes without them I want you to think of me sitting and singing beside you I wish we could meet all the people behind us in line The climb to the crest is less frightening with someone to clutch you But isn't it nice when we're all afraid at the same time? (chorus) And it's just a ride It's just a ride And you've got the choice to get off anytime that you like It's just a ride It's just a ride The alternative is nothingness We might as well give it a try Everyone's terrified that they'll be justified by the collapse that will happen Everyone's placing their bets just in case The whole thing's a profound disappointment Everyone's trying to stay on the side where the water's just boiling more slowly Frogs in a pot, well that's one thing I've got At least some of the frogs in here know me [Pre-Chorus] I want you to think of me sitting and singing beside you The chain pulls us up and we know that we're all gonna dive The blur and the noise of the screaming can blind and distract you But isn't it nice when we all can scream at the same time? [Chorus] And as we all go down And as we all go round And as we pitch from side to side Everything is gonna be alright Everyone's getting real scared to come out because coming out's going down badly Feel the city breaking and everybody's shaking And I just want someone to hold me Some are too scared to let go of their children And some are too scared now to have them Suicide, homicide, genocide, man, that's a fuck-ton of sides you can choose from I want you to think of me sitting and singing beside you I wish we could meet all the people who got left behind The ride is so loud it can make you think nobody's listening But isn't it nice when we all can cry at the same time? [Chorus] And as we all go down And as we all go round And as we switch from side to side Everything is gonna be just fine Everyone you love is gonna die Hopefully, this song will come remind you That's it's just a ride It's just a ride From the sister you miss To the father you don't want to write It's just a ride It's just a ride From the lover you loved to the one that you're frightened to find It's just a ride It's just a ride From the baby you lost to the one that you're growing inside Come out darling And don't you cry It's just a ride

[@theavidpatient]

Sarah Rodrigues thank you

[@thelaughingman79]

its such a rare thing in music to find a song so beautiful it just stops you in your tracks and reels you in for every perfect second of it.

[@rabbitterrain]

When I know someone is feeling suicidal I send them this

[@rmi9345]

As a person who has been depressed throughout most of their life, this song has moved me to tears like not many things have ever had. It's weirdly calming to think of life as a ride, yet it's also incredibly sad to realize that I might not ever find true meaning in what I do or at least struggle to understand the meaning of it all. It's okay because we might all feel that way, we're all along for the ride and it's less frightening when we have someone besides us. Thank you, Amanda for making me feel like you where there, sitting and singing beside me. ❤

[@edwardpaddock2528]

Mojo It IS just a ride, that IS the meaning. You are not alone.

[@TheMeeagain]

I see you. ♥️

[@siiiriously3226]

entheogens helped me, when it comes to the meaninglessness and depression.

[@MarkFreedmanNY]

I’m right alongside you. I’ve discussed this song in therapy. It’s everything to me right now.

[@real90sjesus]

same thing happened to me. I haven't saved it, playlisted it, I just forget about it and then in my darkest times I come back for it for those 10 min of release it gives. that's the art of amanda.

[@TasslhoffBurrfoot1]

I just found out my friend died and we always talked about Amanda's music... and when I found out I just youtubed Amanda Palmer again after not doing it in a while. And I just knew I'd find something here... thank you...

[@dutchgirl2]

How are you dealing after 1 year

[@TasslhoffBurrfoot1]

@@dutchgirl2 a little better. It's still incredibly hard. They were the first significant death in my life. And maybe I'm wrong but it feels like I could carry it forever

[@bodnotbod]

I'm sitting here crying my eyes out at this song. Admittedly, I am on my third can of beer and it's not 8am, which, y'know, would likely tend to make you over-emotional. But it felt good to feel the tears. Like something was pulled out of me that needed to be... drained? Well! That doesn't sound very emotional does it. That feels more like talking about plumbing. Anyway, thank you for such a beautiful and moving song.

[@quentook3837]

I hope you get the support you need.

[@sharonbarry8878]

Sadly this song comes at a perfect time, in its whole. The memories of my oldest sister singing to me and the youngest. And the tragic ride will have though not alone and alone at the Same time. She has just been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. And OH, how I love her.

[@brandoncobb4646]

The greatest song ever written. Fight me.

[@Guillaume33340]

Try Napalm Death - You Suffer !

[@H0listicM0mma]

i agree!

[@daniellewieners4750]

Nobody can ARGUE!! I'd take an assault charge if I had too!! I'm singing and sitting behind you!! My name is Danielle :) nice to meet you!!

[@frusteratedpenguin]

@@daniellewieners4750 Speaking for my wife Danielle, she also is listening!

[@RolfParkerHoughton]

I won't fight you. No need to agree or argue. This is amazing.

[@manycoloredshiny]

When my son-by-choice was born, and I was routinely overwhelmed - terrified of raising him in this world, terrified of what kind of parent I'd be, terrified of how my life and our complicated relationship would change, I sang this song to him in the dark. I half sang it for him and half for me, and now I realize there was a third half - for wishing somebody had sung something like it to me long ago. So, thanks. 2 years and counting, he still loves it as a bedtime song. :D

[@Asphyxiadyslexia]

I cry every time hear this song, actually I listened to the whole album when she released it to us Patreons and I sat and listened to the whole thing with my fiance' and went through a whole box of tissues. God I love you AMANDA!!! I can't wait to see you in MAY!!!!

[@TheBluestWhale]

you can’t imagine how much I need this song these days.

[@delicateghoul]

Yeah that shit be hitting different "Everyone's getting real scared to come out, because coming out's going down badly/feel the city breaking and everybody shaking, and I just want someone to hold me" :/

[@1001kev]

isn’t it nice when we all can cry at the same time

[@mindycortinas709]

I think she can that’s exactly why she made it. For you and yours and your times. Love to you!

[@user-cz5go7zc3t]

Love is all around

[@user-cz5go7zc3t]

Price little People who viewed the property of the day

[@RealmRabbit]

"The alternative's nothingness might as well give it a try" True

[@K8theKind]

How substantially and overwhelmingly relevant this song has become on a societal scale. Fuck…

[@vascello89]

Thank you, Amanda. This song really made me feel less anxious, somehow. Like a wave that washes away bad feelings.

[@NessieKessie]

vascello0o, it’s odd that you say this. This song is the only thing that can calm my 2 year old down. I’m talking screaming, uncontrollable toddler emotions to sleeping peacefully. Just complete relaxation... and the only thing I’ve found that works reliably currently. 💕💕

[@theliteraryabyss]

This song was there for me when my mom passed in 2019. When the world is too much now I put it on and just listen and feel.

[@zoen8354]

I last listened to this when I was in labour with my daughter. I had lost a baby prior to her and during my pregnancy I was terrified and often put this on for an emotional release. I just listened to it now for the first time since she was born (2.5 years has passed) and the song has completely changed meaning, I'm no longer crying listening to it, I feel strangely energized and eager for tomorrow to arrive. Amanda is a true artist, I feel like her songs are starting to weave themselves into my journey through this life. Just, amazing.

[@rebekanewbold507]

My friend got off the ride the other day. It hurts. Thanks for holding me in your heart Amanda. It helps a lot.

[@JaeIBe]

My friend showed me a Dresden song and then I watched your TED talk, and omg. You are a beautiful person. Thank you for everything you do.

[@BBKreepO]

This is my favorite from the album. It speaks to me on all levels and gets me bawling every time. Love you lady....

[@Asphyxiadyslexia]

I feel the same, but I love so many other songs too, but I bawl every time to this

[@whoareyou1332]

@@Asphyxiadyslexia Me too. I cry my eyes out to this one in particular. My sister in law is dying of cancer right now. She doesn't have long left. She's 42 and her daughter is only 10. My heart is breaking every damned day at the minute, but I find this song strangely therapeutic even if it hurts.

[@josefolivergadringer470]

This Piece of Art is so beautiful and perfect in every way possible it just hurts in the best way possible.

[@cobiemusic]

This in 2021, is heartwrenching and true

[@yellowcake369]

Wow, I tend to hold back on expressing certain emotions, especially ones that would bring a tear to my eye. Not quite sure what I am feeling after the song, but it's making my eyes water. Very nice work.

[@MasterOfTheLemons]

This is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. It has such a powerful effect on me, so emotionally raw and honest. I keep coming back to it over and over. Thank you so much for creating it

[@geefaroniwithcheese6526]

Nothing feels more existential than listening to this while playing minecraft with a sticker on your forehead

[@josmeeusen1136]

You say such nice things here how you conceive the song. How perfect is this song with so many natural changes in her music. She takes us through landscapes and events of our lives. Along to deep feelings and embracing compassion. The perfection of this jewel in art is so much more than just from this world. It's like she has been invited to heaven one day and God himself gave her the inspiration and imagination to make this massage of comfort for all of us. What a perfect jewel. Thanks Amanda.

[@MaryVanorskie]

I should've been listening to this repeatedly for this past year.

[@hc4jd]

Amanda, you make me cry in the best way and you make me feel heard. Thank you for your art.

[@matthewfry2262]

Amanda Palmer I must thank you , this is such a truthful some " life is a ride and some fool stole the brake , "

[@willyumche]

Saw you with my girlfriend on her birthday at the last Queen Elizabeth show in Toronto and had the pleasure of fulfilling a childhood dream of hers by meeting u Neil and your beautiful boy!! I was an instant superfan... Went home and looked up all your stuff. The Ukelele Anthem (among tonnes of your stuff) is a work of genius. Your work treads gracefully between the manic and the brilliant. I consider your music among one of the great gifts she has given me over the years. We have tickets to the next show coming up in March. We hear you will have a band this time. WE CAN'T WAIT!!

[@lenzcliff6298]

The ride gets so easy after you accept that you might just end it whenever you want to. You just get off the train. I'm tired of my ride, I will get off soon. And I look forward to it :)

[@kukukachu]

Bought this LP years ago and just now listening to this. You always have a unique, interesting technique to your lyrics and sound. You are definitely full of emotion, creativity and dark whimsy. I might not have liked your first release "Who Killed Amanda Palmer" but Theater is Evil along with this album here so far as well as all of your Dresden Dolls days are music that definitely intrigues me and dare I say speaks to me in some sort of another. You've been there as a side favorite of mine that I always go back to ever so often and always appreciate. Keep making the art that you do.

[@maddyg5114]

I am literally crying. the album and the artwork break a heart and piece it all together again

[@mmain90]

Sits down & watches the whole playlist. Thank you, Amanda. Can't wait to see you in May

[@Asphyxiadyslexia]

ME TOO!!!

[@jaydsnayx1665]

I can't believe I just barely heard of you, this is just pure agonizing beauty.

[@nate4166]

This had me in tears. Beautiful song

[@Mooksz]

Reminds me of a musical called ride the cyclone the theme “it’s just a ride” where 6 kids ride a roller coaster and die on it and the musical is about their life experiences and who they are and wanted to be.

[@jaykim8851]

I first heard this song yesterday in the car on my drive to work because I didn't know most of your songs and I got invited to your show in Chicago because a friend had extra tickets. And it immediately became my favorite. Then hearing it live in person several hours later at your concert in Chicago was surreal, left mesmerzied, and reassured about life. Thank you Amanda.

[@IridescentJen]

oooooh this takes on a whole new feel in march of 2020

[@annekatrin6632]

True. Like it was written for this time. Stay safe and healthy!

[@joshuanewey2583]

As the moments hours and days and years get worse and worse and worse and worse, I keep coming back to this song repeatedly. I can’t express my gratitude enough. Just to have someone whispering in my ear: “you aren’t feeling this suffocating fear alone.”

[@cherriipaws1302]

everything you so is so beautiful aaa like thanks for moving me to tears twice today you're smart and brave enough to say what needs to be said thats rare today

[@El_oh7199]

This song gets to me every time I hear it. I'll be distracted and then a note or phrase will make me tear up unexpectedly

[@meakia9]

I listen to this regularly

[@caogomi]

omg its been a few years since i realized she released more music... this is... just... how do you speak the very innermost light

[@bananawolf2304]

Heard this for the first time as you closed with it at the ace hotel. Thank you so much for your endurance in that show. "AMANDA, I'M TOO SAD!!"

[@BryceKatz]

In that case... kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGXKgY2GgK-WZtU

[@kwardart]

It really feels as if I am sitting on piano bench with you as you play. You delve into such a personal, emotional state, that is unmatched by any other artist I have come across. I feel as if I am having a conversation with you, and you are touching my soul with each note carried by your voice. Thank you for this, thank you for making me cry with this song each time I hear it. This is a song that gives me such comfort in its deep sadness.

[@ShineOnBenevolentSun]

More relevant than ever.

[@rbeigh4761]

Really it's a hopeful song. Yes, the ride is terrifying. There are no seatbelts. There will be pain and suffering, noise and chaos, and joy mixed with disappointment. We will all die. But it's just a ride. Put aside the anger, write the father you've lost touch with, call your sister, hold that new baby, and hang in there. Be kind, because everyone on this ride is fighting battles and suffering more than you can imagine. Thanks, Amanda...

[@soulsearchermusicsavedmyli3860]

Wow thank you Amanda this is so beautiful I can feel your pain in your voice I an here cause I listened to you on Russell's brands podcast and your music and voice is very soothing to me cause in 2018 I lost my grandpa and I have been through domestic violence from my father iam a singer songwriter myself

[@HeatherMarieParrish]

Thank you. Thank you for writing this song. ❤️

[@Francisnotcis]

I barely even have the words to express how beautiful this song is or how much it means to me.

[@scornalott5174]

All the weeping. Very good. Thank you.

[@V1kte]

Feels so topical right now, especially the first verse, even though our current situation wasn't what inspired the song.

[@michellelejeune9136]

I love this song so much it hurts. I'm going to figure out how to play it and sing it.

[@pantsumancer]

i did not ask for these feels, and yet here i am

[@nerdtainment]

Wow, this took me on a journey!

[@Jerdude93]

As Ive been listening to your music, I notice you truly appreciate the dramatic intensity of piano in a minor key. But then you flip it and make it a gentle reassurance. Beautiful song. I'm in awe at some of the piano if heard in your body of work. Thank you for being you Amanda Fucking Palmer.

[@karlyoung2484]

Ten minutes goes by pretty fast with this tune in your ears. Good stuff.

[@outcast_stars]

I really needed to hear this

[@daniellewieners4750]

This song is timeless like Sylvia Plath but who refuses to give up

[@leeparsons6623]

I received this song as a gift. I’m eternally grateful

[@keithkornatoski9162]

Thank You ... easily the best of the "carnival" songs (I listen to) ... others ELP Karn Evil 9 ... Nightwish Last Ride of the day... Keith Chicago IL ...

[@thelanternparade3913]

Beautiful, simply complex and emotional

[@DuckieDGAF]

Wow. Just wow. ♡

[@eminemawesomecool1387]

im crying. omg this is just amazing

[@luisaaraujo6433]

I never thought I would listen to a ten-minute song, but I love this so much!

[@hugsimoes]

i've been listening to this song a lot lately

[@moofy7624]

I havent replaced my 'favourite song' since the mid bright eyes days, but shit.... This one does it. Thank you, Amanda

[@StarlyMusic]

I fell in love on a rollercoaster and finally had a stable relationship. This song means so much to me already.

[@meowunicorn7658]

So many years after the first time, I have found another reason to fall in love.

[@Cutiekitty]

This could not be any more relevant right now

[@outcast_stars]

Beautiful as always Amanda ❤

[@edwardpaddock2528]

Amanda has excellent taste in stand-up comedians.

[@la4401]

Brilliant and beautiful - thank you!

[@zoeBlove]

I love your music and energy. Your a brilliantly talented spiritual being ! I'm sending you all the gratitude that's in heart because your music fills me with so much good stuff that its over flowing with good energy. I have to give it away to keep it. You sincerely have changed me and the way I see things! Thank you again 🤜💛🐝💛🤛

[@livingkevin]

Yaay! I've been waiting to hear this released for a while now.

[@2015Drama]

Thank you, Amanda Palmer!

[@meakia9]

Make me cry why don't you. Thank you so much for this

[@chaipin28]

Thankyou for your art... depression has been kicking my ass as of late... I didnt cry to this but it's so calming to me... thankyou for the reminders that life is just a life. Gotta enjoy life as it comes and goes and that you can leave at any point in time...

[@jenniferjordan4696]

Amazing lyrics! I love this song!

[@moofy7624]

I may have to listen to this on a rollercoaster at some point this year just to see how it feels to juggle two at once

[@mandolinhooper]

This is the definition of a magnum opus.

[@MrPunkFox]

This has a very Leonard Cohen feel to it

[@mimi-wiwi]

this made me cry. i love it

[@kashootmeplz866]

This song hit me so fricken hard oh my god

[@mrsbrianslade]

Listening to this watching the election results come in. Thank you, Amanda.

[@Persnikity-yv3nh]

Went to the concert Saturday and it was awesome!! This album is even better live.

[@Liz-iu5lx]

I aspire to make art like that someday

[@gordongunn3929]

Amazing

[@Asphyxious666]

my fave song ever

[@PastaImposter]

This is my anxiety vaccine

[@Loveismygift]

So happy your still making music

[@timothymallon]

The changes in the song remind me of Billy Joel's Goodnight Saigon.

[@DrippingwithIrony]

Brilliant.

[@patpatpat999]

I have a KZbin vid on fixing a dyson vac that has more views than this. it's a funny world. This song is beautiful. This is the rare song that makes me stop and truly listen. Thank you Amanda

[@inevera13]

How does she do it? Wow

[@souji5340]

Oh my gosh

[@leeparsons6623]

Fuck. This floors me every time

[@ecotechippy4014]

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