BLACKSHAPE - ITIIITIATIIHYLIHYL

[@tfreefilm]

Director of the video here! Just wanted to pop in and say thanks for all of the love on ITIIITIATIIHYLIHYL. This community has been really kind and supportive and it means probably more than you know. I love BLACKSHAPE and ultimately I'm just really happy that they are getting some of the attention that they deserve. Cheers y'all!🚪

[@adlevhashamayim4694]

I’m only 40 seconds in but I know I love it already. Thanks for your creativity.

[@chazlabreck]

This was really powerful...i was clicking around and stumbled on this and think its fantastic!!! so much trite stuff around and this was thought provoking ...thanks

[@garyregester390]

Absolutely incredible job.

[@brothercartman]

great job on ITIIITIATIIHYLIHYL

[@TribuneMagazine]

You have visualised this is such a visceral way. Top job. As emotive as the music.

[@blackshapemusic]

TL;DR: Thank you for watching/listening. As someone who is generally a little wary of algorithms and their knowing us, I feel both conflicted and stoked to see how many of you have found us because of one. We’ve been watching the numbers go up and have been a bit baffled, but it honestly means everything to us to be able to connect with so many of you. Since I can’t really thank a bit of code for the reach, I’ll just thank all you wonderful humans for watching and listening. We’ve got new music in the works and our vinyl preorder has just gone live on bandcamp. We hope you’ll stick with us. WHYL xScott/BLACKSHAPE

[@JaxonDuron]

algorithm find here. i couldn't of found this at a better time in my life. thank you from a new fan.

[@Samtar]

really stellar stuff

[@Seion173]

You guys rock! The algorithms gods may have shined favorably on you today but its YOU and YOUR ART that captivated us.

[@mastadave2999]

Algorithm

[@actechchris]

I was brought here because of not only the algorithm, but an accidental click while scrolling! Glad I stayed and looking forward to more!!

[@blackshapemusic]

BLACKSHAPE here, Just wanted to stop in and thank everyone for watching, listening, following, etc. We’re so grateful for all of it-especially all of your kind and often vulnerable comments. Thanks x1000000 We also want to give massive thanks to all the incredibly talented people who made this video possible and recognize them here: Cast Sarah Santore Micah Bode Production Company - BLACK RABBIT MONOLITH Producer- Trevor Free Director - Trevor Free DP - Bentley Rawle AC - August Framer Gaffer - Brandon Carraway PA - Micah Bode CGI - Seth Ringer VFX - McKay Olson Additional VFX - Seth Ringger, Trevor Free Editor - Trevor Free Colorist - Michael Ashman ADDITIONAL CREDITS: Recorded and mixed by Matt Goldman Mastered by Troy Glessner BLACKSHAPE is: Joe Woit - Guitar Josh Dunn - Bass Perry Burton - Drums Scott Shepard - Guitar / Vocals IHYL

[@garyregester390]

Thanks for the credits, especially the name of the actress. She's phenomenal.

[@geoff3610]

Wow, not meant to be a diss but I assumed she was the vocalist based on the video and felt it fit, if maybe a bit of a deep voice.

[@JOKE485]

@@geoff3610me too!

[@blackshapemusic]

⁠@@geoff3610no diss taken-Sarah’s performance is incredible and very convincing. We were blown away when we first saw it. Still are.

[@dissociativealeks]

Crazy work from everyone!

[@gvnk_]

Its funny, how right when you're feeling lowest, random chance can drop the most impactful display of human creativity right into your lap to remind you you're alive.

[@saint_gatsby]

j’espère que tu vis, j’espère que tu vis, j’espère que tu vis 🎉❤🎉

[@tricebreanne9131]

Literally me. I'm glad I'm not alone.

[@the.bonsai.samurai]

Me too 😢❤

[@KosMik_Skul]

hell yes! but... "random chance?" not what I would call it. I would call it synchronicity. when we attune ourselves to our own needs of mind, body, soul connection through acceptance and we embrace our shadow it creates resonance, it ripples out and reality is like a mirror. the universe is mind. we get what we need. I'm not christian or anything like that, technically atheist but this has been my experience lately. I've had this exact experience too many times to ignore it or dismiss it as mere coincidence or random chance. edit: (I know that there's many diff factors including the Algorithm that create the right factors for internal & external to converge. not saying it's all like god, magic, or mystical mumo-jumbo. IMO for magic to exist it does not mean that one must dismiss science, rationality, or logic. quiet the opposite it includes them.)

[@the.bonsai.samurai]

@@KosMik_Skul 😁 well said

[@hannahbrown2728]

Carrie Fisher said something along the lines of 'If you need a reason to stay alive, let it be out of spite' to paraphrase. It speaks to a lot when ITIIITIATIIHYLIHYL is a radical statement.

[@carlos00700]

Carrie Fishers quote is the radical statement here. This right here is a masterpiece

[@nissyk666]

This is so me coded

[@JagIsOnline]

Honestly clicked because I couldn't immediately work out what that title was supposed to mean and now I'm just glad to be here.

[@blackshapemusic]

We’re glad you’re here too. Glad the acronym drew you in. Haha

[@JagIsOnline]

@@blackshapemusic I've had the album on repeat since that day. I love the structure of it, and it's so engrossing to sit through a full listen. Consider me a new fan and keep it coming :)

[@distraughtsymphony]

It’s the first letter from every lyric in the song.

[@karlmiller7395]

​@@blackshapemusicit's an acronym..... For what may I ask or is that part of the mystique

[@karlmiller7395]

Mystique reveled I got it so cool

[@micahbode]

I'm the guy who gets murdered and also the waiter at the restaurant haha, I had a blast on this project!! Props to everyone involved and to blackshape for blessing us with this incredible piece of art.

[@__ahughjass]

bro what did you do to her 💀

[@monkeyman4509]

rip

[@justincoleman3805]

I’m sorry for your loss (of life). JK Great job.

[@sound.silence]

That was a sad story my bro. I hope you live, though ❤

[@CaptainGraviton]

I bet you told her to "Calm down", didn't you?

[@meerkatnip]

If This Is It, If This Is All There Is, I Hope You Live, I Hope You Live.

[@nth256]

If There's No End, And We Are Infinite, Still... I Hope You Live. ❤️

[@nth256]

Dude, just realized you were spelling out the title of the song.

[@Akimikinaak]

How did you know that. I thought it was some utoaztechan shit

[@adventuress904]

I just fell in love with this place I'm in here at this song before the intro fully rolled into the drum beat

[@meerkatnip]

@@Akimikinaak It's the lyrics, someone else spotted it while we were talking about the song.

[@johndoe9881]

I feel like half the people here found this by complete chance. Literally just popped up on my recommended even though I don't listen to post hardcore. So glad I pressed play because I'm obsessed with the meaning and symbolism this holds. "I hope you live" has a sad but hopeful feeling to it, like a warning that today's world isn't designed for us to live life like it's meant to be lived, but that there is a way to just be happy with what you have, which the empty plate symbolizes at least for me. I know the meaning is probably about mental health which I also agree with, but I love that it has different meanings to everyone.

[@erinnelikewoah]

Same - this song immediately meant everything to me. It's just filled with... everything to be honest. It's just speaking to me and the video tells its own story. It reminds me of the days of the deftones and like I said in another comment gives me this strange false nostalgia.

[@erinnelikewoah]

For me the empty plate is literal- *you're fine with that?* *strange smile* pans to nothing- pans back to no one. That alone is so meaningful for me.

[@Noelsterrr]

I think you're looking for meaning where there is none.

[@unmakeyourself]

Absolutely, and the other half of the people are the various objects from the music video apparently, super awesome to see such a diverse cast

[@ramoses1]

I like your interpretation. I HATE being that guy, but that's not post hardcore, more post-rock and post-metal.

[@Imagine66X]

This actress is really good, it's not often you can watch something and think "Wow this actress *really* looks like she's beating someone to death"

[@cristiano1g]

yeah but why do you think she is a good actress then? Is this your personal threshold?

[@MishaExAye]

It wa so damn visceral. You can tell she was working through some sht there...

[@cristiano1g]

@@MishaExAye Bullshit

[@SolitaryPsylocybin]

The expressions too afterwards

[@jsmith434w]

she is method acting

[@snakejuce]

"Hey kid what are you listening to?" "ITIIITIATIIHYLIHYL"

[@Clodd1]

Hey kiddo, take this iPad and type something. Ok, good, that's the name of my new song.

[@Milo_Estobar]

pensdospilhe

[@LateNightRewrites]

>looks at kid awkwardly > "yeah.... um thanks, you too"

[@SirFrancisBaconn]

If this is it If this is all there is I hope you live I hope you live

[@andrewmitchell1829]

For real how do I even say that?

[@Jackal_Blitz]

I lost it when she looked down on the ground and saw that there was nothing there. Like it was all in her head the whole time. Fucking brilliant directing and acting on this.

[@The-Growroom]

Took me longer than I'd like to admit the title is the acronym of the lyrics.

[@Reel_Deviant]

“I’m fine with this”and it was nothing! That made me clench

[@jyotektosgaimur]

Hey everyone I was the asteroid that obliterated the earth at the end. While my role was small, it was still a fun, worthwhile experience. Thank you Blackshape ❤

[@HermesTresmegestus]

Spoilers

[@DoubleDownDawn]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, ASTEROID

[@Nightsisters_Clan]

Hey Asteroid! Bathtub here, remember no part is too small. You made the ending!

[@bebeloewenherz13]

you been great! hope to see you again soon!✨

[@annacoeptis]

Thanks friend ☄️

[@Vivagabe99]

It's almost more brutal in a world like this to say "I hope you live". It's harsh and beautiful, lovely & haunting.

[@heerosanosyuy1173]

I couldn't agree more. It's like the opp of seeking revenge

[@Reblwitoutacause]

There's an old sardonic curse disguised as a well-wishes sentiment which goes: "May you live forever in interesting times" which I am now reminded of.

[@caseyjay8097]

haunting for sure. consider the alternative.

[@aabracadavra]

Living in a man's world is certainly worse than dying.

[@DiamondStratosphere]

@@aabracadavra I find some solace in the fact that, by its own design, it will destroy itself in the end.

[@zisions]

Hey all, I’m the stone that’s being used to bludgeon the young man’s head in, in the forest I want to thank everyone involved in this production it was such a blast.

[@Geo-FaFa]

Damn. Good job!

[@juanatobon]

Honestly you deserve an Oscar.

[@Pimpulus]

this is the comment. :D goddammit. this is it

[@Halsfield]

10/10 job. I really felt like you were a stone.

[@blankslate1993]

Hey, I was the meteor!

[@benotyourboss]

Damn these vocals... was not expecting them! If this is it If this is all there is I hope you live I hope you live If there's no end And we are infinite Still, I hope you live I hope you live If this is it If this is all there is I hope you live I hope you live If there's no end And we are infinite Still, I hope you live I hope you live I hope you live I hope you live I hope you live

[@JustinPramis]

Pretty sure I’m tatting some of these lyrics. I hope you live.

[@blackshapemusic]

@@JustinPramisWe’d be honored. Share with us if you do.

[@benotyourboss]

@@blackshapemusic same here. Guys this is an awesome track, those lyrics and that delivery hit the spot. I listen to it for days on loop! Nice touch with the title being the first letters of the first few vocals... probably that will be the tattoo! Love from Switzerland!

[@JustinPramis]

@@blackshapemusic For sure. I’m thinking some sort of black shape with the words in the negative space. I’ll share on Instagram???

[@ApplySomePressure54]

wow, I managed to almost entirely correctly guess what the acronym stood for just from seeing the title pop up on my youtube home and having never heard of this band or song before. I'm surprised, but, neat.

[@BilliumRye]

Shades of “Explosions In The Sky” & “Moments In Grace”.

[@zaalrottunda2804]

Hey all, im one of the trees in the forest and i just wanna thank all my tree brothers that helped on this project, stay hard boys, and of course to blackshape for hiring us and going paperless on billing invoices. Mahalo!

[@TheMightyMana]

Hey Dude, i saw you in the Video! Great Acting!

[@jerrys.9895]

@@TheMightyMana The performance was a little wooden if you ask me

[@nmlepage]

​@jerrys.9895 no way man it was a solid performance!

[@SageHexen]

I feel like this is depicting psychosis, depression and toying with suicide - it resonates with me so deeply. Whoever directed and/or wrote this video is a god damn genius

[@bogdanshevchenko]

It also resonates with me. But what I get out of this piece is a sense of overcoming adversity, a widening lens, a sacrifice of the present for the future. It makes me feel strength. @SageHexen if suicide is on your menu, know that there is always a bigger picture. Don't be too proud or too afraid to ask for help. Life is suffering. But finding your way to overcoming that suffering is what makes you - you. It's why we're all here.

[@dyaginuma]

This is about the heat death of the universe. She is the Cosmos contemplating her own inevitable submission to the law of entropy. We (i.e. whatever intelligent life is in the universe) are the guy asking "YOU'RE FINE WITH THAT?!?!!". We play an insignificant role with even less agency. She is wondering, what is the point of it all? In the end the Cosmos concludes that if this is all there is, or if after the heat death of the universe everything collapses until there is another Big Bang, still ...She hopes we live.

[@dyaginuma]

Also If you listens to the full album, which is designed to play in a loop, it seems the band believes there's no end and we are infinite.

[@VictorMontel]

@@bogdanshevchenko this song kind of gives me a sense of hope and letting go. Not for myself, but for others, like hugging a friend goodbye for the last time ever being a good thing. I take it as a song about transitions in life. About letting go of your baggage, of your past. Take it from the words: "If this is it, if this is all there is (what already happened, the past), i hope you live (live as a memory)". There's this duality between these verses.

[@johnsmoak8237]

​@@VictorMontelthat's it

[@benydavid1253]

For those still not figuring out that the title stands for, even after listening to the song: "If This Is It If This Is All That Is I Hope You Live I Hope You Live"

[@sydurgraham7760]

All *There* Is**

[@Trapewurm]

This song will pierce through every part of you.

[@suesutton9226]

This is such a beautiful song ❤

[@iLuv2sixty9]

Hi all, the tree's from the forest scenes here. Please continue to nourish our soil with the blood of your loved ones, your life essence is essential if you would gaze on eternity. We would also like to thank the production staff, we truly had a blast.

[@growing.flowers]

🎉

[@tophermohegan9797]

The GOATed comment kimosabi 🙏🏾💯😂😂😂

[@Bergtroll362]

Wow, that was a very distinguished troll commentery, probs from germany!

[@elfShiba]

3:19 What that animal was killed ?

[@Tangerineskies22]

This is the funniest shit i read today 😂 ty fir your contributions

[@georgeweeman9057]

Why does my eyes begin to tear up when she starts singing "I hope you live"? Very powerful song!

[@johndoe9881]

The first time I heard this I was going through bad depression and hearing "I hope you live" after feeling hopeless was like a warm hug.

[@HA-lp4zt]

He*. The actor is not the singer. Scott is.

[@davie9070]

Right in the feels

[@singingflowers7456]

The actress is sooo pretty, her eyes are super expressive

[@SlippyLegJones]

Orange here Just wanted to say I enjoyed getting sliced into! Was such a fantastic time working with Blackshape!

[@dustinbeach9910]

top notch comment

[@Brennanan]

u got some nice looking skin bro

[@n8doggg]

I believe its a grapefruit

[@m00nk1n]

@@n8doggg Maybe it identifies as an orange. Don't judge!

[@Ghadente]

Aren't you glad I didn't say banana

[@erisdiscordia9942]

Hi, I am the person who keeps coming back to watch this video because it’s awesome and makes me feel alive again!

[@piterflosnik5286]

I'm pretty sure this is the greatest song I've ever heard. I might be drunk a bit, but I'm pretty sure.

[@Shway34]

Man, discovered this song when I needed it most. Things happen for a reason. Just hasn't felt that way in a while Thank you Blackshape for creating this. Not only is it a beautiful song, im sure I'm not the only person its helped.

[@alecveysilart2879]

I can't stop listening to this song for a month..

[@Imagine_TV]

Learning to accept the past and let go and forgive is the most difficult task that will define your world. The freedom you gain from the peace allows you to be be okay with everything from here on out. Even as you face death, simply unbothered and okay.

[@MartinkaMich]

Welp, not many videos and songs have captured the essence and torment of being alive and feeling...thank you.

[@xLYNDOG]

This is single handedly the greatest piece of music I’ve ever heard. The composition is just beautiful 🖤

[@Nightsisters_Clan]

Hi y'all, I'm the bathtub in the video! I wasn't quite sure about the direction at first, you know, with the naked lady in me and cold water, but it was for this beautiful song. It came out magnificent in the end. I'd really like to thank everyone in production and catering. Everyone was so professional and discreet. I hope the band remembers my role when they accept their eventual Grammys! ❤

[@jeremysmith4620]

I'm a gentleman and I'd never ask a bathtub her secrets, so I'm not sure if you are real porcelain or not. Honey, all I do know is you looked like nothing but the entire time. You hold an ocean of water and make it feel like a lake.

[@LateNightRewrites]

Without being too... direct, i was hoping to ask if your hardware is original or aftermarket? Either way i suppose it doesnt matter - you're absolutely perfect

[@NixeuAx]

😂😂😂

[@CloverTheHyena]

I have NO idea why this video popped up on KZbin, and I’m even more baffled as to why I felt the need to urgently press play on it but I’m so glad I did. It grew and grew and grew into this lovely, interesting, bizarre, amazement of a song and video. I couldn’t stop watching it, and listening to it, and now I think I have played it over 10 times. It gets better and better the more I see into the meaning and the story the video presents. And just…. Wow.

[@LoneSilver94]

I've been going through the motions, and by chance, I randomly clicked on it out of curiosity. This song just came to me at the right time. It was meant for people like me to hear, and it feels beautiful.

[@CoffeeNLiveMusicLiaison]

Chance is my best friend. He passed back in 2001. We have transcendental music in the fiber of our very DNA. If Chance brought you, it was not by happenstance or random fluke. You’re radiating. And you were meant to be here. Special delivery to make certain you arrived. ✨Purpose is deliberate. You’ll see. ✨

[@JaseekaRawr]

Yes 😭 i feel like I'm waking up recently. I stopped listening to music like I used to. I still enjoyed nice songs(Coke Studio Pakistan shoutout!), but not this genre. I grew up on Rage, Tool, etc. But since I left my old life behind, in order to finally live, I haven't listened to this genre as much. So happy the algo finally hit the right spot! Seems they've tweaked it recently bc I've been getting low view count vids recommended more. I think tiktok has strongly influenced YT's decision to tweak it more democratically. Anyway sorry to ramble. I'm over here crying after seeing this vid. Really needed this good cry, been holding it in too long 🥲

[@nyghtowll]

Same! This popped up on my feed and I'm so glad it did. Looking forward to more music!

[@contritisumus]

what a lovely Dark ride this song was with the Lyrics coming right at the end but so worth waiting for: If this is it if this is all there is I hope you live If there's no end and we are infinite still, I hope you live

[@all-s0rts]

ITIIITIATIIHYLIHYL

[@youngjiggymf1704]

its crazy how much weight words can hold

[@porkchop4401]

Rare song. music and lyrics ask and reach.

[@Laloucination]

This music is a masterpiece ! One part goes for ears and the other part goes for soul. Absolutely gorgeous

[@calamitysam4931]

Straight onto the "I'm moody but not sure why" playlist. Really enjoyed finding this.

[@gillesibub]

This youtube algorithm is vapid and overbearing a lot of the time, a tool that is supposed to help bring things into your scope but often just repeats the same few subscribed creators ad infinitum. Today, the algorithm worked. Now to go through all your other works. Glorious.

[@TheKatamana]

She was abused, in a relationship where nothing felt real, she just stood and stared, coming to terms with her situation despite the overwhelming feeling of drowning and loneliness. One day, she realized she wasn't in the same situation. She had found her way out and there was a peace. But how could there be peace? Something had to be wrong. Her world couldn't be OK. The peace is unnerving before she sees him again. Water. Drowning. Despair. She lashes out against the feelings of old, she can't let him go. Anger. After she's finished, her mania dissipates. She looks around. He really isn't here anymore. There really is peace. So she reflects. On the person she knew, the person she loved. Despite it all, the absolute consuming feeling of trauma and the torture she was tragically forced to endure, despite how all consuming the abuse was and how little space she had in her reality for anything but her abuser, despite everything, "I hope you live". The trauma never leaves. The true reality almost seems dull compared to how all consuming the past relationship was. And the love for some reason will never go away, despite the anger and other emotions that come in parallel. We will lash out to the innocent when everything is OK, we will struggle to live despite the abuse being behind us, it will be a life long battle, but that's what it is to live. I can't express how close this song feels to me but it's absolutely beautiful and painful and a perfect portrayal of trauma. That's the takeaway I had although I didn't dig in to every bit, but it's absolutely beautiful and makes me feel like I'm not alone with what I've been through. To everyone out there, I hope you live.

[@rocky-hi7hc]

i left 8 months ago and this is my new normal. thank you for putting this into words

[@EndlesslyEternal]

This this this ❤

[@Saavycupcake]

Love your beautiful depiction. Yes it’s a life long battle, but things can get better with the right support. We can again have beautiful moments and emotional regulation. The brain is maleable and we deserve to heal from our hell that is post traumatic stress.

[@oofydoom]

Beautifully articulated down to almost poetry. I can definitely relate to that description. And you too. God be with you!

[@michellekeith5602]

The trauma she says to herself..... Looking in the mirror yes the scars are still there from her neck like a collar and scattered across her body like old roads on an ancient map. But something is different now. She's made peace with the purest part of her leaving this world the same day he arrived .... She's seen the other side and made peace with not being allowed to stay in that place that until that day she never believed existed. She is different now there are still many nightmares and tears to cry but now... Now she lives. For her for the part of her lost to this world but waiting in that place so she lives because she has to. She was sent back so she lives until all of the life meant for her has slipped through the hourglass and the sands of time become the heavens of eternity I live.

[@moski5629]

Between reading the comments, listening to the song and watching the video I got lost in how artistically genius this is

[@NHDeadhead]

I cannot stop listening to this... Especially the live version. Incredible !!!

[@ChalkBeing]

@NHDeadhead…I’m right there with you. These boys create music that makes me look forward to my next experience with it.

[@kadaj7269]

Song blew me away, rattled my bones! Please for the love of the gods bring this vocalist back for more tracks or better yet as your full time singer. Wow.

[@JeremyMagee-k1n]

Yes. Have her be the permanent vocalist

[@oipicx]

Bury the rage. Kill it. Forgive yourself, move on. Kindness is king and I ensure every one of you reading is worthy of it. I hope you have a fantastic day, truly. And may you walk always in wisdom.

[@AnchieMima]

Thank you 🙏

[@iflyhelicopters]

For real thank you

[@fawnastralvital7277]

Best comment ever. Absolutely true. Thank you, and I hope the same comes your way. May you have an amazing day and remember that of it ever feels like no one cares- at least a random person on the internet does. :)

[@mackholman165]

Thank you friend. To return, you are worthy. All of us. Kings, queens. Worthy.

[@SlimRhyno]

This was genuinely awesome, and right back at you, my friend 😁🤘

[@prollyjusyellin]

Came for post-rock, stayed for bear trap of an emotional experience.

[@camiwhite7625]

I found this song about a year ago and got immediately hooked, it’s been in playlist all this time and don’t you know how unique this voice is…I really would like hear more vocals from this band, cause for real I haven’t heard this type of voice in a guy, it makes the song even more enigmatic. The instrumentals are so beautifully played and cohesive so I just imagine adding more vocal it would be tremendous!

[@dissociativealeks]

Fr, still one of the nastiest and most heartbreaking tracks I’ve heard in a while

[@ilgattofantasma4886]

Come si chiama la cantante? Su internet non ho trovato traccia di lei, come se non avesse mai cantato in questa canzone. Non appare nemmeno nella descrizione di questa canzone

[@KaioAraujo93]

This is the best song i've ever heard in my entire life.

[@AussieStandsWithRussia]

For any one who is patient enough this song rewards like a guiding light reaching down to your soul.

[@williamechols2731]

Слава Україні! Героям слава!

[@MyDearGhoul]

This hit me in a way I wasn't expecting, and it made me break down. My brother has been struggling for many years now with deep depression. It's getting worse and he uses alcohol as an escape. He won't talk to anyone so I don't know how to help him. It kills me because my biggest fear is that I'm going to find him dead somewhere and I'll blame myself for not trying hard enough. I've struggled with depression all my life too so it's that much worse because I know how bad it can be. I don't know, this song just hit me, especially after today. It's beautiful, painful, and hopeless.

[@JonnyBTW]

As an older brother, who struggles with alcoholism, please don't stop trying. My siblings mean the world to me, and I'm sure he feels the same. Sending the best vibes.

[@ArisEmriis]

I'm a non practicing alcoholic who's been sober a little over a year and active in AA. I'm lucky to be alive. I've struggled with depression lifelong and traumas happened, turned to alcohol the same as your brother. I wouldn't listen to anyone but I ended up getting alcohol induced hepatitis and I just wanted to be free more than Anything. I'm going to pray for your brother that the desire to stop drinking and be free would be his, and he will take action. I can also understand how you feel as a sibling...I have a brother with schizophrenia who's been off his meds about 5 years and my family and I can't be in contact because he's dangerous. My heart goes out to you my friend. Please take care of yourself and find as much joy and beauty in this world as you can.❤

[@Ryan-kl5pt]

Get him to detox and a treatment center if you can. Just keep in mind he has to truly want the help. I was in the same boat 2 1/2 years ago but after 90 day treatment and realizing that's not who I was I'm still sober and just doing the right things. Wish you all the best because you're worth it 👆

[@danylozkyn]

This comment hits home. You're not alone. My older brother deals with his inner depression and demons the same way as yours, by keeping it all inside and trying to drown it with alcohol. This has been how it is for 20 years. Just know that just the fact that you care, listen and are there is enough. For me one of the most frustrating parts is me expressing my concern and him just brushing it off. But at least I've said something, and that's all I can do if he doesn't want to talk. At least he knows the opportunity is always there. We can't live their life for them. Remember to take care of yourself first. It's ok to be happy about and enjoy things in your own life. But it is painful. I'm sorry you and your brother are going through this.

[@notstanley6936]

I lost my sibling to anorexia and drugs, she absolutely cut off contact and drank herself to death. Be a thorn in their side, u can't make it worse if u show up and just love him. I hope he lets u in.

[@andrewarnold9642]

I've probably contributed half of this video's plays in the last 2 days lol. At first, I wasn't sure about it, and now it stays stuck in the background of my brain all day.

[@ChalkBeing]

Keep coming back. There’s a power these boys have that everyone must hear/see!

[@danjohnson2914]

I found this song 2 weeks ago on KZbin premium, I've played it to fall asleep to, every single fucking night, on repeat since. This is the first time ive seen the video.... Im not an emotional person by any stretch of the wildest imagination, I'm shut off, cold and emotionless for 99% of my life. This exquisitely made video combined with a melody created by angels, with lyrics created co-productively by God and Lucifer, this experience made me choke and tear up for reasons I cannot even begin to comprehend. Thank you 🖤

[@cataclysmicproductions]

always cracks me up crying

[@Blank137]

Blade of grass here, had a whale of a time swaying in the wind, and volunteering to get stepped on! I'd love to be featured in any future projects. :)

[@joarawa351]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@jennerdavis4097]

Holy hell, that song was beautiful. I'm speechless.

[@mashattack551]

I stopped by my grandparents place this morning. My grandfather passed a week ago today. My grandmother wasn't home so I just left a note and took a minute to look thru some of my grandpas things, photos. As I left I was listening to Spotify and BLACKSHAPE came randomly thru the algorithm and this song was playing as I pulled into my driveway. I had a moment listening and mourning my grandfather in my car before carrying on with my day and this was a very emotional and powerful song to hear and I think helped me in some way with my grief. Now KZbin is showing me this video before I head to bed. Just a very unique and beautiful way to encounter a new band, thanks for the feels.

[@applejacks8160]

Sorry for your loss Bud. Glad this song brought a bit of closure for you, it has helped me as well🤟

[@jdrn4939]

Sorry for your loss.

[@sickAbeinghAnDlEd]

❤❤❤😊​@@applejacks8160

[@x-Rakurai-x]

As someone struggling with mental illness, this video is speaking to me. Chills all over my body. I hope you live as well

[@jenniferjohns5186]

13 days ago your comment.. this is

[@KoreanLuverNinjaWolf]

I had this song saved in my watch later playlist for a good while. I'm so glad I decided to go through it because I really enjoyed this! The mv was amazingly shot, the acting was [chef's kiss] and the singing was hauntingly beautiful

[@nino7536]

brother I'm just browsing my recommended and the next minute im crying my eyes out, I didn't ask for this

[@TheDwuetyloamid]

🤗

[@alexisc6136]

This is an instance where I'm glad I was late to the party. While I would have loved this as audio alone, the video is beyond stunning. So cathartic, and really connects to a pain I'm trying to let go of.

[@SheppyHand]

[@blackshapemusic]

Honored to be part of your catharsis. So glad you found us.

[@pr1sm55]

The way the music builds up to about 3:30 is like living life building up to this one moment that's either incredibly beautiful or completely disastrous. Man, what a complete rollercoaster of emotions. It's insane...

[@KTheStruggler]

Forest from the video here! Had such a great time with this video and really appreciate all the love for this awesome band, super happy I was able to help with this video.

[@DreiPinguine]

What's the difference between you and the guy that played all the trees in your scene? Are you like their boss?

[@KTheStruggler]

@@DreiPinguine we prefer the term 'hivemind'

[@aware0879]

This is so beautiful. Million times... Bravo

[@kennysoriginalmusicchannel5916]

This song has been stuck in my head ever since I first listened to it. Today my son and I lit a few fireworks and as I glanced up at the black infinite sky I took in the moment as this song echoed in my head. If this is it ...I will live as much as I can, if we are infinite like the expansive unlit space above I will retain as much of this life as I can and one day be with the stars looking back down.

[@blackshapemusic]

Beautiful.

[@kennysoriginalmusicchannel5916]

@@blackshapemusic Thank u guys for ur music. Take care.

[@shanepilgrim5802]

Once again the algorithm hard @work. With its guidance, My life was Changed. I've been hooked since. As with everyone here, I was not expecting this. This Beauty hidden in the cloud of Decimation. Sometimes I wish it would just all End in some instantaneous flash. The reality is much more horrific. We're pressed to endure.

[@kennysoriginalmusicchannel5916]

@@shanepilgrim5802 I feel that way at times. A reset, rebut or just an end to it all after a long life of pain, struggle and endurance a finally would be sufficient

[@_rlb]

I still don't fully understand the meaning of this song, but I do know that it's related to a loved one of mine who lost her battle with depression two weeks ago. For me, "I hope you live" is her way of saying she hopes my life will be better than hers.

[@MedicaMetal1]

First time hearing this, and it moved me to tears almost instantly Heaviness and beauty beyond words

[@blackshapemusic]

🖤

[@maphesto]

I’ve been feeling sad for a long time. Now…for some reason I feel reborn. I’m so grateful for my life right now. I’m so glad I stayed up for just a little longer tonight. Thank you so much for creating this.

[@awemowe2830]

If this is all there is, just live.

[@andysnow7121]

When I was watching the video and listening to the song I felt so many things I can't even put into words. Absoltely increrdible. This is a work of art, thank you!

[@SicMundus7]

I keep coming back and I still dont have words for this. I know one go at a time never suffices.

[@laupdivad9352]

This came out of nowhere, I love it when KZbin chucks something at me I had no idea about and it's brilliant. That's why why I always pick stuff to try by bands I've never heard of, it's where the secret gems can be found, and then hopefully they're not so secret any more!!

[@DimmuDeer]

How is this so anxiety inducing yet so calming at the same time?

[@TorreUp]

Hypnosis

[@anonigamer2010]

This is one of the best songs I've ever heard.

[@johnnycincocero]

Hey y'all. I'm the grapefruit that gets brutally hacked to death. HAHA. Actually, that was a life size fake model of me. I'd like to thank everyone, especially the SFX team. It was great to be a part of this project. Hopefully we can work again.

[@darvidbourgeois3699]

Literal goosebumbs after the bridge as she begins to sing. Excellent craftsmanship, all round masterpiece

[@mclovinlife4018]

One of the best songs I’ve ever heard. IHYL

[@TheDangerousBrew]

Just found this today, and have watched it multiple times. The build up to the lyrics really hit for me. Incredible stuff.

[@catherineashwick4730]

i have never heard this of this artist, let alone the song. it popped up in my suggestions, and something told me deep down that this is exactly what my soul needed. I have never witnessed such pulchritudinous act.

[@SeanM1989]

My mom died of lung cancer just before Easter and I've been playing this on repeat

[@FarmerDrew]

Wishing you strength and peace

[@Cavemanner]

This song is incredible. I first listened about 6 months ago and every time it comes across my recommended again I stop to listen to and watch this amazing piece of art. Can't wait to experience it a little stoned here before too long. If weed does nothing else, it greatly expands the ability to appreciate music in new ways.

[@Rosskles]

It shows up at least 2 or 3 times a week and I am not complaining!

[@christoffmoll4143]

I was high and got bored as hell, closed my eyes, and pushed random keys on my keyboard, and this was my first result. I can't believe how good this is!

[@clemensb.1484]

Never heard of this band before. But this song is an absolute MASTERPIECE!!!

[@muzw912]

i love how you put the vocal in the middle of the song the cinematic is so cool, the song is also very cool love this so much

[@jcole1679]

Hey all, im you're ever growing existential dread in the face of the harsh reality that you aren't the person 10 year old you thought you'd be, I had a blast being made slightly more evident as you listened! Thanks everyone!

[@TheDeathOfPassion]

I am trying to everyday but i this aint living, this is slowly dying, living my days in bed, writing, sowing, drawing, reading, barely eating and searching for a reason why to stay hopeful and move forward, for what?, some days nothing, some days something...im ready to sleep, nothing matters anyway, nothing matters. thank you for making this video, i enjoyed it

[@NahIamgood]

Hi friend, I hope you continue to live even when life seems like it's not worth living

[@kenpo7188]

Sometimes we keep this feeling of emptiness imprisoned for a long time. Life is sad, unbalanced, and sometimes meaningless, but that is the secret of living: being able to carry on despite so much inner emptiness. I sometimes feel the same way. I hope you can overcome these moments soon, and if one day you want to talk to someone, I am open to writing. I'm from Argentina, but my heart is universal.

[@cerico76]

You do matter!

[@mikem3518]

What a beautiful song and video. Simply amazing. I was NOT expecting the lyrics. Going thru a divorce and I'm shaking right now and crying amazing tears of happiness.

[@bassdreamer91]

What I’m truly grateful for is that hundreds of thousands of people have had this song impact their lives

[@polly.milani]

Não sei como vim parar aqui, mas isso entrou na minha alma e me fez ter forças para continuar... tem sido dias difíceis... mas eu vou viver!!! Que obra prima! Obrigada à todos os envolvidos, isso é indescritível!

[@szyssz]

"if this is it if this is all there is I hope you live If there's no end and we are infinite still, I hope you live" Iszonyatosan jó!

[@sleepwalker0017]

Found this sitting in the hospital, waiting to know whether i was gonna lose my grandfather. Hoping he was going to live. Now I know they can save him, and I’ll never forget this song now.

[@petamerican2588]

Hey man, I hope you're alright, wherever you are, whatever you're doing.

[@Burnerbaby]

I’ve struggled with bipolar depression my entire life. I get trapped in spirals of pure darkness and sometimes it feels like I won’t stop spinning until I hit rock bottom. I was spiraling when I found this video. I downloaded the song, put it on repeat for hours. It brought me back to myself. I’ve never been more grateful for a song in my life. I hope I live too.

[@Rosskles]

I hope you continue to find moments of solace ✊

[@wemusthavechannelstocommen619]

you ever try wellbutrin xl+ lithium orotate?

[@oligrindcore177]

Please Blackshape: more vocals like this on your music 👏 Thanks and Cheers from France

[@annikin83]

The Grinch here...wishing you all a beautifully dark Christmas

[@Acr4nius]

Popped up randomly on my KZbin page. I am in love with everything. The audio, the visuals, the tension, everything is perfect.

[@entropytheory8875]

So I’ve been listening and watching this video on repeat. I often get goosebumps or tear up a bit from songs that just hit right and make me feel deeply…but this song…this masterpiece…along with the video, just make me feel something entirely different. The imagery of space showing how insignificant we are on this blue dot. The existentialism is real. We want to value our time but are aware of our inevitable end of this life and we don’t know if there’s anything more to this…we hope there is, we want there to be more…but we don’t know This song is just so damn beautiful

[@WillEhrendreich]

If this is it, if this is all there is, both living and dying are meaningless. If this is a universe without a grounding to all meaning, then concepts like life and death, good and bad, love and hate, beauty and horror, all of it is simply the arbitrary conceptual convulsions of the deluded beings secreted by death clock deterministic fizzing of physics and chemistry hallucinating self awareness and play acting agency. All while suffering greatly. A nihilistic mad house of capricious pain wrapped in a cosmic joke. "Full of sound and fury, signifying.. nothing.. " to be sure. But I do not hold to that. I cannot, for one second, accept that this is all there is. Why? More than a few reasons, but here are few reasons.. Everything that begins to exist has a cause. The universe began to exist. Therefore the universe has a cause. This is known as the Kalaam Cosmological Argument. It's one among a family of arguments from Contingency. They seek to reason about the existence of things that owe the explanation of their existence to something else, and what we could logically derive from that analysis. By the universe, I mean all space, time, and matter. The cause of space, time, and matter must therefore be emptied of all of them, as in, the cause is spaceless, timeless, and immaterial. But what spaceless, timeless, immaterial entities are there? Numbers perhaps? I don't buy it, actually, but even if they do exist in that sense, the number 33822 cannot CAUSE anything. It simply describes, or measures.. never causes.. So what else? I, and many good philosophers much smarter than I can only come up with one other good explanation: A Mind. A timeless, spaceless, immaterial, uncaused, necessary being of incomprehensible intelligence, complete agency and immeasurable ability. Yahweh, or as many like to call him, God. So if Yahweh exists, which seems to be the best explanation of the cause of the universe and why there is anything instead of nothing at all, then we have to examine another important question: how has this being interacted with what it caused? Well, there are some pretty solid evidences of a first century ancient near eastern man who went around claiming to be this being. That's pretty crazy. He'd have to make some sort of drastic, unbelievable demonstration of who he said he was, or he'd be yet another lunatic. So, in this case, he DID. Jesus of Nazereth, was crucified under the roman prefect Pontius Pilate at the behest of the religious leaders of his own nation, because in their tradition, no one gets away with saying the kind of absurd claims this Jesus was making without being put to death for blasphemy. You don't just get to call yourself the uncreated, most high God, and pretend like that's just going to be fine, not in that context. He died, and was buried in the tomb of a Jewish religious leader named Joseph who was secretly a follower, and a giant round stone was rolled into place, one that no one could just easily roll away. A few days later, a group of the women who followed him before he died came back and claimed that Jesus had physically risen from the dead to the rest of the dejected and fearful men who had spent the last 3 years devoting every moment to the service of the one they thought for sure this time would save them from Roman oppression. They were rebels with a disgraced and murdered messiah, and their hopes dreams were broken and as dead as their teacher, and it was most likely going to be the same for them all soon. No that couldn't be true, they thought, they're just women, their testimony wouldn't even hold up in court half a man's testimony, why would they believe such outlandish nonsense? No one gets up from the dead.. at least not until the Final Day, the Great Resurrection, where all who die would rise together out of the depths of Sheol, and be given new life and new bodies to be with God. There was no reason to believe these women, these men had no concept of a single person resurrection... But soon the women weren't the only ones who started seeing the risen Jesus. Soon it was two of them, then all eleven, then up to 500 people at one time. Was He just a Ghost? Well no, He ate fish.. ghosts don't eat .. and ghosts certainly don't invite you to put your fingers in the giant holes in their hands or the gaping laceration in his side... But if God exists, and Jesus Christ rose from the dead, then Christianity is true. If that's true, then this is NOT all there is.. and we have deeply failed the standard that God has laid out for us. But, the good news, the Gospel, is that living is given as an option and opportunity to become sons and daughters of the family of the Most High God, if only we let Jesus bear the legal penalty of our missing the mark, and according to ancient scripture, offending a perfect being comes at the punishment of death. But Jesus took that punishment. He died so we could live. I hope you consider all of this honestly. I hope you see the hope in what seemed so hopeless. I hope you become part of the family of the source of life, Himself. This isn't it. This isn't all there is. I hope you live.

[@unknwnerror1616]

I feel the same way, have this song on repeat since last week, every time I grow to love it more..

[@slaev_music]

We are infinite

[@spookyashes8555]

this song just took my entire soul apart and then helped me put it back together again

[@humanmusiciansareredundant]

damn that orange scene sends goosebumps for days.

[@barbie_gaahl]

Came across, immediately put on watch later list, then accidentally clicked, havent been able to stop watching/listening, currently 2:40 in......okay now Im finished. This is amazing! Every part of it!