Bright Eyes - At The Bottom Of Everything

[@beatrizperdomopacas3263]

I love how he's all serious and really deep and into it at the begining, just drinking and telling us his story; but then, when he starts singing, it's all "happy", and just makes death seem so lovely and nice, but most importantly, necessary. (Plus, the way he says "oh we'll see it, we'll see it" and other phrases with that tone is just really amazing, really Connor like).

[@cheyanneyopp1987]

today is my best friends birthday and she died almost a year ago. this was one of her favorite songs. and ive listened to it so many times, just for her. 😔

[@trceb]

🌱🌱🌱 All part of the Cycle 🌱🌱🌱

[@JohnDoe-gn2dn]

Holy shit, Cheyanne, do you live in TN ? Hardeman County??

[@a.evelyn5498]

my best friend died just about almost two years ago (my comment a year after yours, Cheyanne). he had this thing with the number 22, which i haven't stopped seeing since he died. right now your comment has 22 likes. people can make fun of me as much as they want. it has nothing to do with him giving me a sign that he's watching over me or something like that because the number appears, just as often, if not more, in regard to / in proximity to / etc. fucked up stuff, same as he described it, though with beautiful things too, don't get me wrong. though this isn't fucked up, your comment and the 22 likes I mean. this is life. life is death. and it's all okay. it'll all be okay.

[@dakotahope599]

a. evelyn let’s be friends

[@ahsatan8997]

Eight years later we are still here and love that girl ❤❤❤

[@MissMadMuzak]

How did re-watching this video after all these years just make me almost cry? WTF?

[@tombie15]

This video makes me cry, every single time. In a sense, we are all on that plane, plummeting to our deaths, and this song is a plea to embrace what little time we have and live as the beautiful, enlightened humans we were born as, and to disallow fear to rule our lives. There's a lot more to it than that, but that's what I understand to be the gist of if.

[@ophiliafox4268]

This song and video fills me with a profound love for humanity and joy to be alive... It so beautifully captures that even though we are insignificant and technically will never have any impact on anything, we can still be happy. In their final moments, they are able to express who they are, and be kind, be reckless, and love without being afraid, like when the lady leans her head on the guys shoulder, and he hugs her back and they're friends, and how that guy and the lady sitting next to him just have all the goddamn alcohol they want and when those boys start kissing, and how they all put their hands up together, and all hug total strangers at the end without being embarrassed omg this is what it should mean to be human! That sense of universal love and togetherness, and bonding without knowing anyone... and they all sing together... Fucks sake, im crying.

[@ahsatan8997]

Sucks it takes the absolute end to bring out the genuine humanity sometimes but I so agree what a beautiful best case doomsday scenario

[@Joophish]

ive been watching this twice a day for about a week now, and it still makes me teary eyed.... beautiful

[@BLaiaiprincess]

i get really nervous about flying on planes, but somehow this song helps a lot. i'm really really really glad for this song.

[@televisiontrekkie3802]

It's been about a decade, this song still is topping my charts.

[@A-Disappointed-Horse]

My absolute favourite song.

[@SnugglesWithWolves]

This is a beautiful video, and a wonderful song. The beginning always makes me want to cry. Beautiful humanity, we need a little kindness and a little joy when the end comes.

[@lisamaestas4903]

i have never seen dying in such a wonderful way before :,)

[@chiaravallone2449]

One of the best songs ever.. I love this group so much

[@WIZA327]

Pretty sad, not gonna lie. I love how sad his voice is.

[@lprh505]

+WIZA327 When my brother showed me this video for the first time, i was just in tears by the end. Crying so hard. I didnt know if it was because i was happy or sad. This guy is just incredible.

[@Msguidedchld]

The gentleman wasn't intentionally coarse or rude (we've all flown before) but was so cool to shed a pleasant light on the situation when the time came. A whole plane full of people who've realized how little we are and fooled to think we can control anything. They've accepted it. Love this video and song.

[@cheyennerumsley]

R.I.P. Carl Grimes 😭

[@olliedelano]

Can't think of any other music that speaks to my soul like theirs does. Love it.

[@Mijail05]

Refreshingly original !!!

[@4991Retrac]

This is probably the greatest music video ever! star-studded, visually apealling, enlightening, and of course! It's a great song! I'm very happy that I found this!!!

[@dianarojo-jewell6091]

The realization that this song was uploaded.. ten years ago... O_O

[@sanityisrelative]

This song always brings tears to my eyes for... so many reasons. So many emotions, most of them conflicting. And this is the reason I love Bright Eyes so much. ~

[@NoOneSuspected]

This is a really powerful song, but the video makes it better, I think.

[@Theocl]

oberst gives me faith that people are still writing relevant, eloquent lyrics that need to be said. his comments on the isolation of modern life are awesome, whilst not sacrificing the melody. We must blend into the choir Sing as static with the whole We must memorize nine numbers and deny we have a soul And in this endless race for property and privilege to be won We must run, we must run, we must run honestly this inspires me to write songs.

[@Nzombii]

Not totally the same, but I thought of this song when hearing about the German plane. After all those planes lately, no way this music video gets made today. heh

[@j-skullz]

Plane crashes have literally existed as long as planes have

[@frenchpasta14]

Bright eyes is amazing, and so is this song! I absolutely love the whole moral behind it...definitely something to live by.

[@LackaDaisyUK]

Is that Terence Stamp??

[@Lookatmeshine]

Why yes, yes it is. :)

[@amistruthers]

The saddest and the most happiest song. Beautiful.

[@reviewglitchfest]

I too sit in an air plane and turn into clay

[@FrankusCrankus]

love that line too! "whats so simple in the moonlight by the morning never is"

[@xxMrBaldyxx]

"and it kinda goes like this" well hows abouts he just play it EXACTLY how it goes? haha

[@jekdop]

i am in love with bright eyes and i used to not like this song so much, because of the beginning, but i am so obsessed with it now and its one of my favorites

[@Djoshee]

Carl :(

[@awsomo900]

The last line makes me smile but gives me the chills at the same time because it's so true.

[@beatrizperdomopacas3263]

So there was this woman and She was, uh, on an airplane and She's flying to meet her fiancé Sailing high above the largest ocean On planet earth and she was seated Next to this man who She had tried to start conversations And really the only thing She'd heard him say was to order his bloody mary And she's sitting there and she's reading This really arduous magazine article about a Third world country that she couldn't Even pronounce the name of and She's feeling very bored and very despondent And then, suddenly there's this huge mechanical failure and one of the engines gave out And they started just falling, thirty thousand feet And the pilot's on the microphone and he's saying "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Oh My God, I'm Sorry" And apologizing and she looks at the man and she says "Where are we going?" and he looks at her and he says "We're going to a party, it, it's a birthday party It's your birthday party, happy birthday darling We love you very, very, very, very, very, very, very much." And then, uh, he starts humming this little tune and, uh, it kind of goes like this We must talk in every telephone, get eaten off the web We must rip out all the epilogues from the books that we have read Into the face of every criminal strapped firmly to a chair We must stare, we must stare, we must stare We must take all the medicines too expensive now to sell Set fire to the preacher who is promising us hell Into the ear of every anarchist that sleeps but doesn't dream We must sing, we must sing, we must sing (And it'll go like this) While my mother waters plants my father loads his gun He says "Death will give us back to God Just like the setting sun Is returned to the lonesome ocean" And then they splashed into the deep blue sea! And it was a wonderful splash! We must blend into the choir, sing as static with the whole We must memorize nine numbers and deny we have a soul And in this endless race for property and privilege to be won We must run, we must run, we must run We must hang up in the belfry where the bats and moonlight laugh We must stare into a crystal ball and only see the past Into the caverns of tomorrow with just our flashlights and our love We must plunge, we must plunge, we must plunge (and the we'll get down there, way down to the bottom of everything And then we'll see it, we'll see it, we'll see it) Oh my morning's coming back The whole world's waking up All the city buses swimming past I'm happy just because I found out I am really no one

[@95lewiscameron]

These are really some of the greatest lyrics I've ever read. The line about anarchists who sleep but do not dream gives me shivers every time I hear it. Up until I heard this I never realised Bright Eyes might write lyrics of this kind.

[@ste9281]

The Walking Dead anyone?

[@aidan2441]

yep

[@whooshyoumissedme]

This song gave me a whole new perspective on life. Bright Eyes Forever

[@shawnmartin277]

Karl brought me here.

[@RandomGT5]

thats so awesome how everyone hugs a person at the end! aww

[@Hitchcock00Starlet]

Ugh, the horrible painful irony of watching a Trump ad in order to watch a Bright Eyes video is almost too much

[@colezachary8883]

Ewwwwwwww!

[@Hitchcock00Starlet]

At least I'm not so desperate for any sort of human interaction that I blindly insult strangers that might have a different opinion than mine, in the hopes that I'll piss them off enough to talk to me. I feel bad for lonely people like you, so please take this reply as your daily dose of social interaction. Now go forth and troll more, you odd little duck!

[@colezachary8883]

Wait, my ew was directed at trump and I was agreeing with you. I guess context is lost on the internet.

[@Hitchcock00Starlet]

***** That whole response was not directed at you. Sorry about that! It seems like the troll comment I originally responded to has been deleted or something. Basically, someone called me a mindless, liberal pig.

[@ci6755]

how is it ironic ?

[@rjlopez5937]

Man, I love this band. 15 or so years ago was a great time for music.

[@ilovemightybite]

Perfect Zen. Thank you, and blessings, always.

[@ShibbyHoee]

On long bus trips with my band; my friend Ricky, and I would sing this song. The summer before our senior year he took his life. This song gives me hope. I hope that whoever reads this comment gets some hope from it. :)

[@geidiprime571]

I keep replaying the beginning over and over.

[@merpuccino]

This song is brilliant, the video is brilliant. I was watching this because I was feeling down and now I still feel kind of sad but at least there's something beautiful

[@aarondhp20]

I was ready to cry for most of this video, but I held it together.... until the end where everyone turned and hugged each other. *sob sob sob*

[@DudeWheresMyPenguin]

"Into the Caverns of Tomorrow, with just our flashlights and our Love, we must plunge, we must plunge, we must plunge." Some of the best lyrics on God's green Earth.

[@thundermaze003]

It's amazing how they can take something as awful as a plane crash and make into something happy. This is a great song and video.

[@007monkeyman2]

I don't know why, but the amount of times he says "very" at the start, chokes me up every time.

[@alexdesmall6916]

This is such an awesome song and such a great metaphor

[@alwaysfallingshort]

When I was growing up, I regularly needed dangerous surgeries that had low success rates in order to ensure that I would survive at all. People show remorse for that time in my life, but I look back on it fondly. As an adult, I feel so powerless to deal with mundane social or lifestyle issues, and fear death more than ever. It was liberating to embrace the short life I had already lived. People don't understand how easy it is to enjoy almost everything when you aren't promised anything.

[@BeatDemon08]

WOW! I really honestly did not in the least expect to see Evan Rachael Wood!! i am really in love with her i love her movies so much and i randomly clicked this video.. wow. i glad i watched this. But this video was really great. i like it

[@ONYXR11]

omg I just paused it to say, never heard this song yet, but conor's voice at the start - just him talking I love it. I love his voice

[@TweedLemon]

this song has made me smile for two years (:

[@nooram97]

this is amazing. i love bright eyes

[@deathismyown]

Heartbreaking clip and beautiful song

[@floorpuddles]

man this is the best thing i've seen today, and i've seen a lot today

[@boidkan]

Wow this is beautiful .....

[@theblindvisionary]

"It was a wonderful splash". Perfection.

[@claudiakamcevamusic]

his creativity is so amazing.

[@whatdouwantla]

best video to one of the best songs ever

[@geidiprime571]

one of the best videos ive ever seen

[@dcfhzgfh]

i absolutly love your playlist

[@RosaVsEveryone]

i just started listening to bright eyes.. and i heard this song and realized that i saw this video years ago. i remembered loving the video but never ever seeing it again ):

[@rhox125]

best music video ever its just amazing

[@ghoulfr13nd]

Every time I watch this I cry.

[@1996alina]

i can honestly say that i can cry to this song almost everytime i see the video

[@ra6298]

that was really great!

[@Not_A_Threat]

The Intro is phenomenal!

[@ShastaOrange]

One of the most perfectly-written songs of the 21st century so far

[@kaylalalajayy]

i just broke down crying. wow i'm like speechless.

[@stefanjagger]

Awesome song and video.

[@emilyabigail1204]

This is such a cute video! my older sister loves bright eyes, so I've grown up listening to him, but i especially loved this song. i just watched the video for the first time

[@ericxplosion08]

This song gives me some insane chills.

[@gusjonezy]

awh that's actually really beautiful!

[@efrisina]

This is such an amazing video.

[@fridafersuree]

This is so BRILLIANT!

[@tonychan1376]

I don’t fear much. The only thing that frightens me is death. Not the pain of it. Or it eventually happening. I’m afraid of what comes after. I’m almost certain that’s it’s eternal darkness. Nothingness for eternity. An eternity that we won’t even feel the passing of. This song however, this song makes it less stressful and helps me accept it.

[@samesamething]

what a fantastic video this is.

[@Axion3812]

why am i just discovering bright eyes?!?! I've been missing out.. better late than never

[@noddyguevara]

brilliant brillliant brilliant !

[@mAXiMuMriDE11097]

I've heard this song so many times; this time I cried.

[@MetalChickiDo]

it made me cry, very beautiful song

[@dudeawho]

best song ive herd all day, why havent i heard about this guy before?

[@yvetteclaire]

I know, the video is so well done. I'll raise a toast to our plight too!

[@halighaliehaligh1]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CONOR! WE LOVE YOU VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY MUCH

[@jaygunner]

Never heard of these guys before. Fantastic band.

[@rjohndo]

The "old guy", as someone further down this list must've already noted, is none other than Terence Stamp, a highly-regarded actor. You've seen him as The Sophisticated Villain in movies high profile & low, from Superman II to the present day. His presence adds an anchor of gravitas to this amazing video of this amazing story/song.

[@Redpenguinsunite]

this is literally brilliant

[@Dandthings]

This is amazing!

[@619JohnC619]

If I'm being called hipster for listening to wonderfully beautiful music like this, then by all means. I'll be a hipster for life.

[@lemonsnlimes333]

this is beautiful.

[@IndieDream231]

I am going to listen to this on the air plane! WOO HOO!

[@CatalytsCrayons]

This gives me the chills.

[@tohmiii]

This song is, i think personally, the best of Bright Eyes

[@EllisDinh]

its a birthday party! what a strange and ingenious way to address reincarnation... beautiful!

[@jmadsss]

this is actually beautiful.

[@mindlessmadnesss]

This song was on reply constantly during my highschool years. I love bright eyes

[@FrankusCrankus]

the last lines in bright eyes songs always hit close to home for me "Im happy just because i found out im really no one", first day of my life: "id rather work for a paycheck than wait to win the lottery"

[@mexifrida]

I listen to this song every time I'm on an airplane and it relaxes me so much. My sister says I'm crazy. haha.

[@oohhhhh]

Seventeen years ago I had no idea how important this song would still be.