Cruel Cruel World - Willie Nelson

[@Thesamjam5]

"OUT OF THE DAMN WAY!!!"

[@sipzyofficial4379]

Thesamjam5 “We need more money, Arthur”

[@zdendavole]

@@sipzyofficial4379 “I HAVE A PLAN”

[@Delta-ass]

69 likes nice

[@supergluehotty]

Yer all right girl.

[@anonymousx1137]

"Yeah Tahiti apparently"

[@usernotfound2925]

“You sir, are a fish” -Arthur Morgan after catching a fish 1899

[@dr.humandog8903]

Or a boot

[@jaymac7203]

All right I'll catch you later then 😭😂😂

[@cathywright6558]

😆 🤣 😂 😹

[@tylercox1875]

@@jaymac7203 underrated comment

[@brunobucciarati7919]

Soo deep😭😭😭😭

[@skinny138]

“This is , very kind of you sir!” -Arthur Morgan, looting a hogtied person, 1899

[@sage99274]

“You, sir, are a fish.”

[@RJ-ll6gl]

"boooah" -Arthur morgan 1899

[@lovesuka114]

“Fish on the line” -Arthur throwing a lasso at someone, 1899

[@HruaiaVaiphei3]

*LUMBAGO*

[@TheBananaCompany]

Hey! It's an actual quote that doesn't make me cringe.

[@prithviprakash1110]

Crazy how we're all so emotionally attached to a guy who never existed.

[@JFK1778]

its because Arthur Morgan is dare I say one of the best video game characters ever written

[@themaninblack993]

I bet there was someone like him back in that time, great game.

[@darkconcept.]

you stole this comment L

[@prithviprakash1110]

@@darkconcept. you stole every word from your comment from the dictionary.

[@darkconcept.]

@@prithviprakash1110 guess we have something in common.

[@datboi6005]

As a Willie Nelson fan, I was so happy when I heard him sing in rdr2!

[@cameronbleecker9072]

such a meaningful moment as well, reflecting on all that happened in the game. it was so powerful and i definitely shed some tears

[@robotron1236]

He has some kind of deal with rockstar. I have a feeling willie is a big RDR and GTA fan!

[@crleberl21]

Me vary happy 👍

[@robotron1236]

I LOVE you Jazlyn!!!!!!!!!!

[@TheResponse01]

Same. The best moment in the game to me.

[@arthurmorgan1703]

It is weird how much I learned from a person who never existed

[@ryanskyrme4664]

Yeah I know right its strange how much the games teach u

[@mr.snowball2668]

Very true.

[@nibbanomicon4905]

The many miles we walked, the many things we learned

[@arthurmorgan1703]

@@nibbanomicon4905 indeed boah

[@dennishuang7764]

@@arthurmorgan1703 Thanks to the writers at Rockstar Games for everything they taught.

[@danieltubielewicz7433]

,,There's a good men within you... But he is wrestling with a giant''. -Mary Linton

[@Jducbdxu]

What giant

[@kylepatrick253]

He beat the giant depending on which ending you get

[@fatherboris1755]

“And that giant keeps beating him, time and time again” depending on the ending, you can prove Mary right, and depending on your honour you can see her at your grave

[@xlaj2190]

I think he beat the giant pride and ego when u take high honor

[@Homophobic_racist_sexist_pdf]

@@Jducbdxu eren Yager

[@Black2th]

I absolutely BAWLED my eyes out when this song came on for RDR2. Just lost a best friend recently and this hit so close to home that I simply broke down. RIP Byron!

[@sandmageddon1393]

Black2th I’m sorry that you lost someone who meant a lot to you. Rest easy, Byron

[@gtrspctr]

I'm sorry you lost your friend. I haven't been unlucky enough for it to happen to me, but I have lost both my parents. Death sucks. All we can do is carry on and remember some semblance of a good time. I hope this song brings you both memories of your friend, and also some kind of peace. There's only one way that time moves, and that is forward. All we can do is hang on.

[@johnjackson8679]

sorry for the lost mate

[@kf4009]

People dont die friend, they ride off into the sunset.

[@juselii]

Im sorry for that, i have lost few myself. Only cure is time, it takes a long time...

[@MrEnder11]

Arthur Morgan when arriving at heaven's gate: *Kicks gate open* Arthur: *HAHA! FOUND YOU, LENNY!*

[@legatelanius9762]

Oh man this is funny but also sad

[@radium1175]

Thats some dark shit and I cried and laughed 😂😭

[@carlo2038]

how many times have I seen this comment holy shit

[@gamingn.nsweden6255]

@@legatelanius9762 i dont think They made it to heaven

[@Joe-kk2xp]

Gaming N.N Sweden at least he tried his best

[@moonshine3029]

"we are outlaws in a world that don't want us no more" Arthur Morgan

[@crazysilly2914]

who is that?

[@dantevt08]

@@crazysilly2914 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@Ashgza]

It's thieves but that's okay alright boah

[@chuck31523]

“We can’t change what’s done, we can only move on.” -Arthur Morgan

[@aussie_Dazai]

Thing is I took that line to heart all because I had held a grudge for so long this line showed me how much of an idiot I was to keep it for so long.

[@musc1esman]

I want this played at my funeral.

[@OnlySamCan]

Brandon Collum same

[@Trabss]

I want house building theme at mine

[@corbenpeach813]

Brandon Collum “A testament I can relate to” - Arthur Morgan 1899

[@Bravo141-6]

You will regret every thing trust me 😂😂😂😂

[@999lone5]

@@Trabss 🤣🤣

[@sergiovelazquez5249]

Great Willie!! RIP Arthur Morgan.

[@ferdinandkatai1066]

👍👍👍

[@thomasmcginley7944]

Arthur Morgan, Susan Grimshaw, Lenny Summers, Hosea Matthews & Sean Macguire, may they all rest in peace

[@judjordanson792]

Thomas McGinley, hey hey hey, don’t forgot our boy Kieran Duffy!

[@mahmur8136]

Thomas McGinley ,don't forget Arthur's horse

[@yassohajhaddou1220]

@@mahmur8136 Oh yes exactly!!!!!

[@oscarclarke2653]

"Some men are born rich enough, and dumb enough to enjoy their lives... Ain't nothing fair".

[@paulewing5366]

“Tuberculosis.....hell of a thing....”

[@jamesagwe2981]

I wish Micah had it instead

[@joshuaericgaringanao7257]

"black lung" fuck you micah

[@donaldtrumpfan8393]

lumbago is way worse, my friend

[@paulewing5366]

donaldtrump fan Uncle...you ever think about movin on? I hear Tahiti’s nice. Hot down there. Hell’s hot too.....either would be good.

[@randomgod6371]

Someone here never ask why everybody else dont get sick with TB besides Arthur?

[@codonyx3075]

The duality of this song and the John riding scene is uncanny. They both have this weird feeling of nostalgia, which is even more present if you played the first game. They both have such a subtle, yet very real feeling of a happy moment wrapped in a sad reality. John's riding into town to get a loan from the bank, but to buy a ranch to make his wife happy. The song, while seemingly happy and positive, the lyrics are surprisingly sad, which helps you understand the scene. John is hurting, but he's not complaining or crying, he's just, as the song says best, moving on.

[@itsrtvbaby]

Absolutely perfect and beautiful description. Couldn't have said it any better.

[@libertyprime619]

Then he gets his wife kidnapped for the 69th time by the government

[@ratcatcher5364]

The first game is soo good.

[@J.Emeterio]

I think the duality also touches in to the fact that john is riding back into town to buy ranch that's gunna be his final resting place in the next few short years to follow

[@RjGoombes]

At this part of the song, i stopped crying from what happened and started to smile a bit. It made me feel like what Arthur did had an impact, and it allowed John to have a second chance at life. And that was enough to make me smile.

[@vipwanrinkle6439]

“Yeah I was young and dumb once too” “You’ll get her back”

[@dutchvanderlinde9400]

You look like a man I once knew.

[@dutchvanderlinde9400]

Name sounds familiar too come to think of it…

[@unbo_lillo1848]

@@dutchvanderlinde9400 that time when agent milton asked the john's name he would say "joe" and then milton asks "joe what?" And john says "joe mama"

[@mister-cantes]

@@unbo_lillo1848 poor agent moron lmao

[@danielsuarezbrito3246]

HAHAHA YEAH

[@gabrielestrada7345]

" We can't fight nature....we can't fight change...we can't fight gravity" -Dutch Van Der Linde

[@jacobhiggins1591]

Fuck Dutch don’t ever quote that sumbitch

[@jomano9651]

Our time has passed john

[@rafaelfandinga1256]

Im doing my best, son! Dutch van der Linde

[@justdannyquinn]

R.I.P. Hosea, Lenny, Arthur, Sean, Kieran, Miss Grimshaw, Molly and Karen. R.I.H. Micah.

[@robins4209]

All good stories also needs a bad guy. RDR2 wouldn't have been the same without him.

[@jacoblounsbury1686]

Did Karen died I don’t remember if she did

[@jesserobbie7088]

Agreed. Fuck you micah

[@JFK1778]

@@jacoblounsbury1686 no she left

[@justdannyquinn]

@ONENESSED I meant rot, but we can work with that.

[@ASFS08]

Legend has it that the real cruel world is Tahiti

[@julianwasik182]

Ok boomer productions impossible

[@collin3517]

I got a plan

[@JFK1778]

actually that would be guarma

[@gaothaire90]

"We'll miss..." "Me too, sweetheart. Me too." To all those who hunger for righteousness: you are not alone.

[@jadens4124]

Can we all just stop and appreciate how RD2 was such a good video game that we all get nostalgic about it like as if Arthur was a man we were best friends with?

[@Dankykong77]

As of typing this i have just completed my first playthrough of Red dead redemption 2 and it is the greatest experiences iv ever had. Its not a game its an experience and a magnificent story.

[@penguin44ca]

Same! 2 days ago

[@chadaudinet1201]

never heard this before. My cousin who was like a brother recently committed suicide and this was requested by him to be played at his funeral. That was the first I heard this. Part of the words to this song are also engraved on his headstone. Now I sit and listen to this over and over and I can actually hear his thoughts in the words. Very emotional and Willie's voice adds to that emotion! May you finally have peace Brian!

[@yeehaw8778]

Rip 💙🙏

[@Pippinpaddleopsicopolous]

My friend recently took his own life, too. Be in peace, brother.

[@mmac3353]

I dont know you but love to you my brother

[@good_vibes2026]

My sister shot herself. This was her favorite song. My heart aches.. but this song graces my life everyday in her memory. It's a cruel, cruel world out there.

[@Jducbdxu]

I'm so sorry my grandma Rosetta died of a heart infection 2 years ago I know how you feel

[@rafaelalodio5116]

It's a cruel world but it is also a beautiful one.

[@isaiahrickychavez5924]

Gotta get lost to find it... and sometimes it happens more than once..

[@jaxteller1487]

Brutal but beautiful

[@jimiwagland5027]

i disagree

[@usamayala8032]

Can't say no at this point

[@blikbonen]

Don't be silly.

[@ReaperFloofer]

"Be grateful that for the first time, you can see your life clearly." - Sister Calderon

[@gddanielk8491]

“God damn O’Driscolls!” -One fine man in 1899.

[@domd5376]

Easily hit me the hardest playing RDR2. Was a huge fan of the first game, thought the world of John Marston and his story, until Arthur came around. Playing John again, and this moment, the dichotomy of playing an old friend again while losing another character I'd learned to care for over dozens of hours, only to hear this song and remember John's tragic ending, I couldn't help to think: "God dammit, how the hell does Dan Houser and the other writers manage to sleep knowing how sad but also how amazing they craft such great characters." RIP to Arthur and RIP to John, easily the greatest realized characters in gaming ever realized.

[@postproductions2466]

U forgot Sergeant Avery Johnson OOH RAH

[@John-qt8km]

Took the words right out my mouth bro 💯 GTA 6 are going to have some BIG shoes to fill.

[@TheDirvish]

​​@@postproductions2466"Send me out, with a bang..."* I just realized i replied to my own comment from half a year ago from my own old youtube channel. God im so dumb

[@keenanwilliam8684]

Red dead redemption brought me here. R.I.P Arthur Morgan

[@mackyrulez756]

I’m a big Willie Nelson fan. I screamed like an idiot when I heard his voice in the ride to valentine sequence

[@jibb1451]

That moment when you run your horse into a rock, and end up walking for 15 minutes back to town because it is now dead due to your negligence.

[@Mr.Kittychickenwing]

Gotta keep that horse reviver on you at all times. Lol

[@ezekielcoronado700]

Once my horse “Jordan” was killed during a mission and I couldn’t do anything. He almost died but luckily I save my game all the time. Then my horse died on me during the last Arthur mission. I cried for a whole week

[@gj6012]

When you forget to call your horse when hunting and end going all the way to an town just because you're too lazy to go to your horse

[@ugaboga9829]

I did this near a lake... then a white horse spawned so i tamed it and called it pearl. So no walking back for me!

[@Joe-kk2xp]

My horse hit a train after leaving it for 30 seconds

[@noopsoop5685]

The first time I listened to this song was under a train bridge by a small river in rural Wisconsin. There was something magical listening to Willie while sitting by as time just passed by, watching as people tubed down the river. Wish I could go back to stay there forever.

[@Broccoli_32]

4 years later and still the best game ever made.

[@THEWORK04]

6 years

[@kouzaris579]

I was in an unhealthy relationship until recently. I'm now realising that I'm valuable and loving myself. This song has been helping me alot. The world can be cruel, but I'm moving on.

[@jackk9420]

Keep going my man 💪

[@halomaster515]

Same here bro... also I like your mask it reminds of a villain from a TV show I watched as a kid👁👃👁

[@user-fy9fr3bc7v]

@@halomaster515 My friend you have a great discovery ahead of you. He's wearing an MF DOOM mask, one of the great rap artists, check him out if u haven't 👀👀

[@coyoboyo]

When you see it before it hits. You dodge some things.

[@palindrome2599]

Amen dude

[@mariusbra5321]

Cruel, cruel world, must I go on? Cruel, cruel world, I'm moving on I've been living too fast And I've been living too wrong Cruel, cruel world, I'm gone This big ol' world sure got me running 'round I heard a voice that said, "Just settle down" And with the moonlight as my guide And with this feeling deep inside I know now that I am homeward bound Cruel, cruel world, must I go on? Cruel, cruel world, I'm moving on I've been living too fast And I've been living too wrong Cruel, cruel world, I'm gone (Guitar Solo) Desert roads, desert plains I have seen so much pain Now I see into the eyes of a girl No more, no more, cruel world Cruel, cruel world, must I go on? Cruel, cruel world, I'm moving on I've been living too fast And I've been living too wrong Cruel, cruel world, I'm gone (Guitar Solo) Dusty trail, saw vapor light Was it a mirage? I don't know, but it seemed right I felt mission, I felt trust I knew then that I must Must go to her from this cruel world Cruel, cruel world, must I go on? Cruel, cruel world, I'm moving on I've been living too fast And I've been living too wrong Cruel, cruel world, I'm gone (Guitar Solo) Cruel, cruel world, must I go on? Cruel, cruel world, I'm moving on I've been living too fast And I've been living too wrong Cruel, cruel world, I'm gone Cruel, cruel world, I'm gone

[@lumbago.is.serious]

We know the lyrics no need to post them on here

[@mariusbra5321]

@@lumbago.is.serious I think 49 people might disagree

[@anelladambrosio2513]

@@mariusbra5321 sono daccordo con te! 😊🤔😔

[@mariusbra5321]

@@anelladambrosio2513 inglese?

[@anelladambrosio2513]

@@mariusbra5321 non parlo inglese! 🤔😊

[@Pangloss6413]

Me: "i don't like country music" Willie: "you like country music" Me: "i like country music"

[@sonsofanarchy924]

You should listen to Bourben Boys

[@elderrusty541]

You want an intro to country, let me tell you about the man in black, good ol’ Johnny Cash

[@RiffNuts7929]

That's how I got hooked. Apart from Johnny Cash of course.

[@deathmetalpagan]

If name didn’t give it away, not a big country fan at all, but Willie and Johnny are great. This song slaps lol.

[@johnaustin209]

You're gutless...

[@cavscout116]

Did anyone else ball their eyes out when Arthur says “Thank you” to his horse in the end?

[@espinozaperezcesararamis2976]

For me this song it is the reboot of things... John maybe was doing the things that he always hated: The loan, holding uncle, caring for a ranch. Yet, it was time for him to make for once in all his life the things right; no more robs, no more assaults. Just making himself a man and caring for his family.

[@themanonmars]

As a huge fan of Willie and Arthur Morgan. I must say this hits hard. My dad and I saw willie together. Had the best experience together. And my dad saw me playing rdr2 one time and loved it . He loved westerns. Strangely One was on the TV in his Hospital room when he left this world. Spooky but felt good , my dad once said you ever thought about being a good cowboy. So i decided through my RDR2 journey to be Good Arthur and it hit hard .

[@weirdseagull7675]

If this is not played at my funeral I will haunt whoever planned it

[@sideways_chip_eater6420]

idk why but seeing the profile picture while reading this made me laugh

[@weirdseagull7675]

scp 173 A

[@999lone5]

Same here this song brings soo much peace to the inner mind when you start to think about all the bad things in life

[@Aryan-qv8hz]

Just settle down

[@zyzor]

Rip Hosea Matthews and Arthur Morgan

[@raymondwelles615]

And Lenny and Sean And even that DAMN O'DRISCOLL Kieran

[@Kevin-iq6vo]

What about Lenny?

[@exoticmanz5697]

And Molly

[@timburke3498]

and johns daughter

[@kabash8683]

Ms.Grimshaw

[@NOT_The_Fastest]

We making out of pronghorn ranch with this 🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥💯

[@VictoriousRex]

That finger down was a damn O'driscoll

[@guilhermeaugusto512]

Micah and Agent Milton disliked too.

[@fenixfyrehart3191]

@@guilhermeaugusto512 so did Leviticus Cornwall, Colonel Favours, Murfree brood, the Grays, the Braithwaites, Lemoyne raiders and the Nite folk. But don't worry, Gavin liked the vid

[@guilhermeaugusto512]

@@fenixfyrehart3191 Did you see Gavin?

[@dutchvanderlinde9400]

I hate those goddamn O’driscoll’s.

[@fatherboris1755]

It’s incredible how this song perfectly describes Arthur Morgan, and John Marston AND Jack Marston. They are all bound by their past, and can only change their future. John looked back and it led to the Pinkerton finding him and killing him. Jack looked back at and he ended up becoming an outlaw. But jack gave up the life, and never looked back (kinda)

[@arcosprey4811]

I _was_ Arthur for the month I played with him. I lived his life. So many lessons I learned from that.

[@penguin44ca]

I only got the chance maybe once a week for half an hour or so. Bought it in 2020, just finished. I think the extended time it took made it even better. Bittersweet. I really was sad

[@Homey-lu1mz]

"We all get caught eventually John, I guess the trick is to decide by who"

[@relaxed_borgir]

I lost my grandfather on July 3rd 2019, he loved Willie Nelson, and this song makes me remember all the good times I spent with him when I was little, he died when I was 12, and after playing rdr2 I got to the part where this song plays as you ride with John Marston, and now I realise people don't die, the just ride off into the sunset

[@robertphillips213]

Wise way of viewing it.

[@travisbickle3835]

I'm not American but something about country songs makes me feel so nostalgic and warm.

[@kabash8683]

“Go and don’t look back...” Arthur Morgan and John Marston

[@gj6012]

John Marston dont have said that lol

[@JunjieZ_]

Guilherme J he said in rdr1

[@gj6012]

@@JunjieZ_ oh ok i didnt play the first one,idk why but i know the history of the 1 but never played it

[@radical-dude]

@@gj6012 He was saying that to jack before John got killed by Edgar Ross and the other agents after Killin Dutch bill and Javier.

[@DutchVanDerLenin7609]

“Go! Go to your family. Get the hell outta here and be a goddamn man!”

[@leonmartinalonso2920]

Arthur taught me how to be a good man, RDR2 is more than a game, I’ve never been so close to fictional characters, RIP Arthur Morgan, Hosea Mathews, Lenny Summers, Sean Macguire and Kieran Duffy

[@TheSorcerer1]

That's just an overreaction. It's just a really good story, not "an extension of your life". And it is VERY sad that you need a video game character to teach you how to be a good man, especially a murderer and a thief.

[@connermiller7291]

@@TheSorcerer1 bro shut up man. Your a dick for saying that. there was no reason. keep your Negative thoughts to your insecure mind.

[@ilikechez3488]

Also Molly O'Shea, Susan Grimshaw, Mac Callander, Davey Callander, and Jenny Kirk

[@Luka2000_]

@@connermiller7291 sex.

[@ChadofWar1899]

​@TheSorcerer1 Some people don't have a father. A man who sins and redeems himself is admirable, even if virtural. Many people have cited characters in their favorite novels as father figure esque to them. Some of us, also live very sad lives. Doesn't take away from the significance art can do for people

[@iamjacksennui]

Can't believe despite enjoying a handful of classic country songs it took me playing RDR2 to hear a Willie Nelson song for the first time! I've been missing out

[@kevingoss635]

After playing through the game 7 or 8 times, I still can't decide if I like this version, or Josh Homme's version better. Both are a simply amazing and beautiful.

[@samtheman._.6532]

I like this one more. It feels happier to me, and it gives you a new sense of the changing world. The other version feels sadder, and more sad that times are changing. This feels like John is happy to be a new man, but the Josh Homme version feels like he wants to stay as an outlaw after killing micah.

[@coyoboyo]

It's Willie so he wins period, but honestly they play both together on separate sides. What is a QOTSA?

[@tomasburian5082]

@@coyoboyo Queens of the Stone Age, quite a popular band that Joshua Homme is a frontman of.

[@CardiacCat]

Christian Larsson did a great cover of the RDR2 soundtrack, including this song. His is different and to me feels like it could actually be Arthur singing it. But there was just something about Willie's voice when you were playing the game and heard this for the first time. However, having heard all 3, it wouldn't have mattered who was singing it when you heard it first, the emotion would have been the same.

[@averagesteel9666]

“And it was at that moment, where John had realized the true value of Family.” And where I realized the meaning of this song...

[@73caddydaddy93]

God, Willie is such a songsmith, this is timeless. Is this something he did years ago or tomorrow? Doesn't matter, it'll always be good and speak to someone.

[@gerardoleonaguilera9875]

Red dead redemption 2 in My heart and soul forever ....cheers from Mendoza Argentina!

[@YatinVadehra]

I feel very privileged to experience this peak of video game industry called Red dead redemption 2. Thank you Rockstar, Thank you Arthur, Thank you Sadie, Thank you John, And thank you to reading this!

[@HanniSeidenba0525]

oh shit, this song hits me so hard. I can't take it, can't hold them tears anymore.

[@Thaahier]

Me too me too

[@fernybern]

This was a really good choice of song for moving on with the story despite everything lost

[@richardavelino7383]

Damn, Willie Nelson always killing it, just as usual.

[@MegaChorro123]

Jenny Kirk Mac Callander Davey Callander Sean Maguire Kieran Duffy Hosea Mathews Leonard Summers Susan Grimshaw Arthur Morgan Uncle Lumbago John Marston Abagail Marston R.I.P.

[@zoumpourloudiko4467]

Leopold Strauss?

[@MegaChorro123]

YaBoi Jimoleis Fuck him his loan sharking is the reason Arthur got TB. He never talked out the gang when being tortured by the Pinkertons tho so at least there’s that.

[@deg1studios]

Annabelle Bessie Arthur's son Copper the dog Cain the dog Eagle Flies

[@MegaChorro123]

deg1studios Them too. Decided to just list the guys that I did since most of them are in game or either talked about by members more

[@bakedbeans4745]

Javier Escuella

[@davidap2627]

I was crying when this first played in rdr2 so many memories playing both games 😢

[@Bird3472]

thank you red dead 2 for leading me to this masterpiece

[@bosipatrol]

"You don't get to live a bad life and have good things happen to you." -Arthur Morgan

[@clydejosephcasapao3730]

This is the exact point of the story where I felt joy again after the end of chapter 6 in rdr2

[@abe1590]

I already was a big fan of Willie Nelson, when I heard this song whilst riding to Strawberry I was like so happy and crying at the same time

[@imo6927]

I want this to be played at my funeral

[@samtheman._.6532]

I do too. It makes me so happy to hear it, but also sad. I love willie nelson to death.

[@comradeskipper5232]

@@samtheman._.6532 "to death" thats ironic lol

[@sebastianignat8831]

Me too:)))

[@cyphahbanne6312]

I have listened to Willie my whole life 40 years. But I have never heard this song until this morning, 7/5/2022, playing RDR2, wow what a good song.

[@gorlab9549]

Man, realizing the cowboy outfit was a gift from Abigail and seeing him wear it for the first time. Leading into getting to play as him in free roam for the “first time” it had me smile crying, I was a kid again, the last time I played as John was in 2016 on an xbox 360 and I had played as him for years. It was heart wrenching to know the ending that I had played so long ago, but I was along for the ride.

[@nameuser5787]

This even touched my soul cowpokes

[@吳佳男-m8n]

Micah Bell if u have a soul,yes

[@jibb1451]

Micah Bell you rat bastard!

[@williamjaeger9865]

You fucking rat bastard

[@teamcastro9187]

SHUT UP EVERYONE’S CRYING LET EVERYONE CRY

[@anonymousx1137]

Fuck you micah

[@HoloHI8]

My Piano Teacher is friends with Willie Nelson’s son. I feel special

[@TJON3586]

Lucas releases his own music. Great artist.

[@comradeskipper5232]

thats cool

[@electricshrek7894]

"Cruel World" That almost makes me cry, because one of my old friend died a month ago from cancer... RIP Jace

[@lorddurden4189]

You will see them again one day fren

[@thing8357]

I just lost my cat that I've had for 9 years today, and on the way home I just listened to this on loop while looking out the window. I'll miss you buddy.

[@alucardvekkia3966]

I'm so sorry for your loss, my friend

[@krees895]

Did you find it???

[@ronnievinsmoke]

@@krees895 I don't think they meant that kind of lost... :(

[@m.h_productions]

I started to tear when I heard this in the game.

[@demonhunter4270]

As I get older and older I come to love Willie Nelson more more didn't grow up on him I now see why people love

[@braylenconner3]

I’m 16, listened to “On the Road Again” of course when I was little but never listened to his sadder music from the heart until now. Glad I understand hard times come and go.

[@daan9094]

I’ve never felt more at peace playing a videogame than when this came on

[@birdiebird6297]

RIP Papa, was the best kind of man, old fashioned in the right ways and happy in the worst of times. See you eventually again.

[@Jaystarzgaming]

This is a song for everything that happened last year and this year. I have to say that because we all are living together in a cruel world. And this song can be implied to what ever happens.

[@mont9150]

this proves that we can attached to something that didnt exist, with a good story, eveybody can attach and love someone even tho they didnt exist, like a god

[@etah1]

just beat rdr2 recently. what beautiful journey

[@per_dunn1]

if you don't want PTSD, never play rdr 1

[@luka9386]

i balled at this point because the story led me there...thank yo rd2

[@snackasmversion2752]

It's an amazing song that really tells what went on with Arthur, just such a masterful piece.

[@skeeterfromsouthpark1414]

This song is cute and all, but I find it funny how it played as John is riding to Blackwater to buy a ranch after his wife and kid just left him and y'all are like "Arthur was amazing" but in reality this song is about John suffering to buy a ranch just so he can get The Love of his life back

[@Dibbles115]

That's just him an Abigail, obviously Abigail was gonna come back to him Arthur Morgan was betrayed by the man he called father, Dutch and Hosea basically raised him Arthur was in the gang for so long and was super loyal, only to see it crumble before his eyes and see the man he's known and loved all his life throw him away and the other man died because of dutchs job which was rigged from the start thanks to the rat Arthur knew he was dying and Knew he ruined The downes family life and tries to redeem himself, He knows his time is running out so he has to help those he loves escape the outlaw life and be safe before he passes, He basically sacrificed himself to save John and tells him to never look back, what does John do? Get revenge on Micah and leads the pinkertons to him. Besides, This song is meant for Arthur not John

[@RedFloyd469]

@@Dibbles115 You forget that Arthur was also a scumbag, most of the time. Did we all just suddenly forget that he killed dozens of lawmen who were only doing their jobs? Or that he had no real qualms with being Strauss' money shark other than it felt 'dishonest' as it didn't involve shooting people? Arthur changed his view of the world only after his life was in great jeopardy. That's part of his character arc. For John, people seem to forget that his character started out as a man who was completely unwilling to raise a family and continue being a gang member. He was a renegade through and through, and his interactions with arthur, his wife, his son and Dutch changed him. He grew up. The moment John takes revenge on Micah was a lapse in judgement (despite the fact that the game rewards you with more money than his family would ever need, which kind of does contradict them living a hard life on a farm, but whatever.) and it set the stage for the first game, in which he has effectively matured into a caring husband with a mean streak. Neither Arthur nor John are perfect. Nobody is. That's the point of the entire story. They are just people doing their best to be good in a world that spits on them. Lastly, your point is irrelevant, considering the OP mentions that this song plays during John's mission in the epilogue. The song is about "moving on", not about "mourning arthur". It's about becoming a better person, despite the cruelty of the world. Arthur's change of heart came far too late, but John has a new chance at a better life. The song is fitting, because it describes John's personal struggle with himself. Therefore, it doesn't actually have anything directly to do with Arthur, even if he was of course one of the catalysts that ensured that change would happen to John.

[@movieworld717]

@@Dibbles115 You missed the point, he wasn't really comparing Arthur's and John's situations but pointing out how everyone in the comments is talking about Arthur when this scene plays in the John parts of the game when he's trying to retrieve a land for his family.

[@aleemizcool3654]

@@Dibbles115 How is this meant for Arthur if it literally plays when we control John? 🤡

[@Dibbles115]

@@aleemizcool3654 look at this total 🤡 responding to a 2 month old comment that already got debated on

[@RawDoggin_78]

its very strange feeling sorrow over the passing of a man who never existed, long after the mission red dead redemption, i was still feeling like i was almost mourning for Arthur. goes to show how immersive the game was. only game where i walked rather than running around. it is one hell of a video game.

[@milomorgan2107]

Them : Why do you tear up when that old country song comes on? Me : an old friend, who taught me a lot about life, he passed away. This song reminds me of him.

[@5persondude]

“I just don’t believe in nothin’…” “Often neither do I… but then I meet someone like you, and suddenly everything makes sense”

[@chuckchuck4016]

Dammit red dead you got me listening to country music

[@illestvillain1971]

This is the good kind of country music. There's the poppy, crappy kind with the wailing-and pitchy over-polished voices-and there's this amazing singing.

[@Abenson1983]

@@illestvillain1971 yeah I know. I have an entire playlist want me to share it?

[@livewire2759]

As long as it's outlaw country, not pop country... Remember, Hank Williams was the original country music outlaw badass, Johnny Cash's music was considered rock and roll when he first started out at Sun Studios recording alongside Elvis, Waylon Jennings played bass for Buddy Holly, and Willie Nelson here is a pot smoking hippie... LOL

[@pennsy6755]

@@livewire2759 amen to that.

[@MasonGoodwin-es4cp]

Rdr2, in my opinion after many years of playing open world games and first person shooters, is the greatest game ever created.

[@patrickbateman5501]

As John approached the gates of heaven, he couldn't help but think of the brother he once had, if he would be reunited with him. He gazed at the luminous horizon and looked back on his life, reminiscing about his memories. He was taken aback by a familiar voice approaching him he couldn't tell who it was but it was a silhouette of a man. The man finally stopped in front of him and said "BOAH".

[@Eddie-eq9zp]

You owe me. MUNEH

[@Orincaby]

jesus, this sounds AWESOME! also seeing willie nelson in RDD2 is just amazing.

[@cameronbishop8827]

Absolutely love this song but it reminds me of my grandads funeral as we played it there because he lived in the country for 80 years so it hits hard when I remember listening to this song in his car with him

[@michaelrichards8738]

Willie. The man with a hole in his guitar. (He put there with his pick) Good is good... and Willie is good.

[@Mannovelli]

Going thru a break up wen I heard this ..the tears just hit me.

[@deathpickle5466]

We’ve all lost a good friend to this song. RIP-Arthur Morgan. May god be with you

[@MattiK2609]

That moment when you've finally been released from "captivity" on Pronghorn Ranch... 😄

[@oscarovando9774]

Thanks for the upload! What a nice song, just simple but hits hard on feelings

[@TazYoMan]

RED DEAD HAS rally made me love this man and his music even more !!!!😭🤝

[@franzliszt7262]

I love laying in bed listening to this while the birds chirp with my dog in my arms

[@vagnersilva5465]

My girlfriend broke up with me while I was playing this game (It was my mistake). And while playing, this song popped up in one of the final missions and I liked it. I was listening to this EVERY GODDAM DAY! After the trauma, I tried to apologize to her for so long and I worked very hard for it, now we're together again and I kinda happy but feeling a little guilty (She deserves more). This song is to me like feel the pain without getting hurt, and I gotta say, it's a very weird feeling. I love you, Giovana Pampuch! Hope we'll be together till the end.

[@travisbickle3835]

fuck you i thought she died in the beginning

[@golden1_1dragon12]

@@travisbickle3835 is it one of those “PAY MORE ATTENTION TO ME” scenarios 😂😂😂

[@weishen2407]

@@travisbickle3835 yeah i thought so too. Congrats man, she is your Abigail, glad everything worked out, now, don't go for Micah or you'll fuck everything up in a couple of years

[@blothsear7289]

Dam it’s been 5 months, hope y’all are getting through it! If not, keep your head up bc love is in the air everywhere Boeh!

[@ThatBlueSkull]

Glad you made up with your partner wish you the best mate

[@_litpepsiman_8979]

*falls off bridge and gets back on horse* "It's alright boah"

[@daltongregson3334]

When this scene happened, it took one note for me to recognize the guitar as Trigger, and sure enough Willie followed.

[@livewire2759]

Same here... I thought, wow this sounds a lot like a Willie Nelson song... then Willie started singing and I thought, why the hell didn't they play this through the whole game instead of that god awful "unshaken" or whatever it is?