Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - This Life [Official Video]

[@edwardsharpethemagneticzer3195]

We debated about this video for a while. Its message at the end is absolutely disturbing. We would never support a "no way out" situation. In the end… We decided that it was really well done and perhaps might have an adverse effect on someone contemplating suicide by making it real rather then showing a happy ending - There are no happy endings when someone takes their own life. - Our message remains positive and full of love and creativity. Thank you

[@jrgibbs545]

I am glad you did. Ignoring anything never makes it go away. There is nothing wrong with discussing this subject. This just might save a wonderful life.

[@68liayn]

Well, it was risky, I'll give you that. See my other response. I'm not sure it was a good idea at all, but it does invite discussion. The problem is that for those already at the bottom of their own personal pit, there is no hope in this vid, just his despair reaching it's horrible, irredeemable conclusion. Tell me, if you would, what preparation, if any, did you do on the subject of depression and suicide? Or did the preparation just consist of the cinematic type as with any video?

[@omgaify]

Maybe you could link to some Suicide Prevention sources in the description :)

[@leisatough]

This is a beautiful painful song and those suffering from despair I hope it offers fellow feleling .. we all feel like this at times. But.. but.. as the victim of a mother's suicide I would agree with the previous comment. In Australia beyondblue and lifeline are wonderful. Please please get in touch with them if you need help. www.beyondblue.org.au/get-support/national-help-lines-and-websites

[@whocares1409]

Hello ESMZ's I just have to say that I love your music, keep up the good work. I should let you know though there there is a You Tuber making claims of plagiarism and rip offing on more than one of your videos. Watch out for someone called poeticalish, he has made derogatory comments regarding your material being both plagiarized and ripped off from other artists. Some of these comments are higher up on this video upload. All The Best.

[@crowcorvinus3173]

The Last minute is "high-emotional" , very good camera , very good acting !!! Black/White . The "mirror" in his eyes. THE LIGHT !! Every day we are born, and every day we are dying . Dont cut yourself , .... , Cut yourself from "complicated" . Life is Simply . Get the KEY and life a Simply Life . This Life IS the KEY . Thanks for this video .... Thanks to Alex . You bring light in my life . There is nothing we can do more . 🌱🌿🌲

[@RJeempy]

Hi, I am the actor playing the part in this musicvideo. At first, I protested about the ending but went along with the directors choice for one reason: his enthousiasm for doing it this way. It is a way to look at things and be honest, this video influences us as art is supposed to do. Look at the 96 reactions underneath. There is a handful very sophisticated reactions which I fully support; don't fight the images but embrace them for the art it provides. We enjoyed making this by the way. A lot. :) robert jan, amsterdam, the netherlands, europe.

[@goygoyim6443]

Great work. Great video. Thanks amigo!

[@liammurphy2725]

I told myself that life would get better. It didn't. I told myself what use was I. I had no answer. My four sisters died , my wife and child left with no forwarding address. The only thing that held me back from suicide was still wanting to know more. To see more and to be more. Look at me now. Learning to love again. To think that I nearly wore the same face as you when you lit the match. Thank you for your skills.

[@RJeempy]

@@liammurphy2725 thank you for sharing this beautiful experience and especially your resilience. This is what life is all about. To listen to our hearts and... love again. This life - our life - is all about love. Or the disturbing lack of it. So we better find the love in ourselves. I never get tired of my life as I turned into a spectator. That was also George Carlin's advice, by the way, allthough I invented it on my own, walking a different path. It was my path to look further, keep searching until finding, and reinvent my life, past all the barriers put in front (and all around) of me... and writing about it. My first book (do you feel it too? - in Dutch: Voel jij het ook?) to provide a different perspective (as a daily dose of life-encouragement) was published last month and the second one (how to continu? - in Dutch: Hoe verder?) is coming along in a couple of months.

[@liammurphy2725]

@@RJeempy If only I could read Dutch your books would sit happily in my library. Alongside the tales and stories and wisdom passed down through the ages. Passed down by folk who had found something important for us to know. Whether it be secular or non secular, modern or ancient, the ongoing dialogue sustains and enriches our experience. I hope your guidance finds it's way to those who need it the most. Respectfully yours, and once again bedankt.

[@joekraft5913]

Thank you brother for this beautiful art, I wanted to reach out and hug you I'm glad this wasn't real and you were just acting but it was all to real for me, much love and strength from Idaho USA

[@ellienized]

'There are no happy endings when someone takes their own life.' The video is dark, but the message is clear.

[@paulmartin8272]

A beautiful and sad song. I absolutely love ESATMZ💚🤍🧡

[@panaceatherapeutics5148]

Reach out, call, a voice will answer through the darkness. Connect and find a way be supported while you're with your pain. Beyond doing so, such peace, such healing can be found

[@gotehorn]

Wow, I didn't realize how incredible this guys vocals are until this song. I'll be listening more.

[@CtrlWQ]

Listen man, I ain't built for this life either brudda. We had to burn our men and let their ashes dance in the darkness under a pale moonlight. ✨️

[@elorbs]

This video just changed my life. Alex has this unbelievable talent of taking such intense emotions and channeling this energy and turning these feelings into words and pictures for everyone else to relate to. He is a universal translator who has the ability to connect those who come from all different backgrounds. I don't know how he does it. I feel so blessed to be able to have his art during my lifetime.

[@poeticalish]

Seems like Joe Cocker and Otis Redding had a mad night of passion and conceived Alex Ebert and he then concocted this brilliant masterpiece from those two incredible souls! and the outcome is just breathtakingly amazing! This song is powerful.

[@Melvisxlove]

I am Glad i am not the only one who said Joe Cocker🖤

[@chelsnola5689]

I deeply love this song

[@B.McAllister]

This video gives me chills. I can't help but think of those who debated whether to do it or not. Choosing to go through but regretting it a split second later. But it's too late, they already stepped off the ledge, bridge, chair, etc... Or like the man in the video, lit the match... There's hope for everyone. You just have to stay alive to see it.

[@rawtown101]

I remember watching this video when it first came out. At first I was in shock like oh wow it was him (I was in middle school) but now that I'm older I realize this video has a lot of meaning, I'm not an emotional person but this video brought me to tears. Amazing vocals along with an amazing video. You never know who is going through a rough patch in life until you have walked in their shoes...

[@joekraft5913]

You guys helped me so much I'm still here because of your beautiful music cheers I love you guys

[@silviup]

I've been trying to pretend That death is my friend Oh, this life Yes, this life ain't for me now I've been lying to myself Not to nobody else Oh, this life Yes, this life ain't for me now No Liar I'm telling the truth to y'all Higher Gonna give a little proof to y'all Higher I'm gonna jump in the fire Well I walked into black Said I weren't coming back Saw my angel in blue She tell me "This life ain't for you" Oh, this life Tell it to me this life, ain't for me now I woke up feeling new 'Cause now I know this life is for you Yes, this life Oh, this life ain't for me now It's for you! Liar I'm telling the truth to y'all Higher I'm gonna give a little proof to y'all I'm gonna jump to the fire! Songwriters: Alex Ebert / Nicolo Joseph Aglietti

[@DP-ml4me]

Came across this song today....wow !!! So raw & powerful....pure brilliance both on the song & the actor.

[@colleenokeefe3869]

I NEED to thank Alex for making my son the happiest young man in the country when he shared his story in Boston this past Friday night. I am searching desperately for someone with that video. I have never seen my son so happy, ever. I shed tears of happiness with him on the ride home to Cape Cod from Boston. He is a very talented young musician, that simply loves music. Music saved his life. Thank You.

[@fire34084]

Been a fan of yalls for like 10 or 12 years now. Gotta say this song had a huge influence on me. Really appreciate your work.

[@fire34084]

However you RUINED a perfectly good saab 😂

[@joekraft5913]

Love you brother! From Idaho USA

[@YamilBulosGMD]

Nice way to show what can fear do; it shows the reality we deny to see; its good to speak for those who need to be listened; even do; it has its disturbing side; It is indeed something that shouldn´t exist; there´s lots of ways to walk; and each one worth every second of it

[@SkenkBeg]

Alexander Ebert, you are my hero.

[@jerryrunstrom3915]

🙏

[@katherinekotrous7461]

You make music that transcends me, and I thank you for that.

[@stefancampbell9953]

❤

[@CtrlWQ]

One day you'll look back at this with ennui, a bittersweetness. Don't give up. It's OK. I was here too! Live baby!

[@vanessahernandez9165]

So free-spirited, honest and lovely.

[@tinaprince5659]

Still listening 2021 Alex thank you for many of if I case you ever happened to stumble upon reading this just know I appreciate your songs no matter the videos it’s your music that helps the way you express your music for our feelings it helps me thanks again ❤️ long time fan

[@blackwatchaudio5630]

All right, I'm absolutely dumbstruck by both this song and video. Powerful.

[@erickhannud]

I like to think that "Man of Fire" is the continuation of this song. The lyrics combine really great, going through the spiritual rebirth and the incredible results of this process.

[@hexmoss9557]

I listen to this band when I'm sad. So good.

[@liammurphy2725]

Try listening when happy. So much better.

[@chelsnola5689]

Me too

[@gregoryvalestin8604]

i honestly never considered this song to be about suicide until i saw this video, and i was like oh.. ok that makes alot of sense.

[@Kaposts22]

Thank you for my future wedding song

[@Domingos1878]

Very apt for the song. Beautiful!

[@lucaortis291]

Just amazing!!! Real music still exists, thank you so much for this, touched me really deep inside. Only a couple of Pink Floyd's songs made me feel like this.

[@NAA4242]

stunning.

[@kingship24]

I will be traveling 8.5 hours to see you in Columbia, MO! I would absolutely love to meet you guys if that's a possibility. Thank you so much for your work and your love for your fans.

[@dreapress1227]

This is haunting, mesmerizing, and disturbing in so many ways.

[@HaliLuv97]

Thank you so much for this

[@srtreze]

Thank you! I love your music, and lately you guys keep uploading awesome music videos, I can't imagine the effort behind all of it. This shows that you care for all of us, a lot. So, again, thank you. I hope that, if you can, if you have the time and everything else, you'll make music videos for older songs. (for exemple, "I don't wanna pray", or maybe even "In the Twilight" from Alexander) And again, thank you

[@dropt261]

Awesome song and gripping video! Perhaps you could look at it from this perspective.........the guy in the video decided to end it and take his Saab 900 down with him, because he was tired of that car constantly breaking down and costing him so much money everytime he had to fix it!

[@triciaaaa3]

Wow. This made me have goosebumps. In a good way. Damn I'm feeling the feels.

[@jackiesmusic423]

I've been betrayed and made to feel worthless....it's dangerous to do that to anyone.

[@kate7266]

In a word: sublime.

[@madnessgraphics]

Love it!

[@CtrlWQ]

Protocol 1.

[@9thchild358]

Surprised this one only has a few hundred thousand views. The other video ones have millions.

[@GimmeShelter1989]

Love this song and video.

[@peterhogendorf2461]

Better video then the one from the winner and better music. Love this one.

[@steve_xvida]

Amazing song

[@rickbeckett9102]

Who hasn't thought about it????

[@danieladelafuente8908]

daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn

[@jayare5483]

Amazing.....

[@AdamIsNotAGentleman]

Wow, these fan-made videos never disappoint. Always so well done. But this one really stands out as one of the best music videos I've seen in a while, in general. Beautiful. By the way, does anyone know what city this is shot in? I'm just curious.

[@omgaify]

I searched for 'Café de Fluiter', and found references to one in Amsterdam. Considering the names of those involved, I would assume that's probably right :)

[@AdamIsNotAGentleman]

omgaify yeah, that makes sense. THanks a bunch :)

[@stevenpaulortiz9076]

I thought this video was official. ...not fan made

[@dancingcheeseproductions4127]

It's not fan made, it's official.

[@Vedder1992]

Sad. Harsh. Perfect.

[@felipeestefanoolivetideoli3915]

👏👏👏

[@ProdFac]

You guys.

[@SteveSmith-ho8cy]

I think most of us have been in the dark place that this video depicts... minus the ending.

[@paulaalmeidareastephens3317]

Oh my word this disturbed me! 🤦🏼‍♀️ my best friend committed suicide ...😢 But the song is GORGEOUS 💚

[@bullenpaul]

The lyrics of the song are in conflict with the video. As suicidal or despairing as the person might feel at the beginning, he concludes that this life is not me…but for you. That is consistent with Cicero’s frequent quoting of a statement from Plato’s ninth letter: We are born not for ourselves but others.

[@rgse90]

I often wonder if negative people with negative things to say about everyone else and everything else are just so miserable and so unhappy that they must try to make others just as unhappy. And that is why when I see old people alone and sad I now realize that they created this life for themselves by being negative and bad people through their life.

[@Hanedog2014]

That's a big assumption to make...

[@rgse90]

No not really because people say horrible things about shut they know nothing about and that is terrible.

[@DAWhite0222]

Sam Espo That's a really negative thing to say...

[@liammurphy2725]

By fucking crikey. You just spat the biggest pile of shit since Trumps last speech. Hopefully you know just a bit more about life now. Or are you still a fucking dickhead?

[@yunuelchaire8042]

Pinche video poca madre!!

[@katesomogyi9913]

Hello Magnetic Zeros! Noticed you will be in Houston at the end of May. We have tickets for the Tulsa show on 6/3. When you travel from Houston to Tulsa, you will pass very close to our house, so we (husband and I) would like to extend an invite for some cookout and some fishing...we live on Richland Chambers Lake. We have grown to really appreciate your music. My husband spent many years playing guitar on stage and would get a huge kick! Check out our youtube video of "Dear Believer" under Dave Somogyi for a bit of a laugh. Hope to hear from you!

[@georgeianta2088]

If anyone can sound like an angel singing in the background it's Jade.

[@modestmoose4130]

His voice reminds me of Bowie's in this song.

[@KGarvey125]

Wish I hadn't watched that. Won't ever hear the song the same way again.

[@stephaniemoore100]

Kimberly Garvey neither will I. But that's not always a bad thing.

[@kelymedeirosdealmeida6267]

😢😢😢😢

[@bawbagbill]

Who wrote this song? Was it a multi band members input or just one or two involved?

[@ArthurOO]

I feel sexy listen to this song !

[@bugleberryfancam5820]

That escalated quickly.

[@pounamu2394]

:)!

[@WinnipegCarSpotter]

Gosh this sounds like a Beatles song... I guess we know who his influences are. Still a great song though!

[@QueenErinOfEngland]

The video is very powerful but I feel like it evokes all the wrong emotions for this song. This is one of my favourite songs from the new album because it carries this beautiful message of coming out of a very dark place and throwing your whole life into helping someone else see the beauty that you had been unable to see for so long. Instead of showing this transformation, the man hits rock bottom. I understand your appreciation for the reality of the video but in my opinion, it doesn't fit with the uplifting message of the song.

[@ZoomaKabooma]

I do agree. I find it to be very conflicting. I thought that when he was in the trunk he was going to have an epiphany and see things in a new light- or something to that effect.

[@liammurphy2725]

You want a perfect ending to everything in life. Go to Disney

[@GregLuft-ent]

So sad to watch the ending. I've had two friends commit suicide and i miss them both very much.

[@sangminpark2948]

Can someone explain me the meaning of this song?

[@inmyhead63]

the meaning is that he goes thru a spiritual rebirth and finally understands that this life is not for selfish means but rather to give to and help others. This life, its not for me...its for YOU. UNFORTUNATELY the man in the video didnt get the real meaning of the song. He stayed mired in his own self pity.

[@simonvanasse9090]

diana m thank you for this explanation

[@pako15x]

I love my friend like a girlfriend but she just want a friendship. What I need can do to forget her?

[@nore2415]

I wouldn't start by asking people on the internet, talk to friends and family, they know you better then we could ever. Other then that, you can't forget people, but the fastest way to deal with it is to find someone else to love. Not much help, but it's something.

[@Pikaf]

This song will be played at a friend postal service, who commited suicide last week

[@68liayn]

Great song, but totally depressing video. Could've been helped slightly by a message slotted in somehow about getting help if one should feel as much without hope as this fellow. Well, perhaps a slightly redeeming factor is that he handcuffed himself to the car, knowing that either due to fear of pain or the last second appearance of the instinctual drive to survive, he would jump out of the car if he didn't. Perhaps that would give pause to a real live person about to commit suicide. But it might also offer sympathy to some other poor soul about to... Thanks to JR Gibbs for posting his reply.

[@miklfrei8915]

Sounds like Janis

[@B.McAllister]

That Micheal Jackson outro tho.

[@VendibleUser]

The actor looks like the main character from Birdman with the hair.

[@vegandee]

Sad

[@kanariesla]

it's well done, but also pretty monotonuous. it only shows one level or one dimension. when you are din such a state there is only one level as well so it is a true view. but to me it is not very inspiring. even though I've been there. I am a bit dissapointed with this pick. there were other video's with more creative and dearing content.

[@jerrya1000]

Terrible video version of my favorite song. To me the song is about a person who can no longer cope with life and tries to end it, this life is not for me,but a voice or an angel says to him. "It's not your time yet buddy, this life, heaven aint for you yet." Go back and try it again and he returns to live for someone else or others. My life is for you. The song reminds me that Life is more bearable if it is lived to love others and not get hung up with my own f##king self, ego and problems.

[@WhiteAntelope7]

How can you love others when you cannot love even yourself? The fucking self, the ego is the problem. That's what depression is about, that's what phobias are about.

[@bulgn]

So in the end he died, just like Edwards career