I DON'T KNOW. AM I??? | Sleep Token - Are You Really Okay? (REACTION)

[@leiat8]

A lot of people say this is a 'skip' song on the album. To me this song came at the moment I needed it most and I am massively grateful for it. 🙂

[@BraindeadBreakdown]

I will have to find out whether this is a skip or not. I will know for sure when I listen to it straight off the back of Ascensionism!

[@carriefish]

It's only a skip song because I don't want to cry. Unless I'm driving. Then I don't skip it. 🥹😅 I'll cry into my steering wheel in bumper-to-bumper traffic, I don't give a sh!t who's watching me 😤🥲😂

[@aoldotcom]

I think it’s one of ST’s strongest songs! Powerful, simple in structure on purpose. It’s about the message of it. I cry nearly every time I hear this.

[@Lauren__M]

It’s soooo underrated and it makes me sad. Same with DYWTYLM

[@samcc42]

"A lot of people" are goddamned nuts. I bawl my eyes out every. single. time, and I wouldn't have it any other way. You need to have had a certain kind of life or certain kinds of friends or relationships for it to hit the right way, but god DAMN if you've had those experiences, it's one of their most beautiful, awful songs.

[@angryasianjim]

When I heard this song it hit me like a freight train. I was inconsolable. Afterwards, I felt a little better. I listened to it again, and was just as inconsolable. But again after I felt better. I eventually just listened to it on repeat as some sort of practice in self flagellation. It tore me to shreds. But as before, I felt so much better afterwards. I had a friend end their own life about 3 months before the song came out. This song encompassed all the helplessness I felt in the moments directly after I finding out she was no longer of this earth. It helped me process her loss. I’ll forever be grateful to Sleep Token/Vessel for helping me process my grief. It was, as someone else stated, what I needed, when I needed it.

[@garytackett8426]

If you listen to Dark Signs, especially the first line, referring to being raised in the dark.. I believe the picture is his mother and the baby is Vessel. In my opinion the song is through his mother's eyes.

[@darcystcorner2580]

That makes so much sense because I never thought about it that way. Even though he talks about the scars on his arms and tearing his own body. Thank you for helping me make sense on the perspective

[@davidjohnson9132]

Yes it’s very parental

[@oviate1]

This song is so beautiful but such a gut punch. “Please don’t hurt yourself again” crushes me every time.

[@amy-luramon3833]

Another fan said at first when he sings it sounded like a mantra then like he is pleading then the last please don't hurt yourself again was said like a prayer for him. 😢😢😢

[@Danileu1175]

To me, this is one of the hardest Songs. Yes, mostly i skip it. But that doesn't mean, i don't like it. It's Just to hard to listen. As a mother of a son, who battles depression over the past 15 years, this song hits me like a truck. It's simple, but it's exactly how i feel.

[@rebekah-sc]

I agree with this. I had a close friend attempt to take her life and this song hits so hard. It’s beautifully haunting and every time it comes up, I say out loud “nope, not ready to cry”. Much love to you and your son 💕.

[@Loser10004]

My first listen of this song was at midnight on release day and it tore me up

[@BraindeadBreakdown]

Was it this song specifically or was it coming right off the back of Ascensionism? I can understand either way, I am just curious 😊

[@Loser10004]

@@BraindeadBreakdown it was coming off Ascensionism. For me from Vore till DYWTYLM ( which is the only ST song I do not like) hit me hard but that last song Euclid coming off of Take Me Back to Eden that is the album destroyer

[@demolitiondolly2010]

Same- at 2am after release, at a festival, camping in the woods… after a celebration of life for someone the community lost… I was sobbing in my tent quietly. It hurt in all the right ways. It still does, depending on where my mind is. Another ST reaction, another like. Great job, again!

[@Airbear211]

As someone who used to “hurt” myself a lot as a teenager, this song made me absolutely sob, smile, then cry again. It’s amazing how many different emotions their music makes you feel in a matter of minutes.

[@rebekah-sc]

🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@sam245]

This song dives into your heart and shatters it into a billion pieces. It doesn’t matter whether you can relate to the words in a literal sense or not, it speaks to your soul in a profound way in my opinion

[@NikkiWright-STLVR23]

This song has an 80s power ballad feel to it. That's one of the reasons the music hits me. The lyrics however really hit home. My daughter was a cutter. She used to cut where i couldn't see it, but one of her boyfriends was worried about her and told me. It was bumpy for a while, we got her help but she only stopped when she graduated high school. She's since moved into a little apartment and started college and seems to be really thriving now. I think a lot of her anxiety and problems were definitely related to the high school. I was a social butterfly in high school and never really had issues, whereas my daughter she's more closed door - keeps her social circle very small. She skips this song I think because it reminds her of what she did, but I listen to it because I loved power ballads in the '80s and even though the lyrics are sad they remind me of what could happen. Vessel once again knows how to deliver an arrow right to your heart. Great reaction as usual. See you tomorrow. ✌️ ❤ W O R S H I P ❤

[@BraindeadBreakdown]

I am gad that your daughter managed to make it through all that! 😊 I have a feeling this one will mean more to me as I listen to it more. Thanks for watching as always Nikki 😊

[@jimmydean7219]

I always thought the guitar melody here was pleasantly reminiscent of that in “can’t you see” by the marshal Tucker band

[@cesarr7407]

Just dropping a comment to say that i found your channel with Ascensionarism and followed your Sleep Token journey everyday!! Countdown to Euclid, my favorite :)

[@ryanwhitmire1846]

Your reviews of Sleep Token are some of my absolute favorites! I go back and listen to reactions so I can see what people experienced on their first listen cause it is beautiful!

[@ericl5139]

I knew you would like this one 😊 this song made me realized I was lost in the middle of a depressive spiral, and snapped me back to reality. It made me cry hysterically but I’m thankful for the emotional connection I’ve made to this one. Again, not one I listen to too often, but only because it’s so emotionally charged. I appreciate your honest thoughts and reactions brother 🙏

[@miss__anthropy]

“It’s about time Vessel tries to destroy me” TRUTH

[@BraindeadBreakdown]

Doesn't he always????

[@StephanieShearer-v3b]

IV plays a 8 string Ibanez stb . He makes it ring don’t he ??! Beautiful!

[@isnobodyreally102]

Again. Your analysis of it is spot on. Space is key and they are masters. Great reaction as always.

[@BraindeadBreakdown]

Thank you for watching, I am glad you enjoyed it! 😊

[@samcc42]

I'm honestly stunned you made it through this one with dry eyes, man. They have a few songs that hit me really hard (one of the reasons I've become so fond of your channel - I see a lot of my own responses in your reactions) but this one brings the waterworks absolutely every time.

[@BraindeadBreakdown]

I am kind of glad, I don't want to be that reactor that always cries 😂 It also doesn't help that people have been building up certain songs. Kind of hard to have a natural reaction after being warned a bunch!

[@samcc42]

@@BraindeadBreakdown lol yeah, that's fair enough!

[@eliahdayton3448]

The answer to "Are You Really Okay?" is not after the last 6 songs of perfection and definitely not after Ascensionism. It feels like a cheekily titled track. :P

[@BraindeadBreakdown]

Vessel breaking the 4th wall and speaking directly to us? 😂

[@MsPatti1606]

I'm FINE 🤪😵‍💫🤯......🤣🤣🤣 Great informative reaction as always & an impromptu strum too 🎸 Nice to see your confidence growing as well as your subs 🧠🥇

[@BraindeadBreakdown]

Did you get a little laugh? 😂 Thank you Patti, I am glad you enjoyed the viewing! This is helping me gain confidence a lot 😊

[@Shannynjams]

I'm just patiently waiting for your Euclid reaction. 🥰

[@stacygibson6074]

This song has really grown on me and it has quite an impact. I’m a bit late watching today but thank you again for letting me relive hearing these songs for the first time through you! Look forward to it every day. See you tomorrow.

[@AsAbove.SoBelow]

I fully agree with everyone’s analysis of this song. ST followers are full of beautifully damaged souls who have all come together in a collective hug over stunning vocals and perfectly placed music. We have all seen some shit, in one way or another. And this song really brought it all to the forefront. That being said, this song musically is very reminiscent of Led Zeppelin’s Thank You, in my opinion.

[@sharilynbratton6476]

The first time I heard this I sobbed uncontrollably because it reminded me of the anguish of losing my only son to alcoholism in 2015 when he was 31. My ex and I sent him to a psychiatric hospital twice and later to rehab (with his consent), but nothing helped. And I was the one to find him in the floor at 1 am and did cpr but couldn't bring him back. The lines 'I cannot fix your wounds this time' and 'I want to help you but I don't know how' just cut me to the core of my soul. Love you so so much Daniel and miss you every single day.

[@BraindeadBreakdown]

🫂🫂🫂

[@NikkiWright-STLVR23]

I'm so sorry. My sister passed in 2007 from liver failure. She was 37. This song gets me as well. My daughter is better now but this song puts into perspective what can still happen. I pray you can find peace and remember your son in all his happy times. 😢 🫂❤

[@sharilynbratton6476]

@@NikkiWright-STLVR23 My condolences on losing your sister, I have an older sister and don't even want to think about losing her. Thank you for your kind words.

[@NikkiWright-STLVR23]

@@sharilynbratton6476 you are welcome. I lost both my sisters, though the oldest passed from pancreatic cancer. My brother was the oldest and he died a year before my oldest sister. I am now older than any of my siblings. It truly sucks, but I am grateful I still have my parents and my daughter. Siblings hurt to lose, but you are in my prayers for your son. I can't imagine. Take care. ❤️

[@carriefish]

"But I, I don't believe you when you tell me you are fine." Like a gut punch. I have to skip this track, along with DYWTYLM, and Fall For Me. The last two years of my life have been devastating, they've wrecked me. My self-worth doesn't exist anymore, and I'm trying very hard to pull myself out of a dark place. While this song is beautiful and I relate to it very much, I have to skip it. I love your real, genuine reactions to Sleep Token. Thank you for always being so candid with us! 🙏🏻🖤 It's been fun watching you fall in love with them the way the rest of us have. Worship. ✨️

[@BraindeadBreakdown]

Thank you for watching and I hope you manage to pull yourself back up soon! Like a lot of people I am doing the same and this YT is helping me a lot. I hope you continue to enjoy them!

[@carriefish]

@BraindeadBreakdown Thank you, I really appreciate it. The worst of it is over. Like, the hurricane has passed, and now I'm cleaning the mess and rebuilding. I hope you start to feel better soon, too. Sleep Token is so special and I will listen to them for the rest of my life. Their music has helped in healing my soul. For a long while, I didn't want to exist. But I've realized that there are so many millions of experiences to be had, and life is worth living if only to taste a handful of them. How lucky I am to be alive right now. To exist at the same time as Sleep Token.

[@demolitiondolly2010]

Simple but powerful. Great cathartic piece. Well done, friend. 💜 Worship

[@BraindeadBreakdown]

Great song to follow the heavy hitter! 😊

[@karlissulcs3822]

The fact that this comes right after Ascensionism on the list is a great bamboozle by Vessel. Nah, mate. I'm not quite ok. Thanks! 😄

[@Lauren__M]

Love this song 🙏🏻

[@Zundfolge]

This is one of those songs that I'm kinda jealous of people that don't get it.

[@ijones1153]

Really nice vibe in this one. Reminds me of a light 70's rock.

[@brandiandersen5273]

Not me crying before he even starts singing 😢

[@saranaturegirl123]

Well explained reaction. An honest song that needed to be straightforward lyrically to convey the message. Bet you can't wait to listen to it all the way through...not much longer to wait.

[@BraindeadBreakdown]

I really can't wait! I am nearly done and then I have a bit more free reign to listen however I like! 😂

[@saranaturegirl123]

@@BraindeadBreakdown I've pretty much listened to it every day since release date. Slightly obsessed 🤣

[@batwaynebruceman7287]

I've been waiting for you to get to this one without saying anything about it~ This song just comes out of nowhere in the album and is such a tone change for the second half of the album to begin on. So low and emotionally heavy with such a light melody with a stripped back Vessel just wrecking us. I think this song has something everyone can take from it that gives it the same impact for all of us one way or another. As someone who spent years trying to save another person from themselves--this song breaks me every time I sit with it. They got to a good enough place that I could move on and focus on myself but damn does this song just hit all of the emotions. Its such a stellar alt rock song that takes me back to my childhood when these were so much more common. Heh love the shirt BTW!!

[@batwaynebruceman7287]

Also loved you jamming on the guitar at the end!!! More of this please!!

[@BraindeadBreakdown]

I knew you would love the shirt! 😂

[@paravarium]

Like others, I enjoy the track, but not always in the mood for it. I really appreciate it's place on the album though, and how the music style switches up in a way, you're just left to wonder where else sonically can we go on this journey.

[@Sethmacd0]

Ive been where the point of view of this song is. This song hits so hard because of this

[@jimmydean7219]

I think the lyrics in this song are kept very purposefully straight-forward. I suspect Vessel wanted zero percent cryptic misunderstanding in his song about promoting well-being and dissuasion of self-harm and self-sabotage.

[@arimewillow4278]

This song messes with me in a " caretaker trying to raise a child in an abusive environment they vant get out of" but we all project upon the music.

[@brianalmeida1964]

The 1st time I heard the album, I found it quite emotionally difficult going from Ascensionism straight into Are You Really OK? Even now, when I listen to TMBTE, which is very often, I sometimes still get teary during both songs! Stay safe 🤘 ✌️

[@BraindeadBreakdown]

It feels like they were put together destroy you! In a good way though 🤘

[@tjh5716]

I think it was the vore reaction where you discussed participating in the world. I. Have been removed from any social interaction for almost 7 years for many reasons. Bands like sleep token and my favorite artist Ren have instigated something in me to try to be more of a participant in socializing. I started with KZbin comments and online communities. You’re way ahead of me. Also give you mad respect for giving authentic emotional reactions. And you are very well spoken. You say you’re not good with words. I disagree.

[@BraindeadBreakdown]

Thank you very much my friend! The journey of getting back into the world is certainly a tough one, but it is all worth it when you find a place to feel comfortable! Sleep Token helped me achieve this and I know that you will be able to as well 🫂

[@juttaman25]

Ascensionism is wanting to end your life to escape the pain. Are You Really Okay is looking back in after trying to do it. It’s not happy. Don’t be fooled by the chords. “Dripping crimson on the carpet” is not a happy lyric 😢

[@BraindeadBreakdown]

I know, but the juxtaposition between the happy music and sad lyrics is what makes it good for me 😊

[@NeilD1]

One reactor had the gall to suggest that this song was 'an album filler' - needless to say, he did not get a like or a sub from me, although everyone is entitled to their own feelings, of course. I think it's a beautiful song - Neil

[@samanthabaines3578]

Hope you had plenty of tissues for this, going off the cover of this it infers the song is to do with miscarriage😢

[@BraindeadBreakdown]

I think I was a bit more mentally prepared for this one!

[@hoangal]

Who's cutting up onions in the comments here... cmon, we always talk about this! Stop with the onions this is how we get ants!

[@BraindeadBreakdown]

My bad, there seems to be a cut onion infestation on this channel. I will have to get some cooking done!

[@meegja]

For me this is typical a track where the music gets me fairly hard and not so much the lyrics.

[@BraindeadBreakdown]

The music got me nicely too!

[@packerbaby6244]

I have loved your reactions to Sleep Token. Music is my love and therapy. I fell in love with this band HARD. Vessel reaches me deep emotionally. I’m pretty much house bound because of illness and spend my life in pain. Physically and emotionally. It’s like I’ve been kidnapped by this disease for the last decade. Music gets me through it. With no one to talk to about music or how great this band is I’ve enjoyed this journey of yours through their catalog. Thank you so much 😊

[@BraindeadBreakdown]

Thank you for watching! I am really glad you are enjoying the videos! 😊