James - Moving On (Official Video)

From the album La Petite Mort. Video by BAFTA winning animator Ainslie Henderson. Order from AmazonUK: po.st/JamesAmaz... | AmazonUS: po.st/JamesAmaz... | or wearejames.com on CD or vinyl. Digitally from iTunesUK: po.st/LPMJamesI... | iTunesUS: po.st/JamesiTun... & others.
Directed by Ainslie Henderson
Animation by Ainslie Henderson, Michael Hughes
Model Making by Tobias Feltus
To view more of Ainslie's work, please visit www.ainsliehend...

[@CosyLifeKits]

My darling daughter Jenny died of cancer in 2017, aged 19. She asked for this to be shown at her funeral. It breaks my heart. The added irony is that the business that she and I set up together is a yarn based business. The image of a mama trying to stop her child slipping away is so very beautifully depicted here x

[@aesthicgachashadow582]

I’m sorry for you lose..

[@johnforkan1492]

♥ With love and best wishes.

[@stanettiels7367]

amanda machin Heartbreaking. But take strength off of your daughter. She was obviously a clever young woman and understood the circle of life. RIP your daughter, and stay strong. ❤️❤️.

[@gaelleonard8830]

Im glad she chose to do that because the song and video will help so many others. You daughter is still with you. Always. ❤

[@nevdoel7008]

That’s so heart breaking yet beautiful ❤️

[@mariaberezhkova4995]

My mom showed me this last year. Then she was diagnosed with cancer and lost the battle. I'm 19. Now I found this video again and I just basically flooded my room with tears. Moving on is always hard.

[@mikethompson5549]

Sorry to hear of your sad loss... leave a little light on in your heart...

[@mariaberezhkova4995]

+Mike Thompson thank you for the kind words... I promise to stay strong :)

[@mikethompson5549]

Maria Karapetyan everyone lives on in their children! Keep smiling....

[@Pyraus]

I dread experiencing what you did. We all will have to. :(

[@jesseduran7586]

Maria Zakharova I'm sorry to hear that, Maria. Losing a parent is always the hardest. I feel like I'm going to feel like a lost soul when it's my mother's time.

[@rix5043]

My wife died 2 months ago. I hadnt seen this video in years but its been on my mind. I finally decided to watch it for the 1st time since she passed...it hurt more than i thought it would. And that kinda feels good....and yes, she died in my arms here at home in my bed. Fuck cancer.

[@Searley7]

So sorry for your loss man. This video hits me like a train every time.

[@lisagunter1114]

I lost my mum 2 days ago after being diagnosed with cancer 8 weeks before that, nothing makes sense so I'm turning to songs to say what I'm feeling x

[@mightyworker]

I'm crying over a bunch of strings for Christ's sake I'm such a sap right now. Reduced to a weeping softie.

[@isismaw]

same

[@digitalbookworm5678]

+mightyworker I've discovered that as I get older it happens more easily.😢

[@mikethompson5549]

+digitalbookworm5678 same here...not easy for a bloke from North of England..

[@palth9757]

me too

[@mariafrenchieperez9721]

same

[@edigoose3964]

A very touching video. The person who put this video together has a very beautiful heart and imagination.

[@penbailey9677]

i'm not crying you're cry- honestly we're both crying.

[@stellalagos3397]

Yeah...

[@jackstephan3911]

I'm so sad

[@monicalidiadragan8303]

Meja Soulfruit this music video is reminding me of my greater grandmother,who died before i was born...

[@HeartlessAngie1508]

I love this song, but from my ugly crying at work just now, it's obvious I can't watch this video in public places. Honestly, whoever made this is a pure genius. Thank you, kind human. I miss my sister.

[@pushserver9689]

Ha....when I forwarded this to my girlfriends I put a warning in my message....DO NOT WATCH THIS IN A PUBLIC SPACE :D I miss my sister too :{

[@lingregory763]

My son passed away January 24 2017 from metastasized esophageal cancer. He left this song for us to be found after he passed. Always so very thoughtful.

[@SayderCascading]

I cry every time I watch this so I can't watch it in public 😭 People need to check out the rest of this album. It was written right after the lead singer lost his mother and his best friend.

[@pushserver9689]

Thanks I will check it out.

[@sarahlouise4753]

I love how he was trying to keep her to stay, but she accepted her fate and got him to accept that she was moving on for the better. I haven't lost anyone personally other then a cat, but this video just connected and felt right. I cant explain it.

[@idontneedaname318]

Delilah Morris how do you anything of any of the genders/sexes presented in this?

[@yans9821]

My wife died of cancer at the age of 34, and this is exactly what happened. This is a wonderful video...

[@xiospixishonk-labs6087]

I'm so glad I found this again-

[@markgaffney9574]

without doubt the most emotional video I have seen, clever beyond belief and an anthemic tune.

[@Augustusir]

you should check out Keaton Henson's Small Hands video.

[@benlea19]

The only band my brother listened to was James. This song was a fitting tribute at his funeral. Thank you James ❤️

[@tia-louisetownshend9707]

The day my Nanna passed (30.12.14) I didn't know until later that night a friend was in the same hospital in the opposite ward giving birth. Two days later I was shown this video. It made me feel better about the whole thing. On the 30th, the first anniversary of her loss I was still really struggling. That same afternoon I received a text message telling me another beautiful baby was born. I'd like to believe they are both beautiful reminders to keep moving on.

[@sarahlouise4753]

Thats beautiful.

[@wongvunyu8461]

May she rest in peace, by Nebula, and Alex

[@pl2948]

Rip and that’s beautiful

[@HeartlessAngie1508]

i can't watch this without crying,like super ugly sobbing, I don't know why I'm coming back.

[@TheLeiferikson]

Criminally underrated band

[@herbieshine1312]

However many times I watch this I always end up crying buckets. I'm convinced that this time, THIS TIME it won't get me I won't break down this time. This time wasn't that time. It's a very obvious pull on our emotions but so fuffing beautiful. EVERY SINGLE TIME! I don't believe in rebirth connections like this but it's a beautiful idea and a beautiful video. Next time I won't cry!

[@annieward2715]

I hope you never stop crying when you hear this, it shows that you have a good soul. Blessed be 💜

[@memyselfi5186]

The day I found out my friend died my mom showed me this video. I cried for hours, but I know he still lives, just not physically. This video really helped me with it. Thank you.

[@memyselfi5186]

-Bella

[@thequietfurnace7648]

Probably one of the best songs and videos ever made. Hugely profound, deep and yet, so full of hope. Kudos to James and the author behind the slow motion video. Thank you from my heart.

[@zatoichidblind]

how does this not have 30 million views?

[@yai__x3]

Now it does

[@Nibb9]

James has sadly been ignored or underrated by most of people. Always. Huge mistake !!!

[@spaghetticheerios5041]

I watched this video for the first time when i was really little and i remember sobbing and sobbing. My mum had to pick me up and just sit with me. I never really cried at this stiff but for some reason this really got me

[@rabbieburns1975]

Take it we all cry at this?

[@AlliedAlly]

What a wonderfully distinct and precious depiction of life and death. I rarely see talent and meaning this raw, needless to say, it made me cry every time I watched.

[@user-hs5es3sl9m]

Who else can't see the video without crying?

[@bearyorange]

I heard this while on my flight to US. Moving on to a different country is no joke and takes a lot of emotional stress. This song made me a little better.

[@TheOmniveg]

Way to yank at our heartstrings!

[@jennifery2017]

I see what you did there...

[@basslambert2856]

I'm to big of a man to be crying this much

[@edigoose3964]

Bass Lambert You sound adorable. Don't ever change, sweetheart.

[@Dan-Black]

I'd say you're a bigger man for being able to admit this made you cry. I don't think any adult with a heart could watch this video without crying.

[@mikethompson5549]

Dan Black Totally agree.

[@user-ky4nm5le4h]

the BEST music video I've seen in my long life. THANK YOU LOTS

[@smallfryjaz3091]

My best friend commited suicide a couple months ago. I found this video and it brought back a flood of memories. I just hope they are in a better place than what they survived in.

[@MET4LLICA1975]

When he's trying to put her back together, then just lets her go, emotional stuff.

[@binker6379]

I watched this the night my grandpa passed away, 2 years ago. I still get upset when I watch it but back then it helped me feel a little content overtime.

[@no-oneman.4140]

Has to be the most incredible music video ever produced. Every single frame has deep deep meaning. Must have taken months to put this together. Surely it won awards. Elvis would have adored this .

[@andrewquinn9532]

James are the best band of the last 30+ years

[@steadyed]

I am living this right now ... blubbing like a baby at 2.05 Don't think I will be able to watch this very much ...love Tim love James

[@rajo741]

This remains the greatest piece of video art to ever be associated with music. It’s heart wrenching for someone who felt his mother’s last breath leave her body. This work captures those moments.

[@ohwell87]

Every time I watch this, which I almost never can, Im taken straight back to when I lost my Dad last year. I was standing beside him when he passed on...

[@Hawkman1116]

I can't stop watching this over and over...

[@locrytham]

My dad passed away exactly five years ago the day I first stumbled across this video and song on 7/19. I was floored. It reminded me so much of that last day, when he was rushed to the hospital with his life literally dripping out of him (GI bleed complications from pancreatic cancer) - they had given him a transfusion so I could take the first flight out to say goodbye one last time. I remember feeling so powerless, like the loved one in the video, as the last hours of his life unfurled, knowing there was nothing that could be done to stop him from bleeding out. The video's meditation on the interconnectedness of life and death is heartbreaking but beautiful - I don't believe in reincarnation in a literal sense - but it is comforting somehow to remember we are all a part of an unending and interwoven whole, the fibers of the fabric of existence.

[@runaf2007]

Thanks dad to be with me ... He passed away three years ago and this song reminds me to him ... he course is marked by stars ... now I hope he is fine in his new cycle ... thanks !

[@Bustergonad9649]

Always loved this time and video but my mum has just been diagnosed with cancer so it really connects. Love Tim, love James, love life , love living, hate cancer.💔

[@Arsene1]

Just found this video after seeing James on Sky Art Sessions. Wow what a powerful video. I haven't been touched like this by a music video for a very long time if ever. Beautiful and Touching. And the song is great

[@rodemare]

The circle of life beautiful video! This made me cry!!

[@sebizara3721]

I’m crying when I see this clip it’s just so emotional

[@tz125r]

I love this band and this video is poignant and personal to me. I lost my mum to cancer and my sister to leukaemia, then lost my Dad who died of a broken heart. I miss them with all my heart. Listening to James let’s me feel the love again.

[@memehuang993]

My 20-year-old cat Dodo died on 2015/8/27. He died peacefully and he knew very well that he is moving on. This video, watching again after he died, means much more deeply to me now. Cats are very wise when they are very old, you know? Wiser than human being because they live much longer relatively to men.

[@allanfarran364]

An amazing video showing the true emotion and pain of losing your mother❤

[@kixxsaxo]

I'm crying and it's making the Pacific Ocean even bigger.

[@tordeddsworld9283]

iSplash I didn't cry....should I feel bad?

[@kixxsaxo]

Tord Larsson nu senpai

[@cttoncandylps1066]

iSplash me too

[@rubiiredberii3840]

They are so underrated wtf

[@Superbeast810]

Every time I watch this, I feel as if a part me just slips away.

[@playdoito]

This song should have won a Grammy or something.

[@williamtrimble1984]

Love this song . And really clever video

[@classicluke8086]

I cried :(

[@matthewcamanoakamongoose511]

This song messed me up! The finest artist and an exceptionally painful song! tear tear...... It literally came out days after the passing of my mother last November and Tim booths (James). Amazing video about death and letting go. Please watch!

[@belenab.8485]

Столько уже лет прошло - 9! Настолько пронзительные видео и композиция - вот все эти 9 лет и плачу, проникшись. И слава Богу, что у меня никто не умер, и RIP - всем ушедшим, и сил душевных - всем потерявшим.

[@brendanbroderick2991]

No matter how skillful and creative the knitter is eventually every creature and creation has to unravel.

[@Pyraus]

This video makes me cry every time I watch it. I try not to watch it TOO much because I don't want it to be so familiar that it doesn't have that effect anymore... but so far, still works.

[@jasonmclean6751]

Im a bloke and havnt even lost a parent yet but omg this is the best way to describe what must have been such a heart breaking time BEST DEPICTION EVER thank you James

[@Leeuwtje1979]

Very emotional message

[@hy930807]

everytime i revisit this song, i immediately feel the heartache

[@jontask9997]

It doesn't get any better than this. Beautiful.

[@garethashton4610]

My Uncle sang the chorus to his wife under his breath hours before succumbing to cancer, she played it at his funeral cry everytime I watch it

[@eva-janemiddleton434]

Heartbreaking.

[@dawnhiles3]

How can something so heartbreaking yet uplifting!? Thank you so much for your inspiring music

[@Iclimbthereforeiam]

The people who thumbs down this don't deserve to have thumbs......

[@deanclark1646]

I'm going to see James tomorrow after a shit COVID year I hope he does this for every one who passed to the other side . Leave a little light on for me when the time comes please 💗

[@dondon8025]

I can't watch this without crying. Saw it recently after my grandpa died and i've mentally associated this somg with him ever since. I miss you Papa Boy. Sorry i didn't hug you as much as i could've.

[@sladjanat]

When I watched this I was crying so hard because my grandma died a month ago and a cousin of mine was born 41 days after her death. This is my new favorite song and there is no doubts that I will be playing this at my wedding in honor of her.

[@WeAreJamesTV]

You can watch our latest video for new single All I'm Saying here: James - “All I’m Saying” (Official Video). Directed/Animated by Péter Vácz of 'Rabbit and Deer' fame, and it's a beaut, if we do say so ourselves.

[@jackstephan3911]

This is beatiful

[@pandapaws8357]

WeAreJamesTV THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU XXXXOOOOO 😄😄😄😄

[@Ptinski]

Exquisite pain, deeply felt for memories of things of such personal intimate depth, I adore it with a most cherished ache in my heart. Kudos to Mr Henderson, empathy for Mr Booth. We usually have perfect pain for something imperfectly remembered, but this has the truth of a perfect memory - death *is* birth yes? You're born to another world when you die to this one. Like stars. Like galaxies. When a nebula collapses, only then can a new star be born.

[@Ptinski]

Ian Mann Isn't it unusual? I liked it too, and reminds me that between birth and death we find pleasure. At the moment the "persona" leaves the body, it must be so transcendent, I can't begin to imagine.

[@brendanbroderick2991]

Beautiful words Catherine

[@Ptinski]

It's this video that's beautiful Brendan Broderick but thank you.

[@brendanbroderick2991]

Let's agree that the music of James inspires a little beauty in all of us ;)

[@Ptinski]

True Brendan Broderick and I'm far behind, since I've only discovered them a bit over a year ago. Hoping to catch them in November live at Royal Albert. They've proven their talent by inspiring another generation of fans it seems. Who couldn't like their sound? The poetry, the way all can relate. Love em.

[@jeffpearson7919]

This makes me think of having to let go of my last love. The video was spot on.

[@kaylietennant1930]

This video always makes me cry!!!

[@Freshlife28]

Perfect

[@PewFik]

ye

[@ericcrawford9827]

Define 'perfect' mate. Other than physics, mathematics or the key of A major in a void, crack on.

[@ethrillnetvideos]

Beautiful. Timeless. Lasting. Universal. Wake up, Germany, wake up, world, watch, listen and feel it!!!

[@fionastevenson2197]

I work with yarn. I work with the caregivers and the bereaved. I work with grief and hope. I work with the soul. This video is all that.

[@brendanbroderick2991]

Well said Fiona

[@markbutterworth2103]

this makes me cry everytime i watch it ..... beautiful song and video that meld so well

[@psycoNaughtplaysMCPC]

Oh my god this reduced me to a puddle of tears, gah!

[@chloeallen40]

Absolutely amazing, Ainslie and the band are inspirations. Sounds beautiful as well on full volume in a car, so the best thing in the world when it comes on the radio since I don't have the CD yet. Hurry up 2nd june!

[@mikethompson5549]

James are simply amazing. Best song in years on first hearing. Album release coincides with daughter's birthday..great day ahead for all.concerned. Imagine a James & Morrissey Tour.. Heaven for a manchunuan.

[@amilcarhenrique8140]

WONDERFUL, MAGIC, IMPOSSIBLE TO HOLD THE TEARS,...

[@cloiewilson3096]

I'm so serious I think I watch this every year ever since this came out and every time I see it I can't stop crying it's so beautiful though😭😊😞

[@yueqing666]

I just cried my eyes out I have no words for how beautiful this is humanizing yarn this is another level

[@leisureacademy]

That just blew me away..... love it!

[@migueldias1]

sadly, I can totally relate to this song/story ... yet, beautiful

[@SeanSmith73]

Holy shit that's epic - no band can match them - great song and fab video.

[@terrengibson1616]

I CRIED SO HARD!!

[@4perf]

Incredibly, the flawless technique is just the icing on the cake.

[@SagadeGeminis79]

From Mexico City......GRANDIOSO ...PROFUNDO E IMPACTANTE.....THANKS JAMES.....

[@zzottt]

Well that video is enough to make me want to cry.... Brilliant

[@chuvii]

I watched this at school, and it was so hard not to cry.

[@EmpowerAdvisory]

This Video deserves a billion view at least with such a beautiful message!

[@fernandoeiras]

Great video! And what a great song! Welcome back, JAMES (the Magnificent Seven)!! Both powerfull, creative and emotional! Among the best videos I have ever seen! Besides KZbin and Vevo, I hope to see this video on VH1 and Mtv. It deserves to be there for everyone to see. F A N T A S T I C !!!!!

[@carllawson9567]

Great band great songs

[@erikkegelmann8312]

possibly the greatest video ever made next to jagged and bodies dancing in the streets. All kidding aside if you don't cry you're soulless. This song I want at my wake. it embodies so much death and life. James and Tim Booth have touched my soul for 30+ years. Please don't stop.

[@glennmoore5645]

Awesome track from a band that has stood the test of time. Best live band I have seen.

[@ADavisDED]

Love this song. So beautifully sad and hopeful.

[@carlostbc]

Makes me cry every time!

[@maleficentred]

Perfect! only James could produce such wonder! I absolutely positively adore it!!! PLEEESE come to the U S!!! :)

[@bryansandiego]

Cannot wait to see you in San Diego!!!

[@MallikArjunVideos]

Thanks James.... I watch this when ever i'm down.