Listener Wooden Heart

This is the video for the song Wooden Heart by the band Listener. It was shot and directed by Nathan Corrona for www.dustbrandfilms.com

[@Elraurko]

2023 and this still gives me goosebumps.

[@jadefirefly42]

2024 now, and I've lost count of how many times I've replayed this

[@sarichj]

2025

[@stacystupid4083]

i met a stranger on omegle 5 years ago and we talked into the wee hours of the night about everything and anything. we told each other secrets that we swore we would keep. although ill never know who that stranger was, i remember they told me this was their favorite song. so i come back to it every now and then and wonder how they’re doing. i hope life has treated them well. i hope they know someone out there is rooting for them. and i hope sometimes, somehow, they might think of me too.

[@inconfidence8033]

This is so amazing and makes this song/work of art that much better for me 🙌🏽🖤

[@Shoobe]

I hope you find them, friend

[@bugcatlolnose]

This is so wholesome

[@bugcatlolnose]

I hope you remember their name !

[@Leeleerette]

This is wondrous

[@andrewpetrisko9493]

the opening line, "we're all born to broken people on their most honest day of living" hits home more than I'd like to admit

[@leander8840]

agree

[@bulletsmichael]

Yes moved me to tears

[@karlstrausside107]

I feel you

[@Snuggleumpakis]

I agree so much. It helps me moved passed so many of my parents faults.

[@jonbhorton]

I have 4 kids, another on the way, and it’s always the first time. A new life, a new burden, a new joy, a new hope. They’ve all been awesome in their own way. And they seem to keep getting better. By the time I’m a grandpa (God willing), I expect a lot of honest living, loving, and to eventually pass that torch of knowledge to those who are unsure how they’ll do it. Well, that’s easy: just like I did. One step at a time.

[@livingdeadty]

10 years and this still hits me just as hard as it did the first time I ever heard it

[@galeforcebeach]

Every time

[@pinkponyofdoom5686]

or 12 but yeah fam

[@evanellis7199]

Absolutely

[@inhalejesus]

We’re all born to broken people on their most honest day of living and since that first breath... We’ll need grace that we’ve never given

[@samulik3]

First heared this 10yrs ago. Allways made me cry and feel better but i could not understand why. Now i think i do. This is honesty. Pure honesty.

[@pinkponyofdoom5686]

ain'😢t nothing wrong with a cry bro even if ur a man fam let it goooo, let it goooooooioo

[@tommyokeefedc]

I think it's worth noting how positive and encouraging the comments on this video are. This song taps into deeply shared need that is a basic part of our humanity. It's a beautiful thing. “let’s wash each other with tears of joy and tears of grief and fold our lives like crashing waves and run up on this beach”

[@markbro1157]

I love anyone who loves this song. Lets stand together not alone

[@susiemelirosa7182]

This saved me from my thoughts and going to harm myself I am almost 2 months clean from cutting I don’t know why but I just wanted to share this God is good and all the time God is good😊

[@shawnwillarddrums]

Take it one day at a time, and soon you’ll find that you’re far removed from those old ways. Praying for the highest level of joy and peace in your life. No matter where your are, God loves you more than you know! 😊

[@ihavealife002]

Hope you're doing well =)

[@wgebhard1]

God's hand is in all of our lives, finely tuning each moment to perfection, every tragedy and blissful crescendo. Once you get in touch with that, once you know what to look for, once you grasp the hand that is reaching out for you, it's unimaginable what becomes possible. I am literally living proof of that being an absolute truth. We don't come into this world alone, but we do have a choice if we want to live our lives alone (even surrounded by people) and leave this world alone. It is a choice. To anyone who reads this who is in the midst of what they can't imagine could ever be healed, know this, anything is possible through God, and at this point 30 years of agony and seemingly neverending struggle has already been redeemed in less than a handful of years of walking with god, and knowing in my deepest parts of my soul that he is there with me and has his hand on my life, helping me to heal, helping me to feel, and helping me flourish into a soul that wants and will serve my fellow brothers and sisters who have suffered and are suffering like myself.

[@earwaxntoast]

I happened across this song the day after my father died and this song hit me like an atom bomb starting from the opening line. I still can't listen to it without tearing up. I miss you, Pop.

[@bsallre]

😢

[@jadefirefly42]

For what it's worth, I found this video about 10 years ago. It's my go-to on bad days, when I need to let off stress, or when I get the "what song always makes you cry?" question.

[@SilkyJohnson316]

This came out 9 years ago. Here I sit on my couch in 2021 with headphones on hearing this for the first time just in tears. Such a beautiful song. The world needs this.

[@Rickholmesjrmusic]

this song has lifted me out of the deepest of holes. thank you listener.

[@ImaTurninToABug]

Ain't that the fucking truth.

[@Rickholmesjrmusic]

+RyanIsARecluse yes it is. 100% truth

[@NorthWriter]

Same.

[@TheBrawlz]

deathwafflez same for a few years now.

[@spoofer20]

I was on the brink of death, I listened to this song 20 times in a row and it saved me. The emotion in this song is so powerful.

[@mattymatt1056]

This runs deep and makes me think… Jesus is merciful and wants to repair this broken ship. He also wants to repair the other ships, and I can be there for that… Love and rest y’all.

[@LukeoXx]

Dan Smith has a special way with words that most of the world will never know because he will never be popular. So many of Listener’s songs have impacted so many people. This song guided me through some of the toughest times in my life over these past 13 years.

[@MsToolKit]

Guys, After decades of struggling, crying ALONE, raising cats 🐈 and people. Someone heard my dreams and repaired my sails. I didn't believe it would get better but.... I GOT MY WOODEN HEARTS BACK DEC 2024. Please stay with me guys so we can celebrate YOU in 2025 and EVERYDAY. WE only have what we REMERBER🧿 ❤🧿

[@joeyfrankovich4790]

I get goosebumps every single time I hear "While these machines will rust I promise that we'll still be electric, shocking each other back to life".

[@WeAreBullets]

this whole 'song' gives me goosebumps even all these years later, this one is truly a gem

[@ninjamoosen16]

Many people just hear music not listen to it. You can have your opinion, it's your right, but the beauty in music is the passion of the artist and Dan Smith definitely has that.

[@shaneriley4530]

Dan Smith is the nicest most genuine dude i have ever met. I talked to him for like 15 minutes and he made such an impact.

[@nintendoor1]

Experiencing this live is an experience of a lifetime. Im lucky.

[@KyUx2]

We're all born of broken people on their most honest day of living.. This line strikes home.

[@jessicaf2259]

"Wooden Heart" We're all born to broken people on their most honest day of living and since that first breath… We'll need grace that we've never given I've been haunted by standard red devils and white ghosts and it's not only when these eyes are closed these lies are ropes that I tie down in my stomach, but they hold this ship together tossed like leaves in this weather and my dreams are sails that I point towards my true north, stretched thin over my rib bones, and pray that it gets better but it won't won't, at least I don't believe it will… so I've built a wooden heart inside this iron ship, to sail these blood red seas and find your coasts. don't let these waves wash away your hopes this war-ship is sinking, and I still believe in anchors pulling fist fulls of rotten wood from my heart, I still believe in saviors but I know that we are all made out of shipwrecks, every single board washed and bound like crooked teeth on these rocky shores so come on and let's wash each other with tears of joy and tears of grief and fold our lives like crashing waves and run up on this beach come on and sew us together, tattered rags stained forever we only have what we remember I am the barely living son of a woman and man who barely made it but we're making it taped together on borrowed crutches and new starts we all have the same holes in our hearts… everything falls apart at the exact same time that it all comes together perfectly for the next step but my fear is this prison… that I keep locked below the main deck I keep a key under my pillow, it's quiet and it's hidden and my hopes are weapons that I'm still learning how to use right but they're heavy and I'm awkward…always running out of fight so I've carved a wooden heart, put it in this sinking ship hoping it would help me float for just a few more weeks because I am made out of shipwrecks, every twisted beam lost and found like you and me scattered out on the sea so come on let's wash each other with tears of joy and tears of grief and fold our lives like crashing waves and run up on this beach come on and sew us together, just some tattered rags stained forever we only have what we remember My throat it still tastes like house fire and salt water I wear this tide like loose skin, rock me to sea if we hold on tight we'll hold each other together and not just be some fools rushing to die in our sleep all these machines will rust I promise, but we'll still be electric shocking each other back to life Your hand in mine, my fingers in your veins connected our bones grown together inside our hands entwined, your fingers in my veins braided our spines grown stronger in time because are church is made out of shipwrecks from every hull these rocks have claimed but we pick ourselves up, and try and grow better through the change so come on yall and let's wash each other with tears of joy and tears of grief and fold our lives like crashing waves and run up on this beach come on and sew us together, were just tattered rags stained forever we only have what we remember

[@xAssassinSwirx360]

My Friend mike showed me this song yesterday, he is an atheist. Me and him get along quite well now, in the past he would bully me for being a christian. Last night he showed me this song, i was hooked instantly. So many illustrations to be taken from this. I have listened to this song 453 times since then. I am buying the album. Thank you Mike. Thank you, i feel like im in the best part of KZbin right now. Even in the darkest times, you can call strangers family. God Bless you all.

[@ZelphOntheShelf]

I've listened to this song probably a hundred times and it still makes me sob

[@erikscalendar]

OK I don't even understand what is happening its like this song speaks directly to your soul. I am a grown man that had to hold back tears as I listened and I can't really say why. Mind Blowing simply mind blowing.

[@felidiusz]

Same here, man! I can hardly think of a song that I can identify more with than this. My life is also build like a raft made out of floatsam from sunken ships...

[@oMelomane]

Nah, dude this song has some real deep rooted emotional pull to it. I don't think everyone hears it, but those that do, it hits us hard.

[@melcorkery2928]

I can’t stop listening to it. The videography is so simple but so raw. I’m not someone who will cry easily, but fuck...it’s just that raw and emotional. Especially right now with what I’ve gone through the last few months? Done. This and Levi the Poet’s “resentment” and “keep forgiving”? Guaranteed mess for a good hour hahahah

[@RedMcc]

Check out You were a House on Fire. Wooden Heart and You Were a House on Fire hit me square in the chest. Both hit me on a powerful way.

[@RedMcc]

Yes it does hit hard.

[@towerbite]

Not sure if anyone in the band still checks this, but I want them to know their music has helped me through the waves of life. Hearing the same humanity in the music and lyrics helps pull me back to earth. Thank you Listener for crafting an art that I feel is for myself.

[@thomashardman3013]

“ Everything falls apart, at the exact same time comes together perfectly for the next step” This line is one I live my life by, helps keep me positive.

[@lnzifr]

enfold our lives like crashing waves and run up on this beach.... this song will never stop giving me chills.

[@guzotak]

I will always remember the long, lonesome beaches, the ghost cities, the tiny villages, midday sun, midnight stars, dried out lakes, glowing waves, smiles, cries and alcohol-laced conversations seeping from within me, polluting the vast distances around me, roaring like a broad sea between me and everything else, neverendingly distancing us, with this song ringing in my head all throughout.

[@duck5tar]

Wow! Best comment yet, a being after my own heart and words. My hat is well and truly doffed.

[@LadyLegz]

Wow. I listened 13 years ago and am still wanting to hear this all these years later.

[@brianmaher22]

03:05 "While these machines will rust, I promise, but we'll still be electric Shockin' each other back to life Your hand in mine My fingers and your veins connected Our bones grown together in time Our hands entwine and my fingers and your veins connect And our spines grown stronger inside" Much love and respect from the Philippines! I keep coming back to this song all these years. :(

[@Tomothy6190]

In all probability, I'm pretty sure this is my favourite video on all of KZbin.

[@terrancelopez9631]

I've come back to this song; time, and time again. It's honestly one of the most passionate, and beautiful things I've ever had the pleasure to experience. The world needs people like this.

[@duck5tar]

More and more, every single day, we need exactly that. More people like this ❤️

[@snaccs4244]

One of the most beautiful songs ever written.

[@theinfinitecup]

“We only have what we remember “ my favorite line

[@airjulio]

I can't listen to this song very often because it moves me to tears every time. I can't help it, it's just raw emotion that cascades out of me every single time.

[@starrfadeable]

That's why I'm here today

[@eternal3rd]

Balls as big as grapefruits; he unabashedly flys his mind on a higher plane, right in your face, and with a thousand tears for all we lost. Something here is real and I dig it.

[@jaygleeson1265]

"We Only Have What We Remember" I'm From The Southside of Chicago " Chi-Raq" And I Met A Good Friend At a Warehouse Job.. Who became like a brother to me. He Mentioned one thing about listening before speaking.. and empathizing before criticizing. So I Randomly entered in Listener on both the webster dictionary and on you tube. One Gave me a formal definition of the noun, and the other gave me a melodic poem that takes me to a unique place in my mind. Really crazy how someone that comes from a salvaged community, with the origin of culture and strength.. that reduced to frustrated rubble; Resonate so well With this song. It Only Clarifies that we're not that different after-all! I Feel the Exhaustion of the delivery the stress in his speech.. reflects so much of our spirits.. I Love this song Bro.. Hope Everyone is Well These Days.. Hard Times.. But We'll get through them.

[@worldofwarcraftgod]

The lyric “don’t let these waves wash away your hopes” really resonates with me.

[@illusoryarc8448]

I have never heard a more beautiful song.

[@oMelomane]

I spent sixteen years being drunk and high, the last three of which I had no desire to be on this rock anymore. The last time I got drunk and high, I listened to this, ate a bunch of pills and drank some cheap rum and didn’t plan on waking up. I did, and I was pissed, but that day was the last day I drank and used drugs. 18 months clean and sober, and I still get to listen to this amazing song, that I never find true meaning in, but so many meanings. I’m happy that I got to wake up now, that I do remember, and will be able to experience the rest of the troublesome, and happy roads ahead.

[@ExaltedSalt]

Proud of you. Glad you're still with us. ❤

[@xRADxRYANx]

I am glad you woke up. 🤘🏼🙏🏼

[@nickburmanmusic]

Pain and joy. Like laughing in agony. Listening to Listener is painful, in a good way, like crying hard, knowing that something good is going on, like something is getting out.

[@ryanlooney321]

I found this song in high school in 2010 still brings me to tears everytime

[@leeeder9439]

I wish the world truly understood that line about "we all have the same holes in our heart"... I love that. It's the same to me as "under the skin, we're all the same skeleton".

[@allenhall1089]

Earl Hickey is one hell of a poet.

[@TheViol3nTKitteN]

😂😂😂😂😂 I cant unsee this lmaoo

[@jonahshriver3358]

I'm laughing and crying thank you

[@lonex00]

I’m always drawn back to this video. I have lost count how many times I’ve seen it. But there are certain times when the wooden heart just calls and I sit and stare in awe every time.

[@StalePorkchop]

this song just ages so beautifully

[@faithdodge163]

"We're just tattered rags stained forever, we only have what we remember." This song is everything.

[@tommyeric145]

I heard this song, and band for the first time last night. I've listened to it about 30+ times by now. It was immediately moved to my favorite song. I've never been so touched in the soul by a song in a long time. And when that drum beat kicks in, I literally melt on the inside, and almost shed a tear. This is the meaning of beautiful. This song...is for lack of better words....how my heart beats. Wooden Heart is how you move mountains, my friends.

[@poopfacelayman1]

The main reason I love Listener is because each of his thumbnails describes who Dan Smith is. Forever listening.

[@Dtracy94]

One of the deepest songs I ever heard, so well thought out. "We only have what we remember" and I always will remember this.

[@brittleeperkins]

I just found these guys today. All I've done is listen. I'm in awe.

[@jaouencoussot3878]

10 years ago, I discover this masterpiece.. Here I am 10 years later to meet again

[@shakedatash]

the music- poetry connection: Music without words is poetry, just not in the generalized sense. Poetry is about flow, rhythm, meaning and expression. Instrumental music expresses, flows and shows just as much emotion as does music with words. All-in-all, music is poetry

[@Penhauer]

How does this have dislikes?? Those must be the coldest 113 people on earth. This song breaks my heart, it's the most beautiful thing ever spoken. It makes me proud to human. Someone MADE this out of nothing... why can't people see how profound that is?

[@bluetonguebadass]

What I enjoy is that it was made out a person's experience. A part of their life has been committed to something others can tangibly grasp. It makes you feel something, not necessarily what they did when they wrote/performed it, but something. Life has been made that little bit richer for those that it affects.

[@2tonedurag347]

The reason there aren't alot of them is simply because it's different. These guys actually getting the people's eyes shows how good they are. We listen. We are the listeners 🤸.

[@IknowIamkindagreat]

His cadence, delivery, and use of the language is some deep, soul revealing shit we don't get anymore in music. Shit hit's me in my (wooden) heart.

[@chaseevis4739]

Cletus Carreiro Good job, Cletus.

[@aliciaruiz8742]

Remy Carreiro check out a lot like birds bro

[@rogerwilliams3606]

Chase Evis

[@IknowIamkindagreat]

@@rogerwilliams3606 2 years later, still here and still in awe...

[@IknowIamkindagreat]

5 years later, still here and still in awe..

[@brockolious]

Heard this on the drive back from an exhausting gig. 20-mile stretch of pine-covered highway, the sun was just coming up. Overtired and eyelids heavy, I believed in time travel for those four minutes. Like others have said, it brings you back to life.

[@MrPhauke]

This is honestly the first song I've heard in a long time that touches my heart, a song that means something.

[@byrde4329]

Got off drugs listening to Listener for months. Brain was on fire and I felt this manic happiness with waves of emotions again while playing this. Unfortunately I’m back on drugs and I don’t have the emotional reach I did when I quit but I cherish that time.

[@ryanblue4166]

You got this. I'm happy you stopped once. Means you can do it again. Stay safe love

[@SheltonWshelton]

Just when all my hope is completely gone and I don't think I'll make it, God whispers to me. He points me towards hope, gives me reassurance that there is still hope, and that I'm still here. "I still believe in anchors." This song is one of mine.

[@Ashton123082]

So glad this affects you as deeply as it affects me!

[@SRKanai1]

There are some people who remind us that a true lyricists, and wordsmiths are truly noble artists. There are some people who remind us that soothe-sayers and truth speakers are closer to one another than we might think, and not all dead. This would be one of those people.

[@adongaakot2344]

My heart keeps bringing me back to this song, I just can't get enough of it.

[@DigitalPrintDude]

Seriously i live my life but the words of songs and this has to be one of the most powerful songs I have ever heard and this has helped me get through some of the hardest times in my life and by those hardest times i mean spending time in the gulf fighting for our country. I didnt want to be there but this song mad me see all that I have to live for and make sure I get home safe and in one piece. And I did!! for those who cant understand lyrics of music especially this song well keep looking

[@Ashton123082]

Can never believe that this doesn't have more views. I love it.

[@elizabethwall8063]

I just discovered this band today, and I’ve been moved by song after song. The lyrics are pure poetry, and the whole style is so unique. Please make more music! The world needs to hear it.

[@kd781]

This song wrapped it's fist around my soul. Thank you, Listener

[@sadtendo6468]

After I moved out of my Island due to a hurricane destroying everything I grew up with, I would listen to this song over and over every night on my inflatable bed in a small room somewhere in Boston. Thank you for helping me go through those lonely, hopeless nights.

[@MickVersusYou]

I don't understand how anyone who has feelings could dislike this piece.

[@MySavageSoul]

this has got to be one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard in my life.

[@szpaqus]

This still brings tears to my eyes, for 3 years. I think it's the most romantic song ever and I am very thankful for it

[@kristakacz]

this makes me bawl every time... I get extremely emotional with music but this has hit an all time high. I feel a tattoo comin on....

[@austin11monnett]

"We only have what we remember..." Such a complicated idea put into the most simple words. Watch this video, then watch it again and again. Close your eyes and let the chill bumps raise. "These dreams are sails that I point to my true North.."

[@mcmarine777]

First time I heard this song I was driving. I realized how deep it was after listening a couple times. Then pulled over and wept as I thought about the words spoken thru my speakers into my soul. Wow, I felt God touching me at that moment and every time I listen. Yes, Powerful song for me, too, brother.

[@PeaceHouseArt]

I have loved this song for over a decade, and even got to meet Dan one time. ❤ if I could only listen to 1 song for the rest of my life, this would be it.

[@thegraydirewolf9325]

"if we hold on tight we'll hold each other together and not just be some fools rushing to die in our sleep." holy shit did that speak to me. I've been so ready to go like that for years.

[@taylorpenn2577]

I saw him live last June. I have never cried at a show but when he did this song and got to the line "But we'll still be electric, shocking eachother back to life, your hand in mine...." I cried like a baby. and I'm proud to say, I wasn't the only one.

[@nessg1043]

"My dreams are sails, that I point towards my true north.."💕

[@chesterhall2383]

Listener and Dan Smith's poetry is so comforting and real. Also punk with that sweet side of anger.

[@kylerwoods]

I saw listener probably 3 years ago playing in the back corner of a littler burger place with about 8 people in my tiny town (3,000 people) in the middle of Idaho. I didn't really understand what it was then, but it was one of the most powerful and amazing experiences of my life. Ever since I've wanted to see him again sooo badly, I can't even explain what his music does to me or why. I'm glad he's starting to get known now so maybe I can get a chance to see him on a real tour :)

[@MeganAK94]

Remembering seeing him perform live its was so beautiful and emotional it brought me to tears, so much great energy when he's live its great!

[@christophermcloone2429]

Tonight, I've just experienced my first exposure to the "spoken word rock" genre of music. I'm glad this is my first impression; it's a good one.

[@danisyx5804]

I will never forget the first time I heard this song I was at work and I could not hold back my tears and I feel this every time I listen to this beautiful piece of poetry thank you listener

[@KenMoss2986]

We're all born of broken people on their most honest day of living...... How true is that?

[@LittleArmada]

I have lost everything at one point in my life. Lost the love of my life, lost my grandmother whom raised me, and lost the house she raised me to a house fire. I’ve lost everyone and everything that ever mattered and I cared about. This song has stuck with me for so long. This is just a comment on a social media website, but this song has always been home for me.

[@sevio8]

Such a pure art, the expression is timeless. Beautifully raw and pleasurably painful, it's amazing... I'm jealous, I wish I had written it.

[@LandonHerock]

I've never felt so moved by any other album. Wooden Heart is truly beautiful, every time I listen to it, I feel like I'm out at the lake, underneath the stars with my family. My sisters taking summer classes this year and wont be home...its gonna be tough makin it through the summer without her. I wish I could make the same memories that i did when i was younger, and I'm only 16 now. I wish i could feel like i did when i was 12. Just innocent with my family, god i miss it.

[@lionxlover88]

I've only just stumbled across these guys, & i'm blown away!

[@eatingpineapple]

Welcome to the Dan Smith Fan club.

[@lionxlover88]

guuuuuuuys!!!! I just received a notice stating that Listener is coming locally (Orlando)

[@duncmeisterg6028]

I discovered your music a couple years ago but you quickly became one of my favorites. You are loved ❤

[@karlstrausside107]

This is a masterpiece. I feel sorry for anyone that cant get with this song ❤

[@Sentient_Pixel]

I first heard this at like, 17? im 28 now. Still come back. Still get shivers the same. I still have the same holes in my heart.

[@ExaltedSalt]

Similar to myself! 12 years later after release and it's still one of the best songs in existence

[@markduret4751]

The slide guitar part for this song is incredible.

[@bigd465]

What a beautiful 4 minutes and 13 seconds I’ve got to love listening to this!

[@203-g7w]

this comment section is filled with people sharing what line or lyric has impacted them most.....and it’s beautiful how one song can touch so many people in different ways...

[@djunclemilo]

"We're all made of shipwrecks, every single board...every twisted beam." Well written, well spoken!

[@sufferingWithin88]

ive never heard this band in my life, but his words are so powerful and chilling this is seriously something so amazing and unique im a new fan today

[@MrZikList]

Same here, can't believe i didn't discover them before. He's a modern poet, and one of the best

[@mcmarine777]

First time I heard this song I was driving. I realized how deep it was after listening a couple times. Then pulled over and wept as I thought about the words spoken thru my speakers into my soul. Wow, I felt God touching me at that moment and every time I listen. Yes, Powerful song for me, too, brother.

[@MasteringSilence]

Love this song, my dad showed me this band yesterday, I'm hooked!

[@letmeoutofnyah]

I've never heard anything like this before, but I love it when as much passion as this goes into music. It's so hard to find something this honest and heartfelt these days. Great track

[@duck5tar]

So much time in between the love we feel for this, it matters not, this is eternal...

[@april-hy4pr]

This band is so underappreciated, one day, they'll rule the world. Just you wait and see:)

[@joeytaylor1185]

we only have what we remember... I miss you and love you dad

[@Mrgray94]

❤

[@DamnDstryr]

How you can even make fun of Listener? This is beautiful. So beautiful. Music is so magical and his voice - amazing.