Monsters of Folk - "Dear God"

[@Dooality]

If you’re a seeker for a higher truth, this song hits home REALLY hard.

[@deanweaver4469]

🙏👋❤

[@phoule76]

Dear god, I'm trying hard to reach you Dear god, I see your face in all I do Sometimes it's so hard to believe in Good god I know you have your reasons Dear god I see you move the mountains Dear god I see you moving trees Sometimes it's nothing to believe in Sometimes it's everything I see Well I've been thinking about, And I've been breaking it down without an answer I know I'm thinking aloud but if your loves Still around why do we suffer? Why do we suffer? Dear god, I wish that I could touch you How strange sometimes I feel I almost do And then I'm back behind the glass again Oh god what keeps you out it keeps me in Well I've been thinking about, And I've been breaking down without an answer I know I'm thinking aloud but if your loves Still around why do we suffer? Why do we suffer?

[@countrypaul]

Punctuation would help: "I know I'm thinking aloud, but if your love's / Still around, why do we suffer?" Painfully appropriate song as we endure the shocks, surprises and abject lies and misery of the 2020 election season. I question if God as organized religion defines him is still around. (And no, I won't be reading any replies to this.)

[@phoule76]

@@countrypaul just cut and pasted

[@dezlinglife]

Because when we suffer God is not the only one existing to our mind ?

[@phoule76]

@@dezlinglife not for an atheist, no, unless he's a hypocrite

[@marisatsikitas2961]

I feel like the kaleidoscope is a metaphor for the layers of questions we deal with as humans and the emotions we deal with on a daily basis. Why do we suffer and yet see so much beauty on a daily basis? I go forward so much only to be pulled back...lovely?/and aggravating. Beautiful song and imagery. Let me listen again ❤

[@VladyLeninJ]

I'm a frightened radiologist, practicing at a general hospital in Mexico City. It's May 5th 2020, I was told today is gonna be the covid19 transmission rate peak. And here I am, listen this song, waiting for the worst to come. Dear God...

[@kennethward4985]

Say thanks to China.

[@VivaLaFrankEsparros]

My musical taste is SO stimulated right now.

[@midnightarkx]

Most beautiful song ever

[@dragonheart81vids]

lovely and soulful song and video...I’m just sad I’ve only now discovered this. feels odd to have not known this song at one point, weird as that might sound.

[@JohnVillalta]

This song is beautiful. I respect this band, and Logic for choosing to create another form of art from this gentle song. This feeling makes me want to create another beautiful art from something like this.

[@luizeddy]

Sliding the mouse cursor through the seek bar gives a nice thumbnail sequence.

[@strangewayfaringstranger]

Ha going back and forth is really neat.

[@rgeregerbil01]

Favourite track off the album - Glad it's been released

[@landsavage]

I found this song after trying to figure out why my favorite band, The Roots, named their song "Dear God 2.0" with the 2.0. Now I know why, and I am glad I looked into it. Turned me onto something new.

[@thasaleni]

The Roots brought me here :).... Love it

[@buzzcat1614]

Same and I'm a big bright eyes fan I FEEL BAD

[@joshthesquash123]

did the roots cover it? or just give it a shout out?

[@jeremy4600]

Josh Ross-Nickson remixed it you good say. Songs called dear god 2.0 and has em in the music video. Roots brought me here As well. Never heard of these guys but they’re cool.

[@Tiffmay]

Amazing. Think may be my favourite track of 2010 so far.

[@cureos]

The MOF album was one of my faves last year. Great from start to finish.

[@deanweaver4469]

God works in mysterious ways🙏😉🎶👣 Hebrews 11:1-3

[@agnosticbeliever138]

Such a groove. They should do another album.

[@tgraham3]

@ericsaywhaat I'm with you. Amazing original that The Roots shed light on...both incredible.

[@muggledon1]

Yo i love these dudes man. This song is too hard for the world. Not the streets, the world!

[@EVedderHOT]

this song reminds me of someone special. i smile when i hear it and think of them

[@MegaChadK]

Brilliant video.

[@lisasfanno1]

gorgeous video!

[@wannabemarine13]

I think this song is about how they want to believe in God..but some of the stuff that happens in life just makes it clear that there isn't. On the other hand many of the wonderful things that happen to them must have a higher power behind them. This is about the struggle we have to understand what this "god" is and we all have doubt sometime or another. But thats just me...great song

[@MysticGrant]

Love the layers in the guys hand.

[@Emamnuelguzman86]

Great work on this video, i think i see a reference to cosmology and quantum mechanics, from the world of the large to the world of the very small.

[@gonzalezLDR]

I love monsters of folk

[@preebeemacynteebee]

You are right! I heard it for the first time last night. I had to have it on my list.

[@crabbyappleton4384]

Oh so lovely.

[@BRYankowy]

This was unbelievable.

[@dabbymcdabbington]

Love this song

[@DPrime215]

@valetparkrrr I don't smoke weed and I enjoy this song. You don't need weed to enjoy great music.

[@el_munscho]

One hell of a video.

[@groar92skatrdinasour]

So incredible.

[@luizeddy]

Great video, along with the lyrics. Makes me think and think...

[@Ripster99]

That moment when M Wards voice sooths in.

[@randyammon1691]

I'm late to the party on this one😢 funky dope😮

[@harismatic]

absolutely wonderful stuff

[@GPadre]

@Istaysmoking it was Kid Cudi's "Is There Any Love" ft. Wale

[@nikkijab7573]

RANDOM: This was saved to my favorites entitled: "My Shyt" about 2-3 years ago. I'm here re-visiting this song.

[@ANTHONYPRESTON]

@ericsaywhaat exactly! Great song but never would've known if not for the Roots

[@nemoalvaradoTV]

M ward would be a good feature on a Gorillaz album. Just a chill laid back smokey voice

[@ferbasquiat]

there is something extremely spiritual. god... dear song!.

[@DMOB4SHO]

this is genius so glad the roots sampled this

[@TreavorUnion]

@jimhofmann most likely. the song itself is inspired by and/or samples Trevor Dandy's "Is There Any Love" -- recycled love from track to video

[@DPrime215]

@Istaysmoking Kid Cudi sampled Is There Any Love by Trevor Dandy, not Dear God by M.O.F. I know the percussion sounds the same but Cudi didn't sample M.O.F.

[@prophonix]

@ericsaywhaat Thats how I heard about them. The roots new album is so dope and this song is amazing. I play dear 2.o at least 3x a week. Real hip hop and real musicians

[@ClectaSkiMusic]

Such a good track

[@FMikuta]

@Draxzar The chorus? I think you mean the beat. I just listened the entire song through for anything else on the trevor dandy song that reminded vaguely of this. The only thing I could hear is the drumbeat and the guitar that pops in and out once in a while.

[@racheloliver1374]

i don't think it's about doubting God as much as it is about asking questions about the world. the fact we have free will creates suffering.. but who would want to be a puppet where we couldn't choose love that wouldn't make sense

[@mattjazzfan2288]

But isnt there zero suffering in heaven, and we’d therefore Be a puppet?

[@clintonkotcha7452]

Love it mof!

[@TheGallantGentry]

We suffer because we choose to. That's free will. You have to make a choice to invite God in.

[@treezieheart8864]

VIDEO AND SONG SIMPLY AMAZING

[@401Nero]

@DPrime215 If you don't smoke weed and still enjoy this music, then imagine how MIND BLOWING it would be with weed

[@Averyman]

@ericsaywhaat Kid Cudi did too; look up "Is There Any Love" feat. Wale. he sampled the beat/rhythm

[@deadlypalms]

Absolutely beautiful stuff - god stuff aside. Those strings and the harp are dope top-notch.

[@Istaysmoking]

@ericsaywhaat I am pretty sure that kid cudi sampled this song too, cant remember what track but one does come to mind!!

[@fallenpumpkinhead]

@Hotsauce850 Thanks I downloaded the whole CD and did the wiki research. Checkout this guy's new cd with Bright Eyes - The People's Key, It's amazing.

[@Tork15]

@Hotsauce850 YEES!!!!! Temazcal, my favourite!!!!!!!

[@Davoravo86]

It's the oddest track off of the album it appears on. But it's my favourite, I wish MOF would do more material like this.

[@DPrime215]

@GPadre Cudi sampled Trevor Dandy's song Is There Any Love.

[@OdedFriedGaon]

Goooooooooooooood band!

[@jdcool038]

@DPrime215 i agree! thank you!

[@Istaysmoking]

@DPrime215 good looks man

Dios esta ocupado en asuntos más importantes que en escuchar nuestras plegarias. Pero aquí seguimos, querido Dios.

[@BurntByTheMoon44]

mmm trippy. I like this more than the other with the little girl.

[@samyoe]

I love Hip Hop, but I love Folk too.

[@nooneknows413]

Good

[@timgustave6105]

hip-hop and folk are two sides of the same coin, leonard cohen and bob dylan being two of the greatest poets in folk and kendrick lamar, tupac, and black thought being three of the greatest poets in hip-hop

[@lukezabel15]

great song! Everybody wonders sometimes whether God exists or not. The question of why do we suffer i would say because of sin. God made the world in His image to begin with and then the devil brought sin and teptation into the picture. When man fell by giving into the temtation of the devil, the world God created in His image became imperfect and was therefore no longer in His image. Sin is the reason why we suffer in this world......which is why God created another world after death.

[@jdcool038]

"I know I'm thinking aloud, but if your love's still around, why do we suffer? Why do we suffer!?"

[@texasaggie85]

good song, big ups to the roots for the ref.

[@efrotera]

@DPrime215 keeping it real. im feeling you man.

[@RedRott2]

Awsome!

[@dolmanf]

killer track no doubt

[@Squishy876]

Gotta love a trippy song.

[@Vaeocyn]

@cobrala The only thing quantum mechanics really tells us right now is that we don't know much of anything, we cant explain the lack of dark matter and have no idea what the properties of dark energy, the most abundant stuff in the universe, are among other things. Quantum mechanics have provided no support of free will and feeds more into the randomness argument i originally posted, reference the "random walk" if you must.

[@MrWhistlejacket]

I wish this song went on longer...perhaps God do a rewind for us...

[@Vaeocyn]

@lukezabel15 Actually free will does not exist, our reality is either a product of a deterministic universe or a chaotic/random one.

[@GPadre]

@DPrime215 ah ok, thanks man!

[@jimhofmann]

This is obviously inspired by Cosmic Zoom (1968) - a short film that is availalbe on youtube.

[@cobrala]

@Vaeocyn Where did you come up with that? What about Quantum mechanics or theory?

[@lukezabel15]

@sidheartraja True that. I guess I should've been a little more clear. WE are the ones who made and still make all of our own choices......which may ultimately destroy us.

[@jimhofmann]

@treavioli Oh wow, just looked this up on iTunes; cool song - thanks for the tip.

[@strangewayfaringstranger]

This reminds me of Danger Mouse, TBK and Michael Kiwanuka.

[@IndeExo]

I would like to thank Zeds Dead for introducing me to The Roots who introduced me to Monsters Of Folk

[@danthompson8433]

"Ungodly make godly. Dear kettle.",dan'

[@ubertomadachi]

Cool song!!! Did you dudes and chicks no that at the biggest object at 2:55 is actually a type of sponge....a basket sponge I believe!!!! Not that it was perposley placed here for this reason (only about a .00000001 percent chance) but that sponge represents married bliss in Japan...cool fact huh!!!

[@mcstrakka]

@dprime215 - I DO smoke weed and I enjoy it MORE. You DO need weed if you really wanna enjoy your music.

[@Shoelia]

i dont know who the roots are, but im athiest and still love this song.

[@Robinzorz]

I really like the song, but I love the 2.0 version with the Roots.

[@bradleyweaver9175]

What's the best song by The Roots? GO!

[@justwonderingk7921]

Spirit playlist by Josh Keefe🙏

[@michelleables7118]

still a bop

[@sidheartraja]

@lukezabel15 we suffer because of we, not he (or her, or it)

[@pedrogesteira]

Eu preciso dessa música no spotify

[@GLHStrumpet]

Its on spotify. Just search monsters of folk

[@thecruz95]

​@@GLHStrumpet isn't available, unfortunatelly :/

[@akhilchandrashekar1725]

They said he's busy hold the line, please. Call me crazy I thought maybe he could mind read.

[@DPrime215]

@11Jurriaan It's ok, I don't bite.

[@groar92skatrdinasour]

This must be only what their jam sesh sounds like.

[@fallenpumpkinhead]

@Hotsauce850 not bad... what else you got

[@DPrime215]

@matovic27 Who said it did?

[@258Dandaman]

The Roots and Logic

[@dudeimcool4]

@makashka1 so not true. i used to smoke weed, but it this song is still hella chill.

[@reingp]

@treavioli Yeah! We are stardust!