Neutral Milk Hotel - King of Carrot Flowers Part 1-3 (FIXED)

[@epicbenstudios]

This blew my angsty 8th grade mind.

[@kendog3492]

This is blowing my angsty 8th grade mind

[@ElHombretheman]

This is blowing my semi angsty 12th grade mind,

[@JESUS-lq4ed]

Wow its doing the same for me

[@orlandomichael8456]

This is blowing my ptsd ridden 69 year old mind

[@anilin6353]

Blew my 45 year old mind

[@beebee404]

IIIIIIIIIIII LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE YOOOOOOOUUUUUUUU JEEEEEEEEEEEEE-SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUS CHUUUUUUUU-RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIST

[@alias434]

JEEEEEESUS CHRIST IIIIIIIIII LOOOVE YOUUUU YEEEEEES IIIIIIII DOOOOOO OOOOO OOOOO

[@HumBugVo1]

notbenny lmaooo

[@стрелок-ч7р]

+notbenny edgy

[@mr.moonthegoon4178]

You are the reason Jeff Mangum went into hiding

[@jacques9515]

i dont

[@vanquishingrace5043]

Neutral Milk Hotel is perfect for trying to learn how to sing and play guitar at the same time.

[@joshbryant3776]

Ruben Chapman I learned how to play and sing when I learned in the aeroplane over the sea! I’m on a mission to learn all of their songs. Ive learned engine, in the aeroplane over the sea and pt.1 of this masterpiece next on my list is three peaches

[@bruhfrbruh]

@@joshbryant3776 I started learning the guitar a few weeks ago and it's the first song I'm learning altogether! :))

[@joshbryant3776]

JustAnotherBoredRedditor great choice! They have some good beginner songs. Keep at it and next thing you know you’re gonna be ripping up king of carrot flowers

[@arvidbergman]

@@bradynbassett8814 The guitar chords on a lot of Neutral Milk Hotel songs are *very* simple, yes.

[@Oceanmachine27]

@@bradynbassett8814 Jeff Mangum has a tendency to sing very drawn-out lines that take a lot of vocal stamina-- dude sings like he's got three lungs. Good training for aspiring singers.

[@robierzetic1520]

i love you cheese and rice

[@coolnate0267]

asian jeff mangum

[@nyeh7205]

coolnate02 *asian and french Jeff magnum

[@kevinatenine9797]

I died when i read this.

[@yaboiiiogre1332]

Cheese and rice I love you, yes I do.

[@hohotash]

@@nyeh7205 mangum*

[@chiarag2756]

I love how people insist the song is about Jesus, that would imply the singer had his first sexual experiences with Christ of all people and that Holy Mary stabbed Joseph with a fork while drunk

[@Rahavin1]

I dont know that sounds pretty catholic.

[@tea-stomach-cycle6385]

Rahavin1 legend

[@tabbysmithfield3794]

People like blood sausage, people are morons!

[@DaveAnchovies]

I dunno...I grew up near a Lutheran church and it was a great make out spot for rural teens with nowhere else to go.

[@taramodayur6376]

Exactly, this song reminds me of my old local church "youth group" I used to go to so I could avoid going home after school because it was Like That. It's whole purpose was to keep miserable teens out of trouble because there was fuck all else to do. You listen to some "Jesus loves me" bible stuff for a bit then you got to go fool around for a few more hours.

[@drathicusrex7244]

Neutral Milk Hotel is perfect for trying to learn how to breathe and play human at the same time.

[@bobdole8830]

Hello fellow homan. Just a normal. question between two fellow homan units. How does one circulate O2 and Co2 while inputting the H20 we homans all love to consume so much?

[@andrewwhite576]

Well said, 2 years late. But still, heard.

[@moflojo99]

The lines "I love you Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ I love you" are replaced in the booklet with a small explanation by Jeff. "...and now a song for Jesus Christ. And since this seems to confuse people I'd like to simply say that I mean what I sing although the theme of endless endless on this album is not based on any religion but more in the belief that all things seem to contain a white light within them that I see as eternal."

[@paulayers1111]

Morgan Flowers I literally couldn’t have said it better. He is touching on an esoteric understanding of our true nature that transcends person, creed or background. We are all eternal regardless of what we believe in

[@man-qw2xj]

It seems really to resonate the same ideology as Emperor X's Allahu Akbar.

[@syriacchristianity9007]

John 3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, Verily, verily I say to thee, unless a man be born again, he cannot discern the reign of God.

[@bossabassa364]

Syriac Christianity my sibling in Christ , I pray God bless you. Continue to proclaim the gospel! Love you

[@bbsthetics8176]

your copies came with a booklet?

[@JackT13]

‘And dad would dream of all the different ways to die, each one a little more than he could dare to try’ Powerful, powerful stuff

[@gregsdum]

Hey my dad did the same!

[@lydiakilledtheradiostar6162]

Yep. Reminds me of my childhood nearly every line of that first song

[@k10batmama]

My parents were extremely abusive to us and each other. Alcohol and drugs and mental illness it was a nightmare. This was my existence growing up until they went to prison. This song always reminds me of growing up

[@misakiyoshida]

Me too. This album is very special to me because I would escape my parents house to hang out with my childhood sweatheart and her family when things went insane at the nuclear yoshida house. As with most people i loved in my life she is dead. Anyone who knew blind, young love in the sun and that first touch of skin can connect with this album

[@hopscotchoblivion7564]

2:21 The moment you realize this isn't just any typical folk album.

[@hopscotchoblivion7564]

+hopscotchoblivion or 2:47

[@feathermcfarlane9130]

0:00

[@AlphabeticalNugget]

+hopscotchoblivion In an interview he said he isn't specifically talking about religion. ;) my interpretation is that he is talking about the girl in part one saying that he loves her.

[@rarecrom]

+hopscotchoblivion Allahu akbar.

[@flannigan7956]

+hopscotchoblivion IKR other folk stuff doesn't talk about banging your step-(sibling) as a kid

[@lukephelan6105]

i avoided this record for a really long time due to annoying mu kids, but this is one of the best albums ive ever heard, 100% worth the hype

[@AlbornozVEVO]

Same. After my first listen I thought: "this is the most pretentious indie shit I've ever heard." Then I gave it another shot and was so entertained by the lyrics that I realized the music was pretty good.

[@freshice1813]

if u can't beat them, join them

[@andym9615]

@@SunnyExMusic all music is pretense

[@joseharo8495]

Same lmao, I'm still avoiding Twin Fantasy like it's the plague or smth, those mu fuckers are really fucking annoying

[@Waltar100]

@@joseharo8495 listen to Twin Fantasy, it's great

[@yaboiiiogre1332]

You know you have found a great album when not a single person is complaining that they were “born in the wrong generation”

[@GenericProtagonist7]

This is one of the most obscure songs on you, so I'm not surprised.

[@peterkrothotkin8700]

Well now that you say it...

[@fire2fireable]

the top comment's reply chain is literally a circle jerk to see who listened to this at an earlier age though.

[@34weaselsinatrenchcoat11]

@@fire2fireable just cuz people are talking about to older doesn't mean they're complaining about it

[@fire2fireable]

@@34weaselsinatrenchcoat11 Wasn't saying anyone was complaining. It's still the same pretentious energy as people talking about how they are so off mainstream. It's like when you are talking to dysphoric/nonbinary people who are super insecure about their identity so all of them will say they wore high heels at age four or wanted to wear mommies makeup. I know a lot of them are bullshitting about it to seize social validation and it just feels robotic as fuck.

[@omegascrub]

"And now a song for Jesus Christ and since this seems to confuse people I'd like to simply say that I mean what I sing although the theme of endless endless on this album is not based on any religion but more in the belief that all things seem to contain a white light within them that I see as eternal" - Jeff Mangum

[@fasuto8656]

Wise words

[@KalkiAvatar7]

may this play while, after crossing the event horizon, I plummet toward the singularity

[@ronpaulssecretary]

You also won't plummet toward anything. The moment your scattered particles cross the event horizon, they distance, direction, push and pull become meaningless. "You" exist in all directions and over all distances.

[@oscars7948]

Plummet towards singularity- My Bands name

[@KalkiAvatar7]

Matt Higgins that presupposes singularities only exist in the gravitational variety. It's my hot infinity; I'll divide by zero however I want.

[@laceyscott908]

Thank you for making me laugh. I’m having a horrible life and brainy people do help.

[@ariel9776]

1. King of Carrot Flowers Pt 1. When you were young You were the king of carrot flowers And how you built a tower tumbling through the trees In holy rattlesnakes that fell all around your feet And your mom would stick a fork right into daddy's shoulder And dad would throw the garbage all across the floor As we would lay and learn what each other's bodies were for And this is the room One afternoon I knew I could love you And from above you, how I sank into your soul Into that secret place where no one dares to go And your mom would drink until she was no longer speaking And dad would dream of all the different ways to die Each one a little more than he could dare to try

[@ariel9776]

The King of Carrot Flowers Pt 2-3 I love you Jesus Christ Jesus Christ I love you Yes I do I love you Jesus Christ Jesus Christ I love you Yes I do And on the lazy days The dogs dissolve and drain away The world it goes And all awaits The day we are awaiting Up and over We go through the wave and undertow I will float until I learn how to swim Inside my mother in a garbage bin Until I find myself again again Up and over we go Mouths open wide and spitting still And I will spit until I learn how to speak Up through the doorway as the sideboards creek With them ever proclaiming me me oh Up and over We go the weight it sits on down and I don't know I will shout until they know what I mean I mean the marriage of a dead dog sing And a synthetic flying machine machine Oh-oohh-oh-oh Oh-oohh-oh-oh Oh-oohh-oh-oh Oh-oohh-oh-oh (Okay)

[@BL-mf3jp]

"and this is the room one afternoon I knew I could love you and from above you how I sank into your soul Into that secret place where no one dares to go" I love that part so much.

[@saralazzari9231]

Me too!!!!!!

[@Toasterloaf]

So... sex?

[@robertmartin902]

Me and the person I love have exchanged literally thousands of songs, but this is the only one I've given him, make sense?

[@bluemanunit]

i think he's talking about anal

[@jmcitr382]

Ngl one of the most poetic lyrics I have ever heard

[@hayward325]

I mean, if you don’t listen to all 3 together, it’s literally a sin

[@citrus4419]

@KyleAugie no it doesnt mate

[@Mowxel]

@@citrus4419 wow for real?

[@citrus4419]

@@Mowxel lmao

[@ur4niumc4t55]

i use part 1 to sleep to and 2/3 as an alarm

[@Actiomedey]

@@ur4niumc4t55 That must be a short nap

[@psychicbyinternet]

Found out about this band from Parks and Rec because April said they were her favourite band and I had to know what a band called Neutral Milk Hotel sounded like. Awesome name.

[@linzief]

Really?! 😂 I love her even more now.

[@tzww]

Me. Right now.

[@ikeame83]

Same

[@kidnamedfinger5564]

I confess. I came because I saw a video about the doom slayer singing.

[@afatpigeon1]

I too was intrigued by the doomslayers angelic voice and wished to find this enchanting Christian music. In which I have indeed come across a treasure trove

[@pikool]

Don't forget Jeanne with the guitar!

[@j.clementec.m.1558]

link

[@markjt.1371]

Cheddar Cheese God kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2mtpauMfNushbs

[@j.clementec.m.1558]

@@markjt.1371 thank you 🙏🏻

[@aa-hi4hg]

Splitting songs on an album into three parts when the songs aren't even fucking separated by other songs.

[@knecht6974]

a a Called artistic freedom. Why do you sperrate books in Chapters when there are not even other books between these chapters? Ever seperate movies into scenes when there are not even other movies between these secenes? Why seperate series into episodes when there arent any diffrent storys told between these episodes?

[@Basedandlainpilled]

They're essentially three different songs. Each can be enjoyed on their own, or in sequence, but because they're so distinctively different, yet share similarities, they're split into three songs

[@gallofilm]

@@knecht6974 very true :)

[@aaronflorian8150]

Two headed boy

[@ChronicDemon]

Bruh it was obviously to facilitate all the radio play this got. /sarcasm

[@concars1234]

Is he saying "I love you Jesus Christ" (addressing Jesus) or "I love you, Jesus Christ!" addressing the girl he was clearly singing about in part 1. Toked enough joints to this album oh my brothers and sisters

[@rasko7681]

OH. MY. GOD.

[@michaeledwards6683]

Double entendre

[@roboxking1]

It could be a reference to Anne Frank who was essentially martyred.

[@RoboBoddicker]

@@roboxking1 Anne Frank was Jewish

[@doomerbloomer6160]

@@RoboBoddicker so was Jesus

[@tom.3568]

this is my “everything will be ok” album

[@loscopihues2343]

I care

[@Johnny-mp2ew]

@@loscopihues2343 I also care :)

[@electroid4]

​@@Johnny-mp2ew Same here And I just discovered this beautiful album today

[@jewishjakefromstatefarm]

@Monkey Balls we do not care about your opinion

[@jackdets7450]

I LOVE YOU JESUS CHRIIST

[@shanearnold7781]

*CURRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIST

[@noahterrell5934]

Dets65 ayy mang nice profile pic, i love that album

[@morwennaforatenner604]

Jesus Christ is your only friend, he's not your only friend, but he's a little glowing friend

[@nathanwilliams3877]

Flood is a fantastic album, nice pfp

[@belladonnaaberration]

I love They Might Be Giants and Flood is absolutely amazing. props to you

[@BOBALOO919]

Scroll back up.

[@menschman98]

i can see your comment without scrolling; whatchu gonna do?

[@alecisseri6502]

No I'm to much of a webel

[@стрелок-ч7р]

+TheScottish Potato brother! we meet at last!

[@alecisseri6502]

Soviet Potato I have amased a potato army!! Take over the world!

[@стрелок-ч7р]

TheScottish Potato we must gather our brethren from other parts in the motherland.

[@sexualspasticrecords9934]

Some days I'm king of carrot flowers pt 1 other days I'm part 2

[@LemonWedgeinc]

“And then.... the next day happened.....” -Jeff mangum

[@greenman5555]

I sing this to my infant son.

[@greenman5555]

??!!

[@fhmxlx9246]

Profit

[@captaintreepig993]

+Green Man Doing parenting right!xx

[@00samee00]

+Green Man Is his name Jesus Christ?

[@flannigan7956]

Surely there are some dads with the guts to commit suicide

[@Kvvz_]

I LOVE YOU JESuUUS CHARISSSSSSSST 🗣📣🔥🔥🔥

[@MapleNo0ber]

seeing them live last week was one of the greatest experiences of my life

[@jenniferfrederick883]

I saw them two days ago and I feel like a changed person. It was incredible.

[@MerkGGs]

Jennifer Frederick did you see them in KC? lol. I went... I was like the only black dude there ROFL

[@jenniferfrederick883]

Haha! I saw them in Dallas. It was fucking surreal.

[@MapleNo0ber]

Please tell me I wasn't the only one crying through out the entire show

[@jenniferfrederick883]

I was shaking for half of the show, you're not alone.

[@diggo00]

I"m agnostic but i'll be damned if i don't yell out I LOVE YOUUUU JESUSSSSS CHRIIIIIIIIST every time i hear this song

[@davidfewtrell3479]

***** Yeah - that is the way I see it too. I *think* it's supposed to be able to be read both ways depending on you. You as in the collective you not you personally ;)

[@guyperson484]

***** Quote from Jeff about the song "…and now a song for Jesus Christ. And since this seems to confuse people I’d like to simply say that I mean what I sing although the theme of endless endless on this album is not based on any religion but more in the belief that all things seem to contain a white light within them that I see as eternal." It is about Jesus Christ but he means and he doesn't mean it as well. Christ is a figure of eternity

[@dddebolt]

Diggo00 I just look at it with a comma..Like I love you, Jesus Christ!

[@marcman1999]

+Dustin D. same

[@User-ry6cw]

Well, Jesus is Alpha and Omega so yeah, he is eternity.

[@zacheagan9581]

So is it a tambourine or a potato?

[@systematicdecline24]

Zach Eagan i've heard it's a drum skin

[@judesantillan5286]

It's a tambourine, you can see the small cymbals if you look close.

[@giouwu.970]

so why is her face a pie?

[@стрелок-ч7р]

+Zach Eagan ah, the biggest debate in indie music

[@DirtBlockHouse]

+Homeless angry black man no debate. I can smell the potato through the screen.

[@romanapollo9467]

I bet they split this into three to reflect the Trinity

[@flannigan7956]

+Johnny West 1) Our parents fight constantly 2)That means we as stepsiblings needed to have sex 3)Oh Christ all I did was bang a family member please spare me please spare me please spare me please spare me

[@TrollenBros]

The backround of the song actually has very little to do with christianity, but rather the contrast between older, adult relationships, and innocent, young ones. Coupled with the devide between the security youth provides, and the freedom of adulthood, whilst lacking the previously mentioned security*

[@rickyv8709]

TrollenBros Well put.

[@biper4HD]

@Jack Burton im pretty sure thats the way its supposed to be. The lyrics didnt make me think of incest either

[@InvocationOfSebastian]

@Jack Burton This particular song has nothing to do with Frank.

[@jonconnell2613]

The whole controversial “I love you Jesus Christ” thing - Jeff was from an abusive chaotic family and my interpretation of it is he will sometimes revert to a belief that helps him deal with how bad he feels It doesn’t mean that either it’s a completely true belief or that he’s religious , he just goes there hoping it will fix something in him that it ultimately can’t. I am a recovering abusive victim who has done this myself and that’s what I feel Jeff transmitting here, whether it was his deliberate intention to when he wrote it or not. Probably just some powerful subconscious shit because he was an amazing songwriter and I imagine he just wrote what came to him. If you listen to the chaos of the lyrics and music versus that one random line about Jesus, it fits together I fucking love his music 💯💚

[@ltandrepants]

subliminal rhetoric. it’s like when someone says “jesus christ” as an unconscious reaction.

[@cleopreta1854]

and lately ive been thinking about how i love jesus because jesus, he was a dirty homeless hippie peace activist and he said "drop out and find god" to anybody who would listen turning water into space bags with lowlifes and anarchists

[@slick_Ric]

crazy how people have to apologize and explain away the name of Jesus in a song! He was a real, living person and He came as God in the flesh to show us how to get to God: repent and believe in His sacrifice. He said He is the way, the truth and the life and that no one can come to God except through Him, and He loves us so much He made Himself our bridge back to our Creator. look into it yourself, friends. Jesus loves you and He will not turn back anyone who sincerely comes to Him

[@nicktarantino7188]

@@slick_Ric no man it’s an artistic take you obviously don’t know about this guy he ain’t religious he said it in interviews so it’s odd for him to say “I love you Jesus Christ” it symbolizes his desperate hope as he came from an abusive family, he was looking for something to cope and all he knew was Jesus.

[@shaetullmusic]

Jeff is a very private person so I don't want to seem like i'm peering too much into his windows, but- has he ever brought up being from that sort of background? I don't seem to recall anything like that

[@OhMyGDC]

Why does everybody have to argue? Just listen to the freaking music and enjoy it.

[@TheRealHelvetica]

Only plebs actually enjoy music.

[@gojimoji9085]

Helvetica Neue I'm afraid the heyday of Imperial Rome has faded.... You're not a Patrician, no matter how badly you wish to have an excuse to think you are superior to everyone else.

[@junkiechurch]

*thank you.*

[@jerryvee3968]

When an anime rendition of Jeanne d'Arc and the literal face of violence for video games that is the Doomslayer brought me here because of a Jesus line, you know the song is good.

[@MooseMeese101]

the same video brought me here as well

[@csgodankradio5009]

Why would anyone play these songs not back to back? It's so much better with all 3 linked together

[@ebbtide4233]

I sometimes just listen to part 1

[@concretewheels1657]

It’s just creative composition, there’s a reason for everything on this album

[@oakoe188]

I prefer just 2&3

[@mandersmanders]

A cafe I used to work at had a playlist they used to put on all the time and this song was on it, but ONLY PART 1, and it used to drive me INSANE.

[@oakoe188]

@@mandersmanders probably because part two doesn’t really fit the chill indie vibe they were likely going for

[@danielp.6083]

Seriously one of the best rock songs ever. Carnal and spiritual and sad and exuberant and weirdly brilliant. Play the 3 parts together and play them as loud as you can take it. You will be transformed.

[@ErnieandBert1]

TRIVIA: Apparently, Arcade Fire signed to Merge because NMH was on that label.

[@Schrodj1]

>>implying

[@punch6515]

Implying

[@18837ven]

Imblying benis X-D

[@captainimperialism4568]

I always thought this band was shitty pretentious hipster bait but this is actually pretty good

[@featherycoffee1401]

Story of everyone who likes this

[@misakiyoshida]

The band was for real, it's the fanboys that make them look stupid with that nonsense. They were just average guys making music

[@welldamnjackie1320]

It’s both

[@imokay3397]

Thinking that about music youve never heard is shitty and pretentious. No wonder u are captain imperialism

[@betr8]

Doom slayer is a good singer

[@misakiyoshida]

I still yell "EACH ONE A LITTLE MORE THAN HEEE COULD DAARE TOO TRYYYYYYYYYY-AAAAAAAAIIIIIIII" every time in the car. cant believe this came out that long ago now

[@redskies4530]

Hi I recommend a song called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix

[@assassinteam2009]

1945 was 12 years ago :(

[@sadgirl420blaz3itlmao]

I wish the KZbin app would continue playing when I exit out of it :)))))))

[@sadgirl420blaz3itlmao]

***** I am 14 years old. I don't have money. I mean, at least I'm not a brony

[@sadgirl420blaz3itlmao]

***** but thanks for the information and telling me to kill myself. very nice way to handle it, go back to eating your Doritos and washing the grease out of your neck beard. xoxo

[@sadgirl420blaz3itlmao]

***** I'm not going to argue with you about music. there is no superior music. please. grow up.

[@sadgirl420blaz3itlmao]

***** if you think this is shit music, why did you click on the video, listen to the song, and continue to complain about the song. did you come on here to tell everyone Metallica and the Beatles are way more superior? were you "born in the wrong generation"?

[@sadgirl420blaz3itlmao]

***** three claps for you

[@gregsdum]

part 1: dad dreams of ways to die. part 2-3: *I LOVE JESUS CHRIST*

[@An8thOfShrooms]

as a mu kid in middle school this was a silly meme album but as adult it's all too real for me now

[@ThePsychoAnon]

I played this at my 18th birthday and everyone sang along. Great moment.

[@goobertsnoobert9015]

Adam Wegner where did you find your birthday attendees and how can I get them to sing along to this album with me

[@hanawana]

TurboFromThatDumbSnailMovie good question

[@suejackson2304]

that's sick, tell thor to be nicer to me, yeah?

[@pablogarcia6188]

God I would love to be in that room

[@cewlmf7146]

This never happened Adam wake up Adam

[@Commander_Appo]

2:22 Doomslayer is such an amazing singer

[@johnthecat2150]

My buddy Max told me about this band when I was in 6th grade circa 2005 or 6. Max was probably the coolest kid I knew, hope he's doing alright.

[@Nobody-s824]

Max was clearly the coolest kid in your grade!

[@xminteee300]

Why does the mention of Jesus Christ make so many people uncomfortable, as if it warrants a justification or explanation? People seem to be so afraid or dismissive of religion.

[@muellerpaint]

It's expressing an emotion to someone! Not an expression of faith. Jesus christ, I love you so much!

[@parkmcmillan1410]

Frederick Mueller You're free to interpret the lyrics however you'd like, but that's not what Jeff Mangum has said.

[@orange-thing]

Except it's written on the CD booklet that is "a song for Jesus Christ. And since this seems to confuse people I’d like to simply say that I mean what I sing although the theme of endless endless on this album is not based on any religion but more in the belief that all things seem to contain a white light within them that I see as eternal."

[@skee2943]

this is my same thought

[@ecasey91]

No he’s saying he loves Christ. Atheists are so fucking annoying worse than vegans

[@danielclayton7087]

@@ecasey91 vegans arent annoying they are right

[@Misterturkes]

I almost forgot to listen to this today

[@filth315]

This got one like every year

[@noonesland2471]

@@filth315 you're kind of right...

[@josephiscancelled2732]

When you were young you were the king of carrot flowers And how you built a tower tumbling through the trees In holy rattlesnakes that fell all around your feet And your mom would stick a fork right into daddy's shoulder And dad would throw the garbage all across the floor As we would lay and learn what each other's bodies were for And this is the room one afternoon I knew I could love you And from above you how I sank into your soul Into that secret place where no one dares to go And your mom would drink until she was no longer speaking And dad would dream of all the different ways to die Each one a little more than he could dare to try I love you Jesus Christ (Churiiiiisst) Jesus Christ, I love you, yes I do (oooo) I love you Jesus Christ (Churiiiiisst) Jesus Christ, I love you, yes I do (ooooo) And on the lazy days The dogs dissolve and drain away The world it goes and always waits The day we are awaiting Up and over, we go through the wave and undertow I will float until I learn how to swim Inside my mother in a garbage bin Until I find myself again, again (oh oh oh oh oh) Up and over we go with mouths open wide and spitting still I will spit until I learn how to speak Up through the doorway as the sideboards creak With them ever proclaiming me, me (oh oh) Up and over we go, the weight it sits on down and I don't know I will shout until they know what I mean I mean the marriage of a dead dog sing And a synthetic flying machine, machine (oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh okay)

[@mackielunkey2205]

3:35 makes this song fucking awesome.

[@imarobot8204]

who loving jesus christ in 2022?

[@Brainhorn]

You know that's not what they said, right? They were using it for emphasis. There'd be some messed up implications if they were actually saying they loved Jesus

[@imarobot8204]

@@Brainhorn didn't read + ratio

[@Brainhorn]

@@imarobot8204 Yes you did, and this isn't twitter. I'd say you're not very smart but you already proved that with your first comment.

[@webmaristocrat4052]

@@Brainhorn ok nerd but I LOVE JESUS CHRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIST like how Jeff Magnum does

[@Brainhorn]

@@webmaristocrat4052 You're welcome to your mental illness. Doesn't change the fact that they weren't saying that in the song.

[@acoolrocket]

That "OK" at the end lives rent free, its so nonchalant and hilarious.

[@goobertsnoobert9015]

When I hear people talking about these songs I often hear people saying that part 1 or part 3 is their favourite. Don’t get me wrong their strong contenders but for me part 2 is my favourite. Just how it (at least instrumentally) serves to transition from the calmness and homey feeling of part 1 to the energetic feeling of 3, but does it in one of the most non conventional and interesting ways ever... amazing.

[@markhammond2532]

This album will always hold a special place in my heart.

[@CHARADIUS]

protip: he actually means "I love you jesus christ!" he stated it years ago.

[@sobersplash6172]

he stated that he doesn't mean specifically "Jesus" but it was a general spiritual love

[@jbdbibbaerman8071]

@@sobersplash6172 So is it a sort of love that is supposed to transcend between time as with the whole Anne Frank thing? The way you phrased it actually may make more sense than the way anyone else phrased it

[@sobersplash6172]

@@jbdbibbaerman8071 makes sense

[@sobersplash6172]

@Jsqure 456 I mean he literally said that it wasn't a Christian thing, this is not me discrediting anything those are the man's words; whether you believe it makes sense or not, that is what he said

[@Chapterhouse86]

This song reminds me of times long past, love lost, and memories to be forever cherished. Life was great then, I was young and carefree. Now I'm just an old junky, reminiscent of better days.

[@oakoe188]

We may all turn out to be losers, but at least we’ll have sick music to listen to while we think about how we’ve failed everyone we love

[@JJONNYREPP]

Neutral Milk Hotel - King of Carrot Flowers Part 1-3 (FIXED) 1334pm 22.6.23 my carrots dont seem to be sprouting. being put on show to give amazingly brusque witty quips is a tad boring, isn't it? a nice song. a song to hold keys to as you type your witty erudite quips. i must say, the shining and one flew over the cuckoos nest have influenced this guys' oeuvre no end. maybe he's related to mad jack?

[@AaronKaiMCDNLD]

My Interpretation; Jeff just wanted to sing about Jesus Christ and nothing else.

[@linzief]

Anne Frank would be 94 years old today. 10/14/2023

[@AntonioZL]

i'm literally doing a tattoo of a king of carrot flowers in a throne.

[@boinkus-doinkus]

This album saved my life recently, The day my great grandmother died (June 13th 2021) I decided to listen to this album for the first time, When I listened to The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1 was the time my great grandmother died. I was depressed and stopped listening and went into a depressive state. I was very suicidal since she was like my acutal grandmother to me. I decided to listen again, started from the first song to the last. I listened to it everyday for about 8 days and I felt so much better. reminded me that there is better stuff in life. I want to thank the band (Neutral Milk Hotel) for making me better again after a depressing moment in my life.

[@Guille-mz7xf]

Hope your doing okey mate

[@pablogarcia6188]

Yeah man hope your doing fine now

[@Tidalx]

didnt happen

[@Aqua.man045]

When moot was young he was the king of 4chan and how he built a internet empire tumbrling through to holy neck beards that fall around her feet.

[@raoulduke22]

a man of culture i see, have a good day anon

[@hrnekbezucha]

_What a beautiful face I have found in this place that is circling around the sun..._

[@ArsalanMGR]

Wrong song buddy

[@hyacinthhairedcutie]

Why isn't mucsic like this more popular? People really have no idea what they are missing.

[@kil44ua43]

I mean idk if this song was really ever popular sure it’s well known among music circles but among the general populace if you we’re to ask someone that listens to only Taylor swift drake or The Weeknd they would have no idea what you’re talking about

[@wii240]

geeeeee sust christ i love you yeah i doooooooooooo

[@TheLightbringer12345]

it might be a meme but its a damn good one

[@masonricard]

this is no meme this is music.

[@Zrcalo]

meme is up for interpretation, as is music.

[@TheLightbringer12345]

Troncoso what makes me sick is that you feel the need to broadcast your political leanings via your profile pic. how fucking self righteous can you be

[@drewkent362]

i like to eat poop

[@ryanre103]

If you didn't listen to meme albums like joy division and NMH you wouldn't have a problem

[@famousashtray]

100 years from now meme wont mean shit. The music will cut through via its undeniable force.

[@bergman3904]

It won't.

[@rainardzulfanp319]

Real lofi is when you scream JEEESUS CHUUUUUURRRIIISSTT

[@jasonleon857]

When you were young You were the king of carrot flowers And how you built a tower tumbling through the trees In holy rattlesnakes that fell all around your feet And your mom would stick a fork right into daddy's shoulder And dad would throw the garbage all across the floor As we would lay and learn what each other's bodies were for And this is the room One afternoon I knew I could love you And from above you how I sank into your soul Into that secret place where no one dares to go And your mom would drink until she was no longer speaking And dad would dream of all the different ways to die Each one a little more than he could dare to try

[@julipazos1146]

I love you, Jesus Christ Jesus Christ, I love you, yes I do I love you, Jesus Christ Jesus Christ, I love you, yes I do And on the lazy days, the dogs dissolve and drain away The world it goes and always waits The day we are awaiting Part Three [Verse 2] Up and over we go Through the wave and undertow I will float until I learn how to swim Inside my mother in a garbage bin Until I find myself again Again, oh-oh-oh-oh [Verse 3] Up and over we go Mouths open wide and spitting snow I will spit until I learn how to speak Up through the doorway as the sideboards creak With them ever proclaiming me Me, oh [Verse 4] Up and over we go The weight it sits on down and I don't know I will shout until they know what I mean I mean the marriage of a dead dog sing And a synthetic flying machine Machine, oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh (Okay)

[@DepthUnchecked]

I love how southern Jeff sounds when he says “sank into your soul” at 1:02

[@alicetaylor57]

This song made me start crying in the middle of a graphics lesson, and i don't even mind. So emotional.

[@them.]

You know it's a good song when the singer literally yells "I LOVE YOU JESUS CHRIST" and no one from other religions/no religion are complaining

[@neal1692]

The hipster's bible

[@conordrake2986]

Jeff is really making this album dated by throwing in a reference to Jesus Christ

[@TheRealHelvetica]

A tip of the fedora off in your direction my fellow godless superman! *tips fedora*

[@conordrake2986]

***** I was actually just making a joke, about how Jeff's work is more timeless than Christianity. Obviously it isn't, but I'm sorry my comment didn't make that clear. In retrospect, I just sound like an idiot

[@bluekyokitty]

Conor Drake Nah, your joke was pretty obvious, and cute. (Cute is the only word that I can think of right now, sorry) I can almost not even see how people didn't get it...

[@conordrake2986]

bluekyokitty haha thanks

[@Partynow911]

Helvetica Neue A fellow Fedorian? *tips*

[@hdkepon]

This song really sticks with you when you hear it on acid.

[@lesweenmachine]

hdkepon I can only imagine brother, I plan to listen to the whole album while peaking sometime soon 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@thelvl1bandit345]

The lyrics for this whole album were written while on an acid trip, in the margins of the diary of anne frank

[@bencovey3061]

Someone else gets it!

[@slugcereal8647]

are you now catholic?

[@vanquishingrace5043]

Dammit, I wish I would of thought about that! Must of made a fun trip.

[@Mollusc_music_and_memes]

Jesus metal

[@shiroblank277]

Finding out that carrot flowers are the result of waiting too long to harvest adds a lil somethin to the meaning of the lyrics.

[@Gringle_]

I LOVE YOU JESUSSSS CHRIIIIIIIIIIIIST

[@daltonlinaburg7951]

Love your profile picture

[@bamboostalker]

Its an honor and a privilege to inhabit this planet at the same time as Jeff Mangum who so exquisitely captures the human condition with the rise and fall of his voice and the poetry of his breath.

[@robertommundsen9155]

i was so stunned by the lyrics when i first heard this.like a reborn syd barrett.love them

[@hickorymccay2994]

Not as fun, though. Jeff Mangum has way less humour to him.

[@aaronpescasio]

happy 25th bday to the album that changed my life

[@TheBloderx]

Jesus didn't start a religion. His followers did.

[@bradt1449]

K

[@cookiedestroyer402]

Brad Thompson lol butthurt

[@franktalk2]

h. what a dick

[@heidenovthenord5796]

Cthulhu Mythos Technically you are talking out of your ass because Jesus didn't create shit

[@awesome420ication]

someone's trying to sound deep and miserably failing...

[@matthewmcginn2315]

I don't care if this is a meme i fuck with it

[@masho2810]

Me plus 36 college pals around a campfire 🔥 during a canoe trip with guitars and bongos belting out “I love you Jesus Christ Jesus Christ I love you yes I doooooio!” On 🍄🍄🍄🍄 talk about a time to remember!!🎶🎶❤

[@danielp.6083]

One of my desert island tracks. A perfectly strange gem, like an alien sunset in reverse.

[@swanson2020]

What is that wacky elephant like sound at 2:48

[@goobertsnoobert9015]

Bro that’s my question. Honestly that sound alone and what follows is one of my favourite moments from this album.

[@jenniharner3936]

Love this song. How can anyone dislike neutral milk hotel. It's amazing! Some people don't appreciate the genius in music.

[@typhoidfeverr3442]

id like to see you naked please

[@lizettechavez620]

Fck. 10 years ago 😮. I still love the music. I hope you do to, fellow grandpa 👴

[@fernandonunez5114]

I'm not a native English speaker and even I can tell the song doesn't talk about Jesus, it is just used to emphasise, god damn it people

[@danielscott9026]

Fernando Nuñez Not what Jeff mangum thinks

[@fannytoothnana6853]

The Gentlemen Hunter What Mangum said about that lyric is so pretentious it makes me want to vomit. I almost never listen to what he says about this album

[@ArcaneMana]

Come, let us impose our ideas onto things unrelated to them. Every song is about Jesus, every videogame is satanic.

[@kubricksghost6058]

Yaaaass Adolf

[@osvkv239]

2:22 You're welcome

[@thetoastedplum]

osvkv if you’re here for the meme. Piss off !

[@derekhodge2289]

I don't love Jesus Christ but I love this song. Blessed to have witnessed this band.

[@SilkRobot]

He's saying I Really love you! Like: Jesus Christ, I really love you Snoopy.

[@Ieatbabyseals]

Jeff literally loves Jesus.

[@b00sted33]

I agree but why did you use a dog as an example

[@erichzahn3926]

Got drunk tonight before I’m deployed. Don’t know why, but it was a drunk maelstrom. But we were all laughing

[@theothersnake]

Oh man, this song holds a new special place in my heart. I saw Jeff Mangum on Tuesday and he prompted us to all sing along with him on this song. Such a beautiful, uplifting experience, hobo beard and all.

[@ajsoave4419]

Sounds like something you’d hear on the radio in 2011 but came out in the 90s

[@HoratioWalls]

My friend Isolde showed me this song Dec.29.19 She is sweet. I love this song.