Neutral Milk Hotel - Sailing Through

A less-known track by Neutral Milk Hotel, taken from BEAUTY, a self-recorded demo tape, originally recorded on cassette.

[@tannerin]

I love how he just calmly plays the guitar in the background as he loses it.

[@TobiBaronski]

whoa wtf my mountaintops were not ready for that man shit

[@TheCurryAsian]

Song starts at 4:15

[@saturatedneowax]

CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUM

[@LemonWedgeinc]

I feel like we weren't supposed to hear this

[@Tribune12345]

This is my favorite song to play with my car windows open. But just the last 30 seconds over and over again.

[@Eliza-bs8fl]

My favorite screamo song.

[@phineasmurph9539]

This isn't a screaming song

[@mikogale]

Quiet Time listen again

[@StaircaseBloom]

I for one love that he's so into it that he's just yelling by the end.

[@Generational_Wealth_Now]

Prepare your mountain tops.

[@clorotch3259]

I know it's a seven year old comment but man, they're stained.

[@pavlezeljic8991]

When he says "Yeah, I told you..." after all that screaming...

[@hayward325]

But not in, *that* way.

[@TheLove7391]

This is amazing. No other musician has been able to move me the way Jeff has. This song brings up emotions i never knew i harbored. Thanks Jeff.

[@mikogale]

yeah it's like serious and good and hilarious at the same time

[@bearsaremonkeys]

Jeff gets a little angry on this one

[@puck4157]

Still wondering why he thinks I'm a liar lol

[@clorotch3259]

Not only are you a liar, you're also a lie.

[@ALEXANDERATTACK]

This is easily one of the deepest, songs in my entire collection.

[@pivot1022]

man i pictured someone walking up and telling him, then he just kinda freaks out and starts making noises

[@ASDArtistry]

The song where Jeff Mangum tried death metal

[@artscumm]

this is a great, deep song and yeah the way he gets into just adds to that

[@me000]

Near the end of the track, someone informed Jeff that Anne Frank has been dead for years.

[@kathrynhettinger1321]

You just killed me

[@daleracer4233]

Into the toilet with our faces removed

[@noonehmm]

This is the one song I play for friends when they've never heard of neutral milk and I want to get them as hooked as i am. If they don't get it, that's when i know that we should probably stop being friends.

[@DJG_Studios]

Fair

[@crabmansteve6844]

Greatest NMH song of all time. Or more specifically, Jeff.

[@artc667]

and i always thought this song was just in my head...

[@GeneTrujillo]

Jeff gets a little upset on this one.

[@sylviebartusek5190]

"ok this one's called Sailing Through and it's uhmm...not really about sex...I know it sounds like it's about sex... it's just...about getting inside of people but not through...that way really." [guitar] "because I usually just, fuck stuff up anyway." "you do that." "it does for me." "Sailing through your disease and you Your disease and you Your body like a basket Shivering in static From displays of angry tears All those years you were alive inside the closet But nobody in it there but me Now you are coming Your life is off running You’re tearing yourself apart at the seams And you are a liar, You are a liar You are a liar, And you are a lie You are a liar, You are a liaaaaaaaar And you are a lie Now I’m off sailing Sickness inhaling Every drop of blood you could bleed The world is all coming They’re coming in millions Millions of people too sick to believe And I really wanted To be in your body To be in your body To be inside you I really wanted To be in your body Awaiting your sickness A shield around you And you are a liar, You are a liar You are a liar, And you are a lie You are a liar, You are a liar You are a liar, And you are a lie Wrapped up in masters They cover you in plasters They spit in your mouth and then say “I love you” Is this supposed to save us Is this supposed to break us Oh into the [living (?)] into the toilet [in are you (?)] And I really wanted I wanted to be in your body But I can only be in your body but I can only be up inside of you And I really wanted, To be in your body Into the toilet with our faces removed And you are a liar, You are a liar You are a liar, and you are a lie You are a liar, You are a liar You are a liar, you are a lie You are a liar, you are a liar You are a liar and you are a LIEEEEEEEE EE EE EEE EE E" [chuckle] "so yeah I told you" [chuckle again]

[@DougerArt]

"a wade in your sickness" "are we to believe in the toilet of our youth"

[@hayward325]

I hadn’t seen a lot of those photos, thanks

[@fletcherng7404]

Hi vera

[@hayward325]

@@fletcherng7404 ah, doing an nmh deep dive are we?

[@radimzmolik3756]

Wtf?! So good song but the end?! Quite scary

[@annalisalupo7554]

+Radim Žmolík best part of the song

[@patricktoole3687]

Deep song. To me this represents when you can’t save someone who is destroying themselves. Probably someone you care about very much.

[@daleracer4233]

This song is extremely upsetting

[@juliosalom]

This end hahahahahahahaha, epic

[@ehudson8286]

I've been obsessed with this song since I first heard it at 13 years old. It's been something I've shown countless others who haven't appreciated it and have struggled to explain or understand my own connection to. It's only now, nearly a decade later that I've realized- I like this song because I'm trans. The lyrics perfectly capture what it's like to live as a gender you're not. And I feel so stupid for not have realizing it earlier.

[@pivotman243]

Good shit glad for you

[@TheShattubatu]

Hi, also enjoyed this song for many years and I came to the realisation I was trans about a year ago. This song holds such a special place for me. It took reading your comment to make me realise it is THE trans angst song for me. It's the best expression of self-doubt and gender envy I've ever heard. This is like piping my own pre-realisation subconscious through a loudspeaker. "It's not really about sex, even though it sounds like it's about sex" The pain in the ending is so relatable and cathartic, and hearing it makes me so happy I've moved on from that uncertainty and started transitioning!

[@ehudson8286]

@@TheShattubatu hey, congratulations! I'm glad I'm not alone in this feeling. I hope that transition goes smoothly for you

[@quizlixx]

god, i love this song

[@martinmaguire-music6692]

Weirdly reminds me of Scentless Apprentice by Nirvana at the end there...

[@fuckingchump8975]

Absolutely legend

[@waddy3389]

An Oney plays fan in this comment section brings me comfort for some reason

[@panscentralexpresspresents4733]

Sailing through, your disease, and you, your disease and you, your body like a basket, shivering in static, for all displays of angry tears, all those years, you were alive inside the closet with nobody in it, there but me, but now your all coming your life is off running, your tearing yourself apart at the seems you are a liar you are a liar you are a lire and you are a lie now im off sailing, sickness inhaling, every drop of blood you could bleed, the world is all coming, their coming in millions, millions of people to sick to believe, And i really wanted to be in your body to be in your body, to be inside you , I really wanted to be in your body awaiting your sickness, a shield around you, but you are a liar you are a liar you ar a liar and you are a lie Wrapped up in masters, they cover you in plasters they spit in your mouth and then say i love you , is this suppose to save us is this suppose to break us a way to believe into the toilet in our youth, and i really wanted to be in your body if i could only be in your body if i could only be up inside you and i really wanted to be in your body into the toilet with our faces removed, you are a liar, you are a lie

[@AbigailWeinberg]

This is terrifying.

[@mikogale]

i enjoyed every second

[@sosagave]

The endind sounds like the vocalist of acdc tried a folk cover of Nirvana after he took some black metal lessons

[@lloplop]

colorful winds dripping and bleeding and bleeding and bleeding into her mouth until she touched me my delicate hand that turned into flower pedals into fire into dust into wind into me through you and i fill with all that we cant see all that we need be all that you could sell and that i felt reached and slipped and through the rotten board that day i sank and merged into..

[@weevil3582]

Awesome!

[@TheConniePlant]

u go jeff!

[@jacobthelioneater]

He never really did the screaming during live shows

[@evolution9012]

He wouldnt play it at thw one i went to lol. I yelled out for him to play sailing through but nope. Its top 5 for me because its the first song i ever listened to. Ha

[@theosiris20011021]

Best post ever. Kudos to you sir.

[@tfcbart]

FUCK. He sounds like Kurt Cobain at the end. I jizzed.

[@preciousrobot]

Jeff is a god...

[@pivot1022]

i burst out laughing man holy shit what the fuck

[@Roopfert]

3:55 he starts going super saiyan

[@bloodsuckern]

im trying to figure out wether i shall listen to 240+ or 360p or 480p 480p has more SCHRRRSHHHHHHHHHHHHHH and 240+ has less

[@bloodsuckern]

this is no longer true

[@lloplop]

anytime brother/sister!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@oneuprealty3435]

reminds me of tommy jaronda in bob's burgers

[@balkankrum]

Sickness Inhaling

[@wallflower3723]

That went.... downhill

[@Eliza-bs8fl]

Carolus The Companion Robot you mean up. sky high.

[@wallflower3723]

I can. If you ask me this isn't all that.

[@wallflower3723]

Huh, I never said it didn't have much merit. It's quite simple; *I* *think* the screaming at the end is unpleasant to listen to. I don't like the sound of what to my ears sounds like nipple torture. If you want to get philosophical with someone, I'm really not your guy.

[@mayormcbooby]

Just posting to give the comments a good solid number.

[@jessf7341]

❤️

[@Wishfuleyesmedia]

hold 9 for rambunctious freak out.

[@petitebiere]

@ownagenewb111 Indeed

[@DJG_Studios]

I love it when Jeff is asexual

[@Wandering4dayz]

Reminds me of Vore for some reason

[@positive.juice.apartment]

jeff mangum makes vore music

[@JuanIII]

@MrJivePirate lolin' at this.

[@Zeether77]

Did the vocalist turn into Brak at the end?

[@BoxerOscarMachine]

shit dude calm down

[@Yolligraphone]

@Ancubius I came.

[@lopiecart]

Wish he didn't ruin this song at the end, some people find it to be a great addition but not me. This song had potential.

[@rollingstonedX165135]

OMG, WTF!

[@chrisdibella257]

The fuck?

[@kathrynjchavez]

@Skyfinity gtfo. he already said it's not about sex.

[@sambophilly]

This is the worst piece of shit my ears have ever been subject to. I literally could not close my mouth for the last minute and a half of this. I thought I might accidentally swallow my tongue.

[@mikehawk9784]

Jeff gets a little upset on this one.