:Shane Koyczan and the Short Story Long: Tomatoes

[@Naiche2003]

this is my favorite shane koyczan poem

[@jago4352]

Seriously? Listen to "For Instance"

[@Naiche2003]

Jago 435 lmao I've already listened to all of Shane's poems this is still my favorite don't judge me

[@augustgjesvik8679]

agree

[@micheletvedt3351]

Thank u 4 ur poems! I am 60yrs. Old & live alone with no children or family and u keep me ALIVE! THANK YOU KID THANK YOU!💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙😘😘😘😘😘😘😘💯💯💯

[@noxhsw]

This is too beautiful.

[@wi6963]

my friend has severe depression, I asked him what he liked, hoping to find something i can use to make him feel better, he mentioned this guy, i listened to this very video seconds after he mentioned, i really love this, so Shane, you got one more sub

[@awwies4442]

my first kiss tasted like a Shane Koyczan poem

[@harper.mm.reprah304]

I can hear the poem itself just fine with the music. I honestly don't know what the problem is for others.

[@randawolf3825]

@Marten Dekker it doesnt bother me neither.

[@dakotalee9088]

Jordan Paz, i'm in love with you, i always will be. i remember when you sent me this, how it made you think of me, now i think of you, almost every second of the day, its been 3 years and you're still what i think about, i think about you with my heart. you're still 2,760 miles away from me, from each other. but i do know that one day, we will meet, i don't know when, i don't know where. But wherever it is i know, i do truly know, it's right. And I will always think about you when this plays. I think about tomatoes, i think of you.

[@rebeccacain7813]

deep. i love it

[@mirelim9353]

My first kiss tasted like beer and potato chips 😢

[@heyhi7415]

Nice science lesson

[@jasonprice3415]

My first kiss was awkward I went closed mouthed she did not. the only time in my life I've felt like an icecream cone.

[@slicedgrapes]

Thats the best to describe how you felt

[@riley-ws9ev]

i love this guy so much tbh

[@mikedoser8452]

I love this

[@claricia8985]

Taught me more than my science teacher did

[@fukutaichou1903]

This was such a trip. I love it. How does he remember all this :P

[@youreverythingchannel9490]

I Love it.. Even though . I'm not that deep kind of person i always appreciate this. Because i can play with mywords.it inspires me to make meanings out of everything.. tragedy, romance, comedy, slice of life . Etcc.. How they symbolize everything.. i love it..

[@estherjimenezinigo]

Lyrics: People always ask me, "How do you memorize all of that?" And the truth is, the first girl I've ever kissed tasted like tomatoes. I know this because the second girl I've ever kissed tasted like pepper. It wasn't unpleasant... it's just, I was expecting tomatoes. When I was a kid I learned that time slows near a black hole. Inside a black hole, time stops all together. Wether or not this theory will ever be proved I've moved to believe this would be the perfect place to love someone. In grade 4 my gym teacher gave me the nickname half-ton. It was a name that stuck. I remember it because it was the first time I ever told someone go f*ck yourself, and meant it. He quit calling me the name after he called my house trying to get me in trouble for what I said, to which my grandmother replied: "Mr shithead, I told him to say it" I remember my grandfather's blue toolkit where he had secret stash of raisins. I recall thinking: "My granddad has the worst taste in candy", but he did teach me how to tie a tie. My first opportunity to apply this knowledge was my first date, a seventh grade classmate maybe should have worn acid-washed jeans and a Def leopard t-shirt, but I wore a suit and a tie. When she asked why was I all dressed up I had to think quickly and told her: "I thought it'd be funny" I don't wanna say it ended badly but she wound up leaving me for a boy who could make farting noises with his armpit. I'm forced to admit, it was pretty cool. In forth grade my teacher had a rule about speaking out of turn. Failure to learn and practice this lesson resulted in having to sit outside. I know this because I tried it once but when she finally came to check on me she asked: "what was so important that it couldn't wait" Knowing that it's rude to point but needing to illustrate my position I gestured to her chest and said: "your boob is hanging out" She quickly covered up and corrected me. Yes... she was a good teacher. When I was 12 I was given an academic diagnostics test. The instructor later informed me I had an aptitude for history. He looked puzzled when I replied: "yeah, but that was yesterday. Today I'm more interested in tomorrow." I remember it because the next day I asked a girl if I could borrow her a pen. When I offered it back she said: "you should write me a letter with it first". So I did. I wrote her a note which the teacher then intercepted and read to the class. It was something we'd learned in science that day: By the way gravity affects mass and weight in relation of how quickly something would fall. For example, a crumpled ball of paper will fall at the same speed as a chunk of granite. It doesn't matter how much something weighs, it stays the same until you consider surface area and resistance, at which point the persistence of gravity losses force. For example; a couple of pieces of paper into a ball will fall more quickly than a loose sheet. They're both composed of the same mass and weight so you'd think that the rate of velocity measured for the force of gravity would cause each to fall at the same speed, but that's when you need to consider the greater surface the loose sheet adds resistence, so the crumpled ball will fall quickly and the loose sheet will slowly float. I wrote a note saying when two people fall in love, they do so at the same speed. There's no need to factor in the physics... Explanations or something we can make no use of. Einstein once wrote: "Gravity will not be held responsible for people falling in love." I wrote a note saying: "If I fall in love with you, no one will ever be able to explain it, and I think that's beautiful." Despite the class laughing sheeted as well, which is how I can tell you that I then knew and now still know... She tasted like tomatoes. I don't remember the way every song goes. I can't recall every person I've ever met. I get names mixed up all the time. I'm terrible with birthdays. But I remember all the ways people have affected me. How our stories became memories and if you were brazen enough to make one with me then you're in there somewhere. Maybe it was a truth or dare kiss or a simple act of kindness. One that reminded me to remember the moment and mark it as a memory so I could have it to look back on from this life. I've drawn conclusions so big they can't fit into the tiny comic book boxes, because I don't want to risk losing the details just so I can make the story fit. It's not a trick. I remember how things felt, which in turn makes me remember how things happened... That my first attempt at skateboarding when I received it down to the bone skinned knee. I remember a tree that looked like a man, huge arms, trying to hold up the sky. I used to try to climb it to the top until, one day I did, and couldn't get down. I remember the man with the brown car tried to convince me he was sent to pick me up by my mom. Number one, I lived with my grandparents. Number two, you didn't know the safety word. I recall it finally occurred to me... I'm pretty fantastic. It's not magic. I remember it because I make comparisons, and not in terms of better or worse, just different. And not all of these memories are great but they're mine, which lends weight to the believe that none of our lives are put together on an assembly line. We're not prepackaged with emotions or programmed with stories. We have to make our own and they all come with batteries not included. And with the endless opportunities we have daily, seldom do we take the time necessary to pause. To stop. To record, rewind, and press play. In our own way we are all guetto blasters atop volume. We consume slience with noise. Speakers pounding at our heartbeats as we write refund receipts for the broken eardrums of people who hear us live. We give of ourselves time, precious because its quality is limited only by your ability to live within it. Put yourself in every second of every minute and you will have a life worth remembering. Just because we don't have forever doesn't mean we have to move towards the end, is about a conveyor belt I felt nothing but astonished people ask me: "How do you memorized all that?" That is... It's not a trick. There's no thick curtain you need to pull away. No little old man making it all worth behind a locked door. You yourself probably remember before when I told you that near a black hole... Time slows. Inside a black hole, is where I wanted to grow tomatoes. I tried my best but feel free to correct me if there are any mistakes! :)

[@patrickohm5123]

Thank you a lot for the transcript. Did not catch the grandma's reply to the teacher. I think the following two lines are slightly off: "your boob is hanging out" She quickly covered up and corrected me. Yes... she was a good teacher. -> "your boob is hanging out" She quickly covered up and corrected me: "Breast"... she was a good teacher. "My first opportunity to apply this knowledge was my first day, a seventh grade class may have should have worn acid wash jeans and a death leather t-shirt" -> My first opportunity to apply this knowledge was my first date, a seventh grade classmate, maybe should have worn acid-washed jeans and a Def Leppard t-shirt

[@estherjimenezinigo]

@@patrickohm5123 Thank you! English isn’t my first language so I didn’t catch well some parts. I’m gonna add those changes now :)

[@Fatherjon69]

i wonder if it's all true. it's very beautiful sadly I'm now just hearing this?

[@cosmicpresence1140]

i gave a girl a note I don't know what she did with it though

[@dubiouswatermelon159]

Assassin Creed Never forget that love is meaningless if there is no pain, and pointless if acquired so easily, friend, my best of luck to you!

[@gatesong]

Wow, I love this

[@trinaf6530]

i love that scienve lesson

[@rubenrybnick7160]

i love you isabella jensen

[@micahgriffith7625]

My first kiss was with my best friend, it was at a sleep over, I don’t remember what she tasted like but I do remember wanting to keep kissing her

[@beaupettyford1089]

this is the only song that i can listen to thats 6mins long

[@DonArsuk84]

Anyone know where the original poem is? The one without the music where you can actually hear the poem?

[@waisehell]

a different album titled 'shut up and say something'

[@ferrypanda]

It's on Spotify :)

[@amararose5928]

Ayee.

[@gears2burn]

Aye buddy!!!

[@MustaLeeSwagger]

Aye mates!!

[@gears2burn]

Мустафа HellYea you're amazing buddy

[@kyramachakaire6187]

My first kiss tasted like mint ice cream we had shared ice cream earlier that day her lips were soft and she seemed to have more freckles than the night sky. later that week her parents got divorced and she went to live with her dad. I haven't seen her since.

[@Mrph3450]

The music make this more powerful..

[@randawolf3825]

Any one still here in 2020?

[@gauravtomar4442]

music name which start 1:00

[@waisehell]

+Gaurav Tomar composed specially for this album

[@gauravtomar4442]

+waisehell can i find the music without his voice?

[@waisehell]

Gaurav Tomar unfortunately, no.

[@gauravtomar4442]

sad. anyways thanks!

[@eridanampora3024]

wow the likes equal 911

[@waisehell]

such a unique moment in history

[@undercoverseamonster]

Man the music KILLS it (in a bad way) whose idea was this???????

[@ferrypanda]

You can find the original on Spotify btw

[@ILikeToTripOverAir]

the music literally sucks the life out of this oof

[@randawolf3825]

I really dont see what you guys are talking about.

[@you-know-who5553]

The music is so loud, I can't even hear Shane.

[@waisehell]

+SheWhoShallNotBeNamed you're in need of better speakers/headphones. I think they did a great job on the mix.

[@you-know-who5553]

No, it's still loud on the computer for me. It's probably because I liked another video that had no music at all, but that video got deleted and the next best one was this one.

[@londubh517]

+waisehell Using my laptop speakers, television speakers, a pair of SoundMagic in-ear earphones, a set of Beats headphones, and a connecting it to a Sony speaker system, I can assure you that the backing track is definitely overpowering the vocal track. Of course, *it comes down to personal preference*, and +SheWhoShallNotBeNamed as well as myself are not too pumped about it :P Nothing wrong with your speakers/headphones

[@eridanampora3024]

yeah it is a little to loud

[@BabaaYaga888]

Turn on captions, you would be able to comprehend it better

[@stephbarnan1467]

I honestly liked his original version better. The music is so loud on this one , and it just isn’t the same man. Very disappointed.

[@ferrypanda]

Steph BArnan I agree

[@ferrypanda]

Steph BArnan Btw the original is on Spotify :)

[@youreverythingchannel9490]

Fuck offf. :)

[@dyke-thing-else8601]

Someone sat and spent time on this for your entertainment. Be grateful, even if it isn't the best, keep it to yourself. I like this version

[@infernape28]

Can't stand the equalizer of the music vs vocals ruining this poem

[@MrScreamingSilence]

I love his poems, but I really hate how loud the musik is over his word...

[@ferrypanda]

Does anyone know we can listen to a version of this without the music? Its overpowering his voice.

[@waisehell]

you can look up live versions on yt, or you can concentrate on enhancing ur perception skills

[@waisehell]

"shut up and say something" is the album

[@waisehell]

there is no 'shut up and dance' it's 'shut up and say something'

[@ferrypanda]

waisehell No need to get passive aggressive -- just don't like your version but that's just my opinion. Didn't mean to offend. I found it on Spotify, thank you! :)

[@ferrypanda]

Lonwabo Njeje Haha that was my reaction too... I'm surprised waisehell is a Shane Kocyzan fan, no need to be negative. This a poet with optimistic messages. Chill 😎

[@undercoverseamonster]

How are people enjoying this vid with the song in the back??????????

[@waisehell]

maybe because it goes along with shane's voice/intonation/theme??

[@ferrypanda]

I agree the music takes away from the poem. I like the original because his words can stand on their own. You can find it on Spotify btw!

[@youreverythingchannel9490]

It goes with his poem..

[@WFiIK]

do you dislike the poetry so much that you feel the need to put loud music over it?

[@waisehell]

This is an official release.

[@WFiIK]

@@waisehell Perplexing but useful to know, thank you.

[@eavesDropSound]

Not a fan of the music selection. At least turn it down.

[@waisehell]

This is an official release by Shane. It can't be turned down...