Sleep Token - Atlantic REACTION!!!

[@Symabee]

Don: "Why does this sound so serious and sad?" Me: "Because it is, in fact, extremely serious and sad" 😬😅

[@DonVon]

So it makes sense lol 😅

[@NUMBgirl021]

This song kills me, especially knowing this is about a failed unalive attempt 😢

[@user-rp9qb8ys1k]

Vessel just reaches in and touches your soul. His voice just melts and feels like a warm hug. I don’t know what kind of pixie dust they put in their music but it becomes an addiction.

[@TheBailey302]

Once you hear Sleep Token, nothing else hits the same

[@guitarmiestro171]

i really feel this and i try to tell ppl and i think they think im crazy sleep token just sits right with the soul!! :}

[@VeeOasis]

and no matter how many times you listen to any of their songs , it will still hits you atleast for me it does, even after over a hundred listens of their discography

[@decimonster]

I get so wrapped up in the lyrics, I often forget about the god-tier drumming in this song.

[@marklewis7732]

Lyrics are wrong on the visualizer. 3rd verse is "Merry in the morning, earn your bitter fodder, its easier to try not to eat". Makes so much more sense!

[@arimewillow4278]

Was looking for this❤

[@user-rp9qb8ys1k]

Yup. Its easier to just not eat then to put a smile on and go to work. The man has a way with words ❤

[@Rinny_Rin_Rin]

I already liked this song, but after hearing it live, it’s become one of my favorite Sleep Token songs. The emotion in his voice and the piano is unmatched. So glad you enjoyed this one!

[@TheDimpledDarling2023]

DUUUUDE, I bawled my fucking eyes out hearing this live!!! 😩😩😩

[@Runeforged]

Vessel bleeds emotion. I see people tear up and be totally surprised it happened. He hits you in the soul.

[@BigMoore1232]

Saw them at red rocks and I can relate. It was an emotional experience.

[@Angel-Andromeda]

Atlantic is one of my top three Sleep Token songs. So powerful and sad.

[@samhaigh69]

Hearing this live is incredible & everyone shining the Projekt Atlantic lights gives it even more

[@spartanz2766]

Years later and the "plunge" into the ocean gets me chills every time

[@jelly_socks]

Every. Time.

[@okanerc]

Went to see Sleep Token Radio City Music Hall and the fans collectively passed our blue stickers to put over our flashlights, so when Atlantic played, everyone held up their phones to turn the whole room blue like the ocean

[@alexpereira7851]

I was at this show too..such a collective moment for everyone including the band. Made me cry

[@deckman2381]

Saw them at Red Rocks in Colorado. Can confirm this song hits different in person.

[@cricketphx]

I feel like I say this every time....but one of my favorite Sleep Token songs.

[@calebjacobs7121]

This song actually connects with “Are You Really Okay”. “AYRO” is written from vessel’s mom’s POV. Basically he is singing to his younger self from the time he attempted to take his life. It is an apology letter to his mom in a way. This song Atlantic is about his recovery, first verse is on his way to the hospital, second verse is him waking up on the hospital room with the feeling of being judged but also seeing them happy he is okay. Then he states “they know it’s a pain they don’t understand” and try to talk him through the damage. This is my take on the two songs!!

[@whirlwindsky]

I also like how it AYRO also links to Dark Signs to give you an understanding on the perspective change

[@marcel1416]

Holy shit - this comment just made be bawl... I've had su****al thoughts in my live (I'm better now) and this song made me emotional many times before - but I never came to that interpretation of this song in my head. Wow... I love this band...

[@joeasema446]

i always pictured AYRO from the perspective of sleep watching him from his subconscious and this song was her talking to him.

[@jbbarne]

I vote for piano. Mainly cause I'm a piano player myself, and it lends itself to so many other instruments naturally. Atlantic is consistantly in my top 5 Sleep Token songs. It just hits deep. If you're into the more sad songs by ST, check out "The Way That You Were". If not, then you really need to look at "Hypnosis"

[@BigBrownBevo]

It’s incredible. It has extreme depth and blends with their talent. Vessel’s contribution to the song is out front, but those drums were played with so much emotion too. I mean, it’s a masterpiece.

[@haileyhelmer3242]

vessel kills it on the piano live 🤝🏻

[@ZedSociety]

One of my favorite Sleep Token songs. I like when the drums come in on this one.

[@erniehegler3175]

Seeing and hearing this song live is absolutely life changing!!!!

[@Doll_eyes103]

It definitely hits different hearing it live I seen them at the met in Philly and I definitely should have brought tissues it was so beautiful and emotional ❤

[@kkincheloe90]

Incubus really does great at painting you a picture too. I adore fantastic story tellers and Vessel delivers every time

[@nnunghi]

I cried all my tears when I listened to it live

[@AllisonSanders-zs3zc]

Literally bawled my eyes out seeing this performed

[@KillerArcadeGames]

5:16 that change really gives me a feeling of absolute doom. It hits hard.

[@user-hu1zf2bn7o]

Love Atlantic!!!!

[@DeathColdBeer]

agree one hundred percent

[@JayKayOkie]

This is the song that started my almost year long obsession with Sleep Token at the end of last year. Obviously it is special to me.

[@DonVon]

Yessir!!!!!

[@andrewpeach8385]

This has to be one of the best and deepest ST songs ever. Once you start to pick apart the metaphors with context it’ll truly crush you. What a way to open an album too! Digging the new ‘do boo ✂️

[@TaraRyze]

This is probably the most epic album opener I’ve ever heard…what a way to start an album! Beautiful, impactful, and heartbreaking! It’s absolutely incredible live…best part, there’s a team called Projekt Atlantic, where we have leads and members (I was a lead for the Tampa show) and we buy tons of little blue lights and blue stickers (to place over your phone flashlight) and we pass them out to as many people as we can before the show starts! Once this song starts, we all light up the crowd blue…it’s one of the most heart warming and beautiful experiences I’ve ever witnessed 🥹 Also, I think piano is a little easier to start with and I feel like once you can play and understand piano and the notes, chords, etc., it makes it easier to learn other instruments…just my opinion! I took lessons starting at 9 and I’m so glad I did…from there I picked up a few other instruments over the years. Been getting back into it and wanting to pick up guitar as well!

[@aaronliptrot4300]

This was the opening song the first time I watched them live, amazing!

[@darcystcorner2580]

This man is living art

[@violacesario4389]

Watching & listening to this song live is brain-altering.

[@kristinbattin4981]

It was amazing and so moving live!!

[@bryanjenkins8830]

Never fail. Worship

[@anthonymcneil1944]

Need to get to Descending and Telomeres

[@samanthamuska9652]

Wait the fresh cut is fucking SLAYING I noticed before you even mentioned it 😍😅 it looks hella good bruh

[@DonVon]

❤😏 thank you

[@heatherbennett4512]

​@@DonVon 😂

[@alexm.handro1313]

I heard this live. It is amazing!

[@TheWitness369]

Piano!!

[@Siccariius]

this is easily my favorite Sleep Token song. Oh my GOD this song puts me in my feels every single time I hear it. 11/10 lyrics, sound, everything

[@kylegrant4303]

love reacting to these songs with you! have heard of the band and listen to them but only the ones that i have downloaded, so listening to these other songs with you and seeing your reaction makes it so much better thanks for the content!

[@flutterbugsy]

If you can play piano, you can play anything is what I've always been told.

[@carriefish]

This song is somehow better live, I definitely cried a bit. A very emotional experience 😅😢🥺 "Merry in the morning, earn your bitter fodder, it's easier to try not to eat" are the proper lyrics! I've been waiting for you to get to this one, it's heartbreaking and devastating but so beautiful. ✨️🫶🏻 worship.

[@heathermurphy9440]

Lookin good!

[@lorenavitoria9048]

I love this song

[@bhishekthakur1331]

My love for this song is as deep as the Atlantic.

[@erinmartin1768]

This is SO good live. The light show is unreal.

[@nx1641]

You are my best reaction boy around for me Don! Enjoy the travel of undiscovered feelings

[@paulstrrch306]

Vessels signature is just like putting a blanket and sleep dust over everything.

[@martinaantoniou647]

I just love this song so much ❤

[@Runeforged]

We need that playlist of ur sleep token reactions man. 🤘🏻

[@DonVon]

Coming soon!

[@Runeforged]

@@DonVon Thanks man. Btw, I think you’ll love Polyphia. Not heavy just lots of skill and beats.

[@rhanks05]

Yo!!! This song I just started listening to it because this is the song I introduced my wife to, Sleep Token, and she fell in love with the song. Just an extremely well-built song

[@markmcdonald1952]

Love it! This is my favorite album from them! What a fantastic opening track! It only gets more and more depressing as you go deeper in the album, but in a very cathartic way.

[@GRRsRosevestisLove]

Please react to Give by Sleep Token next!!! Love your videos!!! ❤️

[@noxx7220]

Love it keep more sleep token coming!

[@NemmyBlade]

This is amazing live!

[@aarontrudeau3257]

Great reaction!!! As for which instrument to learn I’d do both.

[@keyriz]

Damn Don, this is one of my favorites. Was waiting for this Video for so long you cant imagine... Thank you!

[@DonVon]

Got you Cuh

[@aguynamedmark499]

I started playing drums at 6, switched to guitar at 15, now at 34 I'm trying to learn piano and honestly that's where I wish I had started because it really teaches you a lot of the fundamentals that I struggled with trying to learn guitar. Either way, I wish you luck on your journey! Edit: guitar is WAY faster to pick up though, piano is much more impressive in my opinion. 😅

[@hopehinson]

Id love to hear you play the piano

[@heidipatton5858]

You think just hearing it is powerful? Be in a room with 1000's holding up their phones with blue covers on their phone lights...1000's of points of blue light... swaying as Vessel sings his heart out on this song...and you can hear him actually CRYING as he's singing it. I was at the Philly ritual in May...and you couldn't NOT cry with him as he sang this. #Worship

[@BLT4x2]

I wish that every time I listened to sleep token was the first time.

[@baelorn519]

I’ve said it on here before but Sleep Token live is an EXPERIENCE 😂 If you’re a fan you need to see them if you get the chance

[@darcy6979]

check out the live version at red rocks - sublime!!

[@austintate7142]

As a guitar player I honestly wish I had learned piano beforehand. Learning piano will teach you so much about music theory and how it works that picking up any stringed instrument will be a breeze (in the sense that most of the difficulty will just come from learning proper guitar technique, rather than learning things like what scales are, how chords are constructed, etc.)

[@almizzyracing8004]

I can imagine it live. I heard it live a few months ago, and it is epic. Vessel was crying during it, and you could feel every sob like a dagger in your heart. The lyrics (to me) tell the story of someone waking up from a failed self-deletion attempt. Vessel has deep scars on his arm that are visible at live performances so this song is likely very personal for him.

[@5447princess]

So many people theorize the scars are from an accident. But they m aren’t. They were definitely self inflicted. And what makes it sadder. Is on the left outer forearm where the scars are. There’s major arteries. Considering the fact they’re raised. I’d say those were the ones from his attempt

[@almizzyracing8004]

@@5447princess Yes. The scars are too symmetrical and strategically placed to be an accident. With how pronounced the scar tissue is, those cuts were deep.

[@Atomic_Unicorn13]

Seriously listening to Sleep Token lyrics have me just like "WHO HURT THIS MAN, GOOD LORD" 😭

[@Aaskereia]

Up to this day, this is the only Sleep Token Song that catched my instantly. Don't get me wrong, I adore ST but all of their songs did grow on me over time. For some unknown reason, I feel attached to Atlantic, like I have some Connection to it. Even thou I never experienced something so painful like this song delivers Edit: and not to forget that insanely outstanding drumming of ii. Boy oh boy the drumming

[@DeathColdBeer]

my dawg? hair dont matter" Sleep token matters

[@deniserivera9298]

Hypnosis should be next please

[@RaWCypher]

I love that you didn’t block the music video with your trademark, if you have to trademark it please make it more see through it covers to much of the video

[@ficxion7356]

The don is lookin good

[@DonVon]

🤫😮‍💨😏

[@Thefree_mandecker]

@2:45 I hate that most lyric videos get this wrong. But the lyric is “earn your bitter fodder” not “father”. It was obvious when I saw this song live.

[@boomjykeo2]

Guitar’s probably easier to pick up than piano, but I’m a guitarist so maybe I’m biased 😂

[@ooferboi2168]

you gotta react to descending by sleep token too!

[@jslady5662]

I play piano. Guitar is def an easier instrument to learn but I love both. Whatever ur heart calls u to is the best answer. Love all ST songs! And ur reaction. 🥰 (also pretty certain this song is about a failed suicide attempt. So so sad!!😢 But ooh so beautifully sang!)

[@silentamarok7089]

its actually "bitter fodder" not father

[@DeathColdBeer]

your first guitar should be an ESP" only one guys opinion

[@ShowerSquid95]

I don’t know if anyone has already said this or not, but this song is about Vessel’s failed suicide attempt

[@NijFix]

Learning meys would be a way more versatile instrument to learn and master.

[@JustToRelaxAndWatch]

Watch the new boywithuke live performance PLEASEEE ❤❤😂

[@moresoysauce5489]

"Yes I got a fresh cut I'm glad you guys aks me that" haha I love this guy. 😂 Learn piano bro. I play guitar and I wish I could play piano, when work slows down it's high up on my list of to do's.

[@DonVon]

🖤 lol

[@Jwizz2000]

You def missed the significance of the verse where he wakes up surrounded. Makes the song hit a little different

[@joemike3878]

Piano. Once you learn that you will find much easier to learn other instruments. IMHO!

[@BethanyCbell2]

REACT TO HIGH WATER PLEASEEEE

[@iwad4]

Piano fr

[@gunmunky3760]

Never do that "fresh cut" shit Don. I had to close my eyes

[@DonVon]

👀don’t

[@ard-janlubbers]

Lyrics in the video are off a few times. It’s.. ‘ merry in the morning, earn your bitter fodder’ For instance…

[@ariana.cherise]

i’m not sure if you picked up on this through the song, but there’s lots of speculation that this song is about an attempt to unalive himself (based on lyrics and scars visible on vessel’s arm) this song moves me so deeply every time - you can FEEL the emotion in the music. i feel like not only his vocals, but also the instrumentation

[@rez_ava]

the heavenly music aside , i think you should learn keyboard instead of guitar, because it has so many applications that can actually lead you to also learn the guitar. with a midi keyboard u can learn music theory, how to implant melodies and rhythm and most importantly, connect it to a DAW (digital audio workstation). then you can literally make music with only the keyboard by loading a sample and using the keyboard to make melodies. now this sample can be anything, from the sound of birds chirping to electric guitar and drums and ...

[@I_urge_to_count]

117

[@jimmydean7219]

Love your reaction man. This particular video gets some lyrics wrong, for the record. For example, it’s “earn your bitter fodder” not “father.”

[@LiquidThunder12]

Uhhh...did he get a fresh cut?

[@DonVon]

👀🥵yes, yes I did

[@acescionti711]

My boi got double forehead hairline. Lmao. Still though nice reaction. You’re a good one. But yeah the fade you had in this didn’t really work

[@iwad4]

This song about a failed suicidee attemp

[@lukeshuler5388]

Piano, once you learn that you can have a basic understanding of any other instrument

[@hannahfindley7739]

Agreed. Once you learn piano you can learn to play anything.

[@issac.photographer]

You should learn guitar, I feel it suits you more

[@DeathColdBeer]

guitar.,.go with ESP first....but understand guitar is god...the drummer is better. We keep us all together" follow me bossman ...i am....we" keep the timing for us bro. Metro nome it...we are the drummer" we keep the time. Worship"

[@lkovalinait]

Piano, learn piano

[@DeathColdBeer]

gutitar is a thing....but piano? were talking gifted humans ...and to sing too? bruh? bruh?

[@sidanx7887]

Drums you should learn drums