Straylight Run - Existentialism On Prom Night

[@gking8945]

This song hasn’t stopped tugging on my heartstrings for fourteen years

[@roshanfey]

two years for me, but all the same feeling...

[@christopherrefusal4843]

Right there with ya man

[@sleeptilnoon5445]

Amen to those feels, dude🙌❤

[@gwenlamb3853]

I was in highschool the first time I saw this music video and heard this song and I've loved it every sense

[@Kopesy]

Agree to that, brother.

[@GingerThereforeNoSoul]

2004 is when I discovered this song. Im now 31, and go back to this song anytime my mental health is struggling....however today this song made me miss much simpler times. Teens don't be in a rush to grow up, it sucks.

[@burand03]

I die on the inside everytime I think of those times..literally, like a sinking feeling and my chest tightens up and I hate how life became, compared to how beautiful it was and how much spirit I had. I dream that when I die I will live in 2005 forever!

[@lfi14]

34, and yep! Know exactly how you feel, gurl! 😘💛💜💛

[@leavesarerandom]

@@lfi14 i've just completely changed my life, nothing is the same as it was 4 months ago. i think i am still searching for that excitement from teen days. I guess thats never coming back, bummer.

[@kellygoodwin909]

Give jacks mannequin a listen they are so awesome. Just like this

[@GingerThereforeNoSoul]

@@kellygoodwin909 will do, thanks for the suggestion.

[@jacobwebb8615]

Grown man two kids still feel like a lost 15 year old when I here this.

[@jimmyparsons7395]

Same here man. In my 30s now but lived for this emo shit in my hayday. Always makes me a nostalgic emo mess when I throw this shit on again. Cheers to the good old days!

[@ddray1992]

right here with you man

[@rogerdodger1984]

Jacob Webb On that boat too. 32 and this song still gets me like I'm a teenager again.

[@slutbucket6279]

Jacob Webb same here, only a woman.

[@colbylaidlaw1379]

Jacob Webb im 34 , song is a good reminder that its ok to just be you, sing laugh be silly. im 310lbs of muscle and fight. i need to remember not to be so serious all the time.

[@02jbingham]

I fell for a girl recently when this song came on one of my playlists, and she started singing along. It was impactful but heavenly, and I joined her. It was magical.

[@sonjapederson7211]

Love this! Hope you're both doing well! ❤

[@durbanlegacy6232]

@@sonjapederson7211 It's kinda cringe I don't

[@r401.productions]

@@durbanlegacy6232 legit lmaoooo

[@1613414]

I'll never forget sitting on my roof outside my room, "Victory records sampler 2004" Cd on my boom box haha This was always on repeat. Great memories!!

[@MikeMikewaz]

I had that sampler lol and remember seeing this video on fuse. Good times

[@infpisland9295]

Same!

[@billsalhern6329]

I definitely had awesome memories connected to this song back in ‘04-‘05

[@michaelruddell654]

Yo I had that same sampler

[@MrEnjoivolcom1]

"I'm a Victory whore!" yelled my friend as we stood outside at a show who I can't recall who was...AFI! It was AFI...and a guy was handing out Victory samplers.

[@armenps524]

Emo isn't a phase or genre of music, it's the difference between existing and being alive.

[@aditya_1111]

So true :) I'm so tired of this debate

[@Faerienice]

So is emo being alive ?

[@spermythewhale2987]

Pretty sure that was on 95% of people's MySpace bios

[@ggkoukla]

I'm 37 about to turn 38. This song stuck with me for 20 years. Almost got a tattoo of the chorus. Might still. ❤

[@beedawg05]

Wow. The feels you get when you forget about a song and it is lost and then you rediscover it. The joys.

[@moondoel]

:') yeah

[@raykw5271]

so true.

[@ryanguida4543]

agreed

[@iAmSantiCruz]

B Ee Amen brother

[@franklyncoaxum1082]

Just thought about it today randomly and was like... "Man. This was a classic!"

[@Allison_Hart]

this was one of my friend and i's favorite songs. he passed away in 2011. he loved music, both composing his own (mostly techno / EDM) and just enjoying it. it was a huge part of his life. he was a really compassionate person. he was only 20 when he died. still miss you, Andrew.

[@crowing3886]

20 year's later.. .still a classic 😭

[@amberjohnson4361]

Forever come back to this song. Discovered in 07 at 14 years old. I'm almost 31 now and it's still giving life

[@RebeccaBeighley]

31 too! 😍

[@rosariomariadelpilarbenavidesm]

Pretty much the same here. I was just 15 though, but yes, this song is truly timeless. And beautiful.

[@FaithDunkarino]

This was my wedding song. Marriage is still going strong 12 years later.

[@joeyntony52]

This is such a nice song

[@briankuczenski5378]

I would so love to get married to this song and to the kind of girl that would want to get married to this song

[@JohnnyOFarrell]

😅

[@musichica09]

Still one of the best music videos of all time ❤

[@HarmonicFox]

Wow, nostalgia. I miss so much of back then. It was a care free time. All that mattered was music. Now, all that matters is making money and paying the bills. :(

[@HarmonicFox]

***** Existentialism on Tax Day lol

[@afiday123]

But would you wanna do it all again? I don't think I would

[@HarmonicFox]

Mike O'Flannigan Maybe not do it all again, but if I could have it saved in a bottle for a rainy day and could go visit once, yeah, for sure.

[@Sixsoul]

James is awake well put brotha

[@Crystal-o5q]

need more music like this...music with meaning and direction.

[@Desh727]

This song came out when I was locked up, and the last time I heard this song was on my radio, late at night back in 2004 or 2005 in my cell, feeling lonely, missing my friends and family. 15 years later, and this song randomly came on today on my spotify radio, and it really took me back to that random night. Its weird. My life has gone really well, I have a great career, a beautiful family, and I'm still relatively young (34), but part of me really wished I could go back to that cell, and start all over again. No matter how well things are going. Nothing is better than the idea of going back and trying again, even if for just a 1% better outcome. I dunno, maybe I sound stupid, but I just wanted to share this, because today was a special day, because of this song. Growing up sucks man....

[@josephlombardi9671]

Brother, I know you're struggle, highs and lows!! But to go back for that 1% , God damn in a heart beat. Stay up brotha

[@Emily-gx6dd]

Thank you for sharing those 🧡🧡

[@erictiemersma3379]

One hundo, brother. Stay up, my boy

[@seanchan4478]

33, just got out of prison, randomly heard the world existential, thought of this song, and saw your comment. You don't sound stupid, I get it, and I'm glad I read your comment

[@briankuczenski5378]

You don't sound stupid at all. I know exactly what you mean. And yes growing up sucks. It sucks that it sucks but it just does.

[@VigilanteVegan]

OH GOD THE NOSTALGIA I CAN'T TAKE IT. This make me think if high school, proms, underage drinking at parties, old girlfriends. THOSE FEELS....

[@mattdurand]

+Johnny Matthew well said

[@avigutierrez8948]

Used to had those feelings long ago

[@kellylovesmusic85]

Same. Dang I'm old.

[@petermontejo472]

damn. the memories...

[@Pari_Pixie]

Same 🥺

[@rhadamesperez1437]

I was at there show at the Bowery Ballroom 2006. Kevin Devine and Matt Pond PA opened. What an amazing show.such a great time. I was 19. I miss those times

[@flawedsanity]

Ah, nostalgia. I wish, more than anything, I could go back.

[@trizzled89]

As a teen this song had such a powerful memory to me. As a 33 year old now, I look back and still tear up at that memory.

[@jasonkaplan8445]

This video takes me back to simpler times. This may be one of the best songs ever written !

[@melissafoster7334]

ugh 10 yrs later still wanna cry to this song

[@jayniehenderson3238]

Ugh. I know the feels. Was just thinking tonight how it's been TEN years. Still so powerful. #THEFEELS

[@jayniehenderson3238]

no shit

[@MrKjg2388]

absolutely

[@84hennarot]

Always.

[@annakazakova780]

Absolutely the same thing!!!! Light crying!

[@OliverPaucar-o3z]

Like a sad puppy... I always go back to those songs that help me keep it together when the world is falling apart around me...

[@craigadams3649]

33 and still play this band. Mix in a little tbs,brand new and so many more and it’s a road trip ❤️

[@MrFl0rp]

I'm 44 and do the same

[@craigadams3649]

@@MrFl0rp that album is so good start to Finish

[@Ryan-ry7oq]

Every time I get on a moderately crowded subway I wish that everyone would come together and start dancing to this song.

[@TreyCarter88]

Ryan Vogen, you would kill for this.

[@hannahodgson]

TreyCarter88 Just a little bit...

[@x-7656]

you would, you would.

[@americanzero2114]

Ryan Vogen let's make this happen

[@crossXFaed]

❤️

[@Chacalilllos]

I have been looking for this song since 2004 haha I kept googling "Just a little bit " and the 50 Cent song would pop up.

[@ruleofnines9331]

This made me laugh. Good thing you found it. This is actual music.

[@comradecoffee]

+Elizabeth K such a stupid thing to say. good job being so closed minded. there's a whole world of music to be missed by people like you.

[@screwloose455]

+Omar Rodriguez LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

[@saydethelittle2741]

Omar Rodriguez I did the same thing! It was really hard to find!

[@gwenlamb3853]

I love this song it's beautiful i saying to this song Everytime I hear it it has a really good story behind the song and I love the piano to the song one of the best music videos ever

[@yanirybustos876]

LYRICS : When the sun came up, We were sleeping in, Sunk inside our blankets, Sprawled across the bed, And we were dreaming, There are moments when, When I know it and The world revolves around us, And we're keeping it, Keep it all going, This delicate balance, Vulnerable all knowing, Sing like you think no one's listening, You would kill for this, Just a little bit, Just a little bit, You would, kill for this Sing like you think no one's listening, You would kill for this, Just a little bit, Just a little bit, You would, you would... Sing me something soft, Sad and delicate, Or loud and out of key, Sing me anything, we're glad for what we've got, Done with what we've lost Our whole lives laid out right in front of us, Sing like you think no one's listening, You would kill for this, Just a little bit, Just a little bit, You would, Sing like you think no one's listening, You would kill for this, Just a little bit, Just a little bit, You would, you would.... Sing me something soft, Sad and delicate, Or loud and out of key, Sing me anything.

[@beautifulgirl425]

I know you don't care or probably don't even remember me now Andrea, but your friendship in high school kept me strong. You introduced me to a new genre of music and helped me discover so many bands that expressed pure poetry just like this one and it really allowed me to see life in different and positive perspectives, so even though you have forgotten me, I still can often enjoy beautiful music like this. Thank you for that gift.

[@Echobirdy]

I'm probably not the same Andrea.. but yet i feel compelled to reply. I love this song and the way it represents a wanton freedom to do as thou wilst... hope all is well with you and that you never lose that feeling of wonder. Keep dreaming and when you awake keep on believing xo

[@Larissa-je5vh]

Oof. Me too. But Alexandria

[@thecodexclub4742]

I wish I was this Andrea. This is beautiful.

[@jessesparks297]

I pray you run into her soon!! God answers all prayers, eventually, and as long as we believe. :) I believe

[@hedgehogpancakes6174]

I really enjoy the sentiment of this anecdote. When I was in high school I was really shy and I met this one beautiful girl and she helped me discover what it meant to like feel for another, her and I don't really speak anymore but it's just nice having someone show you affection when no one else will. The feels.

[@BjarkiHugrakkr]

I'm pissed that this song doesn't have more views because this is good music, real music ya know? but also kind of glad, because if this was super famous it wouldn't feel as special to those of us who appreciate it. Straylight Run hits me right in the feels.

[@darrenthetuber743]

Cole Keziah this song feels much more essential and vital than it ever got chance due to sheer confusion of what to expect from such a project, it had nothing backing it up, I remember when this first came out I remember Fuse shit canning it quick, the problem it would've been more important and successful if they didn't mention anything about what the bands mates were ex members of (and this should not have been released on Victory at all).

[@volcommadness]

Agreed!

[@andrewisjesus]

If you didnt watch Fuse in the mid 2000s how would you know what this is?

[@deadperspectivemusic]

@@andrewisjesus too easy. So long as you followed tbs.

[@KyleS.1987]

This song (and video) is so beautifully earnest. Reminds me of simpler days. Better days.

[@brianoneil3891]

Kyle S. I could not have said that any better myself so I won't even try

[@chrisrod01]

Kyle S. Yes

[@ilikeozma]

Kyle S. Well said. My first show was with Straylight Run opening. Good times.

[@jamesdolosic5959]

christo farnucc don’t give up friend.

[@tcyroger]

Much simpler. Much better.

[@wesleyayala7120]

This song makes my spine tingle and the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. Can’t explain the feeling it gives me but it’s like pure universal love.

[@wesleyayala7120]

Happiness. That’s what that is

[@jshrubz]

It is an unmitigated outrage and an absolute crime that this song and video only have 500k views. This kind of beauty only comes around once in a generation. I am glad that I was part of the first that got to experience it so many years ago.

[@MedievalSkramGamer]

jshrubz it's half a million views dude. not only are there plenty of far, far lesser known bands you'd be able to make a better version of the cliche "ugh so few views" argument for - just look at how few views shannen moser's songs have haha - calling it an outrage or crime is some real stereotypical middle class high school kid shit yknow

[@sarsthepigeon]

I love how every lyric is spoken by every different person in a seamless fashion of collective stream of consciousness. Problems are universal to every person. The band is silent and unmoving except for a head/shoulder shift to notice and take all actions in. Beautiful lyrics, music, and video compiled into one. It's such a shame there are less then 300,000 views on this.

[@briankuczenski5378]

Not anymore. Over a million in 2022 and my guess is it will keep going up. Just a timeless song that speaks to any generation of any era as long as existentialism and human emotion exists

[@SamSmythe]

This still and always will, make me smile and feel 15 forever.

[@torchtoendalltorches2911]

I still to this day sing this song in the shower a d cry about my girlfriend that died in a car crash. And I sing like I think no one listening. It helps heal my soul.

[@Danasaur_123]

Throwback dude. This song gives me chills.

[@DavidsRandomPlanet]

Dana Pendley same here

[@charlotteheads134]

Person: Explain the 2000s in less than five minutes me: Straylight Run - Existentialism On Prom Night

[@thedarkyen1]

Sad if this describes my 2020? xd

[@undowear]

2019 and still singing like no one's listening

[@roshanfey]

Matthew Larson me too, friend... me too.

[@pugsandhugsnotdrugs]

Same.

[@localcryptid336]

Same.

[@kristinwilcox8488]

This is life.

[@markwilson7487]

You're not alone. 6-10-2021

[@mikedaveggie9955]

Still one of the finest songs ever written.

[@Derek_Keenan]

my repressed inner emo kid still loves this

[@jaredmiller3564]

Derek Keenan yes!

[@jijihobbes]

It's 2019 and I'm 30 and I still feels it.

[@huntasoup]

I'm now 39 and my emo kid is not repressed. This kind of music is all I listen to. This is what makes me feel something inside. Gives me the chills everytime. Them, Brand New, Manchester Orchestra and TBS.

[@egotok2969]

It's 2024. Still listening to you guys. Sing me anything.

[@cachucharodriguezgarcia70]

This was one of the very first songs I ever showed to my 12 year old lasting girlfriend who is just now gone. I will always remember her face the very first time I met her back in January 24th, 2012. We had tacos yestersay remembering those good old days, when we were young and full of ambitions, but unfortunatelly my mental health stopped us from evolving as a couple together. You will always be my first love Andrea. ❤🙏 I will always love you.

[@jakabok4965]

Straylight Run has saved me during quarantine, plus the live album.

[@kindbeats6272]

This is a fantastic piece of music. it's sad that much of of us won't ever hear this wonderfully crafted composition. Years later and still on point.

[@jinamalek6311]

40 years old and new to me. I love it ❤

[@wolverinegonder9997]

Was studying today in the library and someone was blasting this next house. Thanks stranger!

[@biggiy2c]

This song is very liberating, listen to it loudly in the car with the windows open, and drive real slow as you sing along.

[@samn6918]

I met John Nolan at a small concert in the suburbs of Detroit Michigan while he left TBS, small venue, I shook his hand & was able to have a convo with him (as a teen) best times I had early 2000s . I'll never forget it.

[@maybemaggie5560]

I've been trying to remember the name of this band and album for a solid 6 years. It was my first CD I ever actually purchased. I remember the night I bought it and sitting in my cat in the middle of the night listening to the whole album by myself. Core memory minus the actual name of the band-for sure.

[@huntasoup]

Glad to know that you finally remembered the band. They were awesome. ❤

[@cherrylau9890]

Still remembering still fighting still smiling :)

[@Humanistic_]

I'm building a time machine to 2004. Who's coming with me? 🙋‍♂️

[@kyloren7070]

I'm already there! 😉

[@codyryan2563]

Me

[@JohnDoe-qu5ik]

B. circa 1984, I'm on board!

[@nelsongutierrez2699]

Coming m8

[@geromerca6734]

Hurry

[@jonathanparker9837]

this song makes my soul sad, and happy all at once...

[@xPHILBOBAGGINZx]

This song is perfect. The video is perfect. I feel like i know everyone in this video so well, with how often I've watched this and noticed little things over the last 20 years.

[@freeflowme]

This is such a beautiful video for a beautiful song. I love the passengers singing the song and living life out as it goes along.

[@jgwentworth34]

This song has always evoked immense emotions in me and I absolutely adore it.

[@DavidsRandomPlanet]

Same here

[@tazmon122]

i sang this to someone, she sang me All I Need by Radiohead in return. the emotional fallout shook the whole house.

[@laurapurcell2373]

Who's still here singing like they think no one's listening in 2020? ❤

[@erictiemersma3379]

2021 going on 2022

[@tonyservitto8583]

2022

[@Ryan-ry7oq]

@@tonyservitto8583 Still here.

[@tiffzilla7834]

2022 💕

[@jeremygaillard5924]

Listening to it in 2022. I'm a little older than the average fan, almost 49 but started Listening to them when they first came out. Reminds me of how I felt as a teen in 1992 if that makes sense.

[@IanRudderow]

My brother taught me this song on Piano about 10 years ago without telling me what song this was. Now that I’ve heard the original song, I’m so glad that he did

[@christynelson3298]

This brings me back to 2005 sitting at the park after getting kicked out of my house.

[@Kopesy]

It's that kind of song XD

[@afiday123]

Fuckin been there haha

[@theUnbalancedBiker]

Jesus christ. Same year, same thing. Sing it sister.

[@arunlevjat5265]

Same here! I was kicked out by a piece of shit alcoholic father. Now I have an excellent job, am married and have 2 beautiful daughters. My father? Still an asshole living in a shit hole. I won't subject my little angels to his bitter ways. Karma's a bitch eh?

[@RR-um6jn]

+Gankageddon I agree.

[@hushiess]

One of the most underrated songs.

[@Crabbypino]

The beautiful memories with this song... Thanks 👍

[@lysanderharris8955]

11 years since I heard this song again. Still makes me absolutely dissolved. Love ya

[@JakeDials]

I’ll never forget the first time I saw this video in 2004. I kept this song on repeat and STILL love it.

[@risechambers6183]

Yep...2019...just found this video on my feed. I'd love to think this train hasn't stopped...still chugging down the rails. I'd like to think of all the happy places it is passing, people it is picking up.

[@shunned9]

It's the first day of 2024 and marking like 20 years for this masterpiece and im still here the world is a much different place but this song remains the same, Beautiful..

[@beatdowngirl7738]

i actually asked my family to play this on my funeral. i first heard of them when i was 16 n im 35 now m i still get chills listening to this track

[@Gabrielzfire]

Still as powerful 20 years later... the nostagia hurts so good.

[@blahblah1154]

I just listened to this song with my son and can’t stop crying. This always made me feel sad/happy but oof.

[@L0v3_Murd3r_0n3]

20 years later and this song still gives me goosebumps. Thank you WSOU for playing this song.

[@Vanished_Mostly]

Never fails to draw a tear. Right now, I can't think of a music video I love more.

[@christophermakridis2519]

I saw them in Vegas with Something Corporate while I was in High School and have been listening ever since, great album, great band!

[@dejatwixt9214]

One of the most beautiful songs I have heard in my entire life. Such a beautiful video, also.

[@themoley91]

Nearly 20 years of loving this song (I was introduced to it on Xanga is how long ago lol), it's still one of my favourites of all time... and somehow this is the first time I'm ever seeing the music video.

[@Crystal-o5q]

this song speaks volumes to me and the video makes it one hundred times better.

[@DavidsRandomPlanet]

Yea

[@kellidanny87]

I've loved this song for years and years. This is the first time I've seen the video.

[@TakingBackBienias]

My wedding song right here.....forever will cherish Straylight Run

[@rickglenn3080]

And just when I needed it, this song slips back into my life....

[@Muffinchan12]

This song is so subtly beautiful, still to this day.

[@DavidsRandomPlanet]

I agree

[@Filmstudent3663]

This is a song I remember and listen to once maybe every couple three years, but it’s never lost in my mind to the point I can’t find it.

[@GothDeathrocker]

You'd be surprised at how many people around you probably know the words to songs you know. And this was showing that we're all in the same world going about life together and it doesn't matter how loud or perfect we sing, work, or argue. We all grow old, we'll all die, so love your life and live it well - sing it loud and don't worry about how other people view you.

[@JCat-gr2no]

beautiful message

[@courtneybrown1128]

This song still plucks my heart strings

[@aprilpenname5494]

Bittersweet. The feel of the song. The nostalgia that accompanies it, knowing that I can never return to that simple time but also loving that I had it. Bittersweet. That is what this song is.

[@kellymiles321]

Still listening all these years later To this day it still gives me goosebumps 🖤

[@halcyon_studio]

I was listening to this song a lot during the period of my life when my dad took his own life. It'll forever be imprinted in my memory.

[@theovstheo]

Thumbs up if still here in 2021 ❤️ we need more music like this! Much Love!

[@sarahprozak]

I used to play this song on the piano and my dad loved listening to it, he just asked me to send him the song 20 years later ❤

[@dawnakirby8139]

“Sing like you think no one’s listeninggggg”

[@justinlaney2313]

Still a great song, these days very few bands have this much emotion in their lyrics.

[@georginabegovic5238]

I learnt to play it on the piano back in 2015. Nowaday, 10 years later and during all this time on, it was never missing on my playlist on my way home and I've started to play it again.

[@christinedean2482]

still my favorite song after all these years

[@DoctorFashion]

Still one of my faves. I use to listen to this all the time in middle school ❤️

[@Imcordless]

when victory had such an amazing and talented line up

[@erinb.8902]

This is one of the first songs I remember thinking of as “my favorite song”. I’d almost forgotten it, but I needed it today and something brought it back to me.

[@andrewcrawford2807]

Dude fuckin same

[@deathislife1993]

This is just a beautiful song with a great video. Love it.

[@billiejoeeyelash]

Seriously one of my favorite songs of all time. Just makes me wish I had somebody to hug while I cry in their arms every single time I hear it

[@Ooberpartybus]

This will always be my favorite song 💓

[@DavidsRandomPlanet]

Heather Trivett me too lol

[@jeremiahwoodruff9614]

One of the most beautiful songs ever to be composed

[@wallfl0wer42o]

This song still gives me the chillssss, so good

[@DavidsRandomPlanet]

Awwwww

[@smudgechan]

I'd been trying to meet up with someone from Long Island for more than a year when I finally gave up on waiting and took the Long Island Railroad to see him. I heard the sound of the door and thought of this song immediately--great song and a meeting worth the wait. Glad to revisit this.

[@xXrockmeXx]

Listening in 2019! ❤❤❤

[@DavidsRandomPlanet]

Me too

[@just2pissuoff354R]

I just remembered this song a few weeks ago and now I can't stop listening to it. Oh, nostalgia, how I love thee!

[@WreckerR]

I can't stop thinking of regret for all the things I didn't dare to do...

[@raykw5271]

live now brother!

[@erictiemersma3379]

The feels are real...