The Background- Third Eye Blind

The song, The Background by Third Eye Blind No copyright intended.
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[@kimsteph7056]

This song takes me back to when my brother was diagnosed with leukemia. He would play the whole album of third eye blind over and over. All of these songs, but especially this one hits me hard. I miss him so much. He was only 16 when he passed away. 💕

[@cglawrence]

goddamn. I don't know your pain, but I wish I could help you ease it.

[@coltonkazarian1198]

K E I’m sorry for your loss ❤️

[@valerianicole610]

I'm so sorry for your loss.

[@jrich312]

The same for me... My best friend died of leukemia at the age of 21, back in 2004 and we would play this CD over and over and over... He loved this group. This song and God of Wine will always remind me of him.. Its been 15 years and it still hurts to hear this song.

[@millastar7632]

K E it will take me a lifetime to understand how you feel (i hope a lifetime) but i am incredibly apologetic for your loss.

[@JordanMaitlen]

Probably one of the best songs ever written

[@whitneybarringer6719]

Yes

[@aprilleon7313]

Agree 100% This album is stitched on my soul I think.

[@tonyadams3478]

Hands down best song and best record ever

[@BigMeech00]

"Have you ever felt like your life was in high gear, and you were right in the moment, and you were happy, and rolling into some glorious unknown future? And then have that all taken away? And then lived in sort of the post-period of that high? That's what it's like to live in the background." - Stephen Jenkins

[@von0410]

BigMeech00 crazy

[@Decepticon313]

Stephan man your a true artist

[@lindsaypatterson9741]

"Where's that crazy girl? You don't get drunk on red wine and fight no more" is my favorite lyric in this song. They probably had a fucked up relationship but a passion that sucked them back in. Also the intro to this is so beautiful.

[@bwill578]

It's a felony that these guys were so underrated

[@kevinwhiting4074]

One of the top 10 albums ever made...imho

[@llamaoffspring]

I don't like most of the album, but the last three songs are stellar.

[@bryanhess2585]

definitely one of the top 10 underrated albums

[@crissangelover08]

Kevin Whiting facts

[@laurahawk9202]

for me, too

[@yakobo75]

I still have this song on repeat on some quiet night drives...43yo now and married with kids but this song...takes me back to my youth when i had that safe/comfort spot with a ex that i imagined my life with...abruptly ended. Song is truly food for my soul.

[@dragnonhd1310]

I wish I could go back into a time machine and re-live 1997-2001 over and over again.

[@RodneyBoyd]

Hell yeah!

[@brucesmith8178]

I don't know about you, but this one is seriously emotional to me. Lost love, the 5 friends I lost in Iraq. It hits hard and deep. I can relate to this as a emotion about people you loved, but never had the chance to tell them.

[@medina5129]

Bruce Smith sorry for your lost

[@bradleygonzalez1160]

for Them.... Stay the Warrior brother- Doc G

[@barnesrm76]

I feel you brother. Semper Fi

[@elizabethlaughlin5111]

I heard this song for the first a few days ago and am obsessed with it. My favorite line is "I felt you long after we were through"

[@themaxewilliams]

Highly underrated lyrics and heart from the '90's...this band, some songs, they REALLY stand the test of time...glad you discovered them :)

[@gustavochavez6806]

@Elizabeth Laughlin that line is my favorite too, :)

[@titaniumteddybear]

Go watch 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer', if you haven't seen it already. Firstly, it's awesome. Secondly, it was packed full of little-known, AMAZING late 90s music. Including this song :3

[@damselANDTHEdaemon]

Elizabeth Laughlin check out their other song “why can’t you be” featuring Kimya Dawson. Another good one of their songs that’s underrated is ‘Slow Motion’. And just throwing it out there, ‘Semi Charmed Life’ is always the absolute best go to karaoke song.

[@nickv11763]

I just heard this for my first time and I love it lol

[@yuppiestate]

This is my favorite song and none of my friends know it or anybody else it's my own black sheep, my tip story it's my little secret I'll only share this here because none of you know who I am but it truly has helped me through some very hard times and I get this ice in my bones every time I hear it. Fucking fantastic.

[@ElGranSanto]

Thank you for sharing. SHEER AWESOMENESS.

[@christopherlach6902]

Fer Medeiros💜👃 🎅💅💀👾💜👄💘👍👣💋💙👃👀👹👹👅💋nando Baez😏😷😱 😇😢😦😬😱💇👲😕😉😡

[@Rose_19911]

+yuppiestate I completely know where you’re coming from mate

[@bestborg]

It helped me too. Life is amazing and I'm still on track. Sometimes I listen to this song and it reminds me of who I was then and who I am now... All good, always.

[@dabking8634]

I'm in the background with you..much love 💪🏽💯

[@isaacwatrous5808]

1 of the top 5 albums ever made....this album is a masterpiece in every aspect of the word! How this album didnt get more credit and recognition is a goddamn shame !

[@toriiolani417]

Dammit, right in the feels.

[@dianatorres687]

This song hurts. You still hurt.

[@savannahturner2522]

Does it get any better?

[@lavenderlatte96]

For me this song is a tribute to an ex boyfriend of mine who died from his heroin problem recently. The lyrics makes me think of how I still have him in my heart, and how he's always with me, even in the small things every day. Sometimes I talk to him. I know he's at peace now and for that I am happy, but the earthly part of it makes me miss him for the good times we had. I still wish I had spent more time with him and just be good friends.

[@damselANDTHEdaemon]

_killerbangs sorry for your loss

[@von0410]

Alternate Universe Em he’s in the background

[@whitneybarringer6719]

I'm so sorry

[@denisemolina6775]

My husband juat died playing at his funeral

[@tracey7209]

3EB never gets old ❤️

[@forever300zx]

timeless!

[@denisemolina6775]

Exactly

[@LucasVinicius327]

One of the best sad songs from the 90's

[@LucasVinicius327]

And the top 5 of their songs

[@joycedevore7862]

I use to sit for hours every night smoking and listening to this album best they ever did I think

[@ericwimpee858]

joyce devore I miss the 90's my favorite era in music. Saw this band on the Beach in Pensacola a looong time ago. It's nostalgic. :)

[@barnesrm76]

I concur

[@ax312altec]

No doubt that this album is their best work

[@AshKetchum-ny6mr]

Best breakup song from a male perspective of all time. And to think this album also brought us How's it Gonna Be...

[@andrewjay2340]

Hey man, I know you left this comment 4 years ago, but god you’re right. Hope your happy and still a Third Eye Blind fan

[@DopamineOverload]

Hands-down, in the top 40 songs of the last 40 years. A perfect masterpiece, melodically and lyrically. God damn, 3EB... mmmmmmm.

[@Kennedyy07]

Yes sir!

[@CelesteDemby]

My favorite song on the album

[@themaxewilliams]

Agreed. Famously beautiful lyrics...

[@alexmartino9127]

This song is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard

[@gigistephens4633]

It is the most for me. Emotions start stirring, thoughts start running.. feelings start feeling aha.

[@smoothcat7580]

I agree.. I remember when I only used to listen to the first six songs of the album, due to their popularity. Boy, was I wrong.. The guitar riff, about halfway through this song, is mesmerizing.. The vocal delivery of this song is beyond words.. Tears my heart up

[@kDIGZ151]

I just got to hear them play this live for the first time. Beautiful.

[@normajeanraymond8035]

Simply beautiful tears me up every time I listen to it

[@ldjt6184]

Kyle H Not with Kevin Cadogan though , right?

[@hectormacias3495]

This is one of those debut albums that just blows you the fuck away. Lyrics that speak to you, from their soul to yours. These songs are timeless. Thank you 3Eb. My Noopster was 7 yrs old at the time and sang along to How's it Gonna Be, this , and God of Wine. She also played a mean air guitar, complete with convincing ugly faces. She felt it, definitely a recycled soul.

[@Drewan27]

Third Eye Blind has recently definitively become my favorite band of all time. I got their "A Collection" album in high school and loved it for the singles and it was not until somebody told me "Dude their whole first album is perfect! You can't just listen to the singles!" that I delved into them more. I got their first album and it was the soundtrack to my freshmen year of college and I loved it all. Just recently as a junior in college I picked up Blue and have been streaming Out of the Vein almost nonstop. I've even dipped into Ursa Major a bit too. And here's the kicker to me: it's all brilliant to me. Stephan is one of the greatest vocalists that I have ever heard due to the way his voice perfectly compliments the bands music. Like I can't even put into words how good it is to me. Recently though I somehow found this song again and I appreciate it like I never have before. It's so perfect like that moment your alone with a girl you love and the complete assuredness that she feels the same and that you can depend on each other. It would make a great song for the last dance at a prom. It's a far under-appreciated gem. Anyway well that's my pouring out of how much I love this song and this band. #3ebForever

[@Rose_19911]

+Andrew Almond brilliant words mate... I sometimes think to myself why the band is so underated when I love them so much, I mean I am from England so I suppose they were mainly massive in California really, but I was always trying to get people to listen to them lol... although I am grateful in a way how there not as big as they should be so it makes me appreciate the fact I managed to discover them when I did. my absolute faves is this and "I want you"... simply mesmeric

[@smoothcat7580]

The whole album is incredible, but those two songs are my favorites

[@soniarosanne8363]

StarCrossedPimp perfectly agreee

[@pleaseverifyrecaptcha7757]

My best friend and I used to always listen to this song in his car… And now he's on life support. This song hits me so hard now. I'm praying for a miracle..

[@IanPrino]

Absolutely beautiful song! Takes me back to better days. Me and a good buddy would hang out and bbq while listening to this. RIP Billy, miss you man.

[@cglawrence]

Let me put it this way: Have you ever felt like your life was in high gear, and you were right in the moment, and you were happy, and rolling into some glorious unknown future? And then have that all taken away? And then lived in sort of the post-period of that high? That's what it's like to live in the background." ~Stephan Jenkins............ I just shared this with my heartbroken 20 year old son to let him know that we have ALL been there and that it is possible for life after this death.. but goddamn its so fucking hard. I didnt have the heart to tell him that it never really goes away. It just fades into the background of what middling life we try to forge for ourselves. Does one ever get over that one true love? I don't think so..

[@damselANDTHEdaemon]

chris lawrence very well said. Your son is very blessed to have a wonderful mother who has wonderful taste in music. It never goes away, it just hurts a tiny TINY bit less with every passing day.

[@cglawrence]

LOL> I'm his Father, but the sentiment is truly felt . @@damselANDTHEdaemon

[@marvinchasenah7915]

This is a heavy song knocks u down n picks u up one of my fav in my top 10 hahahaha buy yeah this song help lots of people out but I like ur comment I was wanting 2 no of I can copy it cause I was just going 2 share video on facebook n be Kool if I could put it with it

[@cglawrence]

@@marvinchasenah7915 go for it

[@thelonelynormie1588]

Lawrence lmao I thought you were his mother too after I first read it

[@lesterperez8226]

still here 2020! let's shot here 🍻

[@danniscottava]

I carry you around, in the background.

[@calistoq9089]

Man this song really brings back some memories. The 90's alternative stuff was mostly really good, great era. This song reminds me of Ryan's Adam's "The Shadowlands" and Far From Folk's "Face to Face". Really memorable

[@killerbean501]

Song brings me back to my ex constantly. Such a bitter sweet experience every time I hear this song.

[@Danelia1787]

The same here

[@poc9458]

Had the pleasure to see them in Glasgow last year,hope they come back to Scotland,

[@ForTheForsaken]

I am quite new to this band, Actually heard this song on a buffy the vampire slayer episode but I love it so creative, so meaningful and just beautiful

[@tylerwayman7140]

You're in for one hell of a treat once you dive in to all of their albums.

[@ronaldsuria6843]

I'm in love with this song now......Stephan's genius

[@alexmartino9127]

Everytime I hear it I get choked up because it's so beautiful

[@vennessa0469]

My favorite TEB song ever!!!#

[@brianrossiter6427]

Hard pressed to find a more meaningful song, from any era. Just one of the best ever.

[@Battousaielite]

Sigh it's so true it hurts.

[@haroldbroussard7878]

One of the songs that's so good it hurts to listen to it

[@Ivy-ux7wq]

To my best friend Trav forever and always. We go years without each other but nothing ever changes between us when we do finally meet again. I love you with everything in me. I wish things were different, maybe someday.

[@cecehunter3742]

Ivy 6902 same with mine

[@Tink9161]

The hospital was the last time that I saw you, and I will always carry you around in the background!!

[@alijamelmaruhom9732]

2018... whos here listening to this masterpiece

[@andrewjay2340]

2021…

[@ssmk1167]

What ever it is I love it and I can relate it to a guy that's living. Were not together any more, but I still carry him around in the back round......

[@yammerhaw101]

This song didn't get a lot of radio air-time, if any. One of the best songs on that album. It grows on you. I love how the tempo picks up about the 3-min mark. Other songs do that. Houndmouth's Sedona does the same thing.

[@edenfvazzzz]

This song is so sad. So sad...

[@TanBarbieGirlxox]

I was only a child when this song came out, but my now life partner was a teen during this time and loved this band. Even though I didn't even know him then, I still love imagining him listening to all these songs skateboarding around being a young and curious punk kid. It gives me the best feeling lol

[@PeRK1206]

Stephan Jenkins is one of the best lyricists in rock music. What he writes is smart and witty without being presumptuous. They're easy to understand and relate to without being too foreward. They still have a dark and mysterious quality. I hate when ppl talk down about 3eb and say that they're all about the "doo doo doos" and that they just another 90s "one hit wonder" type band. "Lit" was a one hit wonder crappy 90s band. Third Eye Blind is so much more. Those ppl obviously have never heard " I Want You", "My Hit and Run", " Another Life", "Company", "Thanks a Lot", " London", "Darwin", etc. etc. I could go on and on. They're so under rated. Not only are Jenkins's lyrics amazing, Kevin Cadogen's style of guitar playing is second to none. The outtro in this song (The Background) is awesome. I liked Tony Fredianelli on guitar after Cadogen left, but now he's gone too. I wasn't a huge fan of "Ursa Major", so I'm surprised to say that I've been listening to and enjoying "Dopamine" a lot. Still, I can't help but wonder what 3eb would be putting out if Kevin Cadogen was still with them.

[@Red-qg3ms]

Everything you just typed was pure truth. Its a crying shame how underrated teb is.

[@ProgressiveMetalist]

I think third eye blind at its most true is Kevin Cadogan writing the riff, then Stephen creating melody and lyrics to it. All other approaches haven't had the essence of Third Eye Blind. It's where they meet creatively that makes Third Eye Blind

[@jacobholladay7419]

Amen My Brother Couldnt have said better in My Own words

[@butterocean]

+ProgressiveMetalist very true😢😢😢😍😍😍🙏

[@kDIGZ151]

You said it all, cheers!

[@maddymiller2797]

I love songs that have emotion in them... this whole album was great, the lyrical content fit the feeling the music gave.... and its sad to hear whats most popular on the radio because its all stupid and they all sound the same

[@shweeb24]

I'm literally obsessed with them right now. I just got caught on "How's It Going To Be" and latched onto all of their stuff. It's all amazing.

[@chaggysleking]

I'm 23 now. I heard this guys 4 the first time back in year 2000 I was 12 or so.. and I was fucking thinking the same thing! now the lyrics makes all the sense that was missing back then

[@didyoubot]

Egad, how many years since this song was released and it still hits hard deep to the soul…

[@davidalanbokor]

Very beautiful! Guitar in this song is amazing!

[@andrewturvill7145]

The music on Buffy was the best. What a time to be a teenager it really was. Without that amazing show I never would have discovered so much cool music.

[@CatPianoClassics]

This is one of those songs youve know all your life and enjoy it but the first time you actually listen to it, it just becomes something way more than a song. Fuck. I needed this. Fell out with a great friend and they really are always in the background. This makes so much sense to me now. Thanks 3EB! Saw them in LA last month, great show!

[@lane2691]

The drop in this song just hits so hard going from so methodical to great guitar playing and rock alternating between the two

[@dusti1908]

i heard this Album about 1000000 times ...

[@TheReiserrob]

This song was in the background on this album. It was the best one on it

[@tryfe10]

Underrated song... wish I had that one girl to "only feel for"!

[@Drewan27]

It'll come amigo. Believe it and believe in you.

[@Mattinthetron]

It’s better if you don’t know what you’re missing...

[@ethanstone6644]

I disagree I think its the best thing that can ever happen to have your heart torn asunder. Without hurt and heartache how can you ever understand love.

[@tarynstorm8677]

Ethan Stone beautifully stated. So much truth in that.

[@Bullitt351]

This is knocking me out right in the feels right now.

[@raimywinter2309]

I miss you my love. RIP Ember

[@08nicoleella]

I grew up listening to the best 90s artists. Now the lyrics mean so much more to me.

[@billdonahue3765]

jenkins proves once again hes genius

[@haroldbroussard7878]

I feel a loss for every love in my life and I carry it like a shadow that silently Sears my soul....no one knows except me...I carry it in the background

[@57badarse]

Any 90s kid who doesn't instantly relate to 3eb ain't a true 90s kid. Sometimes I listen to Jenkins and Cadogan and wonder how they can grasp life in such meaningful way. This song is just too beautiful for words they don't make music like this anymore.

[@joeybliss43]

This song was with my late uncle fishing together in the lake while skipping maths tuition.god has his reason why we can't turn back time.i believe we will disrupt everyone's timeline cause if humans have that power we will totally abuse it without knowing future consequences.thats what i believe.peace out from mr pooks from kl city oink oink

[@pablosilva5443]

Betrayed

[@mytiub78]

I was torn between two girls and this song reminds of the one I left. It still hurts so bad.

[@ShootYourRadio]

This album is truly underrated. Stephen's lyrics are on another level.

[@lee22ph]

Ilove 3rd eye blind forever

[@jeralledtorres4378]

Going through something difficult right now and I come back to this song. Always..

[@pollylove9480]

So happy that I only associate this band with my own self growth and my new experiences. Ik it’s old but idt I’ll ever grown out of my emo/punk phase👽

[@davicus100]

this is sooooooooo goood from all those years ago damn

[@fransroquedelacruz5272]

The words they use so lightly, I only feel to you

[@MrErock28]

I Love the sound of this album. their best one in my opinion. and the lyrics are pure poetry...Genius!

[@bozweig3351]

this outro though NEVER FORGET

[@crissangelover08]

beautiful.

[@MrCellyj]

Truly beautiful and underated one from them . All there songs are great and have meaning and hit home in some way

[@berserker1175]

ive been a long time fan of third eye blind, but this song has eluded me somehow. this is my favorite song. too bad music today isnt like it used to be.

[@tonyadams3478]

This song is my soul from back in my youth

[@joeybroussard366]

So deep...I carry you forever

[@tylermarks15]

This is like my favourite winter song ever I remember blasting this every winter back in grade 11 2014 life is alot different now when u get older this song hits differently

[@dylanrogers3499]

When the non-hits are better than the hits. God of Wine, The Background and Motorcycle Drive By, are way better than Semi-Charmed Life, Graduate and Losing a Whole Hear.

[@pablosilva5443]

Absolutely

[@stumbleine.]

that guitar is weeping

[@gigistephens4633]

I wish I could find an acoustic live version of them playing this song. I would give money for it.

[@mmjohnston21]

I remember when I was 11 in 1997, and my mother bought me this CD -- and obviously my mother had no idea what it was about.

[@blaird96]

Forgot all about this song. Somehow I failed to notice this song wasn't on my iPod until I went and put the CD into my car stereo. I've been missing so much.

[@cityofchamps66]

Not ashamed to admit the first time I heard this song was at the end of an episode of Cupid, starring Jeremy Piven and Paula Marshall, easily one of the best albums I've heard in the last 3 decades

[@Aruariaan]

one of those songs where its on repeat and you just stare at the ceiling thinking bout how life could have been better...

[@kennethstetson9956]

F###ing awesome. Truly a underrated band

[@jameslord6282]

"We were" and "we're" are completely different. "We're" is him saying, "I felt you long after we are through." We're is "we are". "I felt you long after we were through." Is the correct lyrics. Any place "we're" is used should be "we were".

[@facgce960]

I love you Third Eye Blind so much ♥️

[@elLonelyBoy775]

Jajaja right on Kennedy. You handled that very well. Sorry JohnnyComeLately here. I just wanted to hear this song and read your comments to the person above. Very amusing this late night..Thank you for the smile.PS great F'n song still chokes me after all these years...

[@jhonrodinediaz6726]

Everything is quiet, Since you're not around, And I live in the numbness now. In the background. I do the things we did before, I walk Haight Street to the store, And they say where's that crazy girl? You don't get drunk on red wine, and fight no more, 'Cause I don't see you anymore, Since the hospital, But the plans I make still have you in them, Then you come swimming into view, And I'm hanging on your words like I always used to do, The words they use so lightly, I only feel for you, I only know this because I carry you around, In the background. Words they come and memories all repeat, I lift your head while, They change the hospital sheets, I would never lie to you, No I would never lie to you, No I felt you long after we were through. And the plans I make still have you in them, Cause you come swimming into view, And I'm hanging on your words like I always used to do, The words they use so lightly, I only feel for you, I only know this because I carry you around, In the background.

[@daranio12]

I love being involved in the background!

[@ssmk1167]

I love this song

[@mimi22658]

The plans I make still have you in them. Damn just damn. That’s the background for you 😢

[@AnimegrlSadie]

I love that this was on Buffy lol It was good before, and after. I don't care what people think. ^_^

[@louielongoria3108]

One of my favorite...

[@daltonparks5047]

Yes I'm still listening to this it's still in me if it ain't in you well you need check your soul

[@rushikurup1107]

Thnks kj apa

[@GreywindTheGrey]

I listen to this almost everyday.